The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1852-07-13
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OF Mr.. GENTRY. ST TENNESSEE,
n eFfosfTsss; 40 GsyERSI ScoEN.

How IS the whig patty TO naIiouEhze il
selfl BY passing resolution recognizit,
tbs Compromise measure "asa settlement
a lual settlement, IN principle and sub
stauee--oi the dangerous subjects they EN-
bnaced," I viii be content with such res
olu,ion as that adopted by the DemocFuii,
Convention. | am uol disposed 10 crili
else the democratic resolution. am willing
10 take Il CcrbdtsDs CO ict0atim. II suits
iies me and think that il would be abouI
the usst thing to do. Thou there would be
no issue between the two great parties on
that great question, which ought not to he
the subject Of party debate---a question with
respect to which oil parties loyal TO the Con-
slitulion ought TO he pctlecily agrcod. Take
that resolution, or something else that GOV.
ers the whole ground us completely az il
does, and then nominate Milluri Fillmore
or Daniel Webster as the wing candidate
for he Presidency Thnt is my idea, asa
J am not very particular which Of these
lgen,lemen shall be nominated. My peo.
pie are for Fillmore first, and era With
them. But l am equally willing. personal.
", to support Mr. Webster But am
asked, why not take General Scott !
think the contest for nomination is prac.
tically between those three gentlemen and
Que Of the three will be nominated. he
ievc that the nomination OF General Scott
cannot now nntionaIize the whig party
even If you pass such resolutions as have
| inIlnnfaI unI h., abwlt .tsritn lnst
ting himself now distinctly upon that plat.
form Events have already tsunspired con.
nected with his lspera,ions for the presi.
dency which have infused into the ooulhcrn
mind, everywhere, q distruet which canno,
be eradcated, and though he might be
placed in such position tina, tho whigs
might feel bound perhaps through oil the
States Of the South, TO make o Struggle fot
him. believe thet II would not be six
weeks after he wns nominated before /,
would be manifest fact in the eyes Of ey.
cry man that he could not receive the vote
OF single Southern S,ate--not ore. This
is myopinion. You mny talk about Bridge
water and Llindy's Lane. and Vera Crux,
and Ceuo Gordo, aud Chapultepec, aud
Mollno del Rey, but il is a very unphiior
sophie mistake to suppose that the glories
Of those fields alone can satisfy the people
Of che South upon The questions TO which
L refer. q r
Whatever may be his iudvidua senli.
ments or purposes, that win be Tie direc-
tion Of the canvass, Already we see that
the editor Of The New York Tribune
heraIds to his readers. the nomination
OF Gen. Pierce, by the Democratic Con.
yeniion as follows;
THE Union does not contain bittorer
ora more pfoscriptve pro slavery bunker
than franklin Pierce. For yeers he has
been foremost in sitting every aspiration
for freedom arnoug the Democracy Of
New Hampshire. lie insisted that John p.
Hale should be ostracised aud crushed be.
cause he refused 70 vote for the eaEexat,oa
! oi Texas without stipulation tina. somc
part Of it's immense unsettled territory
should be secured for free soil. The Post
has more recently seen this same franklin
Pierce deprive John Atwood OF bis nonii.
nation for Governor, and dive him out Of
the party for nothing clse than expressing
a repugnance to the Fugitive Slave law.
Ia all New England, slavery and slave.
catching have had no more inscriptions
thick and thin serviter than this same Frank
Pierce"
| Homer 10 Gen. Pierce, il the Tribune
truly states his position, as believe il does.
Now, with wkat face can southern mai
60 before southern audience TO oppose
the election OF Gen. Pierce, 10 the Presiden.
cy Of the United States. II he shall bo op.
posed by any man who does not stand na
nneonivocaiiy upon the same ground de,
nounced by Mr.. Grecly in the Tribune, aud
described in the article from which have
read Why. sir, you may talk about
} Bridgewaier, and Lundy's Lane, and Vera
lCmz. and Cefro Gordo, all tiioss battles il
vain. You wi'l get nothing in reply bar
. a Bitter 'sugh ol ssom arI derisicn ;oD
ihe ssa.ts.d people Wien .t1 stsAa W
, before them and tg 10 Tsccneils sbegn q
, such !, state OF facts, with such miserabI,
humbuggeIy as tbah They w4El depisl
you laugh al you. sad spnrn you. Yo,
- viii fail as badly as Kossu,h failed in hi
Soatiern campaign. The people OF lh
South cannot be thus hupsbugged sssss'
When Websler's views was heard Eeverl,c
raiing through Iheland IN tones such as "
man ever uttered, ifqpIoring. aud urging
. and convincing the people that there wer
obligations imposed upon them by the Con
slituIicH which required them TO stand b
\ these Compronise measures. and 70 exc
cute the Fugitive slave law. ard whe
Fillmore, with all bis influence as preyiavI
OF the United States. was enieavsssag /
pessusds the people Of tks Norlh 70 settl
: thsss questions upon some gssss aaiionI
y basis. seward seized upon Gen. Sco;,, sn
. welding him Is warrior wiells his BATH,
/ oxe, lte Glove into Fillmore atid Webste
/ aud oil the patriotic incn of tie North, WI
d slecd With them upon this patfiotic groan'
Gen. Scott was all the Willie profound