The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-07-28
a CAPE.
From the TateiEgencer Of Monday.

WAsHrYGToN, July !, 1852.
To prevent all mistake ard nisaprch chcnsion
we, the undersigned members Of Congress,
adopt this method of making a joint STAT mei!t
to our cons;itueh his, respectively, and 10 all VIII"
may take an interest in the subject; that We
cannot and will not support General Scott tor
| che Presidency, as he now stands before the
American people, for the following amongst
other reasons
| He obstna ely refused, up to the time of his
nomination, TO give any public opin' n in favor
| of that series IF measures If the last Congress
| known rs the Compromise the permanent
maintenance of which with us is question Of
param ,unt importance. Nor has h, since his
nominstion made any declaration OF his ap-
| proral of those measures as final adjustment
| IF the issues in controversy
1t is true the resolutions of the convention
| that nominated him are as clear and explicit
up n this question asEneed be but Gen Scott
| i'm his letter of acceptance, VIII ch contains all
| that we have from hmson that matter, does
not give them the approval of his judgment.
/ This he seems stuiiously to avoid. He ac-
cepts the nomiaation, sswth the resolutions an
ne xed' That is, he takes the noRina.ion r"'s
oncre as an individual takes estate, |I.h
! wh1teyer incumbrances il may be L0aded with.
And the only pledge and guaranty he offers
for his "adhernce to the principles OF he reso-
lutions'' are ssthe known incidents of a lerg
public life, &c
Amongst these "knorcn incidea,ents'' oe his
life there is not one 50 far as are aware OF,
in favor of the principles of the Compfoniie.
In one at least ofhls public letters he has ex-
pressed sent men,s inimical to the institutions
of fifteen States of the Union Since the pas
sage of the Compromise he has suffered his
name to be held up before the people of several
of the States as a candidate for the Presidency
| H., H., opcp nd .vowad p,,erneS of those meas
ure, And in the convention that conferred
this nomination upon him he permitted him
self to be used by the FreesOiiers in that body
J. to defeat Mr. Fillmore and Mr.. Webster, be-
.caus e of their advocacy of these measures and
their firm adherence to the same policy that sus-
tanned them.
, To Join much men, and aidthem in complet-
t ing their triumph over. and sacrifice OF, he true
, aud tritd friends of the Constitution, and the
!, raifhruI discharge Of all its obligatons, what
; we can never do The dictates of duty and
pa riotism sternly forbid 1t.
r We consider Gen. Scott the .facorits can
!, didate of the Frecsoa wing of the Wing party
That his policy, he should be elected, would
J be warped and shape to conform 10 their views
and TO elevate them to power in the admins
/, tration Of the Government, can but Reconsider
ed as legitimate and probable result. And, be-
| lievng as we do that the views of thai collection
OF mischevous men are DANGEROUS not only In
the jus, and constitutional rights of the South
, ern States, (which we represent in psrt,l but
TO the peace and quiet OF the whole country
and to the permanent union OF the States, We
, gard it as the highest duty of the well wish
, ers of the country every where, whatever else
they may d. to at least withhold from hins
t e support This intend TO do.
ALEXANDER n. STEPHENS, of Ga
CHARLES JAS F4ULKNER, ofVa.
W BROOKE, of Miss.
aa ALEX WHITE. of Afa.
JAMES ABERCROMB.E of Ala.
r .TOORMS of GA.
JAMES JOHNSON, Of Ga
a For reasons to some extent Indicated IN
spec ches and addresses heretofore made BY the
Undersigned they deem it 10 BE- thrir duty to
: withhold fIl ir support from General Scott a
candidate for the Presidency. Ii il should
$ .erl to te necessary, will hereafter, in
some form exhibit moresfully to itoents
the facts aud reasons which have brought Us &c
, this determination
NJ. P. GENTRY. TIM