The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-04-17

oen. e>eu Al ~ georgia Unien men.
The Macon Journ1 and Messenger. the CEN
trail organ Of the Georgia Constitutional Union
party, is out in long leader against Gen. Scorr.
We extract u portion Of its article:
GEN. SoorT.-Occupying, as we do, neutral
position IA a press of the Constitutional Union
party, between the Wing and Democrats parts :,
we have not urged the claims of any individual
for the nomination for the Presidency from the
conventions of either party. The Constitutional
Union party, If our views are adopted, will not
be represented in either of those conventions and
the views which we design to submit, upon the
probable nomination of Gen. Scott, by the
national Wing convention, are not conceived in
a spirit of favoritism of any candidate or of any
party. Recent events have given to Gen. Scott
great prominence for the Wing nOmination--in
fact, we fear that we must regard him as the
Wing candidate. But Mr.. Fill
more's chances of q nomination are diminished
by the fact, that the Southern wing of the party
will not be fully represented at Philadelphia
That portion of the Wing party of the South
which has united in the organization of the Con-
s,itutonal Union party, will adhere to that or
ganization, and go, not where their political
predictions, but where their principles may
lead them.-Those principles do NO point to
Baltimore or Philadelphia. Mr.. Webster's
chance for the nomination is enthusiastically
small. Though he has every qualification for
the Office, he has few of the dsqua'ifications
which constitute availability.
We fear, therefore. that General Scott must
be regarded as the Wing candidate. This nom-
ination will effectually denationalize the Wing
party of the Union. 1t will drive from its sup
port the conservative Wings of the South-that
body of bold, independent, and honest men, who
have heretofore opposed an almost unbroken
front to the ultrasm Of their section, and will
present the same unbroken front to the ultraism
Of the North. The Wing party Of the South
is The Union and Southern Righ,s party of the
South, and it never can be rallied to the support
of General Scott. The Southern Rights De.
mocracy may abandon the positions which they
have lately assumed, and sue for admittance
into the Baltimore convention, and send dele
gates to that convention, uninstructed, except
to acquiesce in any thing, and the nomination Of
anybody, but the Wings of the South are not so
plant. They cannot be 80 easily influenced by
the expediency of the honr. They will support
no candidate Wing or Democratic, who does
not represent their principles upon the vital and
urgent issues of the day. They will not. be
content With declaration of the Wing prnci:
Piles upon obsolete issues. For these reasons
General Scott, If nominated, will not carry sin,
gle Southern State--he will not carry precinct
in the Virginia county of his birth.
But the universal dstrust of General Scott at
the South is not predcated of his want of
capacity or fitness for the office of President;
but is owing to the influence which brings him
forward and which will support him as a can
ddate for that office. 1t is useless to urge that
he is Southern man. Gen. Taylor was n
Southern man and slave holder; but the same
nfluence-tbat of the Seward Freeso Wing
party of the North-which now presents Gen.
Scott for the Wing nomination, governed and
controlled him. His death, and the succession
of Northern man to the Chief Magistracy,
secured the passage of the plan of adjustment,
and gave to the South repose, and quiet, and
safety. The latitude and longitude of mans
birth, therefore, do not determine his political
opinions. The memory of the complaisance
with which General Taylor treated the Free
soil party of the North, and of his perfect indif
ference to, or ignorance Of the crisis which it
had produced upon the slavery question in 1850,
is too fresh in our recolectons to permit us to
indulge in this idea. We want, in the candi-
date we support some stronger guarantee of
uutIlLy W ZIG OOuIl, LIlan tno ACClusslL OI OHIl
upon Southern soil. The next Presidential
election will be one Of fearful interest. 1t can.
not be barren of important results. 1t cannot
be simply a triumph to the successful and
defeat to the unsuccessful party. 1t must
be triumph and defeat of principles. Free
soil and slavery agitation must triumph, or
the Constitution with its compromises and SOL
emn guarantees of rights of sovereignty to the
States. This is the issue, and it cannot be dis.
guised or vetoed. In such contest, we will
not enlist under commander who plans his
campaign in the camp of the enemy. 1t is
strange that we should be expected to act with
such stupidity; it is passing strange that the
white. coated, white eyed agrarian of the New
York Tribune, with dirty hands and black SYM
pathies, should be chosen to recruit for such
service from the South. In such contest we
cannot support any man who, if elected, would
suffer ga power behind the throne, stronger
than the throne itself" because indebted for his
elevation to that power. The election of such
man, would be an event to be deplored by all
true Southern and Union men. General Scott
in his present position, as the mum, candidate of
the Seward party, ia such man,
SPICY CoRREsPoNDENcE.--Th subjoined let.
ters were recently exchanged between the Hon
CAVE JOHNSON and the editor of the Democratic
Reuie,D: