The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-10-07
WING OpiniOns Of General Scot.

all he says or does about the presidency
Immediately after the close of the campaign
of 1910 he wrote gratuitous letter, max
ing himself candidate, in which all sorts
of unwise things were said to ''return and
plague" his friends if he SHOULD be candi-
date. And since that time, with faulty
which seizes upon men who get bewildered
in gazing at the "White House." he has
been suffering his pen to dim the glories
achieved by his sword.
From the Editor of the New York Tri-
bune
Send delegate to the convention, if you
can, for Clay; if not for Clay, for Corwin;
if not for Corwin, for Seward; if not for
Seward, for Taylor. But last of all for
Scott Scott is a vain, conceted, coxcomb
of man. His brains, all that he has, are
in his epaulets; and if he should be elected
President, he would tear the whig party into
tatters in less than six months.
From the Fredericksburg (Va.) News.
We should not think Scott "can come it.
He is military chieftain and the people
are tired of military chieftains. We have
had enough Of them for the next half cen
fury But this is not the only objection to
! Gen. Scott. He has committed absurdities
which have disguised the people. His has
ty plate Of soup, connected with other in
cidentS in his ridiculous Marcy correspond
ence, prove him unfit for elevated civil sta
ton. He is without equal in his military
achievements. His Mexican campaigns
rank him as incomparably the ables tcaptain
of the age. But beyond this he is utterly
without qualification.
The Washington Telegraph, a rabid and
unscrupulous Scott paper, thus spoke Of
= Gen. Scott in June 1851:
"Gen. Scott has promised to be mum, but
. can hardly succeed in the attempt. He
will ever be great man if he does not rur
for the presidency. \ strong man in War
and wonderful in all that pertains to the grea
General; quick and bright in intellect, an
Il ready writer, he is, nevertheless, in civi
matters the poorest tactician and the mos
indiscreet. His pride and aristocratic fee
= ings will always keep him at distance fror
the people. On some occasions he has ar
peared to get over these feelings pretty wei
y but then, as in most situations in life, it ha
been seen that he was only acting for til
sake of the effect on gazing multitudes."
From the speech of Hon. f. Carringto
= 'abcll, of Florida in the last Congress.
n Mr.. Chairman, the organization to Whic
Gen. Scott would owe his election would |
the same as that which could now, and ma
in 1886, elect Mr.. Seward, and would con
R :rol the administration Of both or either
-, The election of the Senator from New y orl
and Of General Scott, by such an oganiz
finn, would lead to precisely the same +
suits, and the former would follow as the Il
r. crs~ary consequence Of the latter, if tt
tie Union held together till 1856 The effc
10 would be to open wide the food gates of a
clifton agitation, and to PROSTATE every co
Sntutionm compromise whg at the Mort
all Of whom will be prescribed and treatt
as "outSide barbarans' Far better will
be for the national men of our party that
CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRAT be elected.
Hon. Meredith P Gentry, of Tennessee
in his late speech in Congress, said:
a. Gas loyal wing who has never prov
IT. unfaithful to party-myselfand my southe
whig friends will be required to fall am
of bly, and submissvely into line, and cons
ur tute the rear guard of Mr.. Stewards colum
:, and give him our voices to swell the jublla
iy cxultation. Well, perhaps [ may try
laughter But my opinion is, that I
he utmost effort to shout will resolve itself il
=, IS a groan of despair. | cannot do it. "
not. Put that down in your note book.
"Well what will do?' Join the den
: cratic party" TLaughter'] do not thi
. shall | do not know what | shall do.
But | know l will do what believe to
10 my duty. My present impression is, tina
'O- shall deem it more consistent with my pr
of character to stand aloof from the conte
But if | thought one mans vote or one ma
IA, influence were necessary to cast the vote
ms Tennessee for Pierce and King, my vo
ion and my vote should be given to them unh
itatingly, against such a nomination UNI
such circumstances. And any gentlen
eys who dreams that any southern State '
CHI cast its vote for General Scott in the n
~ presidential election, dreams in my opini
a dream that will never be realized"
Hon. Robert Toombs of Georgia, in
late speech in Congress, said:
V "For more than year Gen. Scott
been the known candidate of the free
OF wing of the wing party. Even his frie
in the South co-operated with them to str
gle all acknowledgment of the Compton
A, in Congress or the convention. They fl
ly gave him the nomination; to them
- must look for his election; to them he n
Dol mainly look, if elected, for aid and advic
!, n OF carrying on the government. His elect
: would reopen the sectional strife which
have just terminated, and imperil all
was gained to the country by the adjustm
Under these circumstances, he can never
ceive my support"
Ia Read, too, the following extract fror
card, published in the National Intelli,
of Ger, dated July 8, 1852, signed by pre-
ous nent wings in Congress
awe consider General Scott as the FAv
TIE candidate of the FREE SOIL wing of
wing party. That his policy, if he shr
Vote be elected would be warped and shape
ards conform to their views, and to elevate t
ID Of to power in the administration of the
eminent, can but be considered as a le
mate and probable result. And believ
j, as we do, that tie views of that tactic
with mischiev0us men are dangerous not onl
ual- the Just and constitutional rights OF