The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-10-14
NEW SERIES, vol. 8 NO. q.

this Union, by giving stability and frmness
to the compromise policy of 1850? Will
any gentlemrn inform one?
Now, sir, have desired to record my vote
in this pending contest for some one whose
election might he claimed as the triumph of
that policy; for some one whose history,
whose acts, whose opinions were so identified
with that wise and conservative policy that
every vote cast for him Eonld have been a
declaration in favor of the policy itself. /
would have been glad to record my vote for
that eminent man, whose name will forever
appear on the rolls Of legislation, appended
to the law as having constitutionally sane
toned and approved it, and who has sought
honestly and faithfully to execute it. In the
history of General Scott, can find nothing
to come up to this just expectation and wish.
The records of my cdsdtry, so far as l am
advised, exhibit no connection of his with
the success Of this measure, and with its tri-
umph before the great tribunal of public
opinion. His public acts and declarations
do not point to him as one of its champions
and defenders. But bis name has been IN
happily brought before the country in asso-
citation with those who are acknowledged to
be amongst it's ablest and most memorable |
opponents.
The Wing party might have been nation
allied: it might have been made powerful. |
! Had the compromise resolution been adopt
ed under circumstances to give satisfactory
assurances of its sincerity had the distin-
guished representative of the principles en-
/ L /. L Al.
placed upon its pedestal and had the north
ern Wings rallied to his support at the polls
in manner 70 testify that they had the
hearts to honor and support man who had
the firmneSs to maintain the constitutional
rights of the South then, indeed, conf
dence might have been inspired in their pa
triotism and fraternal ympathies that would
IN some measure have atOned for years of
hostility and warfare upon our institutions.
: But the opportunity spast; the nationality
of the Wing party is gone; sectionalism
: must forever predominant in its present or
t ganization Scott may succeed. He may
t become President But success or defeat
t will be alike fatal to it. Its inevitable des-
/ titiny is to have its northern wing hereafter
absorbed in this great Abolition Free Soil
e party of that section.
I 1t Is, then, manifest that, with my views
> of General ScOtt's position in the present
: canvass, he cannot receive my support
Shall be neutral in this contest? No, sir;
- that is alike inconsistent with my sense Of
!. duty.
e Franklin Pierce stands before this nation
j. in this contest, the representative of thai
n conservative compromise policy which | wa
70 sent here to support, and upon whose infex
- ible maintenance depend the peace and tn
ct tranquility of this Union. No man VIII
70 looks to his past course, or to the influence
10 to which he must be indebted for his cleo
ot ton, can feel the slightest emotion of appre
IN henson for its disturbance while he occupic
Ln the executive char. l have already show
ov you that, with the first burst of sectional ag
itation and tumult at the North, in the fal
ne of 1850, he repaired to the post of duty an
nd before a large ssemblage of his countryme
~ threw the whole weight of his high charac
IN ter, of his unbounded personal popularity
N of his great and acknowledged abilities, int
the scale of the Union. His presence ther
TO- upon such an occasion, and under such Gil
n cumstances, as anevidence of his patriotism
i; His remarks manifest just appreciation
o., the Importance of that crisis, and of the M
cs cessity and justice of recognising the COZ
~ stitutional rights of the South Since thu
ri day, every act of which we have any RECORD
.Sro every remark which in any authentic forr
IS has reached the public eye, every letter whic
in bears his signature, breathes the same am
y. ious and profound interest in the mainter
ance of that conservative policy. And
II his letter of acceptance, which contains til
.tb last declaration of his views, he speaks wit
or the frankness of soldier, and with the fnl
N ness of a patriot-who estimates the vastil
bo fuence which this question must exercise
1st yer the destinies of the Republic:
FI accept the nomination upon the pla
) form adopted by the Convention, not becaui
,nt this is expected of me as candidate, b.
mt because the principles it embraces commar
Ill. the appreciation Of my judgment, and vii
to them believe l can safely say, THERE H
w. BEEN NO WORD OR ACT OF NY LIFE IN CO..
m; FLICT."
'ell My first acquaintance with Gen. Pier
md dates back to August, 1898. Since th
ion time have been close observer of his pu
red lie career. Time does not enable me, no.
to 90 into examination of his course B
the l do not fear contradiction when assel
tho that the record of no northern statesman e
ces hibits a more uniform and consistent respe
The for the constitutional rights of the Sou
> ~ than his-nor can one be shown manifestil
nm. more true loyalty to all the objects and pr
Of poses for which this great Union was forlnc
az. It viii give me pleasure, sir, to record L
or vote for him.