Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-07-24

Of heConventon where represented or to the
policy which should govern impes us to the support
Of GA. SoorT. If expect the Wings Of the United
States regard the rights of the people Of the Southern
States must cooperate with Of To-
North in affirming and maintaining the great principss
embraced in the resolutions Of the National Conyentjh
for the election Of candidates by the common surges
of the people Of the whole country will give the sfong
est guarantees which desire that the Govynmcnt
will be administered In reference TO those princes Our
candidates pledge themselves to their support md yndi
cation But il refuse to corporate with Ee wings OF
the Union and insist upon identifying GeD Scorr with
the enemies Of our social system we yread usTust
throughout the ranks Of party; aenate friends
who to-day prepared to stand with as anu We gave
new and increased Importance to the organi
cation Of the North by assocatng win one o. the most
powerful citizens Of the United Stes who has just re-
Seived from National Conyentin, representing large
Dody OF the American people, nomination ior the RE
ndency Can any fail to zee that this is the only just
and statesmanlke view which be taken Of this ques
uon The two National Conventions adopted resolutions
approving the Compromise and denouncng the
urther agitation OF the slavery question: Gen. ScorT and
Gen FIERCE both accepted their respective nominations,
and recognised the binding authority of the resolutions Of
Conventions which presented their names to
rcan peoples 50 that if either of them should be elevated
the Presidency We may expect the Government be
administered in the spirit Of their pledges decided
national support given to these canddstes-a support
limited neither to the North to the South-wi efec-
tuay put down the ansavery party and secure to the
country tranquility which that faction cannot disturb
and whose smooth and majestic current the widest
fanahcsm cannot raise ripple But if abandon Gen.
SCOTT and cut him of from the confidence and sympathy
OF the Southern people, do him grievous wrongwe
throw him upon enemies for supports and it is
fecy clear that his election to the Presidency will be
hailed as triumph over the South, and nis TO be ex
pected that antagonsm viii exist between the
porters Of his Administration and the neress wncn We
seek to defend efs ~
been given the slavery party Of the North than it
entitled to, and that its power has actually been in
creased by the asrust which has been exhibedn
cases most unjustytowards the leading statesmen Of
the North Statesmen eminent for their services have
been assaed by the presses Of the South for temporary
party purposes, imbued with soil sentiments and
in this way delicate and local question, which ought
to be thrust wantony upon the of national
politics. has been made the subject of unceasing discus
sion we had sought to fix upon some plan for endan
gerng the perpetuity Of Southern institutions we could
not have succeeded better than have done in yielding
to heated contest very
as an ament Of warfare against the statesmen of the
North.
The Wing party must be National party it must hold
opinions which embrace the interests Of the North and the
South alike; and never have seen conjuncture
favorable to the growth and diffusion Of patriotic sent
sentiments coexteasive with the Republc-than
the present should Geplore national calamity,
attempt to cut Gen. Scott off from the support of the
South putting out of the way sympathy with the
Wing party should regard it resuscation of sec
ona ealouses which hoped to see forever buried after
that glorious determination between the North and the
which took place in the triumphant passage Of the
! Compromise as
/ OeLeve commence
part of the South in the statesmen of the whole
try irrespective of geographical distinctions would result
perfect restoration Of that generous current of ma
tonal sympathy which up to recent period flowed
throughout the whole Republic The hostility to
cal system would be proscribed it would lie within
row limits poweress if stricken with the lightning of
nations indignation. So long encourage it, and
it responsibility by protesting our belief that gives
tone to either of the great National parties long
publish to the world dsrust of Of the great
est American names, we must expect to witness the
growth of faction which may in time become too form
to be checked by the barriers of the Constitution
The great evil of our times is the tendency Of par
ties to sectional segregatons The Wing party ought to
vndcae its claims to the confidence of the whole people
OF the United States by dscouragng hostility to the
cular property pursuits interest of any section of
country whether it be the slave property of the panta
ton States the industrial pursuits Of the Northern
States with their large investments of capital depending
for their upon wise steady, and just admins
| tration Of the Government. s -
So far Gen. SCOTS personal sentiments involved
in the opening political contest they beyond all
ton, conservative patriotic, and national Born and
reared in Virginia. his sympahes of course with the
people among whom his youth passed, when
the heart receives its deepest and most enduring impress
sons. His studies directed for time to pre-
paration for the BAR and he was, believe engaged in
the study of law in South Carolina when he appointed
to the army He received his commission from the hands
of Mr. Jefferson, and enjoyed the confidence of Mr. Mad
son. who rendered to him the place of Secretary of War
when he but twenty EIGHT years Of age To bind
him still closely to his native State, he married
/
| there.
He is well known to me personally. His patriotic de-
sire for the of the compromise well
understood while they yet hung in doubtful scales and
it so happened that dined in company with him the
day of their triumphant passage, and heard from his
lips the ardent oppression Of his uabounded Satisfaction at that
most happy contamination
He stands pledged to support those measures if he
should be placed at the head of the Government and
ample that he will make good his pledges,
for he will be prompted to il by his predspositon,
and he will be bound to it by his untarnshed honor
Gen. SCOTS brilliant military is to be regarded
in two aspects it establishes his claim upon the gratitude
of the American people for faithful services and Illus
ates his fitness for great trusts The first CLEAN of light
that shot the gloomy horizon of country after
the early of the last with Great Britain
flashed from the sword of Scott and his brilliant vico
res the troops of powerful enemy revived the
dropping energies Of people, His conquest Of Mexico
beginning Vera Cruz and travelling along the track of
Cortez until be planted his countrys standard upon the
capital of that republic, may be regarded Of the
most heroic series of brilliant and successful actions
view in ancient modern times He governed the ex-
tensye regions subjugsted by his arms with wisdom
which demonstrated his fitness for trusts demanding the
highest administrative abilities His functions as the
ruler Of Mexico devolved upon him the important
civil duties for 1t blended civil and political power
which entrusted to him. UF
Gen. Scott has than conducted delicate and
important negotiations which, in his hands, brought
| to successful termination. 4.a
In view Of these facts looking from the point where
place myself feel hesitation whatever in giving my
support to Gen. SooTT the candidate for the Presi
dency As to MIR. GRAHAM, objection is made to him.