The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-05-05
Dubuque, March 3rd.

Dubuque, March 3rd
Another Letter about the Presidency.
The Mo. Republican contains the late letter
Of the Hon. Humphrey Marshal to the Editor
ofthe Buffalo Commercial Advertiser Itls too
long for our c,lumns, and il may be scarcely
necessary to say to our readers that it is en-
phaticaly in favor of Mr. Fillmore as the Wing
Presidential Canddate. lis tone may be as
certained from sinIle sentence about Gen
Scott The Col saws:
GAS to Gen. Scott, it is not Fl, time to saw
more than this In his present position he can
not Obtain the vote of Kentucky any more tina n
he can command the powers Of Heaven"
Rather poor encouragement this for the gal.
liant general However, it is possible tha, Col
Marshall NAV be somewhat mistaken Bur
iingfon Harktyc.
Not 80 Mr.. Haukeyc. The short extract YOU
give does no, fully indicate the tone Of this
DISTINGUISHED whig in relation to Gen. Scott
We rive few more extracts from Mr.. Mar
shall's letter to show up the counting effort Of
the Ha'ckeyc to smother the tacts contained in
it.
Mr. Marshall speaking of the General, savs':
'.What effect change of his position, at this
late dav would produce, will he mnre accurate
" determinablp when the ne,o position shall be
taken The effect of light upon picture NAV
be best described when the experiment shall
have been made
Mr.. M then refers to the military exploits of
Gen. Scott ani accords to him the highest pos
sible need of praise cas- soldier" but adds:
s'Bu', at this crisis Of the afF,;rs or the world.
and at this iunc'urr in tn. affairs Of this CON
fednracy, the President Of the United States
must be consummat" statesman He should
be of larce exncrienca in the mana poment Of
civil affairs v'rsed in he polsiral history of
our own country: acquainted with tho progress
and tendencies of public men and political sen
timen's; and cap,he, alonn Of determining The
proper course If the government amidst 'he
trials to which we NAV in the nnx' admnis'ra-
tion be at anv and evnrv moment exnaspd -
Unfortunately for US, Gen Scott is AZ least not
known statesman He has NJ experience
in tn" conduct of civil atF,irs He would he
necessarily, thrown npon 'hos" who woud d sur
round him. We have learned lesson 20 lately
bnf too well fn permit. again. our affections To
warp and to control our ind1n,ents in the selec-
tnn ~ President We know nothing Of
General Scott as statesman. cxcept ms s"n"
knowledge Of his views NAV he ra'herod from
letters (and those few in numhe-l he has written
from time to tine-somn to advance opinions;
others 10 re'rac' 'hem when advanced
These touch uurs'iors ,n some extent cbs,,-
lot, M 'ikolv ~ arise in The administration
Of the Presidential office, and IF ri NO guaranty
tn the country of the course or capacity of the
statesman. | regret TO hear that ,he General
Diet rmines 10 write more. S,l,nco now is
quite as much tn be dcplorcd by his friends, as
The f1ncncv of his pen, heretofore. !"
He then goes on to say that his state Ken
tuckv) will repudate those who fail to speak ont
and avow their principles becomes the free
man and honest man. He administers a most
withering rebuke to those plotting, evil design
ing politicians who would by intrigue equivoaal
answers and preva-ication, again fnist upon the
country ono party" President, and thus ex-
pose us to another fearful contest for the SET
tlemrnt Of the slavery and other vital questions
Indeed the sum and substance Of Mr.. Marshal's
letter is that the people of this country have
had quite as many t'no party pnrtisans in the
White House they want, and that ronse-
quently Gen. Scott cannot be considered in this
tight.