Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-10-26
For he Ennuirkr
rpE RANDOLPH EPlsTLEs on The PREslpEN'
~ T!AL CiNVASS.-(No. ~

- o.,o,,,, far ne Correspondence Proelaias
Ss urdtntss-S y,ss The cashHg Of principles snroird
in Seats fire STRINGS Tor INC m
| anti DIason-Aa ami Sl1rist-1 Ndhre.An. hht.hi
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" New ORLEANS, Oct Is, 1852.
TO MAJOR GENERAL WISriELp ScoTT:
SirA sirk room and doubtful eonvalescence are serious
from broactng public correspondence with you
vs. lit; Airs Iptcft IN despite OF many friendly
nronrnps and ursngs The contrary couio harcly per-
snade mvs. but that such humble services as could rem
der IN. Democratic III this canvass nsht well DC os
I ,i,h while lidnns were gushing In from every Sec
ion nj the country auspcous OF Its overwhcilns Triumph
ere the ides of coming November In Inc general re-
I, INV confidence is the less now but not Knowing
ho, NAV be the sinister influences OF thosc we ana scan
aos deamutuns which have been brought anu promugcd
here in the Stale live (and persisted IN Tor month IN
,bc fare nj The most authentic and thorough reutaons
with which calumncs were ever "resileo WIN ana o'et-
thrown no choice is left me as Democrat, IN cause
which head and heart approves but 10 DO wha uuhluy
and onscientiouslv NAV in MAILING known 10 our assaIi.
ants that this is in which there may DC blows 10
take : well as blows TO give -
But am be entrapped rs TOO many oners nave oet
nv such shallow articles these mendacous and thrice re-
ftcd SANDERS gotten up TO sueserVe, ana oy "uns
lime Toll and ammunition upon them, De spoen my up
nnInnes Of effective assault upon the besiegng orcrs-
No mol shall these tactics OF warfare make sor
lie from baements and become ing !. ,h
of the CAPITAL Garry the into Africa ana w posio
"savs Rome by burying Carthage in ruins Dslenda es'
| CARTHAGE! o ,ho
noisoned and baberous missiles which your unscrupuon
sharp shooters have often twanged IRON ne oo"s ~
your hs.h- minded competitor. NO; my maledI "
fare shall be none other than such as have neen eer l
nished by YOURSELF through Your own Puocat'ohs; OF ~
statements acts published IN your Seay y ~bich ore
WASHING ton 1.-THE city of your rcsdencc ana WHO" nIe
whont contradiction this hour by elmer yourse! ~
vour frrnds or from such are derived from puoc oC
incuu.ns of unquesoned verify and Authenticity. WIZ.
,hsn and with these only far as have share IN me
contro,ersv you must stand or iail; ana u your Pol
fortunes outre the shock OF these starting Ion
then will Won have proven yourself less Vuineroe mum
Achilles himself have reached aim which mola e'ss
yer reached TO hoped for in like conunctures anu
puts destiny itself AT defiance, When II coiie' ~ 80
disk Of your asprngs 49, o,,,;,od
speak boldly and confidently because nave examined
these materials dispassonately and win caci ana ueHS
have hnncessy lost my WITS feel OF establishing 10
nil cnlm and candid minds that are not only "l'hou
the first of the high qualifications for the presoeney ou
that your disqualhcatlons are an9 ;an nsnnie
ingy prognosric Of sorrowful times Tor Inc p
and their great federation. Ay, these materials WI" so
something approaching an utter want ., sa ndsa,en
md con,tancy indispensable for the rightfu
and hpallhu discharge Of the duties OF that exalted POSI-
tion And they will show that you hoiu opinions ana pro-
lass princjues wholly ncomp be with the best interests
of the whole country and OF wise and comprehensive po.
icy i'm civil administrations opinions and principles OMNIBUS
~ nenacng The sovereignty OF the States me safely o inc
Constitutions consequently Of the Union ITSELF which rests
upon that foundation alone for lis steady we-oeing anu
lasting dura lion ,
trace your political meaDderings in your es memorable
sryinps for the Presidency. ! venture 10 says that IN n"
part Of the electoral world has there been Witnessed before
such tissue Of clashng and andgonislc ycssunes OF
opinion and princp your political anccedents nave pre-
scned Starting with political hoRllics at me mature age
of e YOU have in the brief space ot thirteen years.
flor y0ur biographcr says you 66) 10 box the
tca compass il is entire circumference in your eager and
unng quest OF the Presidency
There not an ism in tile political vocabulary, however
the one may clash with another which you have not ca
res sea and daed WITH allure support 10 3orr darling
aim in The course that brief and fleeing wh OF years
Yon d indeed say in your letter of October 25h l64 that
your prncipes are cogvic.ionS but il they be- they VIII
seem proofs 10 be referred to as scarcely less
shifting and transient than the scndo!ng so7nrack, when
the clements been raginc and have reached their fury
In 1889 you coured Democratism Tor the nomination. :!
| would no, do
In 1910 you coued IPhigis for iha, purpose 1t would
In 1874 YOU cour,ed Vhigsm Anti Nasonsm !Natirism
| and Anti.Sl0rerysm combined. II woHn nc' Do.
In Si3 you coured your repuliaed Nattrls and court
cd Hhigism Anti. .Hasonism, Anti Siarcryism AMI Anh
N1tirisrn combined. II would not do
In 1852 YOU couried IfhgiSm anti dsontSm dntt- SD
perysm Nairisur and Anti-Natrism, with Canadianism
and ami Cubanism comaned aad you prevailed and thus
you have nomination! Have proofs oil tnlsi You
10 1888 you were proposet by the Rochester Democracy
a the Democratic candidate fer the Presidency and aP
| proved Of the same
The evidence of this, is derived from letter dated
Rochester New York, August 7lh, 1882 addressed to,
and promptly thereafter published In the washington
Union The writer stated that In that year some
-irhtv.iwo Democrats that CITY, who were dssnii9
fled with Mr.. Van Buren's administration and being
assured that you Democrat Of the JTerson1n ana
Jackson school issued card calling meeting OF the Scott
Democrats A. meeri"r, you we're nominated az the
Democratic candidate for the Presidency aud ney adopted
resolution (Which promptly carried into eilect 10 es
,absh "he Rochester Daily Sun the Scott organ which
bore al s head in Aaring capitals FoR PRESIDENT
GEN. WlNrIELD ScoTT."
In the course OF the letter the writer mentions the names
of seventeen Democrats who said 10 be as respectaos
responsible Rochester holds and VINO shared 10
the proc4edngs vouchers for his slaemens and TO-
wards the Of his letter. he publicly deied you or your
friends 10 deny them
in Washington-but neither YOU nor your organs mere
met the defiance by denial of any OF It's statements BE-
Sides the "Union few days afterwards thus Sitea Inc
Republic upon its silence, and ls yet without reply =
"THE ROCHESTER E1posURg-The showing up from
Rochester, which published two or three days ago prov
inc that Gen. Scott stood ms JassoHtan Dsnocra'n can
dde for the Presidency 1899 the grounds that he had
carried Gen Jacksons administration on MS back seems
to have completely grareed the Republic That journal
dare deny confess, nor explain nor Iusny
the movement, alude to it in any way"
So much for The uncontroyered verify OF the statement
and now for extracts from its con,ents;
1t saws that "At meeting OF the Scott RepuOicdhS on
the 0 of ScptT, 1889 these among Other esoulohs were
passed ,
BY jefferson and Jackson are the land urks Of pol
cal ucon That when any party betays these principles il
longer entitled the support of the people, and mat
while in some respects the administration OF Martin van
Ruren meets commendaon itH wide departure from
many cardinal points Of the Democratic aith has rendered
il incompatible for u. to render it our support
"R.soved That reconceaby opposed 10 me esiab
ishent of National Bank in any form that we deem
such institution hostile the spirit OF our institutions
aristocrac in Its tendencies coruPtng to the public NOR
ais. &c
Resoved That in order bring back the 10
lis former Democratic administration, which s 80 essen
public welflreand 10 insure the success OF those
measures of utility and REFORM loudly demanded by The
people, deem indispensable that the Executive depart
mcni the government should BIZ filled by Patriot 81 the
good old Democratic school
"Resolved, THAT IN GENERAL WINFIELD ScoTT We RIc0o
sIzE PATRIOT" &c
True all this light have happened and you have had no.
thing To do with IT, knowledge Of it but the wr
ter does stop there, butbngs both the knowledge and
the appreciation of it quite home TO yon Henr MN :
THAT the political principles profcsstd by Gen. Scott al
covered by these proceedings, strictly iden-
with indicated by his organ and by the resolutions
above quoted there is The abundant and irreagabc
proof. He received and read "he Sun" regularly, and il
The only out and out Scott paper in the United States,
&c "Bu he visited this city (Rnchestc in that year TO look
after his presidential interests in person. He sent for the
prominent members of the Scott organization and they
accordingly called upon him at the Eagle Hotel He there
expressed them distincy and enptatcay his unqualified
appreciation of the hoie Increment by pht he had been put
orrard Democratic candidate for The Presidency and
he urged them to pcrsercre; and declared in the iedrnes
terms his gratitude 10 these gentlemen for rhat Mey had
done for him. &c
He stated them without ceuivocation reservation
that HE WAS a DEaocRAT, HAD ALWAYS BEEN DEhocRAT