The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-10-19
General Scott at Auburn.-strange. and dis.
creditabIe Exhibition.

crc0ltaDIc EXnlDltlOn.
We copy below, from the New York Herald Of Sat-
urday, the report of General Scotrs speech and beha
vior at Auburn We desire TO fix upon il all the at.
ten,on of the country to the end that the people may
in the demeanor Of the whg candidate the kind Of
President from whose rule the late glorious and dec
sve elections proclaim that the country has es-
capped.
Marx, first, the substance and the form of General
SCOTS open and avowed personal solicitation for the
vote of foreigners, such Hearing protesting TO
hear in the shouts OF the crowd around him, Irish
accent. he broke out as follows
'Idetect in these cries, gentlemen, brogue am al
ways happy hear have been in many tight places in
my life, but have been deceived betrayed by
that brogue ICheesI have always been sustained by
the natives Of glorious Emerald Isle"
Can it be that Winfield Scott uttered those words with
out the blush of shame upon his brow? What is the
tale that they tell of his whole political life up 10 that
goth OF May, lS4S-only four years ago-when he
"repudiated his convictions" in his letter of recanta
ton, addressed 10 the notorious calumniaor, Robinson
Has Gen. Scott lorgotlendoes he suppose the country
has iorgo,ten-lhat in 1914 he ''fred with ndgna
tom when he heard hat bogue at the polls and haihe
organized political party the idea OF prescribing
il? Does he forget that, in December of that year. he
draugh ted and published and deliberately advocated in
the National IntsHigemesr bill 10 shut on, from the
polls by act of Congress, every speaking with that
bogue' who might come 10 shores Does be forget
that in 1885, his chief friends-Horace Greeley Thur
low Weed, and James Watson Webb--all avowed their
reluctant conviction that The odiousness OF his proscrp
tive natiyism" alone was enough 10 strike him from
the list OF available" candidates the moment
when the military Juror at its height? And now be
comes forward without disguise 10 eectoneer on the
stump for the foreign vote and TO declare not only that
he Stoves the brcgue" but that Irshmen have "always-
alpayssusiained him., and "nersr deceived betrayed
him Then what is his justification for ruthessy per-
scouting Ishmen up TO 1882 Then, what is his
for being that year the mos, volen, and proscpve
native" The country saw Ia saying that rishmen
have never deceived or betrayed him-have always
been true to hm-he brands his whole political life up 10
1915 with the rankest injustice and ingralitude
But Ibis is not all nor the worst. Behold this pres
dental candidate openly eleetoneerng for the foreign
vote sush. Bshodthis military candidate placing his
appeal 10 foreigners as SUCH in his letter OF accept
ance solely on the ground Of his military experience "
Saw the country before such spectacle that
Will the country again spectacle hum-
a,ng 10 the pride or alarming 10 the just apprebensons OF
candidate OF great party shall openly take the stamp
solicit one particular cos OF our citizens TO vote for him
class
Suppose a mere brawng pot house politician, vii.
age candidate for the Office Of constable had beea for
thirteen years an Infatuated "naye'-suppose that
avang himself OF late and ex,cried reclamation, he
should appeal to a crowd OF Irish by his love for
their "brogue" and his asseyerations Of their unyayng
hdely-would not the mans brazen effonlery cause
him TO be booted from the hustingsl In what terms,
them shall describe the where the presidential
candidate sioops in his person 10 the same dema
gogusm Will not the country be found TO believe that
where a candidate thus begins by pitching all decent re-
gard for political consistency OF the window all show
OF political honesty follow il out OF doors
Bot General Scott had not finished his work AT Auburn
when he had thus demagogued The Irish. He could not
leave till be had outraged the South. He knew that Mr.
Seward bad thrust himself Extensively forward the host
Of the rescuers Of the fugitive Jerry lie knew that the
whole South had regarded that Of the senator
most odious and abonnable transacuon--a gross and
wan,on insult. General Scott, candidate for the pres
deney, could find no other house in the whole city OF
Auburn 10 which to repair SYSTEMATICALLY, and in his
public capacity save the house of Senator Seward He
must follow IN the Uack Oh ine pfshl
he had stood by Governor Johnston while he pocketed the
repeal OF the State obstruction law OF Pennsylvania
was not this enough Was il needul, in addition, that
he should thrust into the face OF the South, at the mo-
ment Of his appeal for southern support his close per-
sona and political aa,ion with the man whom, OF all
others the South most breads and deests Could he
find no man in Auburn but William II Seward TO visit,
to place at his right hand, and 10 make the spokesman OF
his praisei What was the need for this gratuous in
suit 10 southern feelings and southern men
word more and we have done with this strange and
humaling exhibition Of the wing candidate at Auburn.
Il appears that Gen Winfield Scott deems proper to 90
about the country telling his political opponents that
what they say against him is "a he" We will
test hereafter from the record, the assertion OF General
Scott that Irshmen had deserted him, and that he
never treated Irshmen harshly and we will see how
much excuse he had for branding the charge OF his op
ponenis as "a lie" Blu, this is not our point We
invoke attention to the deoency the decorum, the dgni
Nv, OF this new mode Of presidential eleconeerng the
stump We ask the country to mark the temper in pub
lie OF the man who goes about soliciting its vote We
say. judge what the President would be by what the
candidate is I"