Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-06-26
Gen. Scott Nominated.

was our best choice for a brilliant victory.
It is a fallacy to say that Gen. SCOTT does
not stand pre-eminentIy high in the South
He is justly esteemed a civilian of the fines
a]ttainments, as evidenced in numerous instan
ces where his genius and abilities in this res
pect have had occasion to be exercised anc
here in our chivalric cline, where true military
talents and services are appreciated as they de
serve, he stands among the foremost, if not al
the head, of military heroes now living. That
he has previously been distrusted by Southern
Whigs-ever jealous of their rights and inter-
ests--cannot be denied; but it originated from
the fact that no occasion had ever arisen OF
any moment where he had 4 fair chance Of ey-
idencing bis sentiments with reference to the
great principles embraced in the Compromise
measures unlike his competitor, he never had
the opportunity of a seat in Congress to prove
to his party the minutia Of his political creed,
but upon the bloody battlefield, where he ne
yer knew defeat, he has proved with his sword
his devotion to his c~ountry--and he either
deemed it imprudeEt, or, soldier.like, was too
independent, to make any avowaI which might
he construed into a "bid" for the nomination,
leaving his past glorious career as a guarantee
for his patriotism and loyalty to the c%onstitu-
ton of course he was not to be c%ensured for
journals advocating his claims which are OBJ
n~oxious to the South. But the moment that
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stand upon the Wing platform-proclaims his
answering adherence to the Compromise, the
Fugitive Slave Law and all and as high in es-
timation as the loftiest will he now stand with
Southern Wings. Our delegation went for
him unanimously, when there was no hope for
FILLMORE: showing the zeal and confidence
placed in him by those who previously were in
ignorance of his principles upon Southern mea.
sures and interests-and we believe that he
will carry this State as easily and as brilliantly
as he carried the heights of Cerro Gordo.
Much as the people Of this country are con-
trolled by party, yet, Notwithstanding, in Pres
idential elections the man and his actions have
the greater weight with the masses. When the
quiet and unpretending citizen undertakes to
weigh in the balance great actions and vaIua.
Bile services, to determine which is entitled to
his vote, Gen. PIERCE or Gen. SCoTT, how in
significant and nothing1ess must the former ap-
pear!
1t was a mistake of the Locofocos to select
4 man as their nominee because Of his insight
and for the additional reason that he
lad a military appelIation attached to his name,
the deeds that win it. They succeeded
o we'll with Col. Polk, that they thought they
ould even do better by aiming a step higher
nd selecting Gen. PIERCE. But the first had
erved his country for a long number of years,
nd had "O,d Hickory" to back him. What
as the last to recommend him, in anything
which justly constitutes a recommendation for
he Presidency?
We conceive that the Wings never had a
airer prospect Of success in any election than .
t present. If they use the same exer.ions
throughout the Union as have characterized
hem heretofore, we believe that a victory as
overwhelming as any they have ever achieved,
viii be their reward. Shall we not do our duty
home? Let US prove in November that the
lately achieved by our friends, %origina-
ed from other causes than their superior force.
Let us commence in season, that we may surely
etrieve the reputation we lost on the 18th, by
to the Conqueror of Mexico, when the
lay arrives, q vote that will redeem The past.
Mr.. GRAHAM, the nominee for the Vice Pre-
is the present Secretary of the Navy,
nd a man Of warm Southern feelings. The
Bee thus concludes an article in reference to .
'ur nominees
We need not tell our readers who WINFIELD
is. He has not been drawn from deep G
to be held up to partizans, with a |
biographical sketch tackled on to the skirt of his a
oat. No Wing, on hearing the name of our t
andldate, will need ask who he is, whence he
ONES, and what he has done. The history of t
Zen. ScoTT is the history of the military an O
ais of the republic since 1912. From Queens C
own to Chapultepec it forms one unbroken
nd untarnlshed page of glory and renown. a.
he brilliant fame of the great Captain of the Ia
ge lrradlates that name, hereafter to be asso- ir
ated with the more mellowed splendor of tt
vic t%riumphs, The American people, by q ma m
'rity such as rarely marks our political con- ia
'sts, will teach Locofocoism that they know h.
en-. ScorT, and confide in his rectitude, his re
ainless character, his soldier-like frankness
I'd honesty, and accept his magnificent militia Sc
services as a guarantee of his never failing Is
I'd quenchless patriotism. ar
In the selection of a candidate for Vice tn
the Convention has acted with wis ce
I'M and prudence. Passing by those aspi. da
nts who had more particularly connected ad
.mselves with the competitors for the Presi- tn
ntiaI nomination, it made choice of VIM. A. r.
sAHAM of North Carolina-a gentleman of
intelligence, great personal worth, and
Fixed OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES who has seuaral 4iuaaa