Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-08-26
45olitital Rm0ing.
Extracts

Extracts
Taken from Cor. A. v. BRoWN' s
Speech, del'uered in G0lamb5q, OF
tie Gth INST, on the Preside hIIa
Election.
''Let US turn now with every de-
gree of fairness TO the proceedings o.
the whig convention. / grant to the
wings OF the South an equal but net
IA greater devotion to the cempro-
mise AN equal but not greater
determination to maintain the rights
Of the South against the dar k and
demon spirit Of f;lnaticisin. They
ought to have they have as much,
l think more, property at stake than
we have. They bave homes to be
desolated and families whose peace,
safety and repose are as dear to
them, as oursrcan u be to US. i Is lat too
intent upon a mere party triumph,
they took no precautions as " e did
to purge their convention-to drive
the abolitionists from it. They put
nd iuterogatories to their candidates
as we did, Had they done So Mr.
Fillmore would ha We answered, | viii
rhainta hin the fugitive slave law as |
have done through my administra-
ton. Mr.. Webster would lave an
sNered, Ftoo viii maintain it as |
.adye done rs one of SIr. Fillmore s
cabinet. What would Gen. Scott
ha We answered? Why, "that l will
not answer Such response wonld
have turned him and all bis abolition
supporters out Of the convention
This would have purified the party
and left it Standing as Of yore, on a
high national platform. But sup
pose Gen. Scott had answered pub
licly that like Fillmore nd-Webster,
he too would maintain and execute
the fugitive slave law. Why then
Gen. Scott would have stood in ligh
aud honorable rivalry ior the noml-
nation, whilst tie abo5shonisis m6uld
hape q0ne oaf. They would have
said to themselves, what DO we do
here? Fillmore is against US, Web
ster is against us, and now Scott,
from whom We expected better
things. has also come out against us.
We must Withdraw, hold u conyen-
ton of our own and flash the stand
ard of VIM. II. Seward In the face Of
our foes, whig and democratic. |
know it is gr eat outrage beth
against fact and probability even to
s1Ppose that Gen. Scott would have
answered Ike Fillmore ard Webster
in favor Of maintal hing the fugitive
slave law. He was tried upon that
point IN another wa y equally binding
and impressive. Long before the
convention he received a letter from
one of his fellow-citi tizens asking him
to give his opinions publicly Ia favor
Of that measure: lis answer was, |
will not. a Senator from Tennessee
on the sabbath day went to him and
desired him to come out: lis answer
was again substantially, | will not
lie gave this trisylliblc response to
every body on all occasions. Sira,
he might have better said to Gov.
Jones. II cannot come out-don t
YOU see how lam situat9d--don t
YOU see that ii is the abolition lesis-
latures that have nominated me
don't YOU see thattaH the abolition
papers have. my name flying at their
head. Don't you see by the vote
even yesterday that the sixty-six
friends of Mr. Seward who voted
against the platform would instantly
desert me and leave the convention.
Wh4, my dear Governor, ybu are not
really up to these Thugs. | don t
want them to go out, I want them
to stay in. Ii they stay | get the
Misunderstanding 60 out lose it,
What signifies the purilication Of the
viii & party if lose tie Presidency.
~Sirs, | must not elaborate. !
must pass on to the closing scene o.
this nomination. For fifty Ballots
the friends Of Fillmore stood firm
the friends of Webster stood firm
and the South began to feel sem g as
s2rance Of her safety The bop(
was delusiye. The-hour was come
when according to many signs ant
secret whisperihgs through the con
Iyention, when enough OF Tenn Psse'
would desert Mr.. Fillmore and g
Iover to Gen. Scott and thus secure
LIS uomirafion. Yes. the houf haC