Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1852-07-01
WHOLE NO. lib 3
For the Dailu keus.

tlinore, 10 the offlce oil President OF the
United States should, and firmly be-
lieve will. ultimately receive the undvi-
drd and ardent support OF all who attach
a proper regard for the conservative and
constitutional principles which dislin-
guish our glorious organization. And
4 he can never be true, consistent and
reliable Wing, who would rcpudiate the
The nomination OF his party, presented
| for our acceptance, after the most ma
ture consideration Of the body duly ap-
pointed 10 make II. lie will never de-
clare, either by his vote or influence or
by his innct,on at the Polls, that he is
opposed 10 the elevation OF an illustri-
Gus citizen TO the Presidency, who has
a clear majority VI the Convention in
his favor, because, iorsooth, Mr.. " eb-
ster or Mr.. Fillmore failed Of success,
after the several claims Of the candi-
dates had been fairly and fully canvass l.
II We be true 10 our party and 10 its con-
scrvati,c and truly national principles,
we shall cheerluIly sacrifice our own
most cherished predictions, whether
Tor Fillmore or Webster, even though
we may regard them with merted ad-
miration, as patriots and statesmen, or
however warm and devoted may be our
personal friendship for either Of these
/ in OH. nG ho
mount considerations which claim our
warmest zeal and our highest energies.
Would we achieve n victory in the COM
ing Autumn over the nominee OF pat
~ whose complete ascendancy would
be pregnant with peril TO our Inslitu-
tons, our motto must be "the Union OF
the Wings for the sake Of the Union."-
The unchecked ambition Ol the leading
spin The Democracy might lead to
sangunary Wars in extending, as they
would pausiby assure the people, the
area OF Freedom until finally this teau-
t!iul system OF a representative govern
ment, which has !or three fourths OF a
century challenged the admiration Of
our age shall be prematurely destroyed.
no longer, then, would the friends OF
freedom in Hungary or in France, or
wherever Despotism is in the ascend
ant, look 10 America amidst their des-
pondency and oppressio e, as an oasis
in the gloomy desert on which their
eyes almost hopelcssly rest, to cheer
their spirits and excite them to fresh el-
forts against the Tyran's sway. Al
though Scott is in military reputation,
the Wellington Of EnEland's proud
daughter, yet he is cmpha,cally man
OF peace: as his judlcious course when
the boundary between Maine and New
brunswick was in dispute, and which
threatened serious rupture with Great
Britain, bears most honorable witness.
In 1892. when Notification threatened
the integrity ofour Union, Scott M
manded the forces nj Charleston and
commended himself highly to his Coun-
try'e gratitude for his calm and judicioLs
course on that difficult aud delicate SER
vice. His humanity in Mexico lessened
the severiiics of War to its inhabitants
who seemed TO regard the chieitain,
personally, more as friend than a con-
queror. His humanity, also, in the
removal OF the Cherokees Is well known;
and that llustrious Divine. the late DR..
Claiming, has eulogized il IN bls hap.
piest manner. No man will question
Or. C's righteousness and independence
OF character. His purity and philan-
thropy are widely appreciated and eu'
logy from his pen is no mere barren
compliment. That celebrated man, ia
one of his beautiful productions, express
ses the hope that such christian quail
ties as were exhibited by Gen. Scott, in
the removal Of these doomed people may
more and more characterize our public
men. The writer is fIr from being an
admrcr Of War, or OF military pagean-
try, and he would not claim support for
the old hero on any sanguinary grounds.
But if ever man faced an enemy as "A
Iatriot and an undauntcd defender Of his
country's berties, that man is Winfield
Scott. The brilliant actions of Chppe.
wa and of Lunday's Lane. which fret
enrolled his name among the great Car
;ains Of tie age, tell us all o. his youth
iul devotion 10 his Country. The bat.
lie. fields Of Mexico dcyelope The genius
and sagaclty and the almost unequalled
energy OF his rirer years. Make Scott
then, Americans, your President and
place on a head grown gray in your ser
vice this crowning glory in your gli,
ere he be Withdrawn forever, at the ca'l
of Providence, from thus scene OF his
conflict and of his tame TO the rewards
(as we trusi) OF one who, filing large
space IN the public eye, realizes his true
position before God, and who attaches
all due importance to the superior elalms
and the nobler objects ol ouI higher ua-
ture X.
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