Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-07-19
escu Pierce nmd SLAVERY.


We need not call attention to the startling
disclosure Of the opinions and position pub
licly held by Gen. Pierce at home. upon the
question of slavery, and especially ,hs Fugi-
tive Slave law.
The Southern people will be shocked and
are seeking to elevate to the Presidency man
" no prcclaims from the hustings.ihat. that law.
. made in pursuance Of plain provision ofthe
Constitution. and essential to the protection of
their rights. is OPPOSED TO HUMANE
TY." and thing to be "LOATHED"-tha
the necessary duty i, imposes is "REVOLT
ING"-that the institution they inh, riled from
their fathers us CONTRARY TO THE
CONSTITUTION IN SOME RESPECTS
"A MORAL BLOT UPON THE CHAR
ACTER OF THE NATION!"
1t matters not, that he may have preferred
the Compromise TO n dissolution ofthe Union:
If these are the sentiments he entertains-if
these are the fanatical doctrines he ucucates
encc-ift these be the terms in which he insults
the feelings and libes the institutions of he
South-if there he sentiment ofhonest iudig-
nation remaining in the breasts of her people,
they will turn from him, with as much "looM-
ing" as he lavislles upon the Fugitive Slave
law.
| These are the speeches that have done the
mischief inthe Norih-that have educated her
young men in false ideas Of slavery--ihat have
taught them that it is "a moral blot upon the
nation" which it is sacred duty in them to
wipe olt-that laws made Tor its protection de-
serve to be "l0athed" and ought to be disobey-
ed. We care not if Gen. Pierce should pledge
hinselfa thousand times to abide the Meas
ures Of Adjustment and to veto laws for the
repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act; he cannot by
such means expiate the wickedness. or repair
the wrong. Of ins,iIing such false and danger
Gus sentiments into the people Of his State
No pledges to the South can atone for the sin
of preaching fanaticism in the North. There
can be no security for the slav eholding States.
and no fraternal feeling between the sections,
SO long as men Of influence in the Free States
continue to poison the minds. and pervert the
feelings of the people. by proclaimtng such
doctrines as these. Nor can any reliance be
placed in the slavery pledges ola man seeking
Southern taror, who holds such language as
this. among tie enemies of the South.
The mystery is at last solved. The reason
why Van Buren, and Rantoul and Chase and
Dix and Cleveland and the will ainous pack Of
Free soilers are Aocking to the standard OF
Pierce. is fully explained. They have COM
mon loathisg for the Fugitive Slave Law
and, common belief, that slavery is moral
blot upon the nation. The reason why Gen.
Pierce refused to answer the letter of Mr.
Scott is also laid bare. He did not mean to
commit himself in favor of what he loathed
unless there should be SO me urgent necessity
for it. Not anticipating nomination for the
Presidency, he preferred preserving for future
use his modicum of popularity in New Hamp
shire-and therefore, on Capt. SCOTS inquiry
whether he would, If President. veto any bill
repeating or i,npairing the efficiency of the
Fugitive Slave law. he was as silent as the
grave.
And now, we ask OF Southern Democrats
as patriots and not as par,isans, do they desire
the elevation TO the Presidency, with all the
high and solemn responsibilities that ii imposes
of man who recognizes 1.-THE nIGHrR LAW, u
whose position at home is regarded "subFcitnt
~ "fanat'cdt to satisfy The most ultra aLoli
ftt,onists' and who "ncrer sap a human Jeingin
bondage, withont feeling his heart rerot at IT,
Shall everything-peace, sell-respect and
the security Of life and property be sacri
feed to the Moloch OF party. Remember
Martin Van Buren,, and beware of a second
step in same direction.
| From lie Ee,u,Iic.
General Pierce on tho Fugitive SLAVE
Law.
Our friends in the Southern States are called
upon 10 rrpudate General Scott, on the grounc
that he has omitted TO write letter betoy'
his nomination, expressing his views on the
Compromise measures 1t is admi,ted that
the resolutions of the WIG National Conver,-
ton sufficiently clear and explici, in this re-
gard. and that General Scott accepted the re-
solutions with the nomination md that as a mar
of Truth and honor he " i'll act upto the pledge
which is involved in this acceptance. Blu,
though he adopts them. he's does not give
them the approval of his Judgment" 1t is
claimed thai General Pierce stands more "a
vorably in this respec, than his illustrious
competitor; and this, 100, though Gen. Pierce
himself omitted to answer the interrogatories oi
Mr.. G Scott. or to write the letter which
that gentleman called for beforc the nomination
But though Gcneral Pierce wrote no letter
in regard 10 the compromise measures.',he Flu
sive Slave law included he has expressed
himselfiully on the subject in speech, and
that recently. The speech to which We refer
has been suhs,a niially report by NOR tina one
newspaper, and we Lave the means therefore
of arriving distinctly at the sentiments " hich
General Pierce maintains among his own peo-
PIE on this interesting subject. We apprrhend
that they are not calculated To sustain the high
enlogiums which a-e passed upon General
Pierce at the South. for giving the Fugitive
Slave law the approval ofhis judgment. %
We hardly think that our southern friends
will find any thing in General Pierce's local
opinions on the subject ofslavery, 10 justify The
contrast which they draw between him and the
Wing candidate. General Scott is q southern
man. native Of Virginia; Lis early associa-
tons were among slaves and slaveholders; his
early opinions were formed in the midst Of
kindred and friends who we're born under the
,hHuenes ofsouthorn institutions. He. ieels