Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-07-29

told them, 'just hold still and we will give
you 'hasty plate Of soup next time"
Immense applause and laughter The
truth is we had taken il into our heads TO run
4 old lack and we did run him; aud con-
graduate You aud the country now that the
soundness and healihiness of our present
condition is attributable to his coadjutor and
successor, who is worthy of all prase. Now
we have presented you with man whom
/ you said four years ago that we ought to
have run; and Justly fearing his success, you
tell Us that we ought to run civilian. -
Brave Democrats Consistent Democrats !
/ [Cheers and laughter.
1 Who is the civilian whom you have pro-
posed The man who refused to allow
few hundred dollars 10 "Oid TIPS" widow /.
Wo to such qualifications We give you
/ old Scott, the second, father of his country
and will not occupy your time by rccoun-
tug his deeds of chvalry, for they are writ
ten as with pen of steel on every Ameri-
cans heart Cheers. | will yield the
stand to other gentlemen. Loud cries Of
" NO, ~" and ego on, 90 on" Why,
gentlemen, have been running day aud
night ever since the nomination. | have
hardly laid me down or shut my eyes for the
last two or three days, and have made about
two speeches night since we incrbed the
name OF Scott on our banner If 1t were not
Tor fear OF intruding on the patience of my
friends would talk you all into fits in favor
ofthe nomination. Laughter and cheers |
Gentlemen General Scott fougm for the be-
fore could fight for myself lie fought for
my country he has borne the aag of my coun-
Try IN many victorious field, cheers. and
he shall not want an advocate while my free
American tongue is loose to speak. Nor
shall the glorious principles which he impet-
sonates ever want an advocate while have
the power Of speech. Long continued
cheering Humble as am, unpretendlng
as am, always bring to the rescue zeal
and determination never to yield while there
rs shot "a the locker. Great cheering
Old Tennessee is going to show YOU
little spunk OF her own Tennessee has
never failed to support the Wing candidate
for twenty years. Do YOU know that -
(Cheers aud yes Do YOU know that
under Andrew jackson himself, Tennessee
dared 10 be Wing CHEERS and yes
Let me tell you little incident about that.
| was brought up IN Kentucky, but having
nowhere to stay, concluded | woald loaf
of" pulled up my stakes" and tied all
my earthly treasure IN pocket handker-
chief, which was labelled "lhis is the house
that Jack built" CHEERS aud laughter
got to Tennessee IN time to take part in
the contest Of Gen. Jackson's first election.
don't exactly want to come out, because
you see It fixes my age, and ! want to mar
~ again. CA laugh) was one Of two
men IN the county who voted against old
hero, Gen. Jackson, and | stood alone till
the State was revoutionized in 1910, and
thank God have taken part in every strug-
gle we have had since then; and these same
fellows that voted for Jackson have seen
the error OF their ways, aud they are the
same chaps that sent me 10 Congress, in
place of better, TO represent the hermitage
district itself. | don't see how they could
have done any beuer-do youl Immense
cheering and laughter, and cries of no.
no, no.") | think they have made pretty
respectable show of their good sense, which
IS great compliment to themselves, and
not to me. Cheers and Iaughter)
Well, gentlemen, will be with you for
at least two months yet; and all you have
to do is TO get you little holobaloo,"
and ! will come and talk to YOU (Cheers)
| have nothing else TO do. am a Scott
man from the crown of my head to the sole
o. my foot. am not any thing else but
Scott man now. Write that down in a
book and print it, and preserve it for your
children and nine. In the Convention
there was competition as between Fill
more and Webster and Scott but as be-
tween General, Captain, Lieutenant Pierce
and General Scott there was no room for
guessing. (Cheers and Scott forever
| thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for the
polite attention you have given me. Just
come in as a sort of small change to fiji up
the crevices between the big guns. The
honorable gentleman retired from the stand
amid long aud continued applause.
Senator Foor, Of VI, after few happy
opening remarks, said -
The name and the fame of Winfield Scott
are written in characters of living light up
on the pages of forty years of our country's
history. lie has made that history lluslr-
Gus, not less by his civic than by his mar
tial triumphs The peerless soldier com
bines the character of the matchess paci-
ULdthts w Ntit AhI hiSAbilS htiho VI ANidG-
ara and the mou ntain passes of Mexico re-
fleet the dazzling glorles of the hero, our
northern and northeastern frontiers, our
western wilds and the everglades of Florida,
bear witness to the miider and nobler viz
tues aud triumphs of the minister of peace,
the messenger of philanthropy. (Cries of
Good and cheers.)
Fellow citizens, It is not alone at the
nomination that we rejoice. We have, "a
bove all occasions of congratulation and re-
oicing at the reunion of the county
(Cheers.) Fellow-ciiizens, for the last six
months have been apained ye, silent spec
lalor of the dlscords and divisions of that
party, by which it has been distracted and
weakened, and almost paralyzed but re-
loice with you tonight in the confident hope
and assurance that these unhappy divisions
have in a great measure been allayed |
trust forever Divided, we are powerless,
aud must fall united, we shall be strong,
resistless, triumphant party CHEERS.
la our divisions our political opponents had
hoped for an easy victory 10 our union de-
spair and defeat only await them. ZAP
plause)
Mr. President and fellow-citizens, another
contest between the great political organl-