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THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN.
THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN
841’i B. CRAFTON,
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SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
tl'KSWV SKPT. 7, ,1833.
Destructive
Fresliet—The
Flooded.
City
"When, on Saturday evening, we penned
the paragraph, which appeared in our pa
per of Sunday, in reference to the freshet
in the Savannah river, we little dreamed of
the extent of the calamity of which we
were so soon to be the victims. The river
continued to rise rapidly during the night,
and did not reach its maximum height,
(thirty-six feet five inches above low water,)
until Sunday morning. Whether the
quantity of water was greater than in May
freshet of 1840, it is impossible to say def
initely, from any of the land marks about
the city, as it was from four to six inches a-
bove some of them and about the same
distance below others, all equally well de
fined. This state of things was of course
produced by the obstructions in the growth
of the city within the last twelve years and
the consequent change of the currents. We
think, however, there was little difference
between the two, though that was the more
disastrous to the city and citizens.
During the night (Saturday night) the
city was completely flooded. Scarcely a
dry lot in any part—the water running in
to many of the stores from one inch to two
feet deep, while in a goodly number it did
not enter at all—most of the cellars, of
course, filled. Those of our readers famil
iar with the city, will have a correct idea of
the State of things, when informed that
persons in canoes passed through broad
street from end to end unobstructed. In
some of the lower localities the depth was
probably not less than six feet. The con
sequence was that a few small houses were
moved from their moorings and some oth
ers undermined and partially injured. The
destruction of merchandise was compara
tively small, owing to the very light stocks
of heavy goods at this season of the year
and the timely efforts of the owners to place
them beyond the reach of danger. The
greatest loss to the city, by far, is the dam
age done to the streets by washing out holes
at various points and the loss of a portion
of the Lower Bridge, some 200 to 250 feet
of which, near the centre was carried away
by the lodging against it of three boats,
which had broken from their moorings a-
bove. It had withstood everything up to
Sunday morning, about 8 l-£ o’clock when
it gave way under the pressure of the boats.
The upper bridge had yielded to the force
of the current early Saturday night, and
passed away—that was, however, no loss,
and we think is not regretted by the com
munity.
What the extent of the injury to the!
Canal is, we have not been able to ascertain
and cannot until the water recedes more.
It is hoped, hower, it is very slight.
It is impossible now to estimate the dam
age done to the streets and city with any
degree of accuracy, or the amount of goods
lost. We are however, well satisfied, that
it does not exceed one half the loss sus
tained in 1840, and our impression is, that
it will fall short of one half.
The Georgia and Carolina Railroads
St. Mary’s Money
In bills under $5 will he received in pay
ment of demands due this office.
A Large Beet.—Mr. Martin F. Morgan
has left at our office one of the largest speci
mens of the Blood Beet that we have ever
seen. It measures 18 inches in length, 22
in circumference, and weighs 12 pounds.—
It was grown in his garden near this place.
This Beet beats the North Carolina Beet.
Mr. W. H. Armstrong, sends us a sweet
potatoe weighing 4 pounds. We are glad
to learn from such evidences that our friends
are doing well with their root crops.
&3T We had the pleasure of seeing Lt.
Col. Wm. J. Hardee, of the 2d U. S. Dra
goons, in our community the past week.—
After spending a few days with his brother,
near this place, he left for San Antonio,
Texas, where he will rejoin his command.
Taxes.—The State Tax this year will be
one-tenth of one per cent, or $1 per
thousand dollars. The county Tax for this
county is 65 per cent. The Tax gath
erer, we see is out, and our friends will have
an opportunity of casting up with him on
the ad valorem principle which, by the bye,
will materially increase the amount of Tax
paid by this county.
Fire at the C. R. R. Depot.—We learn
from the Savannah papers that a fire oc
curred at the C. R. R. Depot in that city on
Friday morning. It commenced in the
machine-shop near the stationary engine.
In twenty minutes the building was envel
oped in flames. The entire loss and dam
age to property is as follows : the machine-
Hon. A. K. Stephens.—This gentleman
addressed a meeting in Washington City
before.he leftfoi this State, on the subject of
the Presidential contest, of which the Na-
tsonal Intelligencer says :—
“Hon. A. H. Stephens addressed a large
concourse of people at Parr’s Hall, in this
city, on Tuesday night last, on the political
questions of the day, taking occasion to de
fine very explicitly his own position on the
presidential issues. He declared his opin
ion, in strong terms, that Gen. Scott ought
to be defeated—Gen. Pierce ought not to
be elected—Daniel Webster ought to be
elected.
The strength of his speech was directed
mainly against the Whig and Democratic
nominating conventions, and he declared
his unceasing hostility to all national con
ventions in which northern free-soilers are
allowed to take part. He was in favor of
running an independent candidate and or
ganizing an independent party, from which
the abolition and free-soilers element should
be excluded.
Against Gen. Franklin Pierce or his
opinions, he said, he had nothing to object;
he had no objection to make against Mr.
Pierce’s votes in Congress on the slavery
questiou. He believed him to be eminent
ly conservative on the southern question,
and said that he placed no confidence
whatever in the abolition newspaper reports
of Mr. Pierce’s New Boston Speech. He
declared the Democratic nominee to be a
strong friend of the Compromise measures.
“While I,” continued Mr. Stephens, “was
stumping the State of Georgia, in 1850, in
favor of the Union and Compromise, Mr.
Pierce was stumping the State of New
Hampshire in favor of the same principles.’
From the West Indies.—West India
papers to the 23rd ult., have been received
at New York.
Another severe shock of earthquake was
experienced in Kingston and in Spanish
! Town at about a quarter before 4 o’clock on
i Saturday morning, the 21st. The shock was
[FOR THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN 1 ]
Letter VI* ■ n
To the Bon.-Robert Toombs :—
It may be your boast, sir, that “no man
has ever to hunt for your position in poli
tics but that position, at this time, pre
sents so singular an anomaly, that a less
critical observer than myself, might have
been induced to search for the disturbing
influence. The scientific deductions of an
Adams or a Le Verrier may discover the
position of an unseen planet, but I am
well satisfied that time alone, can fully de-
velope to your now admiring followers, the
unfortunate eccentricities which are too of
ten the attendants of a genius of your char
acter. I shall, therefore, abide patiently.
You have gone into the investigation of
the merits of the two Presidential nomi
nees, with considerable boldness, yet any
back on the self-condemning plea, “That
you huve seen nothing in Ihe past history
of the men, [who voted for Scott and the
Platform,] to afford you reasonable security
that those principles would be honestly main
tained.” Sir, I take that to be a broad con
deranation of your party, North and South
—strong evidence of your own insincerity,
and a piece of as bold assurance as I have
ever seen come from the mouth of any man.
shop and stationary engine, laths, &c., part, . , , , , , , ,
e . 4 , , , * , t \ J of very long duration ; and the clock at the
ot the smith s shop and the greater part of J ° ’
United Presbyterian Church in this city
was stopped.
There had been several severe shocks of
earthquake at Jamaica.
It will be remembered that the shock in
i Augusta, Geo . was on the 25th.
the engine-house. All of these were under
one roof. -Many engines were in the en
gine-house, but all were gotten out except
three that were on blocks. One of these
was new and the other two were ten years
old. These, however, were not materially
injured. The Republican is assured bv the I Something useful. “Columbus Fash-
President of the Company that *1,000 will | ion ! ” is th . e I na “ e S^n *0 anew an , d
more than cover thp injuries sustained by manufacture of which has lately been com-
the locomotives. This has not, nor will not
occasion any sort of delay in the business of
the road.
The Freshet.—In another par
paper will be seen the disastrous accounts
of the late freshet. Augusta, it will be no
ticed, has again been inundated, and suf-
feied considerable bv the destruction of
property, though the losses are not so great
as they were in 1840. Cu the plantations
below, however, the crops have been more
seriously injured ; most of them considered
as totally destroyed. This is a great ca
lamity to the planters in that section, as
have both sustained slight injury, but that,
will be repaired in three or four days— j 11611 C10 P S f°‘ tbe present year are entirely
when they will transport passengers and | lost. Overflows off the plantations on that
the mails with their accustomed regularity j river happen occasionally, and crops are de-
and facility Indeed Ihe Carolina Road j stroyed> but tbey most frequent!y occur in
will do it after to-dav. ,
Our neighbors in Hamburg, their local!- the H>™«- and P lanters hav? “ °PP«rtum-
ty being much lower, we regret to say have; U 7 of replanting with time sufficient to make
been much greater sufferers than in this j another crop; but coming at this season
city. There the water was in every store j 0 f the year when crops are almost ready for
in the place, (Mr. Josiah Sibley s excepted) j i iarve stiug and gathering, is indeed a ca-
from oue inch to six feet, and in some, near- j j ^
ly the whole contents were entirely or par-1 -'
tially destroyed. Ihe loss has therefore j Chatham Re-United Democracy—On
been very great in proportion to the extent j the first „ f tWs „ m be secn the
of the stocks on hand. 1 here, too, a young .. . „ 1
man, a clerk in the store of ' Mr. George ! proceedings of a Democratic meeting in
Robertson, whose name we did not learn, I Savannah, by which it appears that both
was unfortunately drowned, by venturing I wings of the party have come together;
beyond his depth into the current. i buried past differences, and determined to
Of course in such a calamity there were •
menced by the Eagle Factory, of this city.
Samples of three ditferni qualities and pat
terns have been shown us, and we do not lies-
. itate to pronounce either of them fullv equal
01 als if not superior to similar goods brought from
the Northern States. They are just what
is w’anted for pantaloon stuffs for laborers
and boys, and w r e are glad to learn that
from many of the samples which have been
forwarded to country merchants and to
planters, large orders for the goods have
been returned, This shows, on the part of
our people, a just appreciation of Georgia could
made goods, aud a proper determination to j date
sustain those who are devoting their time 1
and capital in support of the true interests of
the South.— Columbus Enquirer.
A similar article of goods has been for
years manufactured extensively at the Bell-
view Factory, in this county, by George
Schley, Esq., and is soid in this and other
markets, to a very large amount, annually.
—Augusta Constitutionalist d: Republic.
We have seen some of it in this market
• ?
it sold well and was considered a fine and
well made article.
many hairbreadth escapes from drowning,
and many touching, thrilling incidents—
deeds of noble daring in the lescue of wo
men and children. These indeed, were nu
merous—and we might fill columns with
narratives stranger than fiction; but we
have not time to chronicle them. The ap
proving consciences of those who performed
them and the gratitude of the rescued,
will better compensate than any panegyric
we can pronounce.
Great, however, as has been the calami
ty, and loss in this immediate community,
it dwindles into insignificance when com
pared with that sustained by the river plan
ters, whose splendid crops now nearly ripe
for the harvest have been almost entirely
destroyed—scarcely one has saved even a
part of his erop grown on the river bottoms
This is indeed a calamity, an immense loss,
the extent of which will never be known, as
the crops of corn were said to be not infe
rior to any ever raised on the land. We
sympathize with them deeply.
The Mails have been so out of joint, for, . . , .
the last three days; that we are not advised 1 to be vlolated > or compromise to be made,
of the effects of the recent rains upon the & c * The N. Y. Tribune thinks that this
battle, in future, side by side, for Pierce
and King. They accordingly call a mass
meeting of the party at Atlanta, on the 18th
inst., and urge upon their friends through
out the State to come up to the work of
harmony; and conciliation, and thereby
strengthen the party. The Georgian says
that it was" a real old-fashion democratic
jubilee, a hearty shaking of hands, with a
determination to see who could best work
and best agree.
Something Ridiculous.—Some of the
media’s of the Spiritual rappers at Ithica,
have been pretending to have seen the Spir
it of Henry Clay, and heard some remarks
made by it on viewing the celestial regions
about him, wondering that he had not im
agined the heightof these joys, the freedom
from strife, and war of words, where there
was no constitution to be broken, compact
New Postmaster-General.—The Sen
ate having confirmed the appointment of
Mr.Hall, the late Postmaster General, as
Judge for the Western District of New-York,
the President has appointed the Hon. Sam
uel D. Hubbard, of Middletown, Connecti
cut, to fill the vacancy; thus created. The
Senate has confirmed the appointment.
For Scott and Graham.—The Colum
bus Enquirer has hoisted the names of
one who who will read your speech closely,
may perceive you were not unfrequently put
to your wit’s end to make out the case to
your liking. You profess a preference for
a third candidate ; and even go so far as to
say, that if one with certain qualifications
was “presented to the American people,
without reference to results, you would give
him your support.” Under the present
aspect of parties, it is possible you may sup
port Mr. Webster; but if you do, it will be
for the purpose of holding on to all that
may be induced to go that way—to be af
terwards used by you as exigences may re
quire. The Democratic party, now, could
have no objection to.it. But, sir, if Gen.
Scott was out of the way, and the Whigs
were to unite fully upon Mr. Webster, I do
not believe you would. You are hound for
the Democratic party, and time will show
it. For you looked to the starting of a
third candidate, only as a contingency,—I
think your speech plainly implies as much;
and that contingency was, if the Constitu
tional Union party would not unite on
Pierce and King. It is also farther evi
dent, from this fact:—The seceders from the
Convention of the 15th of July, if they
had sense enough to get out of a shower
of rain, must have known, that after the De
mocratic party broke up the coalition, and
fell back upon their old party issues—as
Whigs their true position was upon their's
also. A blind mole might see that.
If it is not as I state, and the Whig par
ty were to be kept united, why did you
make the inquiry, (such a contingency uot
happening) “what are the Union Whigs to
do ?” and then proceed to answer theques
tion, by arguing in favor of the Democra
tic nominees ?—Why, but that you were
doubtful whether you could unite the party
for the Democrats—but was confident you
divide it by running a third candi-
But notwithstanding you had some
of your principle presses muzzled, as I shall
presently show, you had acknowledged
that “question” to be somewhat “embarrass
ing.” I am not astonished at that. When
men forsake party and principle both, they
often find themselves “embarrassed”—but
I ain’astonished you should consider your
self an exception. You would have found
no embarrassment, if you had taken up the
Whig nominees and the WLig Platform
together, and have gone straight out with
them. “ The path of duty was the path of
safety,” and both were clear. But your
unfaithfulness, your lust of power—and it
may be some personal pique, tempted you
to do wickedly wrong. Why do you com
plain ? Is your eye evil, because others are
right ? But you say, “This question would
not be at all embarrassing, if the majority
m the Convention which nominated General
Scott, had put him before the country upon
Principles, that you and they have been times a day, have I openly and publicly de
striving for shoulder to shoulder, for twelve
years ;—and when at length, after an un
equalled struggle, in which the most splen
did parliamentary abilities of the country
were engaged, they finally triumphed,—-you
have the cool audacity to tell the people
of Georgia, you see nothing in the men of
the Whig party, “to afford you reasonable
security that those principles would be hon
es tlv maintained !” Sir / it crimsons the
cheek of a Sou thron, to see in you the first
traitor to them !
The integrity of the Whig party is se
curity sufficient. When did it ever violate
a pledge made to the people ? Never ! —
When the soundness of the votes, which
nominated Gen. Scott is proven, and you
admit “the Compromise resolutions of the
Whig party is all you desired, and the oth
er principles, in the main are sovnd and re
publican,” in the name of reason and com
mon sense, what other security can you re-
thd subject of Southern Rights. I can as'
sure you that I was one of the to first give
in my hearty and cordial approval and en
dorsement of those measures, when they
were before Congress. There were but two
others ahead of me in point of time in their
advocacy, and approval of those measures.
I mean Mr. Clay and Senator Foote, of your
State. As early as 1850, when first brought
before Congress, I openly avowed myself
the friend of those measures, and then, and
since, as many I think as an average of five
quire ? Sir, you demand impossibilities. If
the Whig party cannot be trusted on the
compromise, most assuredly the Democra
tic party cannot be And by your defection
you offer every inducement you well cau,
to provoke hostility to those principles.—
You aot in bad faith, and then wish to make
it appear that others will do the same. I
recollect it, sir, if others do not, that you
were a lukewarm supporter of the Compro
mise measures in Congress;—and it was
not fully known here, until their passage,
which side you were on. I marked that.
But while you would have the people of
Georgia believe that Gen. Scott’s friends are
not to be trusted, you go farther and say :
“He has given no assurance that they [the
principles ot the Platform,] receive his ap
proval, or will be maintained by him.” I
am well aware this has been a powerful ar
gument against Gen. Scott, in the hands of
that portion of his own party, who follow
you in opposing him. And why ? Because
the venal presses under your influence, have
suppressed everything, before and since his
nomination, that would give us to under
stand otherwise. And many of our public
men have joined you in the base and un
founded calumny. Mr. Jeankins is an ex
ception. But the day of better things is
dawning—light is breaking forth ; and the
peoDle will soon be able to see the falsity ol
the charge, as well as the unholy means
that have been employed to keep them in
darkness and prejudice. It is plain enough.
There is proof upon proof, that they not
only “receive his approval,” but that “they
will be maintained by him.” A plain,
straightforward construction of his letter of
acceptance will bear it out.
The President of the National Conven
tion transmitted to him, annexed to a noti
fication of his nomination, a copy of the re
solutions, for his consideration. Gen. Scott
replied as plainly as language can speak :
“I accept 'he nomination with the Resoi
tions annexed.” Now, sir, does that reject
the Resolutions? Certainly not. Well,
then, if he accept them, he* approbates or
approves them, ot course. What else can
he mean ? Gen Scott is no quibbler. You
may warp it to suit your views, as you have
d 0 n e —t u t you cannot alter the sense, es
pecially when taken with the tenor of his
letter. * He further says :—
“Finally, for my STRICT ADHERENCE
to the PRINCIPLES of the Whig party as
EXPRESSED IN THE RESOLUTIONS
OF THE CONVENTION and herein sug
gested, with a SINCERE and earnest
PURPOSE to advance the greatness and
clared my sentiments to every man, woman
and child, who has approached me on the
subject. I have not sought nor have I de
sired any concealment of my views and
opinions in reference to them, and it is a
matter of profound astonishment and re
gret to me that my sentiments have been so
grossly misrepresented, and that I have been
made the subject of such unjust and mali
cious slander. My name has been coupled
with that of Mr. Wm. H. Seward, and I
have been charged with entertaining senti
ments in co union with him in refer (lice to
Southern institutions. Nothing can be
more unjust and false. It is true, I am
personally acquainted with Mr. Seward, and
that he is personally my friend—but I ana
not responsible for his peculiar sentiments,
nor those of any other man who may see
proper to support me, and no man living
knows better than he, what my opinions are,
and always have been. I made his aeqain-
tance sometime in the year of ’36 or ’S'!.
I had not met with him or corresponded
with or interchanged communications with
him, however, during the interval from the
year ’42 to’50. In the latter year, during
the pending of the Compromise measures
before Congress, I met with him in travel
ing through New Jersey. He approached
me upon the subject of those measures, and
asked mv opinion in reference thereto. I
replied to him in these wolds : Sir, I am
dead for the Constitution—dead for
the Union—dead for the Compromise—
AND DEAD AGAINST AN\ r MAN WHO
IS OPPOSED TO THEM OR EITHER OF
THEM. The language used by myself on
that occasion was so positive and emphatic,
that in alluding to it since, for he well re
members tbe conversation, he has even
charged me with rudeness.
“1 have seen some service in the cause of
our common country, and am now advanced
in life. 1 have endeavored. to gain at least
a name for uprightness and candor ; and I
challenge the world to produce a single
witness, who would be believed in a court
of justice, who will say that I have ever, by
thought, word or deed, said or done any
thing to justify the misrepresentations that
have been made as to my sentiments and
opinions, or that they have been otherwise
than as expressed to you here this day. 1}
any such man can be found, let him be
brought forward, and 1 am willing that my
past life and services shall be forgotten, and
that the word infamous shall be written be
fore and after my name.”
Now, sir, how does that make you look ?
Is Gen. Scott “painfully obscure where it
was his duty to be plain 1” What now be
comes of your telling the people General
Scott is not pledged to carry out the prin
ciples ol the Platform ? r lhat he has given
no assurance that they “receive his approv
al ?” And that his position was not known
before his nomination ? What are we to
ihfpTcnhi. ! tbiuk of you and Stephens ? The Chroni
cle <6 Sentinel, Savaunah Republican and
Macon Messenger ? Why have those pa
pers, and others in the State, not published
this manifesto of Gen. Scott’s? Is it more
than an act of justice ? Why will they not
do it now ? Why—but because it will prove
upon you and Stephens, and others con
cerned in this conspiracy, a mass of false-
Itood and duplicity sufficient to crush a Her
cules ! That a designing political junto
should thus blindly, mislead, and betray an
unsuspecting and confiding party, with per
fect impunity, is an outrage too gross for
sober consultation.
But I have yet other evidence to con-
1 will
happiness of the Republic and thus tocher- demn yon, and sustain Gan. Scott.
■ • ■ enconrage Mm ennse of Comtitu- Nora I am done, that he is clear of
ish and enconrage the cause of Constitu
tional liberty through the world, avoid eve
ry act and thought that might iuvqlve our
country in an unjust or unnecessary war, or
every charge \oti have made against him ;
and especially that his opinions were un
known before his nomination. The.follow
ing extract from a speech of Mr. Cleniand,
Scott and Graham. This is quite an ac-J their own principles !” So you would like
cession to the Scott party in Georgia, as that to have us believe, uo doubt. Pray, sir,
what were the principles of that “majority,”
other rivers in the State. We fear it has
beeneqvallv disastrous as in the Savannah,
as we are informed that the Railroad Bridge
across the Ocmulgee at Macon has also been
carried away. We fear we have vet to
hear of much distress and loss. A few
days will imform us.— Chronicle c£r Sentinel
lsJ inst.
'■ Analysation of a Cucumber.—An analy
sis of the cucumber; by Prof. Salisbury, o 1
Albany, shows that niuety seven one-hun
dreds of the fruit are water! This is more
than the watermelon, which contains ninety-
four parts. Tbe musk melon contains nine
ty* •
He who lives only to benefit himself, give
the world a benefit-w v hen lie dies.
is one among the most influential Whig pa
pers in the State, and the editor a most
pointed and piquant writer.
The Flood at Mobile.—The people of
Mobile held a public meeting, on 28th ult.,
to provide means for the protection of the
citv from sickness, in consequence of tbe
overflow.
The Herald estimates the loss sustained
the city at $500,000.
[from TnE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH.]
Rattlesnakes.
Drayton, Ga., August 21
A few davs ago while the hands on the
plantation of J. B. Lamar, Esq., iu Sumter
county, were clearing a piece of land, they
came across a large rattlesnake which, on
being pursued made its way into a hollow
log near by. This log was immediately
opened, out of which came twonty one rat
tlesnakes all of which were killed. These
snakes were from three to six feet long,
having from five to fourteen rattles, as I
have been assured b.C Mr. Brautly, Col. La
mar’s Overseer, who was present and coun
Thinking some of our readers
may be taken with many grains of allow
ance. We think so ; and if they cannot
get these Spiritual rappers in the mad
house, it would be doing a good deal for de
cency and common sense to stop them at
Auburn prison.
Great Fatality at Sea.—A rumor has
been afloat in New York, that tbe Brig,
George Henry, from Chagres, had been _
boarded at sea, and all hands fo^hd dead, j An elf]er]y maiden lad y write s to a friend.
j ~A. , , , ! “A widower* with ten children, has propos-
L,™ dv the Ij.ep._A a sale of four: ^ ^ This is about the
inches of land, on- Main street, Buffalo, was j DUmbe ,. j should have been entitled to, if I
made the week before last, at *100 per had beeu married at the proper time, in-
j nc h. (stead of being cheated into a nonentity.”
but the principles of the Platform ? I know
this is one of the pretended arguments
against Gen. Scott, that you have put iu
-the mouths of the Webster faction, in this
State—for the Address of the Seceders con
tained the same sentiment. But I will nail
it to the counter. I will show you aud them
it is not true, iu a very few words.
Gen. Scott received 159 votes in the Con
vention that nominated him. There were
66 votes against the Platform. Now, sir,
admitting that Gen. Scott received every
free-soil, or anti-platform vote in the Con
vention, which is probably not the fact, you
will perceive he still had 93 votes favorable
to the Platform. Is not that a majority ?
And does it uot prove that your assertion is
not founded in truth ? It certainly does,
sir. The majority that nominated Genera!
Scott were Compromise men, and you know
it. Figures tell no lies, and they prove it.
You might have urged the same objection
against Mr. Filmore, or Webster, had eith-
impair the faith of treaties, and discounten- mg extract nom a spe
anting all political agitation injurious to the of Connecticut made as early as last April,
interests of Society and dangerous to the j 1S conclusive. He says . -
Union, IL offer uo other pledge or guar-1 “Gen. Scott was, bj Mr. R1 lmoro.pteed
antee, than a long public life, now undergo j temporal-,ly at the head of the WarDe-
ing the severest examination.” I !?««“?<.“ thatp^itio^-^ptedwffh
To find fault with that, is to find fault military fame, uw.aWe to, <W«-
with very plain language ; and to doubt] ert a pmoerJuUnflnencem favor of the corn
el Gen. Scott means what liesays, is to prom,,e measure* . _
ignore everything that binds us to respect j t0 ‘bat distinguished Whig re-
our Ives ’ | quires of me that I should say, he could
° U But, sir, if other evidence is wanting, i j not have done^m-e Re, was an active a
have it at ban'd. I have said that you gross ] man as could be found in getting those com-
ly and deliberately misrepresented General measures passed. I was here and.
Scott’s views on the Compromise measures | heard from every quarter that Oen. Scott
would™ glad“tohea 6 r itida eirtr^dim^ « ? f gentlemen been nominated
massaere of snakes, I have written you this. , But 'W?°“ ^ted at the _t.
; brief accouut. O.
time,
the truth of what you were saying, and that
it. might be made to appear so, on some oc
casion, you seemed determined to make sure
of the point as an objection, although un
avoidably forced to admit the soundness of
the W^ig Platform, and a preference for it.
To make that objection plausible, you fall
I will now prove it. I presume you will
have no objection to take the stand and give
your own evidence of Gen. Scott’s charac
ter. You say '.—“He is a faithful soldier
and an honest man I know—that he will
do what he says, I believe.” That is very
good. Now hear what he says :—
FACTS WHICH ARE FACTS SUB
MITTED TO A CANDID WORLD !
Gen. Scott's speech to the Mississippi Dele
gation.
“I feel gratified, gentlemen, at this un
expected call, and am glad to see before me
the accredited men of Mississippi. The
nomination which has been conferred upon
me by the Convention of which you were
members, is an honor greater than I desr rve,
and whether defeated or elected, I shall al
ways regard it as the highest compliment
which could be bestowed upon me, and as
more than repaying me for the little service
I have Tendered my country. I am well
pleased, too, gentlemen, with the platform
you Kave adopted; it meets my hearty
and cordial approval ; and let me assure
youy gentlemen,” that this, is no new born
faith in me. Years ago 1 entertained the
sentiments expressed in that platform on
was as active and energetic as any man in
Washington, and never did a man labor
harder than Gen. Scott to prevail upon the
free-soil members of the Whig party to
abandon their position and adopt the com
promise as a measure of the new adminis
tration.
“These measures were passed mainly
through the influence of Clay, Fillmore,
Webster, SCOTT and Cobb. These were
the men who carried them through, and
every man who was in the last Congress
knew, it /”
Did you not make out that you knew
nothing of Gen. Scott’s opinions ? Yet the
above facts were long ago known—and
have been urged on more than one occa
sion by the writer of these articles. Now,
sir, one of two things is indisputably prov
en upon you :—that you, were either deliber
ately determined to make a maliciously false
statement of Gen. Scott's position on the
Compromise measures, to suit your own
purposes—or you were stupidly ignorant of
the facts which surrounded you. I leave it
for the pople to decide. We know you to
be a shrewd, watchful and talented man.
I have now given the amplest evidence
of your unfair dealing towards Geni Scott;