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Arrival of the Arctic.
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TUESDAU OC’T. J26,.I852 v
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2d NOV.
Democratic Ticket.
[for THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN.]
To the Democratic Party.
Tlie Presidential contest is nearly ended ?
and in a few days you will be called upon
..... _to cast your ballots for the first officers ot the
Hardee, which was very highly spoken of; , mimt Til0 inlere st S of your country
and an elegantly wrought table cover'from
the former, for which she was awarded a
premium; in the domestic department there
was a lot of 5lbs of Butter from Mrs. N. A.
for President.
[Franklin Pierce of N, Hampshire.
New York, Oct. 17.
The American steamsaip Arctic arrived
at New York on Saturday night, with Lvv
pool dates to the 6th inst.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET."
On the 2d and 4th, (Saturday and Mon
day,) Cotton was firm, with an upward teh
dency, the sales reaching 27,000 bales. On
•the afternoon of Monday, (4th,) the Europajj
. arrived out, bringing accounts from tliis sidel
which depressed the market, and on Tues-
day (5th,) the sales amounted to only 6,000
bales, making a total for the three business
days of 33,000 bales, of which 22,000 were
American. Speculators took 9,500 bales,
and exporters - 2,500 bales—leavirg the
amount taken by the trade 21,000 bales.
The imports for the three days were 11,500
bales. Our Liverpool correspondent says:
The demand is moderate, at prices in favor
of buyers. Sales for the four days up to
the sailing of the Arctic, 42,000 bales, of
•which speculators took 8,000 and exporters
2,000 bales.
The quotations given are Fair Orleans 6
T.-2d,. for. Middling'Orleans-5 l-8d; Fair Up-
. lands 6 l-8d.; Middling Uplands 5 5-8d.
Havre, Oct. 2.—Cotton firm and un
changed with sales of 1,750 bales.
Consols are quoted at 99 7-8 a par.
France.-—There was a rumor of a schism
in the French Ministry, growing out of the
anticipated proclamation of the Empire.
we hope at the next Fair more of our citizens
will contend for prizes; The first premium
on cotton was awarded to Mr. : T. J. Smith,
of Hancock. It was ginned on a roller gin,
invented by Mr. Oglesby, of Augusta,
FOR ( VICE PRESIDENT.
William R. King of Alabama.
Electors for State at Large.
II. V. JOHNSON, of Baldwin.
WILSON LUMPKIN, of Clarke,
Electors for the Districts.
. 1st Thos. M. Foreman
2d Richard II. Clark.
3d Henry ,G. Lamar.
4th Hu. A. Haralson.
5lb Joseph E. Brown.
6th Wm. L. Mitchell.
7 th R. W. Flournoy.
8lli Wm. Schley.
Illness of Mr. Webster.—The. N. Y.
Tribune of the 18th learns from a gentle-]
man who was at Marshfield the week pre
vious that Mr. Webster was rapidly failing!
in health. - His malady was originally the
catarrh, with which he has been habitually
troubled at this season of the year, but lias]
and well being of your government alike de -
mand that you exercise this right to a man
let no one slay. at home, o.r-imagine that his
vote&is inconsiderable in holding up the
Banner of the party; it is the mites tha
make majorities. Therefore if you wish to
put the country under the guidance of dem
ocratic rulej free it from the abuses of the
Constitution, and the dangers of Federalism,
see to it, that on the first Tuesday in Novem
ber you give your cordial hearty and unan
imous support to Pierce and King. No
against us, and is as much pledged as Mr.
Webster to prevent the extension of South
ern slavery.
Turn to the life of Gen. Pierce and see
how different the picture. In every thing
concerning domestic slavery, Gen. Pierce
has stood by the South and with Southern
His votes stand recorded in every
essential instance against the Abolitionists
from the time he entered Congress till his
departure from it. Since his retirement!
in the hour of triumph, they-have segn
those principles prostrated—and in more
than one instance have they suffered defeat,
when the fairest prospect-of success was be
fore them. Should we not then be admon
ished at this time ? The position assumed
by some of our leaders has divided us.—
'he fact is not to be disguised, that if they
had have remained true to the integrity of
the Whig 'party, its principles and its poli
cy, we should now have been united. Wo
from Congress he has fought AbolitionismI s ^ ou Id, without doubt, have gone into the
and Free-soilism with a manliness and cour
age that defies a parallel. No public man
living in a free State has done more for the
South,—no man North or South can be
more securely trusted than Franklin Pierce.
He is the best man that was ever offered
passed into an affection of the brain, accom-lparty ever had greater cause to be proud ofg^ ^ an d the day he is defeated
ipained by symptoms of the dropsy. Hisgtlieir nominees than you, no candidates
Wlilg Ticket •
FOR PRESIDENT.
Winfield Scott, of New Jersey.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
William A. Graham, of N. Carolina-
Three Days Later from Europe!
Arrival of Site Earopa.
New York, Oct. 21.
The British steamship Europa has ar
rived with Liverpool dates to the 9th inst.,
being three days later than the accounts re
ceived by the Arctic.
The Humboldt arrived at Southampton
on the 7th inst. Her accounts slightly de
pressed the Liverpool market.
Liverpool Cotton Market.—The sales
since the sailing of the Arctic (6th) com
prise twenty-three thousand bales, of which
speculators took forty-five hundred, and ex
porters one thousand, leaving the amount
taken by the trade seventeen thousand five
hundred bales. Prices remain steady. We
make the following quotation:—Fair Or
leans 6 l-2d , Middling Orleans 5 3-4d.a
5 7-8d., Fair Mobile 6 1-8, Middling Mo
bile 5 5-8 a 5 3- 4, Fair Uplands 6d., Mid
dling Uplands 51-2 a 5 3-4. The sales of
the week reached 81,950 bales. Specula
tors took 3.1,200, exporters 5,050. Stock,
exclusive of that on ship-board, 507,000, of
which nearly 340,000 are American.
France,—Political arrests continue to be
made in Paris,
• The French'Senate was summoned to as
sernble (on highly important business) on
the day,on which Napoleon returns to Paris,
The work in the French Navy Yard was
being prosecuted with increased activny.
Electors for ths State atfjCtrge.
JOEL CRAWFORD, of Early
IVERSON L. HARRIS, of Baldwin
Electors for the Districts.
1st Geo. W. Walthour.
2d Lott Warren.
3d Robt. V. Hardeman.
4th Robt. W. Simms.
5lh Turner H. Trippe.
6 th Ira E. Dupree.
7th N. G. Foster.
8th Geo. Evans.
[from the savannah news.
DEATH OF DAWSS1L WEBSTER
Baltimore, Oct. 24, 6 P. M.
The Hon. Daniel IFebster died at
Marshfield this morning at two minutes be
fore three o’clock.
friends says the Tribune, have very littl
hope of his recovery. The N. Y. Times, of
the same week says that ihe family and
friends- of Mr. Webster were greatly alarm
ed by a serious attack of illness, and that a
message was sent to an intimate personal
friend of Mr. W. in New York City urging
him to repair immediately to Marshfield.:—
The Boston papers however, have since sta
ted, on authority of gentlemen direct from
Mr. Webster's house, that he had recovered
from the attack, and that his usual degree of
health had been restored. It has also been
stated by the N. Y. Herald, that Mr. Blatch-
lord of that City, a personal friend of Mr.
Webster, had just returned with a letter
not written, but signed by Mr. Webster, in
which he recommends his friends to aban
don the idea of supporting him for the Pres
idency, but containing no recommendation
to go over to Gen. Scott.
Such are the contradictory accounts which
' the newspapers give of Mr. Webster and his
intentions. We give them to our readers
for what they are worth, in our opinion they
may be taken with many grains of allow
ance.
were ever more worthily selected or are more
deserving of the support of the entire coun
try than yours. Your opponents, torn and
distracted by the dissensions which animate
their leaders, and failing to excite any dis
trust in the soundness and fitness of your
candidates, will endeavor to infuse an apa
thy in your ranks, by themselves, pretend
ing an indifference as. to the result, heed
them not, this is their only chance of sue
cess, and either division would willingly see’
your candidates defeated. The candidates
of both wings of their party are equally ob.
noxious to the South ; Webster has always
been held as the head and front of free-soil-
ism, till his advocacy of the Compromise
made him Southern enough to be nomina
ted in Georgia for the Presidency, he has
la heavy blow will be dealt at the South.
Hear what is said of Gen. Pierce by dislin-
jo-uished Southern Democrats.
“Judge Douglass|says that in a conversa-
j tion which he had with Mr. Calhoun, some
three years since, Mr; C. remarked that, *he
approaching conflict, with the confidence of
assured victory. But as it is, we are threat
ened with a catastrophe—which, if it oc
curs in this peculiar crisis.of the country,
will, I fear, be truly of a lamentable charac
ter. Besides the general disorders of the
Democratic party, it at this time embodies
the dangerous elements of Intervention,
Foreign wars, and Disunion. The success
of that party, threatens to entail upon the
eouiitry these incalculable evils,—any one
of which is sufficient to unsettle, if not de
stroy this government. The success of the
looked upon I rank Pierce as one of ti .. wqdgpdrty, and Whig principles anff mea-
most reliable men, as a statesman and pa-» ° x ' 01 r '
jtriot, that the country had produced.”
Gov. Troup in his letter of acceptance to
[the S. R. men of Ala., pays him a high and
glowing compliment, as deserving as it is
true—
“I would vote for Pierce and King. Mr
King is a most excellent man, and I have
|not expected ever to be able to vote for-a
Northern man so pure and disinterested as
Mr. Pierce, and you may never ha\e
[another opportunity embrace it.”
Gen. Quitman in speaking of Gen. Pierce
Terrible 'Skipwreck.
Total Loss of the American Skip Mobile
and Seventy-two Lives!
; We regret to have to record the total
loss of the ship Mobile, Captain Tarbox, of.
Bath Me., and for New Orleans from Liver
pool, 27th ult., with’a crew of twenty-three
hands and. sixty passengers all of whom
with the exception of nine, perished! The
- Mobile, sailed from the Mersey. Tuesday
morning, with a fair-wind, and made good
progress throughout the day. At midnight
the captain went below, leaving the second
mate in charge, with orders to steer west-
south-west, and to call him (the captain) at
two o’clock, or sooner, if the weather be
came threatening. At midnight, the wind
was blowing a fresh breeze from'east-north
east, with a lieayy sea, which soon increas
ed to a violent gale.
On the Captain coming on deck at two
o’clock, be found the ship on a lee shore,
from which it was impossible to extricate
her, the second mate having, it is said, mis
taken hrs orders, and kept the ship on a
west-north-west course. At half-past two
she struck heavily on 'Arklow Bank, and
shortly afterwards commenced to break up.
Efforts were made to launch the boats, but
in consequence of the high sea they were
fruitless. A few hours after the vessel struck,
the weather moderated, and at 11 o’clock
on Thursday morning the schooners hove in
Right, and immediately bore down to .the
wreck. One of them, bound to Glasgow,
took off four sailors, and the only surviving
passenger, and the other took . the remain
ing four sailors and landed them at Wex-
• ford, whence they have been forwarded to
Liverpool. * As an instance . of the little
chance it was thought there was of airy one
on board being saved, an incident occurred
• which is worth relating In the cabin was
a lady passenger, who had upwards of £500
in gold in'Her possession, which she offered
to one of the sailors, but he rejected the
proffered gift, as he would have no chance
to use it. In a few minutes a sea swept the
lady overboard. The sailor, however, w&s
among the saved.
Captain Tarbox find all hands exerted
tthemselves toghe utmost to save the ship,
1 until one after another they were washed
away and perished; The Mobile was 1,000
tons burthen, and nearly new.
> . Immediately on the news of the catastro
phe reaching Dublin, the American Con
sul hastened to the spot,-and rendered what
assistance he could to the survi vors’.’ The
Swedish Vice Consul is 'also spoken of as
; acted with kindness. 1
Second Despatch.
LAST HOURS OF MR. IFEBSTER.
Baltimore, Oct. 24, 8 P. M.
At ten o’clock last night. Mr. TFebster'
parted with his family and friends. He pray
ed loud and fervidly, calling on God to for
give his sins through the merits of Jesus
Christ. He closed all his private affairs,
,nd died expressing great resignation, and
so calmly that lie seemed to have fallen
asleep.
Boston, Bath, and all the principal Eas
tern cities are shrouded in mourning. The
bells are tolling, and the flags of the ship
ping and public buildings are displayed at
half mast.
3Ir. Webster’s Successor as Secre
tary ©f State.
Baltimore, Oct. 24, 8 1-2 P. M.
It is generally understood here that the
lion. John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky,
will succeed Mr. Webster as Secretary
State.
The late Elections.—The result of the
State elections in Pennsylvania, Ohio, In
diana, and Florida are all favorable to the
Democrats. In Pennsylvania, the majority
time and agaiu used bis great intellect toir a 3 s . ..
■ “I knew Gen. Franklin Pierce personally
impede the growth of Southern interests,
and restrict their domain wherever law can
effect, he is at this time the avowed enemy
of the extension of slavery if his Buffalo
speech is any index to his opinions. Iu this
contest he is nothing more than the
scape goat for all the dissatisfactionists in
the country, with no prospects of success his
put at 18,000, last year Bigler (Dem.) was
chosen governor over Johnson (Whig) by
8000 votes, thus exhibiting an increase ma
jority of about 10,000. The Whigs are now
relying upon Scott to run ahead of his par
ty. If this is the only hope, we imagine
that his chances for this State are exceeding
lv slim.
In Ohio, they have gained four members
of Congress, and carried the popular election
by a majority of 7000.
In Indiana the majority is put down at
15,000. Ten Democrats and one Whig
elected to Congress, the Legislatur is large
ly democratic.
Jn Florida, the majority is quite small
the majority for Governor being put down
at 150.
Thomaston and Barnesville Rail
road.—The Savannah Republican of Thurs-
is just
RECEPTION OF THE NEIFS OF MR.
WEBSTER'S DEATH IN NEJF-OR-
LEANS. j
New-Orleans, Oct. 24, 9 P. M.
The news of Mr. Webster’s death wa s
eceived in this'city to-day at noon, and
was immediately announced in extras by the
citv press. The intelligence excited a deej
sensation of grief throughout the entire
community. The Mayor of the city imme
diately issued a proclamation recommend
in<r the citizens to abstain on Mondav from
all business, that the public offices be clos.
ed, that the flags of the city and shipping
be displayed at half-mast and that minute]
guns be fired from suu-rise to sun-set.
Affairs of the Crescent Qity.—Washing
ton, Oc. 23, 3.17 P, M.—Lieut. Porter has
been summoned to Washington to explain
his"conductjat Havana. The Crescent City
is to go to Havana no more. The Georgia
has been substituted in her place, and Pur
ser Smith will not give the Cuban authori
ties any further trouble.
The Webster Presidential Ticket.—Bal
timore, Oet. 22—The Executive Commit-
mittec of the Webster party in Boston have
withdrawn Mr. Webster’s name trom the
Presidential contest. -
I'JUJIUHIKm111 tl!
ffTT We cut our Editorial short this
week, to give place to Correspondents, and
day in noticing this work which
about being commenced says :—
‘•Our readers will notice by the advertise
meat of the Treasurer, that the contracts
will soon be declared for grading a road
from Barnesville, on the Macon & Western
road, to Thomaston, the flourishing shire!
town of the wealthy and populous county
of Upson. The road is a short one, it is
true, only sixteen miles long, but it is oue
of great importance, not only with reference
their patriotism by throwing away
votes upon him ; from his military compeer
Gen. Seott, the country has something more
to fear; equally hostile to Southern interests
he has less capabilities for the office, with
greater elements of success. He has no
settled or well defined principles, such as he
has he dons as he “would his uniform, to de
signate the distinction he bears, and die ac
cepts them with “platforms,” as he does his
soup, to satisfy the emergencies of the occa'
sion. Nature made, him a fine personage,
war a great‘Captain,’ the balance was left
to the blundering skill of abolilionised
wbiggery, what they will do with him the
2nd day of November will tell. If left to!
their own-resources, lie will be consigned
with the good deeds and tenets of their
party to-the dust worn shelf. He can be
made president only by your assistance, or
vour negligence. The Slavery question has
been the test for years by which Southern
voters have tried candidates for thePresiden
cy„ Compare Scott and Pierce, and ,one or
the other is obliged -to be elected/and an
swer to your consciences whether negligence
or indifference can be excused in such a con-
while we were in the service together, and j
since. His high intellectual qualities, his[
quick perception, and accurate judgement!
of men, secured my respect; while his nice;
sense of honor, his sincerity, and his pure
minded, disinterested integrity, won by
warm regard and friendship. His nomina-|
tion was highly acceptable to ine.”
Such is the testimony which Southern
give of Gen. Pierce, if it does]
disappointed followers may spitefully show DemoCrats
lrowing away their| not cormnelK i him to the warm and cordial
support of every Democrat & States Rights
man, they are hard indeed to please. Many
of the first Whig statesmen in the country
have rendered testimony equally commen
datory of Gen. Pierce, and Re is receiving
the support of such . Whigs as Faulkner, o
Virginia, and Clingman, of North Carolina'
and there are thousands of untrameled
Whig voters who will support him in Geor
ria and other States.
sures can alone avert the danger. Why
then are we divided? Why do we stand
cavilling, while these imminent perils are
impending over us? Will no; our folly bo
a subject of execration, when history shall
say, that while the friends of law and order
stood disputing which Whig should carry
out Whig principles, and save the country,
the enemies of peace and of the Union
natched from tlieir hands the reins of pow
er, and the palladium of their safety.- Will
we'not have ! to bear the odium of a bad
government, which might have been pre
vented by our unity, as well as suffer the
penalty? Most assuredly we shall. 'Then
ask again, why are we divided? 1 an
swer,—because certain leaders have chosen^
for motives not satifactarilg defined, to re
pudiate the regular, honorably nominated
^candidates of the party, tor President and
Vice President, and have advised and en
couraged the adoption of a 3d. ticket. I say
that the motives of these defections leaders,
are not satisfactorily defined. I know what
they allcdg-e against Gen. Seott,—but not
their motives for it. The party and coun
try knows that they charge Gen. Scott as.
being opposed to tire Whig Platform of
principles—and denounce him for refusing
to give to the Compromise measures his pub^
lie approval, before and after their adoption^
But the charges are not founded, in truth,
the evidence, for and against. Gen. Scott on
The Hon. A. II.Stephens in a speech at the*© points, -which covers the main ground
Atlanta during the past Summer, said of
[Gen. Pierce;
“I have no objection to Mr. Pierce’s votes
[in Congress on the slavery question. I be
lieve him to be eminently conservative on
the - Southern question.—I place no confi
dence in the Abolition newspaper reports
of bis speech at New Boston.”
The Hon. R. Toombs iu addressing the
people of Wilkes county is reported by the
Washington Gazette as follows
“Mr. Toombs next reviewed the political
[course of Gen. Pierce. He said nothing
disparaging towards that-gentlerean, but on
[the contrary, spoke of him as a very eon-
•istent man infill his Congressional course ;
of objection, I desire to lay before you, that
you may judge fairly and righteously;.
The Hon. Alex U. Stephens, in a let
ter to the Editor of the Chronicle <£* Senti
nel, dated at Washington. City, June 28,
1852, holds the following language
“Late occasion in the House, that l did
{not think that the people of Georgia
ho vote for any man Jor President who was.
not known to the country to be openly and
unequivocally in favor of the Compromise
measures, with the faithful execution of the
Fugitive Slave Law included." Aud 1 need
hardly add Tsuppose, that Tam of the same.
opinions til I.’ 1 "
1 fully agree with Mr. Stephens in his po
test.
lltliCllGO UL3 CAt-uacU lu OULU u tyu feTMoLfollb UJttu ill tin aaao . 7 a . -\ II . i W1 *
Gen. Scott is held up by his friendsgthat he had always acted with the South’,gsition, and so will every Southern V lug..
a . V , . , . .. i 1^ 4-1... i.-. ’ uriw.t (Jon Shntt
to present uses, buL to a future extension. States, to employ all means, not ineorapati
We congratulate the citizens of that region
on their determined spirit of enterprise.
Census of Wilkinson.—We are in
debted to Mr. A. V. McCardel of Irwin-ton
for the following statistics of the Census of
Wilkinson.
Families
White Males
“ Females,
White Males from 6 to 16
“ Females from 6 to 15
Free persons of Color—Males
as a good slavery man—judgo him by his
own records.. On the 9th of Feb. 1843, he
wrote a letter to Mr. Atkinson of Virginia,
in which he held the following opinion :—
“I am persuaded that it is a high moral
obligation to masters and slaveholding
Slave Males
“ Females,
1,000
2,799
2.693
811
738
7,
Females 4
1,530'
1,440
hie with the safety of both colors, to melio
rate slavery even to extermination,”
In the same letter he utters the following
in relatiou to the subject of slavery in the
District of Columbia, sentiments which
have ever been condemned in Georgia, the
and was,the safest man (on the slave ques-j
tion) North of Mason aud Dixon’s line.”
The Hon. Daniel Webster in speaking of]
Gen. Pierce, says :—
“Sir, I Lave known Mf. Pierce from his]
boyhood; and he is now my neighbor, and
I have no hesitation in saying, that although]
we differ upon many constitutional ques
tions, yet upon the subject of slavery he is!
as sound aud reliable for the South as was;
Mr. Calhoun himself.”
So stands Franklin Pierce, his character!
The question then is, whether Gen. Scott is-
'unequivocally in favor of the Compromise
measures " <toc—if he is, then. Mr. Stephens’’
demand on that -point is answered-
But before 1 proceed to give the evidence
in favor ot Gen. Scott, 1 will present an ex
tract from the speech ot the Hou. Robert
Toombs, delivered in. the House of Repre
sentatives oi: • Congress on the 3d July,.
52, He holds tbo following language:.
“Whenever parties declare their princi
ples, they have a right to have a candidate
to carrv them out. Ihey have a right to.
know whether the candidate approves of
those principles or not. It he says he will
drawn by political friends and opponents]
exercise of a power by Congress wS the |?S% “ likc r “(' lc, " Un! ' !md bound by the' nomiua-
Union party of Georgia solemnly declare
Total
Deaf,
Dumb,
Lunatic,
Blind,
8,401
5
4
9
1
Population of tiie United States.
The following table from an article in a pa
per called the Mew Englander, is based on
as they are reviewing the characters ofaotbe p^SonottfeUniied States
find; them
will
Better late,than never.
Better hesn.dvthfiu {break.
of the condidates the voter
interesting.
The liacou Fair.
This Fair was largely Attended, and the
articles offered for Exhibition, in every way
worthy of notice,, the collection oftanimalsj
stock, machinery, <fec. it is thought, were
better aud larger than that of the last year,
while the ladies department was not so well
represented in variety,though such articles
as were Exhibited were tastefully and ele :
gaudy prepared. We were pleased to see
that this county was represented in this de-
partmeiit, we saw several fine paintings and
drawings from Misses Jane and Mary War
in 1850,
Anglo-Saxon bf birth and
blood,
Africa,
Irish,
German,
French, &g., ' g.’’ ‘'
Whole number of eminigrants
from all countries between
1790 and 18150,
Survivois of these in 1750,
Whole numbei;of immigrants
and descendants, ~
Survivors of these,
Total of all our population; ex
clusive of Auglo Saxon blood,
23,263,498
15,000,000
3,594,760
2;269,000
1,900,000
4,99‘G3G
shall “disrupt every tie which binds her to
the Union.”
“I suppose I scarcely need to say that, in
my opinion, Congress has no color of au
thority,'under the Constitution, for touch
ing the relatiou of masters and slaves
within a State. 1 hold the opposite opin
ion in respect to the District of Columbia."
Hear him.on the subject of a Abolition
petition, which‘are ever flooding the Halls
of Congress, from idle men and women
with their sonseless cant about slavery,
and abuse of Southern slave-owners. In
the same letter lie says :
“I have, from the first, been of the opin
ion that Congress was botind by the Con
stitution to deceive, to refer, and to report
upon petitions relating to domestic sla\e-
ry.”
Having been defeated in 1848
Gen. Taylor, for the Whig nomination,
notice the ingenious manner in which he
struggles for the Abolition support, by
writing his Canada annexation letter. This
admiration of his countrymen; men of Geor-|tj on- q'hose are my opinions of parly nom-
gia, voters of the South will you not rallv|.uations.
to the polls to cast your suffrages for such a
a man, who, tho 1 the least known among
demagogues stands proudly iu the history
of his country the defender and protector
of your rights. UNION.
b y
[for THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN.]
LETTER X.
To the Whig Party of the 8 th CongT. Dist.
Those of my fellow citizens, who have
followed me through these Letters, what
ever may be their opinion of me in other
respects, will, I am sure, credit me as a sin
cere Whig, from principle; an ardent ad
mirer and supporter of the party and its
great National conservative principles and
measures—and one equally sensitive for its
honor and integrity, as weighs for its unity
and success; in concluding them, therefore, I
dasire to present to my brother Whigs a
few plain facts for. their dispassionate cpn-j
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sideration. It is worthy of note—something
was written in June 1849, evidently to ^YQ-Vrcmarkable, in the history of the Whig pa.r-
Gen. Scott has not done it.”
With Mr. Toombs’ views of “party nomi
nations,” 1 also, fully agree.—And as a
good rule, it should work both ways. There
fore, if the candidate is fairly and openly
on the principles of the party, and fully ap
proves them, and pledges himself to carry
them out, the party of course is bound, not
oniy by honor and fairness, but by duly
and policy to support him. i wish to test
the sincerity of these gentlemen- by the
standard of’their own arguments. They
are very plain and simple. The friends of
Gen. Scott will have no objection to his
claims being tested by the same standard*
Therefore to the testimony.
I give in the first place, an extract from.
Gen. Scott’s speech at a Union meeting at
Castle Garden, in the city of New York,
Feb. 25, 1S5Q. I do it for the purpose of
showing his ardent attachment to the Un
ion as its safety was intimately connected
with the passage and success of the Com
promise measures.
“lain not an Abolitionist, nor an advo
cate of slavery. I come not here as a Dem
ocrat or Whig. I have attended no party
pare himself for the . nomination in 1852.§ty> ^ at the severest reverses which they have
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.. The silent eye is often a more power fu* --r > - i
hun, daughters .of jCbl. B'Ghard Wartlien,Fcouqueror than the noisy tongue. 1 (he here plainly shows his leaning to- be aFj^them, yet, from the cause above stated, e ve
In this letter he declares himstlf in favor with, either in State or National con-
the annexation of Cauada, and at the samel ffkts, have been brought about by the treach
time objects to any further extension ofgery or defection of their leaders. While
territory on our South-western borders § the party have invariably put forth their
Though he may have been born in Virginia,? principles with a bold and fearless patriot-
lie has none of the iustinets of a Southron,,rim, and in triumph or defeat abided by port of the Union. I hope I
• ' ^ •• -4 - : >J d-A see dissolution; lifit rf
meeting in forty-two years.
But when the
and a
cry is that the Union is in danger,
rally is made to support it I would have
been a coward and a recreant, if I had not
also rallied ! .
“Of whatever value may be the remain-
der of my life, (and none sets more value
on it than I do,) I would give it in sup-
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