Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-10-02
CAMPAIGN DIALOGUES.
No. 6.

the late Wing Conventlons
1-"Tbere were two-the friends and the en-
.;o, of the Compromise measures"
o-what candidates did they respectively sup
port! ,,. Fillmore
A." The former were divided on MI rlliiIo'o
and Mr.. Webster the latter concentrated OH 0en'
Scott" c...os
n The Wing organization in the free States
by whom is it controlled: ,,.,oo,. will
A-"By freesoil Wings, and oeo'. SUES
.1o;r +r;umnh. and triumph fatal to the primer
,,l.s Of the Union Wings, both North ana 0ou'n
O-"Who." to use your own words has oeen
os+ active bv speech and pen, from the beginning
Of this excitement, in promoting sectlohi'i S''e
discord"? co.. for
1.-THE Wings who supported Gen. Scott Tor
the nomination" o,.;o,s
O-How has it been in their party Conventions
at home in regard to the Compromise
A-"Throughout the whole North curing '"0
-. -oor not one of them to my knowledge has
CONFIRMED to these principles"
O-And their elections-how has 1t been:
T." In the two great States, Ohio and rem
srlvania that party ran candidates who were known
- be averse to them, and Ohio run one who voted
o,,;nst them in the House, and who voted against
them in the Baltimore Convention.
O-Who was it
A-Hon Mr.. Campbell
O-Who is Chairman OF the wing Oeh'rf'i
Committee of the United States:
A-Hon Mr.. Campbell.
Oh Pennsylvania who was nominated by the
Wing Convention!
-" A gentleman who was known to be deci-
dedly hostile to the Compromise measures
O-Wbo was nominated for President by these
anti COMPROMISE Conventions of Ohio and Penn
sylvania
A-Gen. Winfield Scott.
Q-How many Wings from the free States IN
the House of Representatives of the late Congress
voted to sustain and endorse the Compromise meas
ures?
A-"There were but twelve Northern Wings
who voted for it."
Q-How many of Gen. SCOTS friends are its
supporters!
A." No friend of Gen. Scott could be found
among its supporters"
O-What has been the course of Gen. SCOTS
f:snds in regard to these measures?
A." They have endeavored in every way, to
stihe these principles when presented, and to pre-
vent their afirmance whenever and wherever they
could
Q-Were any of Gen. SCOTS friends for going
into the canvass without a platform /?
A-They did, some of them, "advocate the pol
lev of going into the Presidential election without
the enuncatiation of any principles whatever"
O-What was the true reason of Fillmore's and
Webster's defeat in the Wing Convention,
A" They were defeated by the enemies of the
COMPROMISE measures because they acere ats friends
This was the true reason of their exclusion. -"
Q-What then ought the friends of that meas
ure, North and South, to do?
A" Oppose and defeat this (Scott's) nomina
ton. Ny action shall respond to my convictions"
O." Both parties having by their Resolutions
affirmed the Compromise what answer gave
Gen. Pierce?
A-"He says: I accept the nomination upon
the platform adopted by the Convention, not be-
cause it is expected of me as a candidate, but be-
the principles it embraces command the ap-
probation of my Judgment This is explicit. 1t
is what Gen. Scott ought to have done, especially
as he afraid of disgusting the people by wri-
ting any thing before his nomination"
Q-What was Col. Kings answer!
A-"H replies: The platform as made by the
Convention meets my cordial appreciation. 1t is |
national in all its parts, and l content not only
to stand upon it. but on all occasions to defend it.
This is fair, open and honest"
Q-What was Mr.. Graham's response
d" He cordially approves of the declarations
made in the resolutions, and says should the peo-
pie of the United States give their sanction to the
Baltimore Convention, so far as 1 shall be invested
with authority, faithful adherence to these doc
tnnes may be expected That is equally full, ex-
phcit, and satisfactory. These men did not intend
to conceal their opinions. Their language needs
no expounding"
9-What does Gen. Scott say?
Il" He said he wrote no letters to secure the
nomination. That is true But he declined to
write any letters because it conformable to the
policy Of those who sought to give it to him. They
~anted silence, and he gaze 1t to IT, en-"
Q-What is your candid opinion about his let
ter of acceptance?
4" There Is not single line in his whole let
Ter which expresses his approval of the Compro-
mise, or commits him to its faithful maintainauce"
Q-Might he have done SO conveniently?
Il" 1t does not require much writinp for q man |