The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-06-09
efwar, his country should demand his services. II

it be asked, What is he Ms q speaker 2. ID mus
be replied General Pierce is an orator Reason
ing power and pathos are the characteristics O
his addresses TO uriss, in waichhe is knowa to ave
had, during his practice such remtk lble sue -.
Those brilliant flights OF imagination, for which Mr..
Choate. the great orator of the tssachus bar il
so much distinguished, do not belong Mt all to
Gen. Pierce He goes at once to convince the reason
or to move the heart; and where the admits OF
combining the two he wiells II mastery power.
His clear good common and knowledge Of the
human beart, mast have struck every one who has
had frequent opportunities to see hlm IN the manage
ment OF trials before jury. These marked TEXTURES
in his forensic Efforts have made him sought after
and his professional services To be in demaad, in all
the counties Of tho State of New III lnpshro
The breaking uut of tho Mexican war brought
about the contingency for which he made y reserva
tion when he rejected the overtures of President
Polk, SO honorable to him, and 50 differing to his
professional pride: and he mt once enrolled himself
rs volunteer IN the capacity OF private soldier.
AS soon MS the New Engnnd regiment was raised,
he was elected colonel, and his military services
from TINT time till the American army eAtcral the
Halls OF thc Mone2umas in triumph have already
been gwen IN detail in the columns Of tho NEW
YORK HERALD. His treatment of the brave and
lamented Ransom was magaanimous in tho extreme.
Ransom was military mln by profession. IL was
educated At Norwich. Vt J, under Capt Alden Part
ridgeWho many yearskepta military sohoolthere,
for the education ofyoung men. Ransom OF his
pupils; and after Captain Partridge retired, con
tinued 20 form classes and give instruction in mill
tary tactics lie WAS every inch soldier. B.aye,
and knowing himself comps teut, naturally desrcda
position IN which he might show his Military taeats
Pierce telt this, and generously urged upon Presi
dent Polk the appointment of Ransom to the CON
mand OF the New Edgland regiment Bat pfcsiasnt
Polk, having been associated with Pierce in Con-
giess, knew his man. sent him commission rs colo
rel, accompanied by one Cor Ransom 4s major o. Che
came regiment. Ransom saot through the
head while rushing on upon the enemy il one y The
most bloody fights in the whole war. Poor, gallant
Ransom--thc very soul Of honor and yalor--eyen
now we seem to see his Greet and elegant bat sen.
der form, driven on ~ spirit seemingly tol mighty
for the flesh IN winch is wAs oncdscd. leading up,
up the fatal hill, IN The lace o that deadly fire to
which. IN the very pride and cXultatiun OF his
daring, he fen victim Gca,ra Pierce was
made II hGgadier general hr Il commission dated
March 3 1917, and Ais brigade consisted Of the
Ninth regiment New England man, tho twelfth,
men from Texas, Missouri Arkansas, nortaern Mis-
sssippi, ana Louisiana, and tho Fifteenth raised il
Ohio, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, the eastern part
Of Missouri, and the western part oi laliana Fhas
General Pierce saw ranged under his banner 800
men, assembled from an sections Of the Union, and
Mt tho head Of this comnaud he Landed vt Vera
Cruz, from the bark hepler, on tho 18th Of June.
1877. His career from tDat Zine till the Ameri IN
army entered The city of Mexico in trGaph, hls aIl
become matter of history. In general. VI may be
remarked that DO lavish Of personal sacrices,
and mGgnanlmous towards otheis, when laurel1 wccc
10 be bestowed As soon as The restoration u peace
between the two repubiics became thing settled.
60. and returned homo. leaving Others settle pre-
hminarios. and quarrel over the distribution OF
honors. Ills personal courage and his ability TO
command had both boon repeatedly displayed. lie
had rendered all the service required OF him by the
exgences ofthe country; he bud won the good viii,
nay tho enthusiastic love, OF the troops under his
command. Tho men looked upon hun Us 4 friend
and father. There was no hardship which he was
not wiling to share with them; no alto vance Of
food or water in his possession, however small. which
IL was not willing to divide villa sick aud wounded
soldier, although few suffered more than himself
from the diseases OF That deadly climate. He now
stands before the world, with health and strength
renewed, and honors dick upon him, candidate
Tor President Of the United States, and should he
be elected, there u one mne advantage which he
possesses over General Scott, viz: experience in
public affairs. As representative to The Leg stature,
Speaker OF the House in New lampshgc representa-
tive TO Congress- Senator, and, lastly, Commissioner
i'll Mexico, h has seen and been through tile whole
routine Of public business. lie has passed nine years
Ut least at Washington as Legislator, and has,
therefore, thoroughly seen the working Of the ml-
ehineiy Of our government. He has also seen the
working Of that other interchangeable distribution
Of patronage and ths viii By q immense service TO
hilu in the bestoNilg Of appointing ma and the dis
tnbutinu Of gorernm1at Eatronugc -noints ia .lica
oi cur best Presidents have gaaiiy failed aad
have Nv wed themselves thereby IA ineXtsicabie
iieltt 9TH tieir lrs 40nn friends and Their Dir
s. \ TIC time hel The offer OF d seat il lilo cabi
net t. decd - Gercral Pierce by President
Pork, ~ ue,urencc took place characteristic OF
Pierce, aud 10 which s. Lave not seen any allason
made III ny u tho attempted sketches OF him with
@1ilb tie ptQss has teemcd for the Last four days
That Was th acceptance u the comparatively tri ng
srd unlnportant oi.scc OF District Attorney for the
district Of New Hampshire, which office he
tually held. and tho dG.ies.of which he dis
char ing when lie received his military commission
and WAS called upon t. slt out for Mexico Chit
Cice, at the departure Of General Pierce. fell to hs
law partner. Mr.. Mihot. Very seldom do human
annals afford an instance Of man declining high,
homo able and lucrative station, like that Of tttor
ney General Of the United States for one like that
Qhough very honorable one certainly which Con
eral Pierce accepted but the would not inter
ferc with his plan, fully determined upoa-to parsue
the practice OF his profession at home the other
would and therefore il was declined. 1t was then
that the eloquent and almost unequalled lchabod
Bartlett. for many years the acknowledged head of
the bar in New Hampshire, began to withdraw gra-
dualy from the harder duties OF the profession, and
General Pierce, hy common consent. took his place
nj the bar. though Mr.. Bartlett still occasionally
bursts forth in all the intellectual glory aud light
and beauty of other days and no witnesses with
more delight than himself the professional triumphs
Of General Pierce. If there be one thing more than
another redecmiDg in poor and infrn human na-
tnre, it is the sutua regard held towards each other
by men like these.
General Pierce. at the bar. il one Of those, who.
though they do not hold with Lord Brougham chat
Though the world should come to end my client
must be acquitted yet make the case of client
their own, and enter with the whole energies of
their nature into the contest which the rights Of
client are involved. Yet uniform in his courtesy
~ the bar that his department might be cited as an
instance to show how much is uniformly gained
and how little is ever lost by observing all
casions generous, kind, and courteous demeanor
to others.
Such is General Franklin Pierce, the candidate Of
the democracy-in private life gentlcman-in his
legislative career distinguished for ability, possess
ing the highest characteristics of an efficient aud
powerful advocate and popular orator, crowned with
laurels won by fighting the enemy rather than by
wrenching them from the biows OF other mon; and
lastly, crowned, ut the age Of forty years, with
a unanimous nomination. which has been hailed by
the democracy with one spontaneous outburst OF en-
thusiasm throughout the entire length and breadth
of the Union.
The Return OF Gen. Pierce from the Mcxi-
can War--Ilis Reception aad speech.
The following account Of the reception Of General
Pierce on his return from the Mexican war; is taken
f.on a New Hampshire paper
CoNCoR D. a.. Jan. ~, ISIS.
A committee was appointed to conduct General
p,sr int IN ha hill He Iiput.