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ers whose names are given above Says The Bos-

he sxners whose names given above Says The bos-
Ton Post:
That evidence Is both negative and positive Il pro
uaanees the abolition reports Of Gen PeTces speech as
Tissue of fahshOod while i as dsneu ny ahhs "ha nc ald
=, as 10 his law The Republic like 10 know a. %
~ character OF some OF these sgners Now, Benamin
Fschsr was chairman Of the New Boston meetingi George
q gox Is tho town clerk OF New Bostoa John Gfesg T.
the present representative OF lhls town Danei
II Cochrane and several Others have heretofore repre-
.,,a Nes Boston Ia the legislature Jesse Carr, Of Gons
,own and VILLAIN Parker OF Franoestown, are the judges
OF The court OF pleas Pehsy dse, Of Amherst
4, clerk Of The superior Elijah Monroe, Of Amherst
i high sheriff Of tbs county in which be rTsldesi Waller
French and Isaac O. Flanders Of Manchester are two Of
The weathies and respectable citizens Of that CITY
and Whuemore Of Nashua, i one OF The state sena
tof. such are of the signers % this document
more specific and conclusive piece Of testimony Il would
be hard lad IL nails The aooiuoh epOis " inc eouh'e
as the basest sort Of eoiu.
Bat the Repubo likes contemporary testimony as 70 the
views Of General Pierce Now, happens that he made,
three weeks his speech New Boston, another speech
atBadori In this speech he spoke oil the lug uvesase law
enacted .n accordance with requirements OF the eoasti
tutlou" An oil this speech published IN the
Union Democrat January % io53 The following is The
portion relating TO ibis law
"Ths law had been pronounced constitutional by the
hphes judicial authorities, and contained not single
prime pie did exist either ia the statute OF Is5 OF
Ia the common Law. Under these circumstances, was
our duy sustain and obey H. II other views should pre-
vail il would be considered expression OF deernna
lion part OF the North 10 disregard the plain povs
ions the constitution and every one might see the result
Ts Union cond hong AID the two sections OF the
country would soon be involved in civil 20 which.
for erceness and aoc tAe history OF tho woa mas iu-
nshed parallel"
Now the contained in this abstract In all these
letters and the above Certificate with Gen Pierces
letters and speeches the compromise measures and the
ugitive-slavc law and in harmony with his whole
poitsa course We challenge and all 10 produce
eleauer record as 10 any northern We affirm, with
entire confidence that here at the North, from first TO last
openly aud boldly, with OF argument and per
suasve eloquence that few command, he has stood
boldly as the defender of the constitution and the shts
which il guarantees and the opponent OF aboitonism
and its higherlaw doctrines He unravelled lis
in,rgues and the mask from lis selfish demagogles
In 1850 when the question whether The compromise
should be sustained, he appeared al the great
Union meeting November 20, $780, al Mancheser-thosr
meetings which abolronism in all It's phases here rd
cued or denounced-and there made most powerful
speech He stood on broad constitutional ground. II
(s words were while The abolionists kissing
hm) the constitution provided for the of fugitive
slaves it should be done That what he wanted TO do
that was what fathers agreed should do and tina
was what friends Of the Union established by then
wanted 10 do" Kisses "These (said General p are
the Arguments OF the higher law suppose"
The year in private letter he writes What are
the North and South but component parts OF
mon counfyparts which should be regarded aboluey
in.eparabie united merely by reciprocal rights and
obligations arising under the constitution bat bound TO
gether by ties of Affection interest," and reciprocal
respect On the !6h Of March, 1852 in public letter. be
regards the triumph just achieved in his State. where
aboltonism debated, the triumph OF night oyei
wrong-of democracy single handed oil factions
and comb naons--aP FIDELITY TO THE CONSTITUTION AMI
TIE UsIos orEa vRruAL TREASON TO BJrH
As an appendix to this statement, and 10 fix the cues
uoa OF GoodaIe's veraci.y, which Hon. Msssrs. Tuck
and Perkins have certified, suboin the following
tract from the Manchester Union Democrat, of the l4
January last democratic paper Published in the town
where Goodale publishes his abolition sheet, which be
calls the Manchester Democrat" 1t will be recoecied
that Goodae 10 his letter published by the Republic yes.
,day says Of the report Of Gen Pierce published in bis
paper The accuracy OF the report not denied BY
single paper until the recent manifesto OF the Washing
ton Unioa'
Now here in the teeth OF Goodale and his certified
scity and the VIII certify it, is the language OF h
Union Democrat OF January ii, 1852. We copy from
that paper of tina, date, now before US
he repeated what Mr.. Aver had stated before, tina
the present ugtveave law, about which much nol,,
i,madr particular different from The Lap OF 1898
under which We had lived nearly sixty years
The above is an extract from the New Boston cores
pondence Of the Abolition Democrat giving
the speechof General Pierce in that the 81 inst
General Pierce said such thing He did say that the
law OF 1850 contained provisions which not limbo
died In the law OF 93 and Ia The iarr and be
pested two three times In the words so that he
iny understood by everybody except this correspond
Elder Foss, alias "A Voice. did inquire why il was
necessary pass the law. General Pierce replied
for the very good that the old law bad been declared
UNCONSTITUTIONAL nasmuch trequsd service Of STATE
officers which they not bound perform "a Voice
was heard very frequently during the meeting but sp.
prehend l. viii not very soon uoGble General Pierce
again.
"his equally untrue that the General used any such
language assembled 10 him In the independent Demo
cRt"