The Yazoo Democrat., 1852-07-07
we suppose--and should thus rally ne,

SlPlC' even "HSA, as III the GeneralS case it iS
a " conviction |" Some few years after the ad
dress in the Astor House, the General grew cool
er. Apparently no longer & fired with indiona
tion," he backed out He wrote another letta
not included in the present list, but which h.
been extensively published, (and which we shA
publish ere long, to complete our record. h
which letter the General, with an awkvda ard
twinge or two about his Astor House " uffnci-
pie, conviction" &c, pats, as it were. the nat
uralized citizens gently on the head, and tells
them to be good boys, and they shall not lose all
| their right to vote. after all
Now, in some men this might not be strange.
But the Generals principles" are his s.convic-
tlons, we are told But for this information
-1~9"r'nns persons might infer from such
change In ~ c,-~.al-~ r-.--.r---
stead of styling them his convictions" he
ought to have called them his conveniences."
If not so, the letter we give is strange one
Most men would think twice before sitting down
in parlor to rally party" for the avowed
single purpose of utterly disfranchising at one
blow millions of their fellow citizens even if
they were fired with indignation Did it ev-
er occur to the General, that there is really
regard such proceeding as statesmanlike?
But we must return hereafter to the Generals
principles, and will close here our review Of
them for day, with the following extract from
the able editorial comment with which the Her.
aid introduces the series of letters again to the
public attention. Speaking of the Canada let
ter, the Herald says
|
His next letter is highly important. 1t is a
letter on the annexation of Canada: it is equal
ly decisive, and equally necessary as a part of
his system of tactics. 1t is not enough to cut
off power from the south, but power must also
be added to the north. A good general not only
diminishes the number of his enemies by des-
patching them by all possible methods, but
takes good care to recruit his own forces. BY
the annexation of anti-slavery Canada, the ac-
cession of strength to the north would be tre-
mendous.
"These two measures are but auxiliary to the
grand design which the General lays down in
his letter on slavery. In that letter, he says:
'' am persuaded that it is high moral obli-
cation of masters and slave holding States en-
ploy all means, not incompatible with the safe
ertermination."
s.In other words, ultimate abolition. That il
plain enough The following, thoughnot clear
is pregnant with meaning, and very suggestive
g From the promise made to Abraham, some
two thousand years had elapsed before the adven
of our Saviour and the Israelites, the choser
) people of God, were, for wise purposes suffered
! l.. 41,o +I,o A cr;r
have been on our shores / do no
suggest the remedies and consultations Of slave
ry to inspire patience, hope&c.
Z" How were the Israeites brought out ofbon
dage at last ? BY high hand and an outstretch
fed arm-by the destruction of the first born o
Egypt, and by the overthrow of Pharaoh and hi
host in the Red Sea. We do not say that Gen
Scott contemplates massacre in every house il
the southern States. But it is an uhdeniabl
fact, that this passage in sacred history is tn
standing text from which the abolitionists c
: the north--black, white and gray-preach futur
: vengeance, blood shed, rebellion and aftatchy
when the slaves, aided by the North, grow to
numerous and too powerful for their master
and the white population of the south If Ger
d complete, his allusion to the case of The Isrde
y ties in Egypt was most unfortunate But we wi
s assume that he only meant abolition by mora
s and legal means, which are very different frol
u the instrumentality that delivered Israel fror
u the house of bondage. We will assume thf
( Gen. Scott had gradual abolitiohism, and nj
u violent coup de main, in his eye. His first Ate
therefore, with the aid of his party; will 1e |
u repeal the fugitive slave law for he ignorks Il
veto power. The next will be to annext Can;
e da the next, to abolish the naturalization hw
o and finally, to aid and influence the abolition
/ slavery all over the United States and FerftS Srie
J. ~ s%" The nomination. therefore, of Genr Scot
u which is already settled, cut and dried IA Il
r nor,h, is the beginning of the end In the ever
n of his election, there viii be total chahge
the administration of the government 8of Il
le country Emigration will be diminish@a-fo
L eigners will be disfran chised and discourage
n and the Irish and Germans in particular will
L placed under worse disabilities than thl BE uhd
lie which they groaned in their native land The
"a will be complete revolution in the acton
the government, and the long threatened separ
ton between the north and south, wilkat la
n,t explode in open rupture. There will be tArrib
it commotion in Congress and throughout q
= country. General Scott himself will be the E
ecutive to carry out these designs; and as Pres
lt dent and commander-in-chief, he will enfor
lg the new laws with all the military and ciy
ne power of the north, and at the point of the ba