Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-08-18
Douglas ON his own NO1ninatioa--A Pre-
nhefie SDeech.

FnctAC SPtDCne
On the 29th of July 1852, the Hen. STEPHEN A.
DouGLAs addressed the Democracy of Richmond,
Va, in the African Church. From the speech pre-
pared by himself, published in TIE Richmond En-
Quirsr of July the 10th, 1852 make the subjoned
extracts. Il viii be remembered that at the Bati-
more Wing Convention Of 1852, the North demand.
ed the nomination of Gen ScOrr and the South re-
sisted the demand. Commenting upon the sectional
aspect of that nomination, and the deplorabe re-
suits that would come from it. Mr.. DoUGLAs said
"Well, General Scott received the nomination
unanimously according to the official proceedings
of the Convention [Laughter.l Fellow citizens.
did you ever hear OF unanimous nomination which
was made in defiance of TIE fifty times repeat
ed protest and renlonstrances Of the delegations
from one half the States of the Union represented
in the Convention? Every Southern delegation voted
against hiu more than fifty times day after day and
night after night, and yet the nomination was unan-
| im0us. Great laughter. THE nomination of Cen
eral Scott therefore, presents to the american peo
pie this extraordinary anomaly. For the first time
in the history of party contests has sectional
nomination ever been forced either of the two
great partiesi You may talk of the dangers to the
American Union, growing out Ct partizan strife and
] political contests; you may tremble at the scenes
| through which we all recently passed, connected
with the slavery agitation; yet there nothing in
all that so periious to the safety Of the Union
sectional nomination for the Presidency, where the
North demanded the nomination OF particular
man on a sectional issue, and the delegation from
every Southern State. without exception, resisted
the nomination as dangerous to them rights and IN
| situations A nomination forced upon the South by
the Free Soil wing of the Wing party North is now
presented to the American people as unanimous
nomination
at matters not whether the North forced the
| nomination upon the South, the South upon the
North the dancer consists the fact that Terrific
rial line divided mems opinions, that the Northern
men were one way and the Southern men another.
But after the nomination is made told that it
was fair compromise, because the South received
the platform and the North received the candidate,
under the direction of men who defy" and spit
upon " the platform. Thus we have Winfield
Scott before US for the Presidency. After ma
ture elaboration, he proceeds to accept the nOml-
nation and write the letter which ne had promls-
ed Mr.. Archer in the private note which was found
in Bolts breeches pocket. LLaughter.]
In commenting upon the above the Richmond El-
gorr remarks: If the reader will substitute
STEPHEN A. DoUGLAs' for WINFIELD SCoTT." he will
have just, complete condemnation of his own NOM
nation, from his own lips. Such nomination OF
Gen. ScOrr, he pronounced would convert a
good General into bad President and we may
ask if the result would not be equally disastrous to
Senator?
IF Mr.. DOUGLAS could urge the facts connected
with General ScOTT's nomination as dangerous to
the South from the divisions that existed in Balti-
more in 1852, what circumstances would palliste
the evil from the same causes in the Democratic
party in 1860? Out of thine own mouth do we
condemn thee ,"