Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-07-22
15olitifuI Hru ding.
The Thing Settled.

which we publish below announcing
that they will not support Scott, set
tie the election in Tennessee
These gentlemen have never before
faltered in party loyalty, and nothing
Ebut outrage could have forced this
stand from them. 1t will also be
seen that Stephens and Toombs OF
Georgia, Brooke of Mi S., White OF
Ala, Faulkner Of Va, a nd johnson
of Georgia, have taken the same pat
riotic ground. We have no room
for further comment this morning
Nashville Union.
From the National Inte7bgencer.
WASHINGTON, July 3, 1852.
To prevent all mista ke and mis-
apprehension, we, the unde rSigned,
Members of Congress, adopt this
method of making ajoint st Ptement
to our constituents, RESPECTIVE ely, and
to all who may take a interest in
the subject, that we can not and will
not support Gen Scott for the Pres
idency, as he now STAN as before the
Amerl lean people, for the following
amongst other reasons
He obstinately refuse ed, up to the
time of his nomination, to give any
public opinion in. favor of that series
of measures of the last Congress
known as the compromise; the per-
manent maintenance Of which with
Us is question of paramount inn
portance. Nor has he'since his nom
ination made any declaration of his
approyaI Of those measures as final
adjustment of the issues in contro-
versy.
1t is true the resolutions of the
Convention that no minated him are
as clear and as explicit upon this
question as need be; but Gen. Scott,
in his letter of acceptance, which
contains all that we have from him
on that matter, does not give them
the approval of his Judgment. This
he seems studiouSly tp have avoided.
He accepts the n pnlination "with the
resolutions anne exed.'' That is, be
takes the nomina ation cum onere, as
an individual takes an estate, with
whatever tncumErd'ces it may be
loaded with, And he only pledge
and guaranty he offer IS for his "adhe-
renee to the principles of the resolu-
TONS are ''the know II incidents Of a
long public life," &c.
| Amongst these "khO,pn incidents
Iof his life there is u pt one, so far as
We are aware Of in favor of the prln-
ciples Of the Cd 9mpromise. In one,
at least, Of his public letters, he has
expressed sentiments inimical to the
institutions of fifteen States Of I'm
ion. Since the passage Of the COM
promise he has suffered his name to
be held up before the people Of sew
eral Of the States as a candidate for
the Presidency by the open and
avowed enemies Of those. measures.
And in the ConEention that confer
red t bis nomination h upon him he per-
mite d himself to be used by the
| Free 4soilers in that body to defeat
| Mr.. FILLMORE and Mr. WEBSTER, be-
cause of their advocacy of these
measures and their firm adherence to
the Bolicy that sustained them.
To join such men, and aid them IN
completing their triumph over, and
sacrifice Of the true and tried friends
of tn constitution, and the faithful
discharge Of all its obligations, is
what we can never do. The dictates
of duty and patriot tism sternly for
| bid it.
We consider Gen. Scott as the
fayo1te candidate Of the Fres-s0|l I
wing of the whig party. That his
policy, if he should be elected, would
be warped and shaped to conform to
their views, and to elevate them to
power in the administration of the
Government, can but be considered
as legitimate and probable result
And, believing as we DO, that the
views Of that lactioh Of mischievous
men are dangerous not only to the
Just and constitutional rights Of the
Souther n States, (which we represent
in part but to tn he peace and quiet
Of the whole country, and to the per
manent union of the States, we re-
gard it as the highest duty of the
well-wishers of the country every
where, whatever else they may do, to