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THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN.
THj; CENTRAL GEORGIAN
SAHI’L B. CRAFTON,
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TUESDAY AUGUST 31, 18SS.
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The London Times and the Fish
eries.
- The London Times, of the 19th ultimo,
in an article on the fisheries, asserts that
when the debate on the subject arose in the
U. S. Senate, on the 23d ult. the body ac
ted without any official information beyond
Mr. Webster’s communication to the news
papers, and therefore there was a consider
able amount of hasty, inactive and errone
ous imputations discharged against the Brit
ish Government; and, in continuation, it
sdys:
“1 he fact and the law of the case were
alike misrepresented; and a debate ensued
of so desultory and intemperate a character
that we cannot but express our regret that
such a spirit should be manifested on so lit
tle provocation by the most sedate and
statesmanlike assembly in the United
States.
The question was, in the first place, en
tirely mis-stated. It has never been the in
tention of the British Government to con
test the rights which American fishermen
have been enjoying under the treaty of 18-
18 for upwards of thirty years, but merely
to protect the rights reserved to our own
fisheries, and expressly renounced by the
United States by that convention. Mr.
Cass went so far as to assert that the “treaty
was now over thirty years old, and that it
-clearly recognised the right of the Americans
to fish, within three miles of any shore.” If
he had looked at the Convention, he would
have seen that it is just the reverse. The
United States thereby renounced, and forev
er, any liberty to take fish on or within three
marine miles of the coasts, bays, &c., not
specified in the treaty. It is deplorable to
see popular prejudices inflamed by such gross
mis-statements as this.
It proceeds then to review the provisions
of the treaty, and concludes with the follow
ing remarks:
We entertain no doubt as to the right in
this case, or as to language of the treaty,
which is unmistakably clear and cannot be
evaded; but in the present state of our infor
mation on the subject, we feel much less
confidence in the policy of the course which
the British Government has" thought prop
er to adopt at this particular time. If the
right of fishing in the Bay of Fundy had
been conceded by a former government, and
hafl passed into long usage, by sufferance or
otherwise, among a numerous class of for
eign fishermen, we think that they were en
titled to ample notice that it would be with
drawn, not on the eve of the fishing season,
but a year beforehand. Yet we learn from
Sir John Packington’s despatch, that the
strict and immediate execution of the treaty
of 1818, was one of the subjects which
pressed most urgently on the attention of
Lord Derby’s government. Further, there
is no time at which it is so unadvisable to
•engage in diplomatic disputes, or even in
negotiations with the American government,
<J8 in that period which immediately pre
cedes the election of a President. The ex
isting government will not commit itself to
any positive engagements; the candidate for
power on both sides are eager to work up-
*on the excitable national feelings of the
jraVHo, and to raise a cry even of war for
electioneering purposes; the government
which wul have to deal seriously with the
subject is not yet installed in office, or even
■sure of obtaining it. We cannot suppose
that this step, with reference fo the fishe
ries, has been taken from any motive so ab
surd and injudicious as the idea, that we
cin drive the Americans into a commercial
treaty by a squadron of light vessels on the
Banks of Newfoundland, or in the Bay of
Fundy. Indeed, one of the points of which
we complain in the debate m the United
States Senate is, that this contemptible mo
tive was imputed to this country. The on
ly effect of such an attempt would be to ren
der all future negotiations more difficult,
since the Amercans*w:ll certainly not con
cede even what is just and reasonable in it
self to a display of force. But in the present
state of parties in the Union, the time is ill
chosen to press any such negotiation at all.
We have to do with a government professing
strong protective principles, but liable to be
turned out of office by its political and com
mercial antagonists in a few months. The
prudent course would therefore have been,
to give notice that the privilege of fishing
beyond the limits of the convention of 1818
would be withdrawn next year, and the pro
visions of that agreement more strictly en
forced, and then to await the effect which the
Presidential election may have on the policy
of the American government, and on its ne-
• gotiations with ourselves. We strongly de
preciate all appeals to popular passions on
either side of the Atlantic, when questions
of this nature arise, as they will arise, be
tween the two governments.
The Hon. Jos. W, Jackson, has our
thanks, for copies of annual Messages and
accompanying documents for 1851 ’52.
88T In noticing the agricultural gather
ings some few weeks since, in this county,
we neglected to say that both of the plan
tations cultivated by Mr. Flournoy are most
ly of old land. We make this statement in
justice to Mr. F., who is known to cultivate
as much of that sort of land as any who ex
hibited crops.
Rev.W. M. Verderv — This gentleman
delivered two very excellent and .uteresting
Sermons on Sabbath last, which we had the
pleasure of hearing. They were plain and
practical addresses, and the subject sforcibly
and eloquently presented to the minds of
the congregations Mr. V; is the Pastor
of several Baptist churches in Jefferson,
where he has labored for a few years past,
and is much esteemed by his congregations.
We are much pleased with him in this vi
cinity, and hope it may be convenient and
agreeable with him, to visit the churches in
this section again.
Fine Potatoes.—Judge John Bland of
this place handed us a Sweet potatoe, of
the yam species, last week of this year’s
growth measuring 11 3-4 inches incircum-
ferance, and 9 3-4 inches in length. It is
the largest we have seen this season.
Floyd House—Werefer the reader, who
is in the habit of visiting Macon, to the ad
vertisement of this house. The Proprietor
and Superintendents, are polite and atten
tive hosts, and the tables amply spread with
every luxury which the convenience of the
country and markets afford. The Floyd is
a first rate Hotel.
The C. U. Ticket.—This ticket has
been formally witdrawn, as will be seen by
reference to an address from ihe Executive
Committee to be found on the first page of
this day’s paper. The reasons are there
given for it, they are such as have forcibly
impressed our mind for some time past, and
we are only surprised that the announce
ment was not made earlier. Gov. Cobb
heads this division, and we suppose will
make the best arrangement possible for
wintering it, but where it will be quartered
is doubtful till the assembling ofthe Atlan
ta Convention on the 18th prox.
Southern Cultivator.—We have the
September number of this monthly. As
usual it is filled with many interesting ar
ticles on agriculturel, larming, stock raising
&c. Published by W. S. Jones & Co., at
Augusta, Ga., at per year in advance.
ggp The Hon. A. H. Stephens addressed
the people of Taliaferro county on Saturday
last in favor of the Webster ticket. It is
understood that Mr. Toombs agrees with
him.
Symptoms of the Fall Trade.—Under
this bead the Savannah Republican thinks
that the trade will be heavy, on the late
arrivals of the steamships, State of Georgia
and Alabama at that r Port, they brought
out ample cargoes of merchandize for that
city, and the interior of the State. Seven
full louded cars went up on the day previ
ous on the C. R. R - , with goods for Chata-
nooga. We are glad to learn from this
that the Central R., is becomin g the chan
nel of transportation for that direction. It
is doubtless the cheapest and safer route,
as there need be no re-shipment from’Sa
vannah to the Tennessee River.
, New York, Aug. 27.
Arrival of- the Asia—A formal de
mand had been made by Prussia on' the
Swiss confederation to acknowledge the
former soveriegnty of Neufchatel. Hostilities
are threatened in case of a refusal on the
part of the Swiss,
Austria and France were about to with
draw their troops from Rome. They were
only awaiting the organization of the Pa
pal army.
The cholera was extending its ravages in
Prussia.
The correspondents of the Hungarian
Journal in France had been expelled from
Paris.
The vestal sloop-of war, and four screw
steamers were fitting out for the fishery
station.
A Committee of Naval Officers has been
called to assemble in London, to decide on
the best mode of rendering the mail steam
ships available for war purposes.
The marriage of Louis Napoleon has
been deferred. The Moniteur contradicts
the rumor respecting contemplated changes
in the French Cabinet.
Portugal and Spain are quiet.—Sav.
News.
Ellen Craft.—We understand, says the
Macon Messenger of 25th inst., that the cel
ebrated Ellen Craft, the fugitive slave, be
longing to Dr. Collins, of this city, who ex.
cited so much interest at Boston two years
ago, and who had the honor to be conduc.
ted through the Crystal Palace at London^
during the Great Fair, upon the arm of the
Chairman of the Executive Committee, who
slighted many fair representatives of the
Caucassian race, to pay his devoirs to this
interesting chamber-maid, has voluntarily
gone into the service of an American gen'
tleman and lady, upon condition that they
will bring her back to her owner here.
We would respectfully suggest to Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, that the incident in
the life of Ellen Craft furnishes abundant
material out of which, with the vivid imag
ination, she might elaborate a romance as
interesting and as truthful as “Uncle Tom’s
Cabin.”
Invasion of Cuba.—Tne Cuban ques
tion is again exciting some attention, it is
stated that arrangements are actually ma
king for a public meeting in New York,
with a view to enlist the active sympathies
of the people in favor of a renewed attempt
to revolutionize the Island. The meeting
will be held at Metropolitan Hall about the
middle of September—earlier should the
next news be of an exciting character.
Judge Johnson’s Letter.—We notice
Cope of Good Hope.—Accounts from
the Cape of Good Hope represent the con
dition of affairs there as truly desperate.
The Kaffirs continued their ' outrages un
checked, an.d Gen. Cathcart had not as yet
. adopted his measures to put a stop to their
predatory excursions. The inhabitants
were abandoning the colony in great num
bers.
The Propontine steamer had arrived with
Cape dates of July 12. Affairs were in the
inost deplorable condition. Detached :par-
ties of troops were continually attacked by
the Kaffirs, ammunition captured and the
. troops killed. Four ships had been attack
ed ; .cattle driven off ana the mails captu
red. r
Adtices'froni Africa state that the slave
trade was flourishing. Two steamers hav
ing each on board 500 negroes and a sail-.
. iug vessel with 400 had eluded the British
cruisers. . At the factory, Rio Ponzos, 2000
-slaves were a waving embarcatiou.
Death of Dr. Mc Whorter.—We re
gret to learn from the Augusta Constitu
tionalist & Republic, of Friday last, of the
death of Dr. J. G. McWhorter of that city,
who for many years past has been a highly
respected and prominent citizen of that
community, and was known and esteemed
throughout the State. The Constitutiona
list says :
His health has been feeble and declining
for sometime, and his death is the close of
a tedious and distressing illness. He died
at 8 o’clock yesterday morning, at his resi
dence, near this city. He was a gentleman
of upright and honorable deportment, and
exhibited in all his domestic relations, a
kind and affectionate disposition. He was
a man of fine attainments and literary
tastes, and was a vigorous and graceful wri
ter. Many friends will cherish his memo
ry.
in the Augusta Constitutionalist & Repub
lic, a letter from Judge H. V. Johnson to
the Democratic Executive Committee. He
says that he is anxious that the schisms in
the Democratic party should be healed, and
proposes, if possible, that all interest and
feeling should be harmonized ; and hopes
that the Democratic party will meet their
Union brethren in a conciliatory spirit at
the proposed meeting at Atlanta on the 18th
of September, where, we suppose, they will
meet and adjust all differences. In relation
to his position on the ticket, the Judge says:
“As you have no authority to withdraw
our ticket, or any portion of it, you vnay be
embarrassed in the course deemed necessa
ry to produce the desired object. I take
this method, therefore, to say, that neither
my name nor my position on our Electoral
ticket shall stand in the way of harmony
and reconciliation. I value highly the hon
or which has been assigned me by the Dem
ocratic Convention, and of course, I do not
wish to yield it, except as an offering of
peace. But if it be desirable, after full con
sultation between the two wings of the par
ty, to subtsitute the names of other gentle
men in the place of some of those on our
ticket, to make it acceptable to all, you are
hereby most cheerfully authorized io with
draw mine. In a word, I submit ray name
to be disposed of in the manner best calcu
lated to secure tbe harmony of the Demo
cratic party of Georgia, and the vote of the
State for Pierce and Kin2.”
Savannah
Suicide.—The Savannah Republican of
Wednesday last says :—We regret to an
nounce the death of Dr. Joseph M; Boggs,
of this place, yesterday afternoon, by taking
prussic acid. He was found lying on a
pallet in his office on Monument-square, a
few minutes before 4 o’clock. To his shirt
bosom was pinned a piece of paper, con
taining a statement that he had taken half
an ounce of prussic acid, and referring the
finder to Lincoln’s drug store for proof.
Tbe note was dated Aug. 24, 1852, hali
past one o’clock P. M. Near the body, and
within reach, was a tumbler and the vial
which contained the poison. He seems to
have died without a struggle. The clerk
at the drug store states that the deceased
did obtain the prusic acid there to-day.
Dr. Boggs was a young man, in delicate
health. Possibly the condition of his
health and want of success in his profess*
on may have led him to commit the deed
which put an end to his life.
Savannah Medical Institute.—The
following gentlemen have been designated
as Professors in this Institute which is a-
bout to be established in Savannah :
Dr. R. D. Arnold, Professor of Practice.
Dr. P. M. Kollock, Professor of Obstet
rics and the Diseases of Woman and Chil
dren.
Dr. Wm. G. Bulloch, Professor of Sur
gery,
Dr. C. W. West, Professor of Chemis
try.
Dr. J. G. Howard, Professor of Anatomy
Dr. H. L. Byrd, Paofessor of Materia
Medica.
Dr. E. L. Martin, Professor of Physiolo
gy-
Dr. J. B. Reid, Professor of Pathological
Anatomy and Demonstrator of Anatomy.
The location has been selected, lots paid
for, and tbe specifications drawn up, and
contracts will be shortly made for the er
ection of necessary buildings.
Good Pluck.—The Hon. Andrew J.
Miller one ofthe Union—Whig—Pierce
and King Electors published his letter of
acceptance, about the same time that those
“Executive fellows” stretched forth their
arms to pull him “off the roost.” This is
taking the thing by contraries. We suppose
however that Mr. Miller was not aware o^
the intentions of the Executive Committee
when he wrote, and will of course come
down, but whether he will tender his ser
vices to the cause of the Democratic nomi
nees under existing circumstances remains
to be seen. The Constitutionalist & Re
public thinks he will. Here is his letter
as published in that paper :
Mr. Editor:—Friends in Augusta and
elsewhere, inquire whether I have accepted
the nomination tendered to me by the Con
stitutional Union Party in Convention of
Elector for the 8th Congressional District.
That nomination was accepted at least a
month ago, before I left home, to be absent
as I have been, for several weeks.
To my place on the Union ticket, in favor
of Pierce and King, I still adhere. 1 can
not vote for Gen. Scott, who is a candidate
for President; and most assuredly I will
not vote for Mr. Webster who is not a can
didate, or if he becomes one.
My position is that, which the Union par
ty have a right, in good faith, to expect from
me.
It may be, that in the course of the can
vass, as some suppose, the Union ticket will
be withdrawn. I hope and trust that it
will not.
If, however, the Constitutional Union
party shall retreat before superior numbers,
I will be “the last man of the rear guard.”
My professional engagements will occu
py much of my time 11 between this and the
election; but I hope soon to be able to notify
my fellow-citizens of the district, when I
will see them in their respective counties.
Andrew J. Miller.
J3P We find the following notice of a
marriage, by proxy, in the National Intel
ligencer of the 13th inttant:
Married—At the Spanish Legation on
$ew-York Milk.—There is in New-York
city a milk, establishment, and another in
Williamburg, which furnish daily for con
sumption between 6,000 and 7,000 gallons,
or near 30,000 quarts. The former contains
1,300 cows; the latter 1,200. Besides these
there are several furnishing milk in smaller
quantities, and extensive establishment o
the same, description at WaUabotft, all con-f
tributing their proportion of this article of
*ood.
Accidental Death. —The
Courier g{ Wednesday says :
Yesterday afternoon, as the steamship
State of Georgia was getting under weigh,
Mr. Geo. Coffee, 1st Engineer, met his
death under the following melancholy cir
cumstances : While noticing the machin
ery, in motion, to ascertain if all was right
he incautiously attempted to look in be
tween the parallel rods and the framing of
the engine, and before he could withdraw,
one ofthe rods caught him, crushing in
his chest against the frame, causing his
death in about twenty minutes after. The
State of Georgia went out of port with col
ors at half mast, taking his body on to
Philadelphia. Mr. C. leaves a wife and three
children, who are now residing in that ci
ty- ' ' - '• .
United States Senator.—-It is said that
Mr. Venable of North Garolina, will be cho
sen U. S. Senator, in the place of. Mr. Man-
gum, the veeent elections having placed the
majority itt the hands of the Democrats.
Confirmation.—The U. S. Senate have
confirmed the appointment of. Mr. Inger-
sall, as Minister to England.
Tuesday morning, the 10th inst., by the
Rt. Rev. Dr. McGill, Bishop of Richmond,
Jose Maria de Magellon y Campuzano, of
Madrid present by his proxy, the Spanish
Minister, to Aggrippina, third daughter of
Alexander Norman Macleod, late of Harris,
Scotland.
The Savannah News is willing that ev
ery one should have his own taste, but
thinks it would rather fight a duel by
proxy, than to get married by proxy.
. [communicated.]
Mr. Editor
I, see in the last number of your paper, a
call upon me by Spectator, to which, under
tbe circumstances, I feel constrained to r e ‘
spond.
The notice of the proceedings ofthe
Whig meeting I had seen, and I only re
gret that any notice at all was taken of my
remarks, by the Secretary of the meeting.
If Spectator was present at the time, he re
members with what reluctance I responded
to the call made upon me. It was known
to many of ray Whig friends, that I differed
with them as to the true policy to be pur
sued by the party in the Presidential elec
tion,they knew that I opposed the election
ofGen.Scott, and that ! dbubted the pro
priety of r unning a third candidate, and
hence the call to make a speech in the Web
ster meeting took me by surprize.
The remarks which I then made were
simply a reiteration of what I ^had said to
others;*after stating some of my objections
to the nominee of the Whig convention, a-
mong others, that in opposition to some of
the most distinguished Northern Whigs
whom the South would cheerfully have sup
ported, and while it was well known that
the present nominee would not receive
Southern support—Gen. Scott as the can
didate of the Free-soil wing of the party
was nominated—but in his letter of accep
tance, while he only “accepts” the platform
of principles adopted the by Convention—
he foreshadows his policy if elected by in
forming us that differences of opinion
should be no ground of exclusion from of
fice, a sentiment harmless enough and not
objectionable under other circumstances,
but when as I believe it was thrown out as
a bait to catch the abolitionists, it was di
rectly insulting to the South. For if while
under the administration of Mr. Fillmore
(one of the best Presidents the country has
ever had) it has been almost impossible to
enforce the fugitive Slave law—how could
it be enforced at all when the officeis selec
ted without regard to “differences of opin
ions” should belong to the higher law par
ty.” I believed, that, as had been fre
quently charged, Northern Whigs were
less friendly than Northern Democrats to
Southern institutions, and that the power
wielded in the late convention by Free-soil-
ers caused doubts in my own mind as to
the propriety of affiliating at all with that
wing of the party, and that if the policy of
the Whig party, was to be controlled by
Northern Free-soilisra, as a Southern man
I could not act with it. And further that
I believed that the best rebake which could
be given to abolition fanaticism—would be
the unanimous, support by the whole South
of Pierce and King, and that Southern men
could feel little sympathy with those
whose leading organs not only denounces,
but in the exuberance of its contempt,
“spits” upon those principles which are vi
tal to us.—This is the substanee of what I
said.
And now one word for myself—I regret
I have felt it necessary—even thus far to
intrude my opinions upon the public, when
th© term of the office which I now hold ex
pires—I shall have done with public life.
For the last 12 years at different times I
have by the kindness of my friends in this
county been called ’ into public service.
How I have executed the trust confided to
me is matter of record—henceforth I desire
nothing within the gift of my fellow-citi
zens. To discharge faithfully n>y duty to
God and man, and to illustrate in my life
the’truth and excellence of the principles I
have endeavoured to teach—shall hereafter
be my only ambition.
Yours Truly,
JAMES R. SMITH.
[for THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN’]
Letter V.
To the Hon. Robert Toombs :—
I now come to the consideration of your
speech ofthe 3d July last. But before I
proceed to expose the injustice of the char
ges you have therein preferred against Gen.
Scott—the gross and deliberate manner in
which you have misrepresented his views
on the Compromise, and the very unfair
interpretation you have put upon the lan
guage of his letter of acceptance—I desire
to give one more sample of your consisten
cy and fail--dealing.
Some week or ten days after, the nomina-
tior ofGen.Scott was known here, and
while speculation was rife as to how our
public men would take it, the Savannah
Republican announced that the Hon. Rob
ert Toombs was opposed to the nominee,
but that its Editors were authorized to say
that he would “abide by the decision ofthe
Convention to meet on the 15 th July.”—
Now let honorable men mark how you did
it.
As soon as you knew in Washington
City, that Gen. Scott was nominated, and
before his letter of acceptance appeared, you
telegraphed to your friends here to oppose
the ratification of the nomination! Was
that fair ? Were you afraid to trust in the
unbiassedjjudgement of your fellow-citizens?
If not why did you attempt thus tojforestall
public opinion, and pack that Convention ?
But this was not all you did. On the very
earliest occasion that offered, (3d July,
twelve days before the, meeting of the Con
vention) you made haste to rise and declare
in your place, in the House, that you “did
not intend to support Gen. Scott in any
event1” Was not that a brave piece of
consistency ? But as I suppose you knew
the men you had to deal with, you risked
nothing in your promise.
If it was your determination beforehand,
(as appears evident,) to oppose Gen Scott,
right or wrong, you might have shown self-
respect and decency enough to have held
your peace, and have let other men do as
they saw fit. You display a numbness of
conscience in this matter, truly deplorable.
No one required from you a pledge to abide
the decision of the Convention; and jour
presumptious attempt to control its action,
has resulted in nothing that is creditable to
yourself or that body.
Although my feelings have revolted at
the shameful duplicity and treacheiy that
has marked the whole of your opposition to
Gen. Scott, yet I must confess they were
mournfully humbled, when I saw the obedi
ence which men, occupying honorable soci
al and political positions, paid to yonr will
in the matter. They condemned, unheard,
a brave old soldier, and a faithful public
servant of forty years standing, without a
blemish upon his reputation—at your bid
ding !
Well, let it be so. If Whigs, who may
not have preferred Gen. Scott, will Jet their
prejudices so prevail over their sense of
duty to their principles—the safety of their
country, and their own honor, as to permit
you to saddle them with the odium of your
treachery and bad faith, and then ride them
over to the Democracy, or into the Webster
faction, it is their misfortune. They may
have taken yon for a leader, but they will
find you a master.
T But your speech :—It is one of that very-
numerous class familliarly known as “Bun
combe ;” It does not even allude to the sub
ject before the House', (the Deficiency Bill)
but is wholly taken up with matter con
cerning the Presidential election ; and is a
very fair showing of how gentlemen of your
pretensions, earn eight dollars a day, for
nine months of a year, in the laborious ser
vice of the people.
Your attack on, and condemnation of,
National nominating Conventions, I see,
has been .followed by “your obedient ser
vants,” the, Tertium Quids* Was it a re
markable co-incidence of opinion l—-You
pronounce them “contrivances to-seerm-e the
popular support to those who had not, and
were not entitled to popular confidence.”
What would you call the Macon Convention
erf the 17th? No man, doubtless knows-
better than you do, how, and why, these
Conventions originated. But you. took care
not to enlighten your followers in the mat
ter, any farther than was sufficient for them
to understand what to do. You had a rao^
tive for your opposition—they had an or
der. You had denounced the nominee o 5 -
your party, it was to be expected you would
denounce the manner of bis nomination.
But these unfortunate donkeys, many of
them, doubtless, Fillmore men two months
ago, into whose heads a thought against
Conventions never before entered; must
needs now condemn their own acts, to be
“independent” in the eyes of each other l
Truly tbe way ofthe transgressor is hard.
But why is it, sir, that you happen to
find fault with the Baltimore Conventions
to-day? Why did you not do it when
GemTaylor was nominated ? You were
the man then, of all others, who recommen
ded the sending of Taylor delegates to the
Convention, when the. choice of the partv
in Georgia, was unquestionably Mr. Clay.
These conventions were very good things in
your opinion then. Why was it so ?—Be
cause you were then the fearless, bold, and
gallant champion of truth, right, and the
integrity of your party. You had then be
trayed no trust—you had no crime to con
ceal. Then you would have scorned to
have taken advantage of the disappointment
of your party to counsel it to dishonor.
“Look upon ibis pfoiure and on that.” You
were then the eloquent, the admired and
accomplished leader of a party, renowned
for its consistency and purity—you are now
the faithless representative and counsellor
of an erring faction.—And when you would
have the people of Georgia believe that Gen
Scott is the nominee of the Free-soil faction,
and that he would be under its influence,
it elected, you judge him, sir, too much af
ter yourself—and that is giving thought to
a calumny of a very low order.
Your restless, intriguing, unquiet, disor
ganizing spirit, and ambitious disposition,
will not let you be satisfied with anything
you cannot control. That is the true secret
of your like and dislike. You cannot man
age ihese conventions, and you try to set
the people against them—you say they
“are dangerous to public liberty, and should
be treated as usurpers of popular rights.”
In that you talk like a demagogue. What
would you Lave us do ? ""Go back to the
old plan of Congressional caucases! Doubt
less they would suit you very well. Why
could you not tell the people that they ex
ploded and sank, (and I hope never to rise
again,) with their corruption ? That they
were brought into disrepute, when a portion
of the Republican party tried to force Wm.
H. Crawford of this State, down as the
nominee ? You knew very well that under
the odium-of that very unnecessary, and
unjust attempt of a minority, to nominate,
sank these] Congressional caucus nomina
tions :—Out of which grew distraction.and
numberless contentions; no less than four
inen of the same party being run by their
personal friends in various sections. This
would be the case again, if we were to take
your advice, and do away with our Nation
al Conventions. A third candidate has
been started already; by the faction at your
heels.
Now, sir, this was the very reason that
suggested the meeting in National Conven
tion to designate a man, who should com-
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