The Greensborough patriot [July 31, 1852]

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SPEECH OF B. F. MOORE, ESQ.,
Before tin- Young Men's Scott 6 Graham Club, hi
the City of Raleigh, July 13, ISM.
coll and
i extraordinary iso-
»u, 1 hope ihaiihe
the ri'|HMe of the
the Inuir of seenri-only
H> awaken in
our. Sir, I ilo not
Mr. Prnidcnt "'"' Utmbirt «/ ihc
(Iraham Club :
The candidate* of the two great parties me-llow
heforo the public. I lake the occasion to
dissent in advance, from the presentation of any
olher ticket, and to say, southern man as I am,
that at this moment of lime, 1 should greatly re-gret
to »ee a Vnion 'Itckel, as is announced by
the papers, spring up in ihe Slate of Georgia.
Sir. there was an occasion for lliat ticket; lint
I llmnk a kind Providence, it has passed away.
The danger of disunion from fanaticism at the
North is now fall by very few, and in truth, so
distant, at present, do we all regard that peril.
that we hut give it importance by noticing it at
all. True, it is wisdom to see and avoid danger
at a distance; but it is s« unuiee, lo fall into a
panic, and so invite the danger, as In allow it to
overtake us unprepared. 1 should feel much
more unhappy than 1 do this night, if 1 thought
that any danger threatening the integrity ol the
llepiililie demanded a party secession to ward off
Ihe hidden blow. Sir, the Shepherd who never
watched his flock but lost bis sheep.'and the
Shepherd who eternally cried, in danger and out
of danger, wolf, wolf, bred none the better. To
us all the Union must become rheap indeed,
when its protection falls into the hands of one or
two Stales. In ihe hour ol peril. Georgia won
from Ihe South a tribute of gratitude when she
destroyed a party tendency 10 sustain the mad-ness
of her sister. I trust that her own domestic
quiet does not now need thi:
lalion, and if that he not the
will not continue lo disturb
Confederacy, by sounding ii
ly, the tocsin of alarm fitted
the moment of danger. Foi
admit that she is the I.evile of Ihc confederacy,
and, hv authority invested with the great guar-dianship
of the Ark of the Covenant. Believing
that there is no danger lo the Union except from
those who may hereafter create it, nor seeing a-
Ity that is likely to spring up in ihe North. I can
bin regard the announcement of such danger,
gravelv made, as a most unfortunate event, well
calculated by first cheapening III mine, ultimate-ly
to destroy Its bonds.
Having embraced the political creed of a Whig
as early as I dared to trust that my cotivicli.ni>
were the result of judgment; having at all limes
be : a warm admirer o' lh it moat disinterested pa-triot
and noblest of slBieemen. Henry Clay, and
never at any lime having had Mich a profound
and venerated esteem and reverence for him, as
in his last great struggle for the adjustment ol
Ihe slavery quesiion; sympathising with him in
all his nnxn lies for the safely of the Union, and
regarding the Compromise as the gieat achieve-roeot
of hi* life, and fil to crown the greatest re-putation.
I determined lo support no man for
President, who 1 did not believe would support,
maintain and defend the principle* of the Com-promise,
as sacredly as he ought lo support
maintain and defend Ihe Constitution ofihe Union.
With much anxiety therefore lo secure a sound
Whig candidate for the Presidency, did I look
into the character of those who were likely lo
come before the Convention. My preference
for Mr. Fillmorc was mo decided to allow any
other man to share it with him. He had proud
lo ihe Nation that lie was abundantly equal lo
the task, both of his head and his heart, to ad-minister
the government faithfully and Impartial:
ly. in defiance of factions, powers and favors,'
wherever t'ley might be. or from whatever quar-ter
ihey might come. Celled lo Ihe Preaidency
hv a casually, and in ihc very midst of the a-larming
crisis when the elenten's of strife seem-ed
ready lo devour the ShipofSn.tr. lie railed lo
hil aid as noble a crew ol patriots as ever trod a
deck in the hour of danger, and lay lug his hand
firmly on the wheel, he put her head directly un-der
the light of the Constitution. With unm-iv-ed
eye and steady hand, which was but the bel-ter
nerved by the impending peril, he rode right
through the storm, leaving on the one hand, the
yawning gulf of Fanaticism, and on the oilier its
iio Ic9s dreaded fellow ofSecession and Disunion,
till he gained the smooth and open sea, and. once
more, in an hour of joy, from forecastle to Hern.
Irom her decks and from her yards, was heard
Ihe swelling shout •• nil it mil." There were
on board that ship many noble volunteers; bin
one there was by common consent nobler for
than all, whose clarion voice rung from the lein-pest,
words of duly, courage and perseverance;
that voice we shall hear no more ; but it* earn .
est tone* vet linger on the ear like the memory
of a father's dying blessing.
Sir. il was in this moment, when all mighl
have been lost, by tlclav or indecision, 'ilia! Mr
Fillmorc ascended le the chair of Washington.
The mimic of ihe departed sage lell on bis
shoulders, and all was saved. Such an exhibi-tion
of patriotic statesmanship secured by warm-est
admiration, and my body mg graiitud
Sir, I embrace vviih tl:
who brought his tribute lo il
eanse. High in my favor, ani
PlUmOSe stands that nan of II
the giant of intellect, in stall -i
superior, in patriotism as farg.
in eloqiienrr, BOW wit'iout a r
lo the trial, on behalf of that roun'ry,
God had giion linn, Md all that fortune
..owed. Nothing—nothing. Sir. hut | ,1
reward ihc well tried mem nl ihe Prrsid
iiiiinents every man
altar nl the noble
as high as Mr.
rea aeon and irr.
inliship wilhont a
as his country,
val, who brought
all thai
had be-eeire
to
ant, and
VOllOII III olhi '
owed me to postpone the claims of Mr. Webster
lo those ol Mr. Fillmnre.
Nor, Mr. President, can I forget the gratitude
I owe lo die Chief of the American Armies, who,
though all his life, he has abstained through a
feeling of commendable propriety, from an effort
I lo exercise the inlliieiiee ol his greal position on
j Ihe legislative affairs of his country, nevertheless
! deemed that to be an occasion, fil for M excep-
I lion lo his general rule of conduct. That ardent .
! devotion lo his country, which has marked Ma
j great and honored career for forty lour years of a
service, performed without the Union, aawell as j
! within every part oft;, dill not allow, when the I
) integrity of nil riiuniry was menaced hv internal
I discord! that hand to lie idle, whose great imploy-inenl
had been lo defend il His advoca-v of the
Compromise measures, with all his influence,
was so open, ardent and constant, that il became
obnoxious lo many oflhosc who sought lo en-graft
the principle's of free-soil ism on the legisla-tion
of Congres*. Gov. ('leveland, a distin-guished
leader in the democratic wing of the fiee-soil
parly, in a recent speech in Congress, thus
hears testimony against Cen'l. Scotl.
"General Scott'was, by Mr. Fillmorc, placed
temporarily at the head .if the War Department,
and, in that position, coupled with his great mili-l.
Try fame, was able lo, and did, exerl a powerful
influence in favor of these Compromise measures.
.... • • »
•'I desire to do justice to the man who ha*
been arraigned here, and charged with hostility
In these measures, or at least that he did not, or
dors not. commit bimiell in-favor qflhem. Jua-iice
to thai distinguished Whig requires of m*
thai I should say lie i Id not have done more.
Ill was as aeliie a mm as could be found in get-ling
Ihcse Coiupr isc measures passed. I was
here, ami heard from evety quarter lhal General
Scotl was as active and energetic in hi" efforts as
•Of man in Washington, and never did a man
labor harder than General Scott lo prevail upon
Ihc F'cr-soil members of the Whig party In u-liailllou
their position and to adopt the Coiupio-niiseasa
measure of the new aduinialralipD.
•• These measures were passed mainly through
Ihe influence of Clay, Fdlmore. Webster, Seoll,
Fooie. and Cohb. These were ihe men who
carried them through, and every man who was
in the last Congress knows ii."
Now, Mr. President. I think it more than like-ly,
lhal, if I had been a Whig of Massachusetts
or ol New Ellgl-nd, I should have supported Mr.
Webster in preference to any man living- The
great distinction of ihe Chief Magiairacy which
he bad so richly earned was to be bestowed in
ibis campaign, or, in all probability, never. Nor,
ii it i muter of wonder with me, lhal General
Seoll, who has been a Wbig from the earliest
exisicnce of the party, through all its fortunes,
should have been the choice of New York.—
Then is no Slate in the Union that owes him so
heavy a debt of gratitude, and none which, at nil
times, has been so ready 10 greet his presence.
Can any one who knows the American heart, or
ran appreciate with proper sensihlilities. the
greatest I ivors, fool astonished at surh a prefer-eneot
The war of 1818 ia not yel foigollen.
The instill to the Hag of the Nation with a aerial
of continued wrongs had fired la ihe highest heat
of indignation Ihe heart of America. Weak in
her maritime, with an iinniee.se defenceless coast
lo protect, il was Ihe early and lan.iatc policy
of ihc Adniinisiraiion lo strike ihe r neiiiy 00 land.
The Canada! lay on our borders, and a river
only divided ihem Irom New- York. The inva-sion
ami suhjaiiun of those provinces was resolv-ed
on. Under a belief thai the aubjocta of Ihe
British crown wanted only a pretext lo declare
their independence, our man rial for the war was
conei titrated for the great enlerpt ise. Proriimi-nuns
were issued lo inviie the people 10 revolt;
am! such KM ihe gasconade of these papers, dill
Ihe Nation was invited lo look for splendid vic-mrie
d rxtrn-ivc conquests before a hoalile
foot had touched Ihe soil. Hut the first news
was thai of denial, surrender and diagraci—out-rage
heaped on outrage remained unavenged—
and* our bold ihreais had hut sunk us in deeper
disgrace. The army was gone. The borders
of New York were open to the enemy : and the
spirii of ihe Nation lell. as her flag waa trailed
in ihe du-i. In the midst ol this humiliation n
young Boldiei appears oil the stage of war. ill
rank hul a raplain, hut in ardor, enthusiasm,
daring, hope energy, patriotism and skill, every
thing. In i II inslanl lire banner i- raised aloft—
on ihe field o: ivs diihono: the young officer
' proudly hears it in the storm of war. The fear
dies away that American soil will drink American
blood—hat on British sod he pours out his own.
as Irom victory lo victory, he speeds hi- inward
march over the Id ly highls and eiiaanguined
plains of ihe r inline* of Canada.
The people of Nev, York Irrod from ihe alarm
of the invader witness and share ihe splendid
achicnenieiils of the young captain. Wilh their
own eves they see hil deeds, with their own
hands they engage under his lead, and together
, they rejoice again to behold the ensign of their
| country, washed of ill insult, in the blood of the
foe. Acre For/ hai ntvtr forgottfd the hour
of Inr peril, nor t!.c mini t.'utl di/ircred lirr:
ami to say that he owe* his popularity, thirc. to
Sewird, ii lo winder her gratitude or be ignorant
of Ihe com i history of ihe times. In my
' bumble judgment, to-day, and in Ihie canvas*, he
. could snatch that Slate from the United efforts lo
I thi eiuiirarv, ofSewafd and both the Van llu-rens.
backed though they might be by the presses
i ol Graely and Bryani.
Twenty-live yearaafier the war of I f 12. when
the whole Bills of New York became Inflamed
; at ihe affair of Ihe ( aralinr, and by he: couree,
' caused the most serious alarm to be fell by the
General Governmental to lite maintenance of
peace wilh Graal Britain—and when to them
there wae nothing winch wee likely lo save us
from the issue of war, Inn appease the popular
passions ofaii aroused and determined people.
General Scotl wai Ihe man selected ol the whole
.\ n..II lo i fleet this delicate ohjeel'. And whj '
, Sir, why was not some one ol Mew York's own
favorite sons who bad long enjoyed the confidence
, ' I Inlv because thelii Was no mall
e I uion who had such unbounded control
over the popular will of New Ifork as rVtafield
Seoll.
The a performed with eoneomete
,11011s
of public appro-al; nnd in no place, was he
more warmly greeted than in ihe Capitol of Ihe
Slate, during the ihen Session of lite Legislature.
At no lime from ihe war of 18 la, to Ihe war will
Mexico, has Ceneral Scott passed through New
York, without meeting, at every step, wilh Ihc
most lively public exhibitions of a deep seated
affection for his person and unbounded admiration
for tliHustre he had there shed on the American
name. How much higher position he holds in
their hosoins. since he hi id open the gates of
Mexico, 1 need ask those only, who have heart
enough to rejoice in ihe renown of their own
benefactor ami those of their country.
I have not. Mr. President, set myself to the
task of spreading before you the achievements of
Ceneral Scott, hut lo show thai, above all men
he was likely to he. ami, iii f icl was, the favorite
of New Y'ork. She owed him a debt of grati-tude,
which, as in lire case of Mr. Webster, was
then lo be paid, or never, wilh the Chief Magis-tracy.
The charge that he has been brought forward
by Seward. is as baseless in fact, as the original
motive ol making il was cunning and unjitsi. It
is vastly nearer the truth, that Seward is but
blowing his breath into sails alrendv mil ited with
the popular gale, than lhal he is .Eolus him*ell.
Scotl has never sioopeil unsoldier-like, lo living
man ; nor abased himself, for favor, lo any pow-er
thai has ever existed in the land. His whole
public life has been a scene of arduous duty and
splendid results; and, if the partisan eriiic may
here and there gather up an indiscreet expression,
I defy the effort! of opposition 10 point loan un-wise
dent. Recalled from ihe Florida war, and
subjected by President Jackson to a Court of in-quiry,
because he did not finish it in a single
campaign, he breathed the spirit of a freeman loo
proud, and too independeul. ever lo be led by
Seward. when, in llkt noble defence, he dared lo
rebuke the intolerance ol thai temper which had
prosiratr.l. under the odium nl lhr popular feel-ing,
(w Inch General Jackson could so powerfully
command to execute all his purposes.) the mighty
ii nnes of Clay nnd Calhoiiu and Webster. And
id.hough there was a triumphant acquital. too
proud was that man of the iron nerve, and too
obscqUIOOl lo follow in his footsteps, was his
siiccissor. to retract ihe wrong, and restore the
Commander in Chief lo his lawful position in
war: nnd it look six more years with able gen-erals
to lead lo cud thai onr campaign war.
And. Mr. President, i'i whit perfect harmony
* of pariisan and personal rati-nhicl
ol him, who, as the young
\ulion, sought, first, to snatch
air command of the army in
appointment over Scott, of a
rah who might heal off the lalir-and
when the wretched scheme
had been indignantly rebuked by the people and
hi* glory in that war had ascended lo us zeniih.
next .sought I
with thi* lilllcm
eour, was ihc ei
hickory vf tin
away lhr legilii
Mexico, by tin
Lieutenant Gem
•Is of the wi:
niing nnd harrassi
dale, both abroad
I am sorry to
spirii of persecute
sums ol party, ha
and, among certain li
poillon to hi* pros
rave on ; Beolt'a forli
hi* power is written
and wherever ihll I"
land, or o'er what!
d.ring vou'.gcaptain
■lire its effulgence, by liumili-ig
the veteran with court mar-mi
at home.
know, that this unbecoming
>n. like all the other bad pas-descended
as an inherilahce ;
tiers, is violent just in pro-ict
of success. Let ihem
ic is lar above their reach;
n the scroll of our Eagle ;
:!•• may go. on whatsoever
ever sea, the name of the
fQueemtown heights, and
Ihe snowy headed Chiel ol Churubueeo,
borne along in bis (light, will but make
blem bird mount yet nearer to the run.
Mr. Prr
egy M iih II
that ihey Ii
as it is
Sir ein-
"tdenl.our opponents began this stral- d
ill de of.'
ill
ami having as.
greal body of N
Scott, ihey roil
the odiotia nil
apt
oft
mighl
that II
South
degrei
ihe Com;
Ir.csoilr
Fillmorc,
should d
our pridi reoee : a
press permitted lo
while t'n/ were i
h..-is of frce-inih i
whether he might
known, tee round
al ol Ii
Mind
York
.'hi In id.
inr of ihit
proaeh II
iromiie
r. So
thai Ml
-rrv Re
light m
tinning. Conseiooi
large proportion of the
I aoiliam in their ranks,
lhal Seward. with tin-would
support Ceneral
mfy ihe General with
Senator, first that they
'lliselvi s ; and secondly .
hi destroy ihe Wing party of the
ml foiihwiih with i most extraordinary
■e. the,- hoisted for themselves
lag, and for Scotl, tire flag of a
a.ih ol was our altachni.nl lo
were |vep content lhal Ihey
ail. Hue object was to secure
Oil *:< long waa the Democratic
play Ibis game linn huked. that.
,1 ail limes ready, with all their
'* to rally around their pnminee,
be aiming the known or mi-nuraelrea,
on the nomination of
hi up to a si I still. I.oug ago,
covveraaiion, I denounced the scheme
md«. I saw. that on Ihe meeting of
the Whig party had, in their caucus,
duiioiis approving the Compromise,
inr opponents, in theirs, immediately
had l.ilcd and refused to do so. To
a as obvious: il was to entice
to break Irom their party and
nil publics, or by leaving
quietly iiiirodiice them into
So commenced ihe game
Till Whigs were the first
on Ihe high ground of lire
s stand was followed nnine.
lie r. rural lo imitate tlicrx-wilh
ibis beam in their eve
the Southern Democrat! had the hardlll
identify ihe Whigs with Sswardiim.
Mr. I'resiilenl. il is lime that we slum
bjeol of slat, rv wilh more plnlo
man in a free BUM hold*
and. if Ceneral Bcolt has
rGeneral Pierce. So had
It, hri
in priviti
my f
ingresi
wed n
I that
lowioi
Ihe purpose
free-soil \\ hi;
me
the
slaml aloof
open iheir
the Demoei
i..r Ho- free>
In pl.nu tb
'•' Pfo»i'
diaiely hv a
ample. E.
ill llallol
door, lo
■lie fold,
.ml rote.
inselves
'. and Ihi
Democra
ill Ihen.
mid in
Id Ireal
I ophy
ll'c knoji thai
slavery lo bean
■aid lhal much—
Mlrtin Va« Burin, (and voted it too,) when he
was elected to the Preaidency. So did Robert
J. Walker, although I Senator from Mississippi.
In fact, if we mean lo exclude fioni the duel
Mai'l-lraey. eiciy mall who enli Hauls that COI1-
\t. li il is must eerlani. that more than halflhe
people arc politically diafranehiaeo\ Now, Sir.
those who arc for excluding from their parly, al
tins nine, all the frcrsoilers of the country, must,
if ihev bivoreflected, hair contemplated the cer-tain
dissolution of the Un ; and arc engaged
in employing, in my judgment, means lhr most
effectual to lhal end. The lice-oil party ol ihe
country is a very large body of men, who have
among them all the elumenla for a Naliooal great-tii--;
lii.-y have wealth, education, industry.
allure, arts an.I
science, courage and religion—nevertheless, they
are opposed lo lite introduction, by their voles, of
any other slave territory inlo lire Union ; this op-position,
with some, ia political, with others, re-ligious,
with olhcrs. as they say, tinlural; with
more yd, it is political, religious nnd natural.
But, whether arising from the one or the olher or
all of these great impulses of human action, il is
enpahlc of concentration into the highest intensi-iv
of z-al, of becoming the one and lire only idea
of humanity. Such is the material with whirii
a Union man has to deal, in his political associ-ations,
in this ronfederaey. Kill ihese freesoil
men are also alive lo ihc general policy of ihe
government, respecting the numerous subjects of
legislation which affect man in al! other relations
of life—they are growers of bread and mannfae-
Hirers of cloth—their various pursuits 10 attain
the comforts and happiness of exislaiico originate
a thousand differences ofopinion. which, in their
judgment, should regulate ihe actions of govern-ment.
On these subjects they are divided among
themselves, and each oflhe divisions fondly seeks
a union wilh similarity of sentiment in whatever
quarter of lire country- |l may be found.
Now, the whole quesiion with a Union man
i* this: Is it policy lo ostracise the entire free
soil parly ; In disown them.-and deny Ihem n
common participation with us in the election of
a President, and lo drive them away into a par-ly
with one idea for llreir motto, and one perse-cuted
sentiment for their rallying point t Or, is
it belter to divide llieni among the two great par-lies
; which, not differing as lo inylbhjf, except
what, in the judgment ol each, may best lead to
the greal ends of government, may take ultert.atc
triumphs, without loss of liberty or Union.
If those who compose that portion of the con-federacy
were, to-day, excluded from an equal
and constitutional participation in ihc affaits nl
the government, they would, in a month, make a
parly, whose fanaticism, stimulated by lire indig-nity,
wouid control or shatter the Union into frag-ment*.
My policy therefore, is to manage llieni
—to div ide ihem, and thus conquer the danger, lo
engage ihem on other mailers of policy ; to rang-nily
other ideas, and lo to weaken that of free-soilism.
And I take it as a providential favor.
that these men cannot sec alike on the other in-teresting
political subjects. Tii-nighi. if in my
power, 1 would number every soul of them, and
make an equal division between the parlies. 1
would give Seward and lake Rantuol ; or if my
political opponents in their candor should think
the bargain (or ihem loo good, I would allow
ihem lo keep one of the Van Burens as hmnjor
the present. I wouhfdividc the presses loo ; and
lo make the trade even, I would put on one side
Horace 0reefy of the Tribune, with the next best
to him, and Bryant ol the Post, on the other: ami
a- to all other of the said free soilers, I would
weigh and deliver ihem equally lo ihe parties,
according lo lire strictest rule of equity ; and lo
keep up a perpetual balance. I aould renew the
division r.i every presidential election. Mr.
President, most devoutly do 1 flunk God, that
they are r.nt only divisible, but actually divided ;
ami here to-nigiit, I promise on behall of General
Scotl, that he will lake a greal deal boiler caro of
Seward. than President Polk did of Martin Van
Huron,
Such is the disposition which 1 would make
nf Ihll faction, and so the relative strength of the
great parties would remain unaffected, while lhal
ol the faction would be annihilated. But (here is
indeed, little prospect during ibis canvass of any
division of the kind. The reported sentiments
ol Ccn. Pierce, uttered as recently a* Januarv
last and published al The lime in a public speech
ilitered al New Boston, forbid the hope. Thi
Irce-soilers who deifjr the one idol of negro e-mancipation
and pursue il as the end ol tiling,
can do nothing less than give lo him their sup-port.
He who avails himself of a public occa-sion
lo declare in the midst of the home of fanat-icism.
•• I have been asked il I liked thi* Fugitive
Stare Law. I answered So. I LOATHED
IT. I HAVE A MOST REVOLTING FEE-LING
AT THE GIVING UP OF A SLAVE
— Till: LAW is OPPOSED TO HUMANI-TY."
Il will mid must gather around him eve-ry
one of the fielioni who venerate their faiiati-cal
principle- more than they do the dignity and
honor of Ihcir country.
Mr. Pre
to give any public opinion in favor of lire Com-
And now lo ihe proof.
1. In Ihe midst oflhe exertions of Mr. Clay
upon his measures of compromise, lo-wtl: On
25lh Feb. 1850, a very large meeting of the citi-zens
of New York assembled at Castle Garden,
to consult upon meaiurnJoi Ihe preiervation
' the Union "
ilnueed
greal miliiary fame, he was able to, and did ex-ert
a powerful influence lit favor of the Compro-mise
measures."
The third charge lhal he bad, in substance,
pronounced slavery an evil, I mighl leave with-out
a word. I introduced il bin lo show the
character of the commentary by the signers of
the card. Il is a stretch of opposition Which nei-
Thrce resolutions' were inlro- ] llrer pariy hes ever msde or esn mske, without
striking sixteen States from all future candidacy
The first declares an ardenl devoiion lo the
Union, and denounce! its destruction as •' a gi-gantic
crime againtt the peace, prosperity and
freedom of mankind."
The second calls the attention of lire lover* of
the Union lo the preamble and resolutions of Mr.
Clay.
The third is as follows :
Resolved, That, in view ol the nb
lions, we accept as the birsis ol a C •*, the
(!l„y.
on the Win;
appears a ea
i iii Congres.
that I have
•oolllhsofC
see. Be
'iitirely i
ils su'pp
fortnight, «
wire-, lint
to descend
sfierwirdi,
rcscnlati'cs
llisc names
phens ami Toon,
tientry of Tenii
lliat the ticket i
this defection fro
failure of such
which they .ha'
enough lo induce l
their reasons for si
done so: and, wilh
of Ihcse distinguish
hesitating conviction to I
unjust to Gen. Scotl
Country, whose annals
and unjust to ihcinsc
briefly, but fully slate.
tit. my attention within the last
called in a rumor stolen from the
uc dreadful stroke wai
irtv In
id by
g wh.
. prep:
,'u considenv
Eromi
v Mr
in the Semite of the United States, on the 18th of
January ISM.
Gen. Scotl waa present, and this was l\ic first
party meeting Ire had attended in /arty-twoyears.
His speech on the occasion haa these expres-sions:
" I am charmed with lire good feeling, and u-nivrrsul/
jali-io/ism which this meeting has exhib-ited
; and Cod granl lhal you may devise some
plan to save the Union In which we all, in heart
and soul, arc so much attached."
"Feeling that il (the Union) was in jeopardy,
and that the meeting had assembled lo promote
harmony and preserve Ihe Union, I came here."
•• I am not an .Ibolitinnisl, luir an aJuocirte of
Slavery. 1 came not here us a Democrat or
Whig. But when die cry is that the Union is
in danger, ami a rally is made to support il. /
would hate been a coward and recrtant. i) Iliad
not also rallied." •• Of whatsoever value may-be
the remniniler of my life, I would give il in
support of the Union. I hope I mav not live lo
sec ils dissolution ; hul if unable to avert ils fate,
I would be buried beneath its ruins!"
•• The meeting then adjourned wilh three
eherrs fot lire Union nnd the Compromise."
Now sir. will any fair-minded men assert lhal
here is not a public endorsement of the object
I proceedings of that vast assemblage of patri-otic
eilizrns 1 In explicit language, he tells the
public thai the purposes of this meeting drew
him lo it, after abstaining from party meetings
for forty-two years. Did Ire attend any free-coil
meeting, or give llieni any encouragement by his
presence ' No sir, he weul there with his heart
in his hand.
Again—Did he no; allow his friends in Con-gress,
lime after lime before the nomination, to
rise and speak, as of their knowledge, that he
JA»S prepared to endorse the Compromise us il
had passed ; and is not this equivaleul to giving
publicity to bis opinion on the subject? What
man ul honor would not scorn lo alluw Ins friends
to fill Ihe country with f.ilsehoode on his behalf,
lo the end lhal ne might betray both theui and
the Kepublic !
Again—Does Gov. Cleveland assert falshood
when lie says : / was here (in Washington,
I). C,) and never did a man labor harder than
Gen. Scott. 10prevail on lhr trtt.milmembers
ol the H'hig J'ufty to abandon their position,
and to adiipl the Compromise, as a uuusurr oj
the new .idmiiiislralion.
if these be not incidents in a man's life point-ing
to something, and thai something definite it
is difficult lo know whal an incident is.
2. lien. Seoll has since Ihe nomination, made
a declaration of his approval of the Compromise
measures, as a final adjustment of the matter!
therein embraced—if good EogUah bo yei the
standard vehicle ofa man's thoughts.
And now to the prools.
I, Hedeclarcs: J ucrept Ihe nomination with
the resolutions annexed." [Of Ibis language I
have something in say preeeutly.j
3. He decline: That the political principles
and measures laid down in ihe resolutions, (Plat-form)
are so broad, lhal but liille is let! lor me
lo add I And then proceeds lo suggest and add
two measures, ol which the Pillion* had mil
treated, lo-wil: The disposal lo be made of ihe
Public Lands : and a rule lor naturalizing for-eigners,
who have served faithfully in the Army
or Navy for a year, tt hul does he mean by
adding two new measures to ihe Platform I
Docs he mean to subtract any or all the others
from ihoee ' When he adds the measures of bis
own suggestion lo those o! the resoluiimis of the
, .lam rep-in
I rccng-loved
lo admire—Sic-argil.
Kit Williams and
not make the whole bis own?
used to edict a division ol
men
I si,
lievmg fully as I do,
•fe, notwithstanding
irt. nevertheless, the
wilh the party, in
brilliant lights, was
id most attentively,
al a course. I hate
eci lor the judgment
I announce my un-
Ihat they have been
union therefore to the
I has so much adorned;
es. Their reasons are
ami when specified, arc
lo act
mil as
[> lo re
tiniisu
ill reef
d men,
than the known incidents of a long
Scott absolutely refused, up In
lomiiiation, logtva any publii'o-ol
the C upi
B tin nomination made a-mrwtWofdi
. Idle
il. ami
ol Ihc
four
I. Thai G
the lime of hi
pillion in lave
■i. Nor has he si
nv declaration of hi- .-,
as a final adjustment ol the matters therein
braced.
3. That lie had ill substance said, (in
of 1811. I suppose! that shivery was an e
I. That Ins policy, if elected, would I
ped and shaped lo coiifouu lo the views
Free Soilers.
Let II he borne in mind, that these gentlemen
ire t ntirely sm-iieil wiih the Whig Platform.
Now sir, I propose in demonstrate thai each
and every objection i* without my foundation, ii
we could' suppose, even, as Ihey do. lliat ll
" known incidents"
wilh Ihem in. . ridV n
to the Cooellnrtio
of hi* country.
1. Gen. Sootl iidnot refoee, either ibsolule-
,'h, rwiai. up lo Ihe lion ol hia nomu
Convention, does In
Is thai ihc languaf
lire question '.
'.1. Hedeclarcs: " For my strict adherence lo
the principles oflhe Whig parly, la expressed
in the resolutions of ihe Conve HI. and AeretH
tUggtltti. Ac., I can offei no olher pledge or
guarantedl
public life."
Again, he introduces the n.cai
by himself, which he proposes lo
form resolulions, and oilers precisely the same
pledge for both.
Now. wbalarolhe iiicidci. ofa man's long
public character; They eonsliiute the charac-ter
itself. And any man, nol seeking for quib-bles
in language, interprets tl
pledg
»|
Id II
ingested
liio Plai-
' to
rcsolutiu:
The e
says. ••?
mil one,
principle
eral mea
wa, or e
Whig p
did he in
Hi life I
il his public character fo
;hc •• Whig principles asc
IH to mean
strict adher-iraaeed
In the
-- ■-' J .......
ol Ins long public life, hear
•. , tbH lie would be loyal
and the peace and happiness
aril makes Gen. Seoll speak folly. It
lining the incidents of his life, there is
... tar a., we areawarr of, in la
3 ol the I'oiiiproiiiise." Did Hie t,
i lo say. I pledge the battle of Chi]
fChapultcpce, for a strict adhereiie<
rinciplei I These arc incidents.
can to pledge ihe fame ol his long pub.
How could one interpret the expres-sion
ill the meaning of the card ! Or if such in-terpretation
were admissible, we could not expect
to find the principles of lire Compromise in the
greai Incident* lhal coostitutea hero'elifr, unless
Ihev might be found in his admitted devotion to
the Union ; or in thai deelaraiion of his at Caalle
Harden, that he was no abolitionist; or, in lhal
olher ileotaralK.ii there made, thai he does not
call himself •• a ciuieo oflhe North or the South,
..I ihe Fast or \\ e-i; or, iii the fact lhal he atten-ded
that grant gathering, aseembled to recommend
tha Compromise neaeurei ol Mr. i lay : or m
Ihi l>*t, elated by Gov Cl.-velmd, that. •• in thai
1 uion, ol Wat.; coupled with bia
r lin-en-pe-
' lo
Or
for President.
\3r Exclusion to this extent, is DISUNION1
4. The charge, that Al* policy, if tlttttd,
would bt warped and shaped lo conform to Ihi
view of the^eie-toiltri, is calculated to surprise
ovcry man who knows that the signers oflhe
card were willing lo trust to the pledges of Gen.
Seoll. One compliment the card bestows on Ihe
General. True, il is given by implication, but
it is given and given strongly. That compli-ment
is to his truth. He will no! open hlk mouth;
say Ihey. lo endorse the Compromise, because Ire
has not resolved to execute il.
Now, Mr. President, thcro is not a man among
all the free soil parly, who did nol certainly know
thai President Fillmorc waa prepared, if need
there might have been, ir/execiilo ihe fugitive
law, wiiltlhe whole army oflhe Union; and
thai Scotl was ready lo lead il to ihc scene, whor-ev
IT it mighl bo. - ,
Nor was llicrc one, who, onlhe24lh day ..f
June I sr.-J, did nm know lhal lhal law waa still
in furce. and had received eveiy where, the judi-cial
sanction <>f its constitutionality from ihc high
Courts of lire land. Now, hear what Ccn. Scott
says in his letter of acceptance, of lhal date.
" Convinced that harmony en good will be-
Iween the different f/uarftrs of our broad coun-try
is essential lo lire present nnd future inttrtttt
ol the llepublie, and with a dtvotion lo ihoae in-teresls
that can know no South nnd no North,
1 should neither countenance nor tolerate anv ae-diiioti,
disorder, faction, or rrtiilanee to ihe In.
ion, on any pretext, in any part of tht land; and
I should carry into the civil administration ihia
one principle of military conduct—obedience lo
the legislative and judicial iletiarl'ncnla of Gov-ernment,
each in its Constitulional sphere,"
Who will say ihe free soil party did nol under-stand
Ihis part of the Idler t Why if there were
obscurity elsewhere, here is a liglit thai opens
every eye and leaves that faction no gleam of
hope " to shape his couuscls or conform his
views."
Bui sir, I will return lo dispoRC of ihe second
charge, that lit has refused lo tndorst the plat-
Jorm. " I accejit." says he, "the nominatior\
with the resolutions unnexed." "That ia,"
says the card, •• he lakes Ihe nomination dial
ONKUf us an individual lakes tin tslutt with
whatever incuinbruncrs it may bt loaded."
This really smells *o much ol ihe special plcati-ing
of an advocate, lhal a man mighl well begin
lo doubl, before he began to examine. Ivune but
a cavilling crilic would ever have so misconstrued
plain good Knglish. 11 y whal authority la II de-clared
lhal the. expression, "with Ihe resolu-tions,"
signifies incumbrance? When the re-solutions
arc proved to be an incumbrance lo
lien. S-oit. then wc must admit Ihertl lo be sd;—
bad English as lite phrase would be. Prav.
whal difference in meaning is there between
these expressions—•• I accept the resolutions iviilt
die nomination," and ■• 1 accept the Humiliation
wilh ihe re«oluiiiini!" If the former had been
used, would the English sense have been that Ihe
nomination was an incumbrance ? If nut, ihe
commentary of the card is silly. We may now
expeel in hear ihe General asked if he really-mcanl
what he said ; or with being charged wil'li
saving what Ire did nol mean.
lie l»ok biead wilh wine; is the wine an lii-cumbrancr
! It is a common phrase, anil moans:
exactly that he Inok bread and wine. It is a
common mode of employing lire proposition
•• wilh," in Ihe place of the conjunction, "and."
So ibat, he accepted the nomination and there-solution!.
But in whatever lonn you cast the
phrase, I assert that tfGen. Scotl understood the
words used by himself, he has endorsed ihc plat-form
with his heart. I did not, Mr. P., suppose,
till I saw lire rard, that srvrn members of Con-gress,
ofihe acknowledged taste in public speak-ing
which three of ihem, at least, enjoy, could be
ignorant of the universal meaning of ihe word
UCC//I/.
According to Walker and Sheridan. Il moans—
10 bike with pleasure, to receive kindly :—Ac-cording
to Johnson—to lake wilh pleasure, lo re-ceive
kindly—lo admit with approbation;—Ac-cording
lo Webster—to lake or receive what is
offered wild a consenting mind. lo admit with
approbation or favor—According to Baily—lo
receive favorably or kindly.
[Since the preparation for the press, of the
foregm.;g. the Standard, with the appearance of
dissent liont tl.o meaning I have given to Ihc
word accept, proffers lo lend lire Club Crabbo's
Synonymes. 1 had consulted thai book before,
hut only lo ascertain ll lliere could be found a
single work on ihe definition ol'words, that ques-tioned
lbs received moaning of " accept." I ac.
cepl Crabbe. Ho soys. " to rtttive, simply ex-cludes
the idea ol refusal ; to accept, include* the
idea of consent. Wc may receivt wilh indiffer-ence,
or reluctance; hul we accept with willing-ness."
Thus, as frequently happens in Legisla-tive
proceedings, one offers a proposition, and an-other
and amendment, which, if it please ihe for-mer,
he accepts. And ihi* is the term universaf-ly
used to signify that the ameudinenl is asret~
able lo Ihe lir-l proposer.]
Iflhc Whigs of lire South lost their choice of
men, their convention did neither abase Ihcir dig-nify,
nor betray their constituents. The linger
ofa public opinion, most deliberately expressed.
pointed to exalted names only, for the Presiden-cy.
Fillmorc, Webster, Scoit. were names of
rui'iwn, not only across the continent, but be-yond
the wide wanTS of the seas. Their ripe
fame had b'en already transferred to the page of
history—to corner the presidency on any of ihem,
was to reward oxtraonlinarv merit and greal pub-he
service performed for, and acknowledged by,
millions of freemen. Oui of these three, ihe
country expected a selection, and so the scirciion
was made. Tho struggle for the choice was long
and haras.mg but e»hn and iligollied. Under
the high impoheof pairimiam and mutual for-bearance,
they preserved their temper and dis-
II and when lhr prnli .ei.-d contest demand-rrree,
it wai madd with graci n them-