The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1852-10-19
A social TaIk.

Mo cutustl tukrAuri ufsoh wv h'N"t
and important proposition Of choosing
our President for the next four years.
You see all those little busy mortals.
who parade the street and clamor so
Justify for their favorite candida,eI
Well, they are "forsaken TO their IDOL
and perhaps, at this moment, the great-
est favor you could confer on one OF
them. would be to engage in discuss
sion with him-which would surely re-
suit in an invitation for you to treat
him-and after esbanstIng argument
and reason upon him, he would be as
far from conversion on conviction as
ever. Already in their blind and head
long devotion 20 parry, they have Tor
gotten the relative position OF voter
and candidate, aud are circulating
foul reports, which hey intend 10 In
jurs their opponent, but which actual
" srnds to sink the brawIing mendi-
Giants in the estimation Of all hOnora>
BILE men. From such a = mongrel
crowd" let us move ; and here in this
quiet place, counsel together as be-
comes frecmen, who love their coun-
try better than their party.
You know that Gen. Pierce was
born and reared in New,Hampshire,
a state while il is non>slaveholding,
has nevertheless, been faithful to the
rights OF the master: and you know,
also. that Gen. Scot, allho' born in the
good old Dominion, has nevertheless
freed his negroes and moved 10 the
state Of New.Jersey--a non.slavehold-
ing sfate-and that the General has
declared that he considers il the duty
of every slave. holding state and mas.
ter to liberate their slaves as speedily
as possible ever to the determination
of slavery" Well, in such a contest,
between two men thus geographically
located, you think the South has Moth
ing to gain on sectional points, by the
election Of either? See here: here are
two wing papers, both advocating
General Scott--but look, the northern
paper has 1t Winfield Scott, of New
Jersey"--ibe southern paper has il
/" Winfield Scott, Of virginiaF" Dom
you see there is collision 10 this
that these editors are ~pandering tc
sectional appc.ites, and each represen
,iaR he General 10 suit himself We
nt. It him entertain sentiments a!
vastly different rs day is from night
on the same issues. See here again
the New>York Tribune says that Scot
Is che friend Of the slave--that thu
wing platform is safer for the North
and that Scott is safer for the Norll
than the Democrat c platform is, o
than Pierce Isl And, yet, you hear,
Mr.. Simrall say the other day tina
Scott aud the wing platform ere sa'
fer for the south than Pierce aud th'
aroeaasaric platform
Now, here are conflicting statements
and il Is evident that either the mort
or south IL TO be cheated. You sa
rightly when you say the south will b
cheated, She il always being cheate
when she gets into trouble, she al
ways patrioticafiy campromises-bu
-ha, bal il is a fact, sir, the mort
compromises, and takes ALL"
ia But the past, is past-and we ca
. only remedy past errors by improvin
T. for the future. Let us then assum
the position that man is no%,hing-th,
1t is principle foe which we couten'
In a few years both Generals Scott
Pierce viii be gathered to their fail
ers; but their bearing on the destiu
OF the government may be eternal The
r. as Americans. let us see which is the be
.. mot for the north OF ~sou,h--but for Il
whole country.
Recurring to the arguments Of Mess
Greedy. (Tribnne,) aud Simrall, | am de-
as dedly ofthe opinion that Greedy is right
y You know that Mr. Fillmore was popular
"a the south as a wing; that he is a thorouI
al federalist, and that the southern delegai
10 the Wing national convention were nes
p-I lv all instructed 10 vote for his nominatlC