Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1852-07-28
The Two Men.

The Two WeHs
No Wing has been presented before the people
as candidate for any prominent oilice with
in our recollection, that he has not been denounc-
ed as an abolitonist by the Democratic party, ev-
ery. where South of Mason s. Dixson's line. In
lS40. Gen. HARRISON was an abolitionist, and that
.ssweet little fellow" MARTIN VAN buren,, per-
feet model of a truly national statesman. So ex-
ouiste was Matty's regard to the rights and inter
ests of the South, that he was on all occasions
lauded to the skies as alphabetically ga Northern
with Southern feelings" Gen. TAYLOR and MIL
LARD FILLMORE were aholitionists according to
Democratic testimony; GEORGE w. SUMMERS
was tainted with the foul STAIN; and now, as
matter OF course, they all aver that WINFIELD
Scorr is ga dog of the same Breed" and MIR.
FRANKLIN PIERCE second edition of MARTIN
VAN buren, as he was said to be-not what he
was We can hardly believe that any genuine
Whig will be befoOled into the support of PIERCE
by this false clamor against the candidate of the
Whip PARTY. Some few who have hitherto called
themselves Wings have protested doubts as to
Gen. ScoTr's fidelity to the South, and declined
to support him; but brief examination Of the po-
sitions occupied by the two candidates will satisfy
every candid mind, that they were merely Wings
in name and desired only pretext for desertlon.
Let US see: where the two men stand.
Gen. Scorr was born and reared In the Old
Dominion. the mother of States, Statesmen and
Presidents, but the mother Of no son who prov
ed treacherous to her interests, or to the interests
of the country. Gen. PIERCE is native OF New
Hampshire, state whose staple products are
pumpkins and Abolitionists. Which would be
mere likely to iormopinons favorable to the Southf
But, say his opponents, Gen. SCOTT is under
the influence of SEWARD! The Free Sellers sup
port him, and therefore he is an abolitlonlst! tie
was seen sitting in the same pew with SEWARD
in church at Washington city, writes the Ed
tor of the Enquirer, and ga man is known by the
company he keeps" This is the sum total of the
evidence we have seen produced to show that zen.
SCOTT is the tool of SEWARD, and we humbly ap-
prehend it is all that can be produced, How is 1t
with GEN. PIERcE2 Is he not sustained by such
men as MARTIN VAN buren, and his amiable son
John,-by RANrouL, HALE, HALLEr and host
of Free Sellers, and did he not spend three days
of intimate association, with that rebel chief OF
Rhode Island, Ex-Gov. DoRR? According to the
logic by which the Democrats attempt to prove
that GEN SCOTT is an abolitionis, aud the tool OF
I'll, c. r.
Just as bad We may with as much justice and
propriety declare, that because he visited Gov
DoRR, he eutertains all the abolition heresies and
revolutionary notions of that distinguished indl-
vidual.
Gen. Scorr was an original and warm ffiendo
the Compromise measures, and contributed all MS
influence to secure their adoption while they were
pending before Congress. He now stands upon
platform which endorses those measures as a N
nal settlement, in principle and substance OF the
dangerous questions which they involve. Irue'
he wrote no letters endorsing them before MS
nomination, nor did Gen. PIERCE A letter was
written to the latter gentlemen by MIR. koB'r. U'
Scorr of Richmond, for the express purpose Of
ehciting his views in reference to the COMPROMISE
and especially to ascertain, whether, II elected
President of the United States, he would in the
event of its passage veto a bill repeallngthe Flu
gitive Slave Law. This letter he never answer
ed. Surely if General SCOTT IS unsound because
he wrote no letters before his nomination, Gen.
PIERCE is equally so.
We might run this parallel much further and
show to the satisfaction of any sensible man, that
everything said of Gen. Scorr, for the. purpose of
proving his infdeity to the constitutional rights OF
the South, may be urged with equaljustice against
Gen. PIERCE And yet the one is denounced as
traitor to the South, and the other eulogized by
Southern newspapers as "bold vindicator of her
rights" -. =.
For ourselves we are not disposed to trust an
other Northern man with Southern principles or
feelings, let his party bolster him up asthey may
Let us have a national man with national princi-
ples-and such man is WINFIELD SooTT. We
challenge a fair comparison between the two can
didates in any and every respect, with full conf
dence that the claims of Gen. ScoTr, not only to
the confidence of the South, but of the whole coun-
try, will be amply indicated. WE DEFY HIS
CALUMNIATORS, ANY &EYERY'WHERE
TO PRODUCE ONE WORDTHA GEN.
SCOTT HAS EVER UTTERED, EITHER
IN PRIVATE OR PUBLIC, WRITTEN OR
ORAL. THAT CAN BE TORTURED INTO
AN EXPRESSION OF HOSTILITY TO
THE INTERESTS OF THE Soulful
We shall keep this challenge at the head Of our
columns, and dare the Richmond Enquirer, or any
of its co-laborers in assault upon Gen. ScoTr' to
bring forward some shadow of evidence from 'he
RECORD!