Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-07-31

now hold Sirs. when / want office
90 to ibe pure fountain head How men
battles have fought aud how assidiousi
have lal,oted IN behalf Of MiIlard Fill
more (this nosg idol of tie democracy
when they were charging bin will, beiu!
M hbgtitton,0 From Carter to Steib,
have | defended his name, aud now, a
this late day, ain | charged with being in
sincere III my professions Well. gentle
men, when | am to l,e judged, do aecol,
to me at least lie privilege which eve,
The, prisoner has. Of challenging those b,
whom he would he tried
| stood by Fillmore Tor FIFTY ballot.
IN that conventions-4hut this was no
enough Oh 10 You wonIJ have II.
vote on until November next, when von
man would have been elected But Ten
nessee voted in a body fsave one vote fp
Mr. Choate) so long as there was any lse
OF sei,se in voting and | know and fee
that | faithfully discharged my duty to he
and to the gentleman she preferred And
why did | vote fifty times for Mr.. Fill
mete Because | believed iba, he wa.
soundet upon AM of the issues before the
people or the compromises Of the consii
tuition No, sirs, not at all but as ar
act Of justice to Mr. Fillmore, because /,
was compliment which | believed he
deserved. aud because | knew il was The
wish of majority Of the Wings of Ten.
hessee, that | should do so But, gentle.
men, am free to declare, that, long lie.
fore entered the convention. and duripu
every stage OF its session, il was my firm
conviction that Mr., Fillmore never could
he nominated. never could he elected $500.
But. on the other hand. | always thought
that Gen. Scott would lie the nominee.
aud | was aud am morally sire that hs
,cW be elected This was my conviction.
But, IN obedience 10 what | believed 10 he
the wishes OF my constituents, | voted for
Fillmore fifty times. Now, II my demo.
cratic friends want any better test than
ihis of my sincerity, | can only say 10 them
that we will be perfectly satisfied if they
will only vote for ns oace-uo fifty times
--~but once But. my feIlow.eitiyens this
ia wonderful ave In which we i've
Strange aud startling deveIorements In the
physical. social and moral world. are daily
&C urring-Spifitusl knock ,,gs. aud such
like remarkable occurrences. are startling
Tia daily. But, stranger than MI these
thugs is it, to find ouf democratic friends,
who four years ago were so vindietive in
their denunuiaion Of Mr. Fillmore, now
extoling him as the purest patriot Of the
land. and al the same time viiifyihu Scott,
whom they then praised, We oatinot ac.
count for 1t upon any principle Of patrio.
tsm or common sense. When Mr.. Fill.
more has been superseded then he
was great man, aud Gen. Scott is moth.
ing !ess than hydra headed monster, To
I've feared aud dreaded by all good tnen.--
But ain not much surprised al these fears
they entertain Of our candidate, and as
snre as fate, they will have better cause
TO dread him before November next. Bur
what objections have you to Gen. Scott I
Many good aud honest men say they have
objections to him. aud what are they
First. we are told that Gen Scott il not
sound uron the subject Of slavery: and
that Southern institutions would not be
safe in his hands But what evidence
have we of this 7 None under heaven
And ! make the proclamation that il there
IL a man, woman or child, from the Aroos.
took to the Rio Grande. who can produce
any evidence that Gen. Scott ever did say
or write one single VOID against the com
promise. or the interests Of the South, I
for one will denoulice him as Infamous.
aud will vote in the coming election for
Gen. Pierce. Yes! I repeat it, and ask
the reporter to be particular IN taking it
down aud putting it down in talcs---tIat
It any man can show me one word which
Gen. Scott has ever written or uttered
against tie compromise, will 20 70, Pierce
ia the comiug election! But, say they.
Il IL true we have no proof against Scott
but he has maintained such al iucorrigihle
sieuce; Well. that IL true. But tell the,
s that any evidence by which to try OF to
,onvict him? Not at all. Srs, during
all this time Scot, has been speaking up.
on the streets and on the highways. tel
ing all aud every one what were his opin.
ops. l am free to confess that thought
Sen. Scott was wrong III not writing n
etter six months ago, because he would
rave thus silenced all the caulnnies aud
wrongs which have been uttered against
iim. Gen Scott knew and fel, this him.
seIf. but seiErespect forbade that he should
~ all k. Lu.
luently said tome aud to others when
urged to write letter---"Sir, before will
write any one; before will place myself
n the position Of seming to seek aud ell.
,ctioneering for this office, I will ask my
rieuds 10 withdraw my name from tie
and let them run another man.
cannot aud will not electioneer for any
,ffice. II am nominated. then will
peak aud not before Aud. sirs, he was
rue TO his word. aud when he was nomi.
,ated. he dill speak so that all could un.
lerstand him. ~ s'''.
Sirs, every man must know that Gen.
scott has ever been in favor Of the prin.
iples Of the compromise. All men must
,now lhis---or if they dn not, they show
'ery great remi>sness. Let us go hack
i,tle aud see how the matter stands. -
When Mr.. Clay FIRST introduced his reso-
utions into the Senate, of the United
States, they found but few friends +
peak now Of the omnibus bill / say
hat there were very few who advocated
his measure--and II had but very few
liends. A large meeting, however, as
emhled in New York, they met in Cas-
le Garden. in that city. for the purpose of
pproving tile spirit Of the resolutions in
reduced by Mr.. Clay. Gen. Scott atten-
led that meetine-and then aud there,
made the first poIicscal speech he ever