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T-'lf. art; re i SAfJy ia CLarlestvn, hating luf.rd
Ji-ige, except tie lsi cf 'injv.ke-1'.aek.
rivLc We would call attention to tie lr-tl-knent
cf Madame Blue, which will be found ia
another column. Madame B. has with ler the
Lighsat credentials from the family cf the ILn. W.
S. Asiit, and other sources in Washington City, an J
throughout the South, of the very highest respecta
bility. We hope that she will receive that encour
agement which the anqueatlunably rnerils.
I i;h tj c ne!, lut l(Ci3H as ce cf cy icme-
dlate coDstitarnt t a are enuifi to tare them ia
a f rn esralletf i rcrati a f r future rf resce
From t!.et;me trl.n. Scotia nomination I tars
urmerauy hium, in ctntr?uwg nua ciy ct
leagues, ;Lr members cf Congress, and ia fact all
who felt an interest in knowing my tuwo. that ( dd
not intend to support Gen. Scctt. la rerly abo.to
uch Utters at I receded, asking f .r roy o
picion, I repeatedly wro te tj the nine effect, to gen
Ulemen of tuth .Ltical pities vrha were rcoiJchts
f aj district, anJ -ala t-i viue other portions tf
the Mate. eTeraI utlie letter were wnt;cn
after Gen. Scittfe nomination, lo gentlemen of both
! rarties caftain for seats in the Lejislature. I
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Tersatl .r s exrre3?el Li2:?f m favtr cf those tneaj- tj a party
Lr-j If it le true, it makes tte ca
eint Lim. After the pasag cf the hill, a fierce j eo
. . . , , ,r mention this lest it should be charged that I hes.t.v
L. Clingman will commend itself to the attention cf q .q u wu fof
all, both Democrat! and u Ligs. IU marked ability a0y on, 0f tj0se ntienjen there being no iniunc-
.the acanoleded prominence and influence of its tion of secrecy on them to LaTe furoLeJ eu Jence
author, together with the wculiar poeition of affairs of my poaitioQ. I d d not think it expedient to make
' .v c. . n ' , . i f,,..--. a publication on the luhject, partly because it was
in (hia State, al.ke g.to it interest and imp- rtanee. I L to Gen Scott, that mem-
and absolre us from the necessity or making any Ler$ 0 Congrros ou-ht not to attempt to dictate to
publication. K",Ti"S "T tiewe to my conntituents face to face, in
" ; . a full and free manner, on my return to my District.
ISrTbt Wilmington Herald cf to-day, virtually jn im set,ips tul t!ie conlest was likely to te
admits the rolitical alliance between itself and its I between (Wn. Taylor and tJen. Scott, and that the
R-'nft friend, and the Flrria Touripr and inch like. I farmer had refused to takv fcny tK)Mtiim with refer
This is all for what w. contended. Whatever course c to lh. great ponding question, of the day, and
. , . , . not being diinojica to adopt him on trus and
ti may Hate cnosen to aaopt towaws democratic blindly urport him, I, after long waiting for a
gentlemen, ve. at Icat, are unwilling to resort to development of (leu. Taylor' views, determined
Teronal charfM ar&inst our Whiif fellow-citiien. to adrocato the nomination of Cen. cott, rather
than his. Ndco then I have had no reason to re
gret that courne. As I apprchende and predicted, as
utMi as the policy of (ien. Taylor's Administration
win ueveloped, with reference to the great Navcry
iueitons tnen renuintr. I. in coniunction wiin a
the southern N hig members of ton
gri-M, was thrown into opposition to it. 1 hough
such wns the condition of things for several months
before (Jen. Taylor's death, yet the public ' was not
generally awaro of it. Mis sudden demise prevented
an open and violent collision. About tho" first of
July, ISjU, it was determined, at a meeting of a
decided majority, of the Southern Whig members
n a a 9
Uur cause requires no eucn supports, we are no
correspondent of the papers which, without warrar.t,
try to connect Tierce with the Abolitionists.
Was, or was not a letter from Hon. (leo. K. Badger
to the Editor of the Fayette vil!e Observer, read some
lime ego in the Scott and Graham Club in Fayette-
villc; and did not Mr. I), say that " Scott was a bit
ter pill, but that it was Scott or tho Locofocos, and
the devil before the Locofocos," or words to that ef
fect 1 We ask the question upon the authority of
gentlemen from Fayetteville. and pauso for a reply, of Congress, that it was our duty, be for o an open
Tt... i....-,.. . declaration of hostilities, to advice the then l'resi
I nrtnr M Ail Tttttmna ' n I W vin ifnnt Amnn WArn
w- .- -i..u. i.r--t: v., n. I 'V" v'.u" y,
..1.,v.u.uJ,w...1,uwm, "l'""J '"u- delected for that nurnone. to w t. the Hon. C. M
tek United States Army," publinhcs in the National Conrad, the present Secretary of War, tho Hon.
Intelligencer, a communication contradicting the Humphrey Marshall, of Kentucky, and the Hon
tafement that Cen. Scott issued a letter to Ins Re- Kobert Toombs, of Georgia. They, in RCCOr
... . l0. ... , dance with tho views of tho meeting, ecparale-
cruiting Officers in contain.ngtl.o instructions ly called on the pregi(lont onJ gave m 0 un.
not to enlist foreigners, etc. We would simply state dcrstand that ho must expect our determined
now, that we copied the statement from a paper of I opposition if ho persisted in resisting such a ccw
high Handing ad respectability, the Richmond En- PIT".8 we a,d.v.ocat,cd- nnd insisted on his Polict
. . , i l ii . ioi numiuing auiornia ana inow iHexico as Mates.i
.qjurw, mna.Miai our rccouecuon. are, iuat a Ufl(1 IUDW)rl:n- tha olaim Lt tht Utter to the
letter of the kind did como out at the time, emana
tinz from Gen. Scott. We have written to hend-
I territory on this side of the Rio Grando.
coruing to their several reports to us,. Gen.
Ac-
Tay-
quarters to have the whole truth on the subject, '?r was unyiciaing ana iranny ucciarca to tnera
- - I ttmt flj iinnn at ih l nnRhtntinri nf Now MTirr
wbidiwo will lay before our readers, nn example reached him, which ho looked for in a few days, ho
which our Scott cotemporaries might follow ;writh should send in a mcssngo to Congress recommending
profit to tht cause of truth, if not of their candidate, its admission at onco as a state, as he had done in
' , , . , . T n 1110 cao oi niiiiornia ; inai no niso ucciarcu inai
ITTho Steamship El Dorado arrived at New Or- TeAa )aJ n0 rieh t t, territorv claimed bv her.
leans on the 9th, from Aspinwall, with San Francis- and that ho was disposed to support the claim of
co4atee to the 17th ult. The Golden Gate left San Iew Mexico against tier. 1 o one of those gentle
r.-crr
If wj are t 1 : -1 to
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ance to cur i artr recclres i3rrrtcf t'4.r ;i.
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! .TheiaJernient frp
stronger tion froa which you and I come, have not then ht
feen Un. Jcooq was first eWtl j: 1 1. ,
attack wo maJ on thuoemen at the North who had jloe two hundred votes in our ConrressiocolD-Vri-t
he literallty basalt m getting them through. Sew- But in ls, wten bis party presented Mania Van
arl and fcii followers tok the Eel J tocra n etster k i fcuren as a caniaate tor re-election, there lu a ma.
FiUim-re. But while tte stcra cf war was raring for Monty cf four thousand foar hundred vol? ai5n.t
their doitructich, where wasGeh. Scott! As they had him. That was an exhibition cf inie?sn
oly done what he thought it was their dcty to do, thy cf Arntricraa freemen, who ought always to rre-
hy did he cot itana ty tnsm lite a ran ? a een- ler lue'inieresia ci icir country to mere party auc-
tnee from pen Ueelanng ms approuauon ci ce?s. u vms aig .onvenuon nas now, as I think,
their course wouM have materially aided them, made, under the circustances, an unworthy nomina-
Thourh appealed to again and agin, he wocld not tioa, ought we not to repudiate it ? I donot atpres-
write it. On the contrary, he allowed bis name to ent eee anr practical issue pending between the pir-
be inscribed on the Lanaers of their enemies. It ties, of suucient magnitude to require us to sustain
was ender the cover of bis military glory that I tho Whig-utraiaeeataHhaiardr--AU-the Wht?r"
Seward and his clan fought the battle against our appear to be satisfied with Mr. Fillmore's adrainU-
alliea. Was such a proceeding U.raa J honorable tration. And yet since he cane into offiee, there
on the rart of Gen. Scott 1 Let rae state a similar I has been no new measure of a party character pass-
case for jllustration. Suppose that, during bis ea. ine auo-ireasury, larm. ana other renera!
Mexicin carripai en. a portion of his srmT had, in laws enacted in Mr. 1 oik's time, have not been
accordance with his approbation, taken an advanced changed. There is but one of thern Mr. Fillmore
and dangerous poeition, which nevertheless it wan recommended change in, via : the Tariff. With ref-
necessary for the safety or the army snouia do ta- erence io loav, uowever, me last Legisutore or our
ken : suppose, too, that when they had been fiercely own State, with unanimity both among the .Whiffs'
assauea oy sania anna ana nis armies, vuas oeo. i nu wmwuw, pswuMfvug rooiimons againsi any
Scott, though able to protect them, baa stooa aioot increase ox uuues. mere seems lniat, therefore,
aud allowed them to be destroyed; suppose, too, no reason to suppose that under Mr. nejee, if he
that he had, without objection, permitted Santa should come iru there would be any material change
Anna to carry his own banner, and fight them thus in toesc respects. ,
in the iame of General Scott, who ought rather But it is said that the Van Burens and other Free" .
to have protected them; and suppose, to crown Soilers are supporting Pierce. It must be redem-
all, that Gen. Scott had then become the asso- bered, however, that he was not nominated througS .
ciates and triumphant leader of Santa Anna's their influences, but in direct opposition to them. It
party! To show that the cubes are alike you was the South, with the aid of the conservative dem
have only to substitute Fillmore and Webster, ocrats of the North, that effected his nomination.
who took the extreme position for the compromise These tree Sellers, therefore, being Overpowered,
with Gen. Scott's approbation; then put Sew- merely for the sake of keeping in with their party,
ard, Johnston, and other Abolitionists as their fell into the rear of the movement. But in tht case
assailants instead of Santa Anna and his followers, of Gen. Scott the reverse was true. He was nomi.
Under Gen. Scott' banner and in his name they nated by the influence of Seward, Johnston and otb
havo fought and conquered our allies in. tha North ; er anti-slavery leaders, against the united and deter- .
anJ Gen. Scott takes the nominatioa from their hands, mined efforts of the whole South and the compro-
But it may be said that such a case as I have put misomen of the ISorth, and if we support him wo
could not have occurred that Gen. Scott, as an must expect to constitute a tail to the army of Abo-
honorablo soldier, would not have so acted, and that litionists in front. It may be. said that as the Van
he, in fact, did refuse the Presidency from the Mex- Burens, &c, have yielded, we ought to follow their
icans. All this I admit. Gen. Soottj tht Wtditr, example. But. they have in reality surrendered no-
.a i I It . il i ll -P.I' .l.t V... .... i 1 . L.J i. il
would not navo so oenavea, oui in me nem oi pon- wimg praiuwi, uccuuso iucy mm nu lnicrest in mis ,
tics has he not so noted I I azrec that he has done question. Their anti-slavery, if not merely taken-
so because he was entrapped by the politicians, who up to defeat Cass, was at least only .a fancy matter,
were more cunning than he. Many of his friends and in giving it up they have only to sacrifice some
try to evade it by twying that though under tho id- pnde ot consistency. VVo of tho South, on the con
fluence of ambition, he acted wrong to get the nom- trary, havo a practical interest, a great stake in
.nntion. viii lm will do riffht if elected. But if Sew- the slavery question. Should we abandon it and
ard and company have had influence enough hero- throw ourselves into the embraces of the Abolition-
. . 1 I ', - 1 I '!l V.:. .1 .. il tula nrlln ftsni ta Vn.) k ui.1l n n , U i-!.. i 1
toiore to Keep mm nueni wuen it wns mo uuij io i " 4um ug nui nm w nut iv ciuiaio uor
have spoken, will they not have just as muck influ- I pass over, sir, many grave points of objection to
ance after his election 1 Will they not threaton to Gen. Scott that have been urged by others, especial- ,
abandon his administration Will he not, to secure My his contemptuous manner of slurring over tho
their support being the great majority In his party platform by " accepting the nomination with , the
-"-just aa Gen. Taylor dicl, determine, as a military resolutions annexed:' He not only fails to follow
man, to sacrifico the small body from tho South ! the example of Gon. Piereo by declaring that the .
And when wo are pressed acain, as wo doubtless principles met his approbation ; but inasmuch aa
shall be, what Northern man, either Whig or Dem- there was a great pressure upon him to get him up
ocrat. will come to our relief 1 If wo, tho minority, to tho work, his failure ia ominous. Fairly eonstru-
Wicrifice our friends and put in our enemies, what ed, his langvmge, under all the circumstances, only
ifight have we to look for Northern support again ? seems to imply that ho liked the nomination so much ,
that ho was willing to take' it" notwithstanding the
me i, no said mat no was placed in such a position
that ho would probably bo forced to sacrifico one
wing of his party ; and that wc ought not to expect
him to sacrifice eighty-tour men trom the North rath-
Advicot from Valparaiso state tho Chilian affairs er than twonty-nine men from the South, these be-
The Government had sent 200,. LmS womirnoer oi mem nor i ox me wortrrern ana
000 to London to purchase a war steamer. .... . . , f s(iuthernmemher9 of Conres.
Business generally rit San Francisco was steady with Mr. Clay at their head, would thus have been
and prosporous. The troubles with the Indians had thrown into opposition, and would have been com-
subsided. Opposition to the Chincso still existed P0IC,' W1 .ConeryaHve men or me
I rV' I. A ti rali t ih ll.lir Ia S..am IhA n n nlan.A..
iiui m, tu ij i u itiu nuuiu iuiiu vn tnu tiuiuMiinu muni.
Francisco on the ICth ult, with $2,000,000 in gold.
The. newt from tho mines was very favorable, and
several large lumps of gold had been found.
among the miners.
From Our Hcgnla- Correapoixlrrit.
Raleigh, Monday, Oct. 11, 1852
. In the House to-day, a bill to repeal tho 2 th Sec
tlon of the 53d Chapter Kcvucd Statutes, was read
through three timet. A number of Bills and Reso
lutions of a private nature, were presented and read
first time
The death of Gen. Taylor alone prevontcd a strug
gle which would have fhakenjho country to its cen
tre. fh'i decree of I'royidonco thus averted the
contest, but the lessor: is ono which ought not to be
lost on us. vVithoiK, however, going into detail on
these points, I proceed at onco to epcak of General
Scott.
In tho summer of 1840 his Canada annexation let-
rcr was published. Gen. Taylor having just been
A motion to re-consider the vote of Saturday, by mauguraau, i ; seem ea pro oau. e man ne migni oc
I frt.nnniinn toil ijai tttk irv wtf n lha cnnrinrf na if n o a
m . 5 . iu-iuiiiiiuivv4 ivt vicviliii) iiibti UiV oui'iiuiV) tij n tij
which tho House refused to adjourn, was made, and thcn 8vlpp0Scd, of tho whole South. It would be
necessary to secure the Northern vote in opposition,
to supersede him. Gen. Scott, therefore, while ex
laid on the table.
In the Senate, much time was consumed in arran
glng the rules of the Senate making amendments,
&c, and finally adopted, and ordered to be printed,
together with State Constitution and Constitution of
tho Unitod States one copy for each mombcr.
pressing his wish for the acquisition of Canada!' vol
untarily and without being questioned on the point,
went on to declare his opposition to the acquisition
of Mexican territory. In substance he said that
while he 'was for taking territory that would
opposed to such
Twft inAffArttnnl attamnta wrn mnn to nn Strengthen 11)0 l0rth, hOWaS
kn (TTASKi n rr Plorlr Trumnrniw lintli llniiana will I 1 ... . ..e.. . .. . . r
nron wit l t in North
again ballot. A Mr. Harriss, Whig, from Davidson,
and a Mr. Jenkins, Democrat, from Warren, are the
prominent candidates. From appearances, I think.
Jenkins will be elected.
I suppose you have seen Mr. Clingman's letter.
He is quite down on Gen. Scott, and advocates the
eloctlon of Pierce & King. Tho letter has caused a
fluttering in the political world, here. Whigs look
tour, I assure you, and utter bitter language, at their
parting.
4 Honi E. Stanly is hero ; he is to address tho Scott
& Graham Club to-night. That Club cries loudly
for help it had well nigh died out ; the hands of a
Gijmer, McDugald, and a Stanly, will not, I assure
you, bio sufficient to arouse its mombera. Whiggcry
is dead here and dying everywhere. . .... W.
The telegraph sometimes makes sod blunders. When
the steamer Black Warrior arrived at Mobile, with im
portant news from Havana her intelligence was tele
graphed all over the country. We yesterday canto across
one of these despatches in an Arkansas exchange, evi
dently copied from some other paper, which staled that
One hundred black warriors had arrived at Mobile from
Havana, brnging important news from that city." . We
think this will pass as a specimen of telegraphic accu
ncy. Vhi' fc'jihia Bulletin.
I then looked upon this as an
open, undisguised declaration of his wish to bo re
garded as the Northern Presidential candidate. It
would be considered in no other light than as a bid
for Northern support, at the expense, too, of our es
sential interests. During my Journey through the
Northern States in tho autumn of that year, I had
other evidences to the same effect. I felt that Gen
Scott had not, in the position he had voluntarily ta
ken, any claims on me or any other Southern man
On tho contrary, I saw that tho rights of my sec
lion unaer ine constitution, as equals in the Union,
had been put up for sale in the political market for anti
slavery votes.. It was obvious that Gen. Scott believed
that ho could be elected by Northern votes alone.
In fact I haye tho best reason to believe that be,
much more recently than the timo I refer to, repeat
edly expressed the opinion that he could be elected
without a vote from a slave State. For the last
three years he has been identified with the anti
flavery party of tho North ; but, in 1848, Mr, Sew
ard, who is the leader of that party, was opposed ta
him. During the session of the Whig Convention at
Philadelphia, in that year, l had some conferences
whh Mr. Thurlow Weed, the Editor of the Albany
Evening Journal, and with Mr. Horace Greely, the
Editor of the New York Tribune, both of them be
ing well known as intimate friends and mouth piecet
of William IL Seward They were utterly hostile
to Gen. Scott, and said he could not possibly be supj
wu vjf vucin, oh vi ui i.twvtjiui tutu fir
But it may bo said that if we refuso to support
Gen. Scott, Gen. Pierce will be elected. If he were
a daneerous man, there micht bo force in the, ob-
cction. I have closely scrutinized his course, since
the beginning of the canvass. Upon all questions
objectionable resolutions tied on to it. So is he con
strued throughout the North ; and he must, when
ho wrote the words, have felt the contempt for" our;
understandings if ho thought we could put any oth-
er construction on them. I am sorry that his-son.
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1 ... I 1 .Li, .f iL. P ..iL
connected wim slavery ana irp rignis una oouui, porter8i t d , endcavorinff ta m tvM(( . Bn -
ka rnnn that knnw F. frnm anv metinn of the . ., . .r""
Union, has a better record. While he has been, as
ar as I know, true to all tho great essential inter
csts of his own section, his votes and speeches prove
him to have been eminently lust and liberal to us.
Since his retirement from Congress his courso has
been consistent nnd national. He was attivo in put
inirdown. in the Democratic party ot ISew IlaniD
... i tt a
shire, John P. Hale, the Abolition candidate for the
Presidency. More recently ho did tho same with
respect to Atwood. Mr. Atwood, a political and
personal friend ot Gen. riercc, was the Democratic
nominee for Governor.- Shortly before the election,
when there wasevory prospect ot the success ot Mr
Atwood as his opponent, tho Whig candidate, was
liko all tho other Whigs of New Hampshire, hostile
to the fugitive-slave law belikew4so wrote a letter
expressinz his opposition to that measure. Gen.
.... . . . .
are merely endeavoring to get up an excitement in
jv.iuv.iuu iv uiuiiuijr oumcs ujr luu exillOllipn 01 -
pictures, &c. Brilliant military 'services, like his,
are a great feather in tho cap of any man ; but out
people have not deemed tbemalonesufficicnt tbqual-'
lfy one for tho Presidential office, in despite of greatf "
political objections.
I make no reference to the personal charges against
the candidates because they are unnecessarily and -
most unworthily made. Having- known Gen. Scott ,
for a great many years, it gives me pleasure to testify
to his high moral worth and honorable qualities as a
poldier and a man. Though 1 have never sppn nn -
Pierce', yet all of those who served with him in Met!.'
co, that I have met, concur in saying that no man there
was more respected or more popular. The intelli
gence, courage and high tone of that army forbid the
iflnn Irint Iriiov urniiM Viiua haA Ham D:m. jL.-
Pierce, being on y then a pnvato citizen, was under cstimation tfey did if he had been deficient in any
no particular obligation to interfere. He might, top, man, or ,lonoJrabIe Uil Tll0pe ,poIilicianSi
who have served with him in either House of Con-
have said tlat both the candidates wcro merely
standing on tho same jrround. Besides, neither he
nor the people of' New Hampshire had any practi
cal interest in tho fucitivc-slave law. It was there
a mere question of justice to tho South ; and yet
Gen. Pierce took it upon himself to travel some dis
tance to see Mr. Atwood ; and on his refusal to take
back his letter, he commenced a movement which
resulted in degrading Atwood from his position as
tho Democratic candidate for Governor, and in sub-
gre?s, as far as I have heard them speak, have ex
pressed themselves invariably in the most favorable
terms with respect to him.
1 am well aware, Sir, that thiet'eYBrfcSsWfi'fif theso
opinions may subject me to denunciation from some.
If 1 had consulted only my personal convenience. I
might well have fallen into the general current of the
party. Not havine in any way committed mvself
against Gen. Scott prior to his nomination, I might
stituting a sound man in his place. It was thus that have claimed credit as an early supporter, arTd occu
urn. i teres, divine cuisen, uuuur uu wiai uu- ied doUbiiess, a position m the front of his nartv
ligation to take so much troublo and odium on him
self, acted from a mere tletermination to do justice
to the Constitutional rishts of the South. How does
Gen. Scott's conduct compare with it In Pennsyl
vania Gen. Scott was nominated tor tho residency
by the same Convention that nominated Gov. John
ston for re-election. But Gov. Johnston refused to
But had I done so, I would not have acted in accor
dance with my own sence of right. I have too often
encountered oppositions in the conscientious dis
charge of my duty to hesitate now.
If Franklin Piere was willing to encounter as'orm
of opposition and obloquy by opposing the strong;
abolition current ot the Worth, as he did m putting.
sign a bill passed by the Democratic . Legislature of down Atwood, merely to sustain the rights of a di
reiiiytvui 10 iacimaie ine (awuwuii ui w. .uB.- (ant sectl0n of lne Union, ought not you and I, and-tive-slave
law, and was, in fact, avowedly hostile to other3f t0 be wiJlinf? to make 60me sacrifice8( if neceg,
mas measure, xiere, men, was proper i. sary, to maintain the great essential interests of our
the interference of Gen. Scott, he being associated own 8ection When Gen receivcd the nomina,
m the nomination of the Convention with Johnston, llon was jt not the neral of our p ,e thar
Ought he not, in justice to himself if he was a friend he ht not to be gupnorledfTiat was an honest.
to the compromise, to have written at least a letter
vindicating his position! "But, on tho contrary, he
was as mute as the grave, and lent the whole weight
of his military popularity to the support, of John
ston. And he was repaid by the exertions of Gov.
Johnston, who after h- defeat by the DemtKratic
candidate, came to the Convention at Baltimore and
carried his delegation for General Scott.
But it is said that we were represented, in the
Convention; and are therefore hound to support ' its'
nominee. Suppose it had nominated Fred. Douglas,
the free negro, the same might"' have been used.
Should it be said that this s not a supposable case;
then would we not have been, bound to support Mr4
Seward, who will doubtlessfitlw South acqoistfej
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patriotic impuIse.-Under pressing solicitation amd
the influence of party prejudice, many have reluctant
ly yielded acquiesence. Is it not better, however, to
consider the matter calmly and act solely for the in
terest of the country i If Gen. Scott should be elec
ted, under all the existing circumstances, it not only
consigns to their political graves forever Messrs. Fill
more and Webster and other compromise Wbigs of
the North ; but the defeat . of Gen. Pierce - will lend
powerfully to deter any Northern "Democrat, from
again standing up for our rights. s This is what St
ward und his followers are evidently seeking to ac
complish. Ought We to aid them in such a movement
intended as it is solely to effect our political and so-,
cial destruction ? Is it not, under all the circumsta -;
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