Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1852-09-18
The Wings Swallowing Gen. Ouitman.

Fancying that they find in General Quitman's
recent letter and card, to the Courer's Ian
guage of yesterday severer hit at the course of
certain States rights leaders,than they have seen
recorded in long time" the wings swallow all of
General Quitman's denunciations against the COM
promise measures, for the sake of picking up
few crumbs of comfort for Gen. Scott.
Praise to Governor Quitman from such q source
as the Natchez Courier which spent all last sum
mer in villifying and pouring abuse upon him as
traitor to the Union and all that was base is oft
self, the grinning irony of political death head
It's cringing in the lowest possible degree grotel
ing in the dust beyond which there is no lower deep
We have in store column after column of the most
OUTRAGEOUS abuse of General Quitman, taken word
for word, from the columns of the Courier if 851
which we SHALL on a proper occasion, present to the
public in contrast with the reptile SLAYER of praise
now beplastefed upon him by the same mendacious
journal.
General Quitman is surely consistent in despi-
sing and loathing, with unutterable adherence,
those measures called 1.-The Compromise But.
in taking his course respecting them, and in re-
jecting the democratic platform ON account of their
adoption, General QuItman is the last man in the
world who would impose his rules of action upon
others. General Quitman's position in regard to
the Compromise measures is precisely the same
with all the States Rights party that acted with
him. That party only succumbed to them because
the constitutional majority of the State declared
for them, and they submitted. To great extent
all his States Rights brethren fell like the General
only they are not bound by the previous acts of a
public life as ne Isl they may, consistently take
the compromise as it now stands. and as far as il
goes, for just what it is worth with the firm inten
ton, through the medium of sound democratic
administration of the General Government. to oh.
tain indemnify for the past and security for the
future.
i AT such contamination devoutly to be wished
for, no patriot in our ranks will rejoice more thar
General Quitman; and it is for this reason tbathe
ayows his intention, with the present issues before
him, of voting for Pierce and King, and not fol
Scott and Graham. To be Consistent he refuses
the platform with the compromise embodied: I,
preserve the few remaining rights eftto the Soutl
and to regain the lost, he will vote for the demo
cratic nominees.
+ Speaking of irony, can the Scott worshinber
find none in General Quitman's accurate daouer
reotype of General SCOTS character? How i
this =" Always accustomed to command, Ger
Scott prdes himself specially upon the infaIlibili
i ty of his own judgment. He rarely asks or take
4 advice. he will be controlled by no man, not tn
whole wing. party, against his own convictionsp'
il Are not these the exact qualities of a Nero an
a Cahgula? Gen. Washington did ask and tab
advice; and so do all safe men, men 6t to hav
entrusted to them the reins of civil government
t Should Gen. Scott ever be elected president
these United States our first INQUIRY would +
now large body of Life Guard dragons b
] would require on duty at the Palace. and whethr
the entire nation and the rest Of mankind shoul
tall into rank, take the lock stem, and have Scott
Tactics bound il the same volume with the
. Prayer Books l--Fre Trader.
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The Cleveland (Ohio1 Forest Cir. ! stron
{ Wing paper urges the election 81 Gen Scott. !
! the grounds setforth ID he following extract fro
is columns. Voters Of Mississippi, read and +
THERE IS NO WAY TO ESCAPE tn
LENDING CURSE OF SLAVERY. EXTEl
g SION, SAVE BY THE DEFEAT or PIERC
! ALL King and they can ONLY Be defeat.
" she election ol Gen Scott, whose lie IS 4 qua
antee that lis influence will not be ol g. Sac
slavery -