The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-05-30
the one best eslesIstsd tskfsIy y carry these
sasss. and wisely and conseienoasly preside the
dessines Of The county.


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The whig Movement Described by wings.
Yesterday we gave the explicit declaration Of the New
York Express Leading sssiona whg journal OF New
York cy,hai General Scott candidate for the pres
dency is thrust forward. and kept foroard by Psnnsy
vaaia. OHIO. and NEG York so gentlemen. upon the
ground that he would lsnd the iadusnce OF his admin
siraion. il slssisd. rsopsS, ~ order 10 modify
PEAL The fsgsus- sisvs tao" To this we add to-day in
another column the stern Reputation by Mr. Clay Of
such aboonixed wing passy. which was spokea more
than year ago. il 10 clear foresight OF the character
Of The Scou movement then already begun and which
has since been explicitly applied BY lie author 10 the
Scott in his letter. written from his death
bed TO protest against the Scott organization AS we
read the remarkable warning. thus given - with the
last BREATH by hin whose words have been 70 long tbs
law and the gospel Of the whig party, we recall the
solemn Imagery Of The poet:
I'll. dis sassa Of Hfs gives mystical lore,
And coming ess~fs esa shs1 sAadsss Lsfsur'
To this prophecy Of Mr. Clay. become history. we
also add to day the testimony OF Hon. Mr. AIsrhA con-
hrmnx ,hs, previously given by Hon. Mr. Geairy. as TO
the violent and nefaroas sectional spirit which ragged in
The Scott wing caucus-chanbss. and drove them and
their friends Of the coaclave in which anti slavery
agitation being organized for the election
Of military chieftain the highest civil Office in
the land!
We now proceed TO call other witnesses 10 the same
point; and the FIRST whom we summon is John s. Pike,
Of Maine-as active and jealous Scott man a. any in
the counryan abolition wing of the deepest, dye-ihe
chosen political friend and COMPLIANT OF William H. Sew
ard He is writing the initials OF his own namc
the editorial correspondent Of the New York Tribune
the Scot, organ in New York city, After avowing that
the Democratic Convention. "the compromise measures
will be endorsed. and the candidate will be pledged ap
ply the csto II occasion demandsaer further admitting
that "lhnga tending strongly towards sectional
10 The presidential campaign'his man, speaking Of
those whom he calls "he free democzats has the mpu-
dence 10 proceed as follows: w.
ssWneher ocofoco candidate wants them or not, he
likely got them. Their electoral bespoksa
for Gearof Scott. We do need any aid from the free
issue is coming, those gentlemen know how sons
bankmsau may be kicked away In few questionable
States, that wsrs fhs satire pote Of the North IN d
rscfioN Herein IA theis power. We shall whether
they have pluck enough Baltimore declare deter
mfnation wied H. The Of things well the
posture &C affairs, MAKES Il imposNs that he Wig Con
oemts ape the political gwseross of ,chich the Loco
fcco Co~Sefiow capshe And II that body should under
take 10 ses how low point OF abasemen descend
Leeve il win il shoaId az least have the fate
sequences Of It's humliatoa pointed out in advance
We cite the above infamous passage, not ons \
open and unblushing ayowa from the pery highest Scott
sDAsg aulAori,y-- virtually Of VIM H. Seward himself
that The canvass for Gen. Scott be sectional and is 10
invoke in hs aid from every quarter all the devish
spirit OF abolition phrenzy and sectional warfare but
cite also to show that the anti slavery wing DICTATOR
not content with this direct appeal TO the aboonss of
every shade d4xss also openly to insult portion OF the
now united democratic party by throwing out broad
iudmaiion that some of those democraswho in past
lys~ss very diersat of tiinxs from tho
present, could not concur with the great body Of
The national democracy upon questions of slavery
then open asd now set,led-will falsfy their solemn
voluntary pledge given since the adoption Of the Com
PROMISE to cooperate with the national democracy in
supporting the nominees OF its convention upon the basis
Of the maintenance Of and acquescence in the Com
promise, as bar to further sectional agitation. We
are glad thai this scandalous overture from the wing
aboionsts--insult and outrage though il behas, in
all s loaihsomeness, out Just in time 10 put
the men to whom il is made thoroughly upon their
guard-to show them what foul abolition embraces
their partisan enemies would lure them on to seek,
and what pit OF political degradation is thus made TO
yawn before them. They are orsooth, bespoken," ii
would SEEM to help the abolition wings destroy the de-
mocracy, not the Union, and rule upon the ruins II
/ is the very foolhardiness OF calumny
/ Close upon this chef Scott wing wness--who thus
procIaims the wing to be an abolition move
MI and nsslts democrats BY inviting their opera
ton in it-follows another OF equal snnence and
lead in the adverse wing Of the wing party and this
witness. from the opposite wing point OF view, deposes
az follows the influences which dictate the nomna.
ton and to rule the administration, OF General Scott
Il he be elected We copy from the lastreeeived
Der OF the New York Express:
three siaiss Are they Mr.. Seward his support
In body Are taey not, In Pennsylvania, Governor
Johnston, Thaddsus Stevens and their followers Are
they not, in Ohio the class OF politicians A mas
kso1s by the company h keSps aad ts Scott IN
thss and other Safc wao hare fhrna him tocIi
brace the agaiiss free soil, peacsdtsfatirg portion ofths
purity"
| And again, in the same article:
| when we the foremost man among his losensra
scol friends N neghboring State pocketng Iegisls
tive bill carry OF the compromise measures into
effect and the foremost OF that wing OF the party in
this State aski~g dss~rb the psassrss the day they
pao,d ,fi~x 'uoh letters gs Mr. s,ward wrote 70 Bosfor
agara the tap Of Corss and entertaining publicly and
conpicuousy the Syracuse rioters the evidences is pat
pablo that there y something wrong support from such
quarter especially when enforce. the silence OF the grave
| in ahoihern
Ia our judgment, this is truly and powerfully and
clasivsly written We should like to be informed how
any attempt successful even plausible
denial refu'aon OF H. On the basis Of the facts thus