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The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-05-31
Letter from s. A. Douglas, Esq.
WAsHIsGroN, d. C., Nav %, 1885

WASHINGTON, ID. e., May %, 1852.
Sir: | have the honor to acknowledge the re.
ceipt of your letter of the l7;h instant and take
pleasure in responding directly to your inter
rogatores, especially as my answer will only
require reteration of my well-matured opinions
which have repeatedly been expressed in my
place in the Senate and in the House of Repre-
sentatves and to my constituents at home.
While the series of measures, known as the
compromise, was supported and opposed by
Democrats and Wings Unfortunately, and
therefore could not justly be claimed as party
measures, yet deemed it my duty under the
circumstances to give them in the Senate a
cordial and unwavering support; and immedi-
ately upon my return home, when assaulted by
my constituents, defended and vndcated the
provisions of each and ali of those acts, and
especially insisted upon the faithful execution
of the law for the reclamation of fugitives from
labor. My opinions upon these questions have
undergone no change; and shall deem it my
duty, in whatever official position | may be
placed, to exert all legal and constitutional au.
thorty to enforce the honest execution ofthose
as well as all other acts passed in pursuance of
the Constitution. lpasmuch as the Constitution
of the United States provides that "no person
held TO service or labor in one State under the
laws thereof, escaping into another, shall in
consequence of any law or regulation therein
be discharged from such service or labor, but
shall be delivered up on the claim of the party
to whom such service or labor may be due" il
became the imperative duty of Congress to pass
all laws necessary to carry that provision into
effect; and no act calculated to render that
provision of the Constitution imperative, or to
destroy or diminish the force of the existing
| laws for its fulflment, or to impair or obstruct
the rights OF the citizens Of any State under it
can ever receive my approval.
| According to the construction have been
inclined to place upon your letter, the foregoing
furnishes full and complete answer to all your
| heterogeneous; but the clause in which you in.
quire whether would 'ds:ountenance by every
proper means all attempts to disturb or change
the provisions of that law, whereby those pro
visions might be made less effectual," NAV
possibly be construed to imply that the Execu
tive would be expected to influence or restrain
the action of Congress by other means than those
enjoined by the Constitution. Lest my answer
may not be deemed full on this point, it is due
to candor to state that | should not feel a,
liberty, in any event, to'use the patronage of the
government for the purpose of influencing the
legislative action upon that or any other sub
ject, but would leave to Congress the indepen
dent exercise of its constitutional functions, and
reserve to the Executive the full measure Of
responsibility attaching to his approval or dis.
approval ofall acts passed by Congress.
have the honor to be, very respectfully
your obedient servant, S. A. DOUGLAS.
ROBERT G. SCOTT, esq.
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Litter from James Buchanan, ESQ.
WHEATLAND, (near Lancaster, Pa }

May "a, 1852
SIR: have received your communication of
the 18th instant, asking me whether, in case of
my nomination and election to the Presidencv.
would, in the administration of the government
sustain and enforce :" the various acts of Con.
gress constituting what is known as the compro
mise, and especially the enactments of that law
relating to the recapture by their owners of fu-
gitive slaves"
And also whether "would discountenance
by every proper means all attempts to disturb or
change the provisions of that law, whereby
these provisions might be made less effectua for
securing to the people Of the South their con.
stituional rights in the possession and enjoy
ment of their slave property"
And again, whether, should, unfortunately
bill be passed by Congress modifying or chang
ing the law referred to, 80 as to impair it's pre-.
sent valuable enactments, would |, (you) as
President of the republic, veto any such BILL"
These three several questions / answer, with.
out the slightest hesitation, in the affirmative.
In thus answering, Ito repeat the language of
my Richmond letter of February last al pur-
posely refrain from discussing the original merits
OF the compromise, because | consider it. to
employ the expressive language of the day, as a
hnaliiy'-a fixed fact--a most important enact
ment of law--the agitation or disturbance of
which could do no possible good, but might
produce much positive evil. Our noble vessel
of State, freighted with the hopes of mankind,
both for the present and future generations, has
passed through the most dangerous breakers
which she has ever encountered, and has tri-
umphantly ridden out the storm Both those
who supported the measures of the compromise
as just and necessary, and those who, regarding
them in different light yet acquiesce in them
for the sake of the Union, have arrived at the
same conclusion--thnt it NUT and shall lie exc
cuted. They have thus, for every practical pur.
pose, adopted the same platform, and have re.
solved to sustain it against the common enemy.
Why, then, should they wrangle and divide and
waste their energies, not respecting the main
question, which has already been definitely set
tied, but in regard to the process which has
brought them, though from different d. ctions
to the same conclusion Above all, why should
the strength of the Democratic party of the
country be impaired and its ascendency leopard
ed for any such cause! We who believe that
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ROBERT G. ScoTT, esq.
Letter from General Woo,
@c''cF NJ VVUOL.
Troy. New York Moy "a

Troy, (New York; May "a, 1852.
SIR AT the moment of leaving Washington
for my headquarters in this city, / received your
communication Of the 18th instant, relating ~
the nominations to be made by the conyenf;on
which is to be assembled in few DAYS at Bali.
more.
1t is true, my name has been associated with
the nomination for the Presidency, but without
solicitation or agency on my part. Holding, 10
40, that the office is neither to be sought nor
Declined" have not urged my friends to pre-
sent my name to the public, nor have arraycd
myself IN opposition to any fthe distinguished
men VINO have been namei for that exalted st y
tlon. On the contrary, so far as am indiyi,l-
ually concerned or interested. I would prer.r
that either of them shonld be nominated rather
than myself; for assure you, have no desi, =
to enter another and new field, where il il pro-
oable would be compelled to encounter ali the
baser passions OF the human heart.
Win these views, and not realizing that
can OBTAIN the nomination, it only remains for
me, IN reply to your requirement, to express the
WISH, mat whomever the convention nomina!es
for the Presidency, he may be person Of ex.
ulted views, possessing great practical wisd. m.
well acquai.ted with the affairs of the country
and OF nations, at the same time free from ali
sectional feeling In other words, that he will
neither DO Northern, Southern, Eastern. or
Western man, but man for the Union, who will
devote all his talents and energy to the mainte-
nance of the Constitution and carrying out faith.
fully all it's provisions, and to the preservation
OF the Union. We are nation composed Of
States, or sovereigntes, with diversified interests.
IL ought not to surprise US if these should occa.
slonally clash. In such a case, 1t should be the
duty, the imperous duty, of the President to do
all IN his power to promote Cancellation and har
mony' and to prevent those heartburnings and
contentious between the States or parts which.
Il encouraged, would do more than all else to
destroy the harmony of our glorious Union. A
more important drty than this belongs not to
tn President, and one which he should never
for moment lose sight Of
In conclusion, allow me to say, that in long
public career, in peace as we'll as in war, nv
aspirations have never induced me TO look
beyond the good opinion of my countrymen.
which, assure you, consider far more precious
than office.
| am, very respectfully, your obedent servant,
JOHN E. WOOL.
RoBERT G. SCOTT, ESQ.,, Richmond, Va.
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WILLARD's HOTEL, Washington City,

WILLARD's HOTEL, Washington City,
Goth May, 1852.
Sir: Your letter of the 18th (post- marked
9th instanD reached me this morning, in which
you address to me several inquiries. feel no
hesitancy in saying what my opinions are no
the various points presented
My course on the subject of the bills which
constitute the compromise, prior to and at the
time they became laws, would seem to supercede
the necessity Of any further answer than to say
1 poted for each and every separate measure,
When | voted for these measures regarded
them, and still regard them, as final adjust
ment Of all the questions which they embraced.
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;, SOtlN e. WtWjli.
ROBERT G. ScoTT, esq.,, Richmond, Va.
Letter from w. l.. Marcu, ESQ.
ALBANY, May 25, 1852,

ALBANY, play 70, 1852.
SIR: have received your letter of the l7lh
inst, and hope the following general state .nent
of my views will be deemed sat. factory ~.
spouse to the questions therein submitted to me
was in favor of the compromise measures.
including that for the return of fugitive slaves,
and concurred in the sentiment of congratula-
ton so generally entertained by the Democra ic
party in this State as we'll as in others at tho
settlement by Congress, in this mode, of the
questions which then SO deeply agtatated Tie
country. The measures have answered The
main end for which they were designed-agi,a.
ton has almost entirely ceased, and the public
mind has become comparatively TRANQUIL
lin an off .ial station, ! should feel bound IN
use all the power which for that purpose BE-.
longed to it, to enforce the faithful execution Of
all the provisions of these several measures.
regard an acquiescence in this adjustment in
all its parts as an imperative duty, and should
exceedingly regret any endeavor to disturb it
Viewing the subject in this light, should an
attempt be made to change or modify these
measures, in whole or in part, so as to impair
the constitutional rights thereby secured to anv
section OF the country, or to render less effec
tnal The protection of those rights, should not
only discountenance the proceeding. but in
whatever station might be, should use nv in.
fiuence and authority to resist and defeat il.
am, with great respect, yours, &c,
w. L. MARCY.
RoBT G. SCoTT, ESQ.
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Letter from Robert G. Scott, Esq.

RICHMOND, May II, 1852.
SIR A short fortnight will barely elapse
before the convention of delegates of the Dem
ocratic party, from every State in our Union,
will assemble at Baltimore to nominate two of
our most worthy and distinguished statesmen,
to be voted for as President and Vice President
of the nation. Your name has been associated
with the proposed nomination, and will be most
probably presented to the convention, as it al
ready has been to the country, for its favor and
support. Marked as has been your past pollt
cal life by fearless frankness and devotion to
the great principles Of the Democratic party, |
take leave to inquire ofyou, should you be NOM
mated by the convention, and elected 20 the
Presidency by the people, in your admnstra
ton of the government will you sustain, and by
any means within your power enforce and have
executed, in all their parts, the various acts of
Congress- constituting what is known as the
compromise, and especially the enactments OF
that law relating to the recapture by their own
ers of fugitive slaves? And again, whether,
should you be elected President of the Uuited
States, you would discountenance, by every
proper means, all attempts to disturb or change
the provisions of that law, whereby those pro
visions might be made less effectual for secur-
ing to the people of the South their consttu'
t0nal rlShts IN the possession" anu enJoymen'
of their Slave property ? And should, unfortun.
ately, bill be passed by Congress modifying
or changing the law referred to, so as to impair
its present valuable enactments, would you, as
President of the republic, veto any such bill
II is due to cnndor to inform you that reply to
this communication is desired before the meet.
ing of the Baltimore convention; and, when re-
ceived, is intended for publication, and that q
copy of this will be sent to every other gentle
man whose name has been mentioned in con
nexion with the nomination.
am, very respectfully, yours, &c.
| ROBERT G. SCOTT
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Letter from Vim. X. King, Esq.
SENATE CHAMBER, May 20, 1852.

CENAIE NHAMbER, dUs looS.
SIR:-I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter, and hasten to reply. |
have little expectation that my name will, as
you suppose be presented to the Baltimore con-
vcnton for the high Office to which you refer.
But, as have no wish to withhold my opinions
upon any question of public character, com
ply, without hesitation, with your request.
AS respects the series Of measures of the
last Congress- commonly known as the compro-
mise, most of them are beyond the reach of leg
slation; and although | considered some of
them as most unjust to the South, was proba-
bly, the first individual in the slaveholdng
States who publicly took ground in favor OF
acquiesence, and am gratiied to find that such
is now the determination of all the Southern
States. The fugitive slave law was enatced to
carry out an express provision of the Constitu-
ton, and therefore does not stand on the footing
of ordinary legislation and should it so happen
that should be placed in the Presidential of
fee, | should feel myself bound, by every obi.
CATION of duty, to negative any act for its repeal
or so to modify or change it as would destroy
its efficiency
With the highest respect, am your obedien
servant WILLIAM r. KING.
To ROBERT G. SCOTT, esq.
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Letter from X. +. Stockton, Esq.


SENATE CHAMBER, Washington, May 30, 1852
SIR:-l have this morning received your let.
ter, post marked Richmond, 10Th Of May, 1852
thank you for the compliment of considering
my opinions of any Importance. have no hest
tation in replying TO each and all of your inter
rogatories ahrmatively.
My views in relation to those questions will
fully appear from my letter to the Hon. Daniel
Webster, of the 25th of March, 1850, and also
from my speech of the 4th of July, at Eliza.
BEETHOVEN, New Jersey, of the same year, copies
of which are herewith enclosed.
This answer to your inquiries is given, how.
ever, in no expectation of the event anticipated
by you. am not a candidate for the Pres.
dency. ] will not be such by my own seeking
hope the Democratic party may cordially unite
on one of those distinguished statesmen whose
names will probably be submitted to the Demo
cratic national convention.
Your obedient servant,
r. +. STOCKTON.
To ROBERT G. ScoTT, esq.
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Letter from Sam. Houston, Esq.

To RoBERT G. SCoTT, esq.
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CORPORATION NOTICE.--PUBLIC NOTICE rs
~ hereby given the occupant or occu-
pants of ali honses and lots improved
affected thereby that the assessments have been
the Assessors and lodged in the oce OF
the Bureau Asessments for examination BY q. persons
the northery half Of Thirty ninth street, from
to the Hudson river The limits embraced n
such all the several houses and lots Of
ground lots pieces and parcels Of land stusted on
side ofThirty ninth street from
to Hudson river All persons whose interests af-
fected the above named and who are
their objections in writing, to the undermined ~
their Office No. Hall Of Records, within thirty days from
the date Of this notice -
SAMUEL 4; De MOTT;
ISAAC VIM. SMITH,
Office Bureau Of Assessments Street Department July
10, 1852
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CORPOR RATION NOTICE.-PUBLIC NOTICE Is
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aee ted thereby hst the following assessments have
bean completed by the Assessors and lodged IN the
persons ysTOr TAGGING space four feet wide
avenues and G. The limits embraced by such assessment
include all the several houses and lots Of ronud vacant
loA pieces parcels Of land stu Atd the scutholy
side Of Eleventh street between avenues and c. All
WI interests affected by the above named
sesments and who opposed to the either Of
them requested TO present cir objections in writing
to the At their Office, No. Hall Records
within thirty days from the date Of this notice.
SAMUEL III. DE MOTT. }
FRANCIS NICHOLSON, Assessors.
ISAAC WIN. SMITH.
Once Bureau Of Assessments, Street Department, July
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CORPORATION NoTICE-PbBLrC NOTICE IS
~ hereby given to the occupant or Oc
Supsns OF Al houes and lote improved or unimprovca
been completed By The Assessors and lodged the office
of the Bureau of Assessments by all per-
sons interested yiFor grading Fortysixth street. from
Tenth avenue to TIE Hudson river aud setting curb and
gutter stones therein. The limits embraced by such
men. include all the houses and lots Of ground
vacant lots pieces and Of land, situated both
sides ofForty sixth street. between Tenth and Hud
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both sides Of Eleventh hundr ed feet norbsrly
and hundred fee. scuthery from Forty sixth street.
AL whose interests affected by the above ramed
assessments and who opposed to the either Of
them requested TO their objections writing
to the ndersigned, at their office, No. Hall OF Records
within thirty days from the date Of this notice.
SAMUEL Il. DE MOTT, }
FRANCIS NICHOLSON, Assessors.
ISAAC WIN. SMITH,
Ofce Bureau Of Assessments Street Department, July
IL. ls51
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CORPORATION NoTICE.-PUBLI NOTICE rs HERE
~ by given TO the owners, occupant or occu.
pants houses and lots proved unimpro lands
affected thereby that the following assessments been
completed by the Asscssor and lodged in the ONCE Of
the Bureau for alton by all
interested v1-For building in Lewis street, from
Broome Grand street The limits embraced by such
include all the houses and lots 81 ground
pieces situated both sides
Of Lewis street. em Broome to Grand street, All persons
whose interests affected by the above named assess-
and who opposed TO the same either OF them
undersigned at their office, No. Hall Of Records, within
thirty days from the date Of this notice.
SAMUEL n. DE MOTT,
FRANCIS NICHOLSON, Assessors.
ISAAC VIM. SMITH.
Oee Bureau OF Assessments Street Department, July
1852.
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CORPORATION NOTICE-PCBLIC NOTICE IS
~ hereby given to the owners occupant or oocu
pants Of houses and lots improved or unmprcved lands
affected thereby that the following assessments have been
completed by the Assessors and are lodged In the ooe OF
the Bureau fAsessmen for examination by all persons
interested yizFor building sewer In Henry street. from
Jefferson Rutgers street The limits emsraced by such
lots pieces and parcels OF land situated on both
aides Of street. from Jefferson to Rutgers street. Al
whose affected BY the above named
them are reauested TO their objections in writing
TO the un at their once No. HALL Of Records
vitbtn thirty days from the date Of this notice.
SAMUEL II. DE MOTT, J
FRANCIS NICHOLSON, Assessors.
ISAAC. WM SMITH.
ONCE Bureau Of Assessments, Street Department, July
~ 1agD