The Yazoo Democrat., 1852-08-25
T H E De MOOR A T
PHILLIPS & BOWMAN, ED1roRs.
Ehe cIlargcs agaimsf Gener.1I Scoff

HAe charges against General ScOt1
In reply to The Nashville Banner, which sta
ted that the charges against General Scott wep
made upon anonymous authority, the Nashville
Union has the following cogent reply, imbody
ing facts which should be kept before the people
l. The first and most serious charge is, tha
Ien. Scott is in the hands of Seward, the aboli
tionists, and free soilers. For The truth Of thi
charge, among other good and true men, Messrs
Gentry and Williams of Tennessee are response
bic.
2. Another charge against Gen. Scott is, tha
he IS opposed TO the existence of slavery. Tht
proof of this charge is found in his own letter
IN which he declares that it is a high moral OBJ
| legation of masters and slaveholding States tc
employ all means not incompatible with the
safety of both colors to meliorate slavery, even
to extermination
B. Another charge against Gen. Scott is, that
he is in favor of annexing a large number ot
free States to the Union, and thus giving TO the
anti-slavery power an overwhelming weight IN
the councils of the nation. The proof of this
charge is found ia Gen. Scotts letter, dated June
%. 1S49-which we have published in full-in
which he says: In my judgment, the interests
of both sides would be mnch promoted by the
annexa tiOn-the several provinces Canada New
Brunswick, etc., coming into the Union on
equal terms with our present thirty States'-
And further: Though opposed to incorporating
with US any district densely peoped with the
Mexican race, l should be very happy to fater-
nize with our Northern and Northwestern neigh
hon al,
favor of annexing TO our Northern and North
western boundaries is nearly as large as all the
territory now embraced in The Union
A. Another charge against Gen. Scott is, that
he is il favor of national bank. The proof OF
this charge is found in his letter to a committee
of gentlemen, dated October %, 1911, in which
he says that he regards such an Institution as
indispensable, in peace and in war, to the oper-
ations of the treasury and the wants of COM
merce.
5. Another charge against Gen. Scott is, thai
he IS IN favor of practical destruction of bank
rupt law. The proof of this charge is also
found in his letter of 1871.
6. Another charge against Gen. Scott is, that
he is in favor of a practical destruction of the
veto power. In his letter just alluded to he de-
clares himself i'll fsFor Of reducing The veto
now SO essential TO the slavehoIding States-so
as te give bare majority in Congress che power
to overrule it. This would be practical de-
struction of the power.
z. Another charge against Gen. Scott is, that
he is supported almost entirely by the enemies of
the fugitive slave law at the North. The fact
that Seward, Johnston, and Greeley, the leaders
of the higher-law men, are his warm friends, is
sufficient proof of this charge.
s. Another charge against General SCOTT, is,
that he is in favor of modifying our naturaliza-
ton laws, so as to admit aliens 10 the elective
franchise upon only one condition, viz: that
they serve one year in the army or navy of the
United States. The evidence of the charge is
found IN Gen. Scotts letter of acceptance, and
in a communication written by him TO the Ma
tional Intelli9encer in 1915. Taken together,
these two documents show him TO be in favor OF
ibis dangerous and unjust modification.
8. Another and most serious charge against
Gen. Scott is, that he stubbornly refuses 10 de-
fine his isposition on The compromise. The proof
of this charge is abundant, but we win not so
into it in detail Suffice ii 10 say that Governor
Jones has declared that he, with hundred to
back him, implored Gen. Scott to define his po-
sition on the Compromise, and be would not.
These are the principal and most important
charges against Gen. Scott. With the exception
Of two or three, they are susceptible of docl-
mentary proof from under his own hand. Ard
yet the Banner would have It's readers belle1e
that they are made upon anonymous authority
and that no known person is responsible pr
them!"