Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-08-07
General Pierce Hates and Deplores
a Slavery

Ane Fad snunanfea oy HIS Southern Suppoyft
We invite the attention Of candid Def
70 ocrats, and the public generally, to Il
following articles ; the first from the Alb
u deem miss. independent. a Wing pap
! and the second lin reply from the Florent
1 (Ala.) Gazette, one of the Oldest and me
unwavering Democratic journals in Il
n Union /:
From the Aberdeen sNfiss.) independent
|, GEN. PIERCE AND SLAvERY.-We uu
: ted Oh the 18th ult., a paragraph from Il
: Speech OF Gen Pierce at the Union Nee
!. ing, at Manchester, New Hampshire.
: Nov. 1850, from the Florence (AlaJ e.
. zette, of the 18th ult., as follows
:. WHO DID NOT DEpLoRE SLAVERY
But what sound thinking mind regarde
: that as the only EVIL which could res
Upon the land? THE MEN VINO wouL
DISSOLVE iii UNION DID NOT HATE O
, Deplore slavery more than he did bu
even with il, we had lived in peace, pros
perity and security from the foundation @
our institutions to the present time"
Many Of our wing cotemporarie-, COP
: led from us, and commented upon the sen
t%irfients Of Gen. Pierce. It found It's wa,
to Vicksburg, and there the Sentinel en-
deavored to check Its onward progress by
charging this Journal with " %misrepresen
ting" Gen. Pierce's Speech !! 1t publislie,
the speech as it appeared in the Standayo
which it takes to lie a correct copy Of it
although the :.yfr0 copy Of the speech
which the editor read contained language
similar 10 that quoted by the ndependent.'
It charges us with injustice to Gen Pierce
The speech, as published by tleSentinei
reads thus:
Who did not deplore slavery. But
what sound thinking mind regarded that
as the only evil which could rest upon the
land The men who would dissolve the
Union did not deplore slavery more than
he did but even with it we have lived IN
peace, prosperity and security from the
foundation Of Our institution to the pres.
ent time. II the Constit ution provided
for the return Of fugitive slaves, il should
he done. That was what we wanted to
w eu "dc "uob ouI idtUttS dxEttu we
should do and that was what the friends
Of the Union established by them waited
to do" TIL ..a4.t #s,54#t
II will be observed that this differs from
the true copy only in n particular
that the words "hate or before T" deplore,"
are left on. in the Sentinel's copy. Wheth.
er it has been left out by design or not
we do not know. We clipped our extract
from the Florence (Ala.) Gazette, of June
18th. and respectfully appeal to tito know
achsch IF the abovc extyacts is tie correct
one. We ask the Gazette to give its ties.
timony upon this matter, and prove us
innocent of the charge preferred by the
Vicksburg Sentinel. Did we not copy it
from the Gazette OF the 18th OF June,
correctly We would be pleased to
know from, what paper the Gazette copied
it. .aat teaFFa
The Gazette whose simon. pure, old. line
democracy. no one will be 70 hardy as to
in,peach, promptly replies as follows:
From the Florence tAia) Gaxette.l
I've lind the foregoing article in the
last Aberdeen independent. and justice to
ourself as well as the clever editor Of that
able paper, requires that we should give
explicit answer to his polite enquiries.
w have carefully examined our file
and we find that the independent cor.
rectly copied Gen. Pierce's speech as il
appeared in the Gazette Of the 18th of
June last. The Gazette was the first pa.
per to publish the speech delivered by
Gen. Pierce at Manchester, which we
copied from an old file Of the National
IntcIIsgencey. published soon after the
speech was delivered, and IL the editors OF
the INDEPENDENT and the Sentinel will
recur to the Intetligencer, they will find
hat we gave a correct reprint of thst very
abie and eloquent speech.
GEN. PIERCE, NO DOUBT USED
THE EXPRESSION ATTRIBUTED
70 HTM-THAT HE "HATED AND
SLAVERY" and if the
Of the Independent will investigate
little, he will find that a large majority
# even Southern peoplc, Stare oUners
often express similar senti-
nents. At the North, all parties, abiure,
hate, and deplore" slavery, and while :
ZEN. Pierce like all other Northern men :
pposes slavery in the abstract, he MAIN
aims that it cannot be removed only by
hose interested in it. The best friends . !,
f the South have expressed precisely .
imilar sentiments, and we have hundreds :
, our midst who concur with the expires.
ions Of Gen. Pierce. Gen. Cass has said, :
we are no slave owner. We never were. !
We never expect to be. We depvccate !
principle and pray for its abolition every ,,
MI. Clay in one Of his great !,
,eeches said, aslaucryis a dark spot on !.
" political horizon. lam no friend to '
'aUery."- Mr.. Clayton, one Of the South =
n champions Of the Wing party, has J
i'd in Congress !" ] am no advocate Of 7
avery. IhoId no slaves and / fully con- = :.
n in the opinion that slavery is q MORAL !
n POLITICAL EVIL" Gov. Nc {
Dwell Of Virginia. Mr.. Stephens ofGeor- =
Reve.dy Johnson Of Maryland. w. !
Reeves Of Virginia. and others who =
e ultra in defence of Southern rights. =
Ok upon slavery az a curse to the coun- :
and have expressed their adherence !.
Congress. Thos. jefferson called it . ! .
great MORAL n POLITICAL EVIL" !,
Harrison bitterly denounced slavery
the abstract. and last though not least,
IN. George Washington said. THERE ls :.
MAN LIVING. WHO WISHES MORE sINCEkE 8
THAN ! DO a rLAN ADOPTED FoR THE =
CLIFTON or SeAxERY."
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