Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1852-09-08

The Washington Union of Tuesday last contains
the following important letter from the Hon. Hen
ry A. Wise. The letter requires no explanation or
comments speaks for itself:
" ONLY, (near Onancock, ,)Accomack county. Va.
August %, 1852. !
TO the Editor Of the Union:
SlR: A gentleman from Maryland, who was pres.
ent meeting at the courthouse of this county In
July last published report Of dialogue which took
place in discussion between Mr.. Mapp. the whg SUBJ
elector. and myself, the nominated democratic eec
tor for this district. From several quarters have
been asked whether the report was correct and have
lePIed that 1t was substantially correct. My reply
was made according to what understood TO be The
meaning OF the inquiry: Was it true that whig in
public discussion bore testimony to the fact that he
himself had heard Gen. Pierce declare in New Ham
shire In public discussion among non-saveholding
people, that if army was raised in the North TO
march upon the South for the purpose of putting down
slavery by force, would have to march over his dead
body, tor he would head another oppose it! an
swered to that point OF inquiry alone, when replied
that MI. MaPP SO declared in Accomack, and he has
Eastvie, the second Monday OF this month"; in dis.
cusson which then took place between Mr.. Bolts and
myself. The report in the particulars respecting Mr.
Hale was not so correct. My question to Mr.. Mapp
was:
Were you not in New Hampshire some few
years ago., (no two years,) and did you hot hear
some abolition partisan Of Hale, perhaps, declare in
public discussion that he regarded slavery as SO
grlevous sin that an army ought to be marched upon
the South to suppress it by force if could moi be
suppressed in any other way?"
Mr.. Mapp replied that he was there, and had heard
such declaration in public discussion. But do not
think he named the person from whom he heard it, l
then asked him the question:
Was not General Pierce present at the time, and
did you not hear him reply that if army raised
to march upon the South put down slavery by force
it would have to march over his dead body, for he
would head another army to oppose ii!''
Mr.. Mapp replied, he had heard Gen. Pierce so
reply; adding that he (1en. had no sympathy for
slavery, but he bound regard the constitutional
compact, and to maintain the execution of the laws
Mr.. Mapp had been using the New Boston false
hood to prove Gen. Pc loathng of slavery. l was
repel!iog the attack when Mr.. Mapp said his oppor-
tunties Of knowing Gen. P.'s sentiments were more
recent than my own. had not heard him since
served with him in Congress, but he had heard him
speak the subject of slavery within some few wears
back. He did not at first say what sentiments he
had heard him utter, when gentleman requested me
to put to him the questions which have mentioned.
Mr. MapP's answer was uneeuivocally in the atirms-
tive, that he had heard Gen. Pierce publicly declare
what have stated, that army raised to march up
on the South to ''put down slavery by force would
have to march over his (Gen dead body, for he
would head another to oppose it, Mr. Mapp did
not say this was said in reply to Mr.. Hale, nor to
whom it was said in reply; but exclaimed, as soon
as he had borne his ample testimony
Such is the language Gen. P. holds to the John
p. Hales and other abolition minions in New Hamp-
shire. on the very soil of free State and yet here
is vhig sub elector who can bear such testimony of
Gen. P.s truth to our institutions essals him in Vir-
ginia. without himself first disclosing the facts he
knows to the contrary. upon the testimony of such
witness as this man Foss."
Thus, suppose, the got into the report that
the remark of Gen. P. was made in reply to Mr.. Hale.
No matter 10 whom made in reply, it is enough
it was made, and is vouched by whig opponent, who
is himself vouched worthy of credit by the entire
whig party of this State. Mr.. Mapp is not only a
whis sub-eector, but is whig member of the House
Of Delegates from Accomack. l believe he heard
Gen. P. make the declaration which he states, mol
only because know Mr.. Mapp to be respectable and
reliable for fact like this, which he stated reluctant
ly against his party, but because know such fac,
to be in exact consonance with the character Of Gen
p, and with his course in the Congress of the Uni
ted Siaes 1t is, therefore. non-sequitur for Hale
to say in his card of contradiction, which have Just
seen that because he (Hae) made such remark a.
was enormously, perhaps. attributed to him in the
port fthe statement of Mr. MaPp." he (Gen: Pierce,
never made any such repy:"' Mr. MaPP did not say
made in reply to him, that does not prove it
made in reply to one else. OF that Nh. MapT
must speak. My purpose was to obtain his testmo
ny as to what Gen. Pierce was heard by him to de
clare new t1dmpShlre, and that purpose
was fully accomplished both here and at Eastville.
have been thus particular in order the gen
eral statement which have made, that the report
the dialogue between Mr.. Mapp and myself at Acco
mack courthouse was substantially accurate. Sub
stantally it was correct as to everything relating
General Pierce.
In haste, yours respectfully,
HENRY A. WISE"
The foregoing letter is perfectly conclusive. I
establishes the fact that Gen. Pierce did say pub
licly in New Hampshire, /" that if an army wa
raised to march upon the South to put down slave
ry by force 1t aoould haze to march over his dea
body, for he aoould raise another army to oppos
It," Can man who voluntarily utters such sen
r timents be hostile to the South or to Southern in
] stitutiens Is such man, who was the advocat
q of the annexation of Texas, and whose votes dul
. ing his entire service in Congress are uniforml
= recorded on the side of the Constitutional right
: of the South-is such man to be put down as th
result Of Abolition testimonys Are we to reject an
n denounce such friend as Gen. PIERCE on th
testimony of such miscreants as Foss and Fogg
GE Why does not the Raleigh Register 81,
Gen. Scott his title, in announcing him as the Viii
! candidate for Presidents Why not say, For Pr
:. sident, Major-General Winfield Scott, Commando
H. Chief Of the Army Of the United States?
WEALTH OF NEW YoRK EDITORS. According
ID the New York Mirror. Beach, of the New York SUI
" is probably worth 100000; Bennett, OF the Hera
$l5O, 900; Greeley Co., Of the Tribune, $l75 .0O0
le Halock & Co., Of the Journal of Commerce. Slso
Y. 900; Hall g. Co., of the Commercial Advertise
- 800, 1000; total $675,000, on which the taxes a
8 sc, ,52s 25.
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