Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-12-02
Picking a Mote from a brother S
Eve. YilhLa Rdam in his OWN.

Sraulude. lney were enu0Weu pre-
eminently with tho mental requisites
which lend dignity TO office, and com
mand for its incurhbents the respect
Of an intelligent people Yet they
were thrust aside for men Of far in
ferior calibre;g betrA yed by tricky pol
iticians, who wore the livery of patri-
otism over knavi$h, selfish hearts;
hawked,at by The F'monsing owls Of
party; and stung Iome in the very
crisis when they most needed true
and honest friend 5, by dirty vipers
who would never ave had strength
enough to use thel II fang if they had
not been warmed D pon the bosom Of
greatness. These things VIII not
soon be forgotten By the honest peo-
pie. -FaystteoU4 Obseyesr.
"A Distinguish foreigner, well
acquainted with t he history of our
recent Presidential canvass, on read
ing the foregoing extract, would be
led to conclude, CERTAINLY, that Cass
aud Buchanan on the one side, and
Pierce and King dn the other, were
in the minds eye of the writer;
and that he was a patriot friend of
these great men, giving vent to his
Indignant feelings at their being
"thrdst aside for men of Gar inferior
calibre." But what would be his9ts-
constituent on learning, that Clay,
Webster and Gen. Scott were the
subjects of the above remarks, and
that the writer vas a democratic ed
itor? Would he not inYoluntarily
exclaim 30, modesty! VII ere is thy
blush." -PalasEi. CHI ttel
And, "a disinter4k te3 foreigner, :"
desirons ofshowius bis Ingenuity in
peryertihg language, would tain-
~" adopt the comm onts qf the ca
ze5tc as his own. e3tg, IFe5slsr and
Fillmore WERE thrust aside for q man
of inferior calibre-fIr Gen. Soft
And because of this iugratitude, be-
cause of thisshamelul course, snanyno-
ble-hearted wings WIKI preferred their
country to the nam l. Of party, re.
fused to "bow the k1 Zee to Bad =
Gen. Scott never had Prop4a himself
to be a whig. True, he claimed to
be one; but be ha d never publicly
substantiated that claim. lie had
never filed a civil Office IN connected
with military affairs perhaps never
cast vote in 4iFil election in
fact, his duties and c5pafity had been
of such character as tot preclude
his participation ID d vil affairs, even
had he desired To lave dose So
lie had written ettel IS on almost
every subjeet-spme for and others
against, shaped altogether with an
eye to public opinion, u ntil his con
Trajectory illusions sicKened his ow n
political household; a I'D some Of
them did not hesitate } aver that
his crude attempts a writin g
@dimmea the lustre of His sword -
How, then, the -Gq<ette may ask, did
he secure the Nomination. Par
TALLY. at least, by panderlng to the
anti-slayery faction of the North; to
the ''higher-law' gentry of the free
Statos-and BIZ them he was nomi-
mated. For proof Of this statement,
we have the declarations Of prom1i-
nent southern wings. BY identify
ing him self with GFeelsy, Heed, Gov.
Johnston, and their followers. those
who effected his nomination believed
he would carry the North easilyE and
as it was well known that the S@pth-
ernpeople we're cAiyalrous in their
temperament, they were to be piled
iato feeling of security by tile ef-
forts Of such men as Jas. G. Zones
and Gus. Henry, and then Luddy's
Lane and C4epultepee were to darry
them en- masae for San old soldier ;"
He was believed to'be available, and
tbs availability WIS predieateF on
his anti-slavery sentiments and his
deeds on the battlefield But it |
would not do-he was defea ted, ig- |
ANONYMOUSLY defeated, inspite of his |
eleetioneering tour, during Which be
descanted so extensively in self-lan-
dation. We have his admission, in
Saving that his sbrnechesl Wgrtdagn- /,