Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-09-09
,rhc Republican and mr. Mapp.

The Republican and nr. Mapp.
After long delay the Republican notices
the letter of Mr.. Mapp sposingibc "ihdlliug
dialogue" invention. and gives few dlsjolnt
Cd extracts which convey no part of Mr.
Mapp's meaning and pdsrepresent the general
tenor AMI design OF his letter. These picked
out sentences the Republican gives credit to-
but charges "lalsehood" upon other portions
Mr.. Mapp is the witness of the Democrats
and they are not al liberty to discrcdit him. r
they could. This Is a rule Of evidence with
which the Republican is or ought 10 be nc
uuainted. Another is, that testimony must be
taken entire and believed wholly or wholly re-
iccted-- Falsam in uno falsum an omaibas.-|
The Republican cannot select for truth That
which is most agreeable to ITSELF and reject Us
iase that which makes against it,
The only passage given by that paper which
initiates against its wishes. and which it there
fore characterizes as "faschood," is this:
'And an his lPierce's) REMARKS. he distinctly
dro'ced that he 'eas asmuch opposed tothc inui-
tuition Of siaoeryas any man an Ne,o Hampshire,
and made ase Of language ocry much kkc, al
UfNfOat
imputed 10 him IN The NcV Boston speech IN tie
Independent and Manchester Democrat"
The Republican combats this statement in
the following manner:
"Mr. Mapp says he thinks he heard Gen.
Pierce use language very much like that at
trlbuted TO him in his much talked Of New Bos.
ton speech. Now. the Objectionable language
attributed TO Gen. Pierce in that speech, by
Foss ~ Co, WAS, that he "loathed tho fugitive
slave law" that he "rovolted ut the idea of
giving up fugitive negro" and that he be
heyed the fugitive slave law opposed 10 moral
right and 10 the common law. These arc the
obJectional features of the alcdged New Bos
ION speech, for no one complains that Gen.
Fierce, said he dlslIked slavery in The abstract.
That is to bc expected of all Northern men,
and large portion of, the Southern people are
OF the same way of thinking. Now, In show
how quick truth can put down falschood, we
need only remark, that at the time Gen Piorce
spoke IN The presence of Mr.. Mnpp, in 1911,
the fugitive slave law had no existence, and
was not passed until lS50-sir gears AFTER.
aeards How then could Gen. Pierce have
used language similar to that attributed To him
III his New Boston specchi How could he
then have said he "loathed The fugitive slave
law" ndrcgardedi II opposed TO humanity &C.
when such law lad no criStence upoa tie stat.
ate Look ?"
This would seem 10 he very satisfactory
reply. In 1874, the Compromise was not
thought of, and, of course, Mr.. Mapp has told
a 'falsehood." in saying that Gen. p. at that
time used language very much like" that i'm
puted to him in the New Boston spcechi We
have no doubt the intelligent readers of the
Republican are perfectly satisfied With the
quick" style IN which truth" has put down
falsehood' have bestowed proper n
mount OF praise on tho acute and wa,chful edi.
tor. But the editor himself is he satisfied with
that manner Of meeting and combating the
statement ofan adversary Did he not read
the whole letter. Did he not see whet Nj.
Mapp said in the next sentence, but one, to
that which he quo,csl We ask the attention
OF the public. while We give that which the
Republican failed to gvc2
And in his (Pierce's) remarks, he distinctly
avowed, that he was as much opposed to the
institution of slavery as any man in New
Hampshire and made use of language very
much like, IT not almost the snme, as that which
have seen imputed TO him in the New Bos
ton speech, by the Independent and Man
chester Democrats. | heard nothing from
him, and on the contrary all that did hear
Inn say, convinces me that whether he made
these remarks, quoted as his, by the above pa.
pers or not, they contain his sentiments upon
slavery. aud are very similar in words, and the
same in meaning. which heard him declare.
do not mean 10 sag. that he said anything up
on tie Compromise, because 40 aods not an agi-
tation al Mat day."
What does the Republican think of itself
and wha, do the public think of the Rcpubl.
can?