The daily union., 1852-07-04
The wing predicament.

The whig party have given TO the country their plat
orm Of principles and claim be judged by theta. aud
them only General Scott has formally announced his ad-
hesion the platform standard by which he is con
tent TO stand OF fall. Neither General Scott nor the party
look him their leader be held responsible or
the principles policy Of individuals newspapers, er
far they In accordance with the propositions
Of the platform"
So says the Republic of yesterday But plainly it will
not do The whig platform OF principle voted down
in large majority by the wings OF Ohio, Pennsy vsna,
New York. Maine, and Michigan II was moreover, in
direct opposon TO the platform OF the party made out
in the northern State conventions and the votes recently
cast by the party in Congress. The whig platform is.
moreover admitted TO be the result OF corrupt and
disgraceul bargain !" and, such, il is denounced by
those very whig journals which take the lead IN maintain
ing it, By the other class OF whig journals, which now
"execrate and sp upon it," il denounced beforehand
a "gull-trap"
As to General Scott not being held responsible for any
thing which is not in the PLATFORM the plain fact is that
in his letter Of acceptance he has put three things into the
platform which were not in il as adopted Moreover,
he has packed together in his published letters whole
mass Of odions political principles which. he says
in terms, oonuctons" not 10 be renowned" even
in the event OF his nomination. For these inerpo-
a,ons in the platform, and for these political crotch
els of his own, General Scott thus insists upon
being held responsible. He demand, that the people
shall pass judgment upon the whole OF them in
his person at the ballot.box He makes only one ex-
cepton this demand which is in the case OF the nat-
alization laws and that point his position
10 demand that the people shall approve wise and
staiesmanlike wholesale prescription OF adopted citi-
zens which he cherished principle thirteen years,
and upon which he organized party during week
of -humor. but which he now feels SO much ashamed
OF that he is willing to violate the constitution in order
to make naturalization the boon of small favored
class of adopted citizens whom he desgnatGs
There is an "indiyidual" therefore, for whose opin-
ions" down in it's platform, the wbg party has
made itself responsible" That individual is Winfield
Scott. If there be in the land other individual
of lead and mark whose published /" opinions" con-
sute heavier responsibility, we should be glad
to have him pointed out. AS it is, feel inclined
to insist that adro neghbor of the Republic shall
treat Gen Scott with respect and not thus insist upon
repudating the cherished opinions and principles of lis
ehoseror rather OF its compusorycanddate. One in
dugence however, may be fairly allowed to the special
organ When doomed to "the cruel and unusual pun
ishmenf' OF assuming the responsibility of Gen. SCOTS
opinions, it may be allowed in mitigation TO show how
often he has confradicted himself But in that case the
law will demand inexorably that the Republic shall
sumo the responsibility only of the sefconradic,on
Of its candidate but also OF hi, habit Of contadcng him
sell in the setting forth OF those opinions which he de-
cares 10 be beyond the reach of remuneration