Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-07-21

given assurance that they receive MS aPPPioo'
or will be maintained by him. Both parties having
affirmed the Conpromise, it is important to examine
how the candidates of each STAND In reiauohlo u:
The four candidates nominated by the two parties
have all answered and lest mlgnl De cnirgeo , ~i
TO the platforms of the parties of all four Inc iact
we wish TO know is, whether the candidates approve
and will maintain the principles declared by the re-
spective parties. Every party has the right 10 de-
mand this of its candidates, and without 1t no party
man is under the least obligation to sustain MS par
tvs nominee.
General Pierce says:
ii ACCEPT the nomination upon the platform adoP-
ted by the Convention, because 1t Is expected Oh
me as candidate, but because the principles en-
braces command the appreciation Of my Judgment, .
That is explicit That is what General eco!: ougn'
to have done, especially he was afraid OF disgust
ing the people by writing any thing before MS NOM
ination. Laughter.
Col. King replies:
INV cordial approbation 1t is national in all its parts,
and am content only to stand upon 1t, but upon
all occasions TO defend it." go
That is fair open, and honest. These candIdates
stand pledged to the American people that they dp-
prove and will maintain these principles and they are
both honorable men. We have from them all the
pledges we had right TO expect or demand and their
uniform action and declarations consistent there"un
before as well as after their nominations
We then come to the Wings. MIR. Graham, the
candidate for the Vice Presidency, he cordially
approves of the declarations made In the resolutions
and that 81 should the people OF the United States
give their sanction to the nominations OF the bati-
more Convention, so far as shall be invested with
authority, faithful adherence TO those doctrines may
he exnected That is equally FULL and explicit, and
satisfactory. These men did not Intend 10 conceal
their opinions They did take counsel OF the en-
emes of their principles, and their language needs
no eXpounding. -.
PM what does Gen. Scott say? He said he wrote
no letters the nomination. That is true.
But he declined write any letters because 1t was
conformable the policy OF those no sought 10 give
it TO him. Laughter They wanted silence, and
he gave it to them. We demanded to know his opln-
ions upon those great questions OF public Poilcy
which we intended to make paramount to all others
in the election. We could not get them. MY friends
from Tennessee. (Mr. Gentry,) and from Florida,
(Mr. Cabell,) and, according to SCOTS own State
ment, many others, were clamorous before the hohl-
nation, demanding to know what he thought of them
what were his opinions upon them-did he approve
them-and would he carry them out In good ialth.
They heard voice from him, sir; and II couid not
be brought out, and there was but one reason why IL
was not GOT. We were told that when he should OBJ
tain the nomination should receive it. He would
not write letters to secure the nomination, Out II
would be fair, open sailing when 1t should De maze.
How has he answered these questions! accept
the nomination with the resolutions annexed /! :,
take it cum onere. (Laughter.) There is not sim
gle line in the whole letter which expresses his APP
prevail of the compromise. or commits him to lis fath-
full maintenance. 1t does not require much wrltlng
for a man to say whether he likes the platform or
whether lie does not like it, and whether he would
carry out it's principles not. But he took great
deal of writing get around 1t. He says, accept
it. THERE'S declaration here that 1t should be the
policy Of his administration; but on the contrary, he
saws he does not intend to reduce his paTty1 BY
prescription to conformity to - his principles,
whatever they are.
Mr.. Campbell of Ohio, (interrupting) desire
10 know of the gentleman from Georgia, Mi.
Toombs, inasmuch he is assailing the letter OF
Gen. Scott, whether he did not send a telegraphic
dispatch the State of Georgia, calling upon his
friends there oppose The nomination. before that let
ter of Gen. Scott appeared!
Mr.. Toombs, Certainly, sir, did. Laughter.
My dear sir, would give you my whole history, if
l had time. Laughter l do not carry my PrlncI-
Piles in my pocket shall shun no question when
ever am asked and no man has TO hunt for my po-
sition in politics. l deem it 10 be the high duty of
every public man to declare his sentiments, and my
rule has been, that whoever is voter has right to
my opinions and he can get them whenever II suits
his convenience. This is what / understand TO be
the principle of representative Government and
would scorE to represent men upon this floor, or In
the highest office in the world by a concealment Of
my opinions upon questions of public policy.
did not intend to support General Scott In any
event. think him unfit for the Office under any ciE-
cumstances and dangerous to the country In the high.
degree, in his present position am now offer
ing additional reasons, furnished by himself, why he
should not be elected to the Office which he seeks.
The reluctant members of the Convention are told,
d" You went to Baltimore, and you are bound by the
action of the Convention" But wish TO show them
mat THIS Is mol SOUnd Oh anu
that you have the right to demand of your candidates
to stand up general rules of honor and good faith.
Whenever parties declare their principles, they have
a right to have man to carry them out. They have
a right to know whether the candidate approves of
those principles not. If he slys he will not, then
nobody is bound by the nomination. These are my
opinions of party nominations.
General Scott has not done it. He has not declared
his appreciation of these principles in any part of his
letter. but the contrary he has declared that pnci
piles shall make no difference, when it comes to the
important business of becoming the almoner of fifty
millions of dollars of public money.
l; was very easy for him to say whether or not he
agreed with those principles, and approved of them
Pierce and King and Graham have done. He is
painfully obscure where it his duty TO be plain,
but sufficiently certain where obscurily would at least
have been prudent. His additions to the platform
certainly not to my taste. He has put two addi
tonal planks to it. Laughter. That is a little
singular as his friends seemed so much opposed to
this kind of political structure. General Scott is fol
enIarging and making the platform broad enough, not
only for you and me, and this country, but also to
his past errors, and get himself out OF his
past commttas. II became necessary TO him to re-
write part of his political history. He had Ger.
tain committals to the tenets of an exploded party
His former opinions of our naturalization laws were
not agreeable TO large class of countrymen. He
therefore proposes TO alter them. He proposes 10
give all foreigners the right of citizenship, who
shall faithfully serve, in time OF war, one year on
hoard of our public Ships in our land forces regu
lar or volunteer, on their receiving honorable dis
charge"
l am opposed to that position and think he will
ind the great body of the people are opposed to it.
do not think he much about it, and probably
if he had not been trammeled by past might
l. Il.