The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-08-25

Der - circumstances ~ enlife aceoIlNiiss
with nv action snd language al :. Wash
lnglcn.s Mr. Pierce j. wiling 70 stand
by he record aud lei Us recspiinlaie Ger.
Tain facts ronnerfed with his " action and
language an New Hampshire. that We
NAV lesl lhe value Of bis present declara-
lion. II is on record iial AR. Pierce was
member OF ,he State Conyenisnain June,
1876. and thai in that capacity be wsf
one Of rommiilee whoEeporied reso-
luton rezfirming the sentiments and o.
pinions Of he Northern Democracy IN re-
la!ion 10 slavery. and setting forth that
they deplored is exisfelce. and regarded
i, . as grea. moral and social evil" Il
10 on record, again. that on The 20'h No.
sember. 1850, General Pierce attended a
meeting al Manchester. New Hampshire,
and delivered a,speech In which he asked.
q Hho did not deplore siarery ?" and in
which. replying 10 his own inienoga'ory,
he said, {. The men i0ho irOuid dissoirtl
The Union did moi hate or depfore sfare-
m more than he did" And yet ssain il
is on record that the Stale Convention
which sal late in ls5Ohad General Pierre
as one of It's members. and that the con-
seniinn unanimously adopted resolution
declaring I" thai The holding Of human be.
ings IN bondage Is a curse 10 any eotua-
! frg; that zee are opposed IN SLAVERY,
black or white, IN all lis forms. and Under
,ohefeuer circumstances" Now here are
three instances selected not from journals
personally hostile 10 General Pierce. bnI
from quarters known TO be personally
! friendly TO him. And each inslanre az
fords strong collateral testimony in IA
ror OF the accuracy OF Mr.. Foss's repor.
. LOT the New Boston speech, and against
General piegce's avermenl that his "op.n-
lions and The arowal Of lhemp have uai-
! formly agreed with his opinions as ex.
pressed al Washington. The presum-
lion is lha, The General Pierce who " de-
1 plored" slavery in 1916, and "haled" i
. in 1850, may also have "loalhed" il 10
6 1852.
e The probabilities are against Genera
c Pierce on another ground. The Man
d chester Union Democrat, friendly print
|. in its oulline Of his New Boston speech
reports tina, he spoke Of slavery as hay
I INC been introduced into this country " a.
n gainst he moral sense Of The wond;'
il and the Nashua Gazette, which is als6
j friendly. reports his vindicasion Of lhs
\ Fugitive law as resting upon the lacl iha
i il +" embraced no single principle NOR
e obnoxious 10 The North than the Fggi-
o iiue &ace lac q l793."
To give full weigh. TO his present let
J, Ter. il is necessary. then, 'ha, Gen. Pierce
II should show that The records of the State
o Conventions have been falsiied to hi:
!. prejndre-ihai his own organ, The New
L Hampshire Patriot, published al Concord
Ie has wilfully misrepresenled him--and tina
d two other friendly journals entered into ;
r conspiracy with Two abnliIon journals 70
l. the purpose Of placing him in false pc
Ie silion before the country.
20 Even this is mol all that is necessary
I The records Of N. Hampshire prove lha
% for series of years the Democracy o
y thai Slaletook advantage Of every oppor
lunily 10 reallirm their hostility to slavery
o. and their unabaled determination TO en-
y force the Wilmol proviso. They did thi
g a, their public meetings. in their Stal,
5 Conventions. in their Legislature, ant
D through their delegations in Congress. 81
= Car as we know, il is not alleged thai a
y any portion Of this period General Pierce
was al variance with his party IN The Stale
y On The contrary, il is known that he ac
N ted with them; and though we admit tia
y for The heresies of individual members o
y The party he is in no respect responsible
Il we are vel constrained TO feel thai h
fr shares The responsibility Of The action o
= the party in its aggregate capacity. so IA
e as he is known TO have participated in IL
Gen. Pierce appeals 10 his votes in III,
Senate and House Of Representatives L
lisprave the charge Of ulering Freesoi
sentiments. We cannot he suspected o
having done him injustice in relerenc,
10 these portions Of his public lille. Il
&c our notice Of his public character, writer
on the day after his nomination al Bali
ri more. we expressed an opinion that b,
g was sound npen The slavery question
!. We formed The opinion upon Congress
: innal documents, and a, once gave hin
e the full benefit of il. Ii has sinre iran.
!, spire,l that. in our hurried search. we
I, omitted his vote against the acl " aulhari-
J. zing Edmund Brooke To remove 10 the
e District of Columbia Two slaves, owned
! by him prior 10 his removal from VII,
r ginia."
N Fo:es in the Senate and House o
;. Representatives" are good as Ear as they
d 90, hnl they are mol sufficient TO rcbal evi.
: dence of contrary votes and speeches in
e another section Of The country. The
l. question just now is. moi what General
Pierce said and how he voted at Wash.
l. inglon, hui what he said and what he
\ did in New Hampshire and On lila,
r question we still contend that HE balance
e Of testimony is against him. lis against
q him alike on the specific Issue raised by