Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-08-27

mocracy of that State approve the Wilmot
Proviso. The same paper asserts, that every
dem ocroic member Of the Legislature voted
for the resolutions that passed that body up
pro, ing the Wilmot Proviso. There can he
no doubt. therefore, rs to the sentiments OF the
New Hampshire democracy on his subject.
| II Gen. Pierce is their leader and embodiment,
The inference is inevitable that he concnrs in
and approves. If he did not lnsligate the action
taken by them.
But Fortunately FOR Ne, We are not left to
inference. as TO whnt are the sentiments OF
General Pierce, Oh the question in controversy.
In 1880 he was a member of the Democratic
STATE Convention. held in New Hampshire
Thut Convention unanimously adopted reso-
luton, declaring "r'Hg HOLDING or HUMAN M.
rNGs IN BONDAGE rs A CURSE TO ANY coUN.
try; THAT WE ARE OPPOSED TO SLAVERY BLACK
or WHITE. IN ALL IT'S FORMS AND UEDER WHAT
EyER CIRCUMSTANCES General Pierce, We
shy, was n member of the Convention u hich
adopted unanimously that resolution. Of
he approved il. This is not all. We have
something more explicit than the approval Of
n resolution. We hive a speech made by
General Pierce. ut Manchester. tho 20th day
Of November 1S50--ihc authenticity of " hicb,
Is not denied by hmselfor any of his friends
North or South. In that speech he declares
that 1.-THE MEN VINO Would DISSOLVE THE IN.
ION DID NOT HATE OR DEPLORE
ISLAVERY MORE THAN HE DID"
The fact tina, he does "hote and deplore
slavcry. being established Ry has declar
amon, let us see lit is not probable. he would
50 declare. and in The strongest language he
could honestly cmpoy,at N. Boston. He bad
gone there iorihe purpose orconcIliating the ul-
ira abo ii.iopiss and inducing taem to acquiesco
n the Compromise. A serious division, threaten
ing The harmony ofrhe PARTY in that State, if
i, did not endanger The Union, had arscn.--
A majority Of the Democratic party, by their
support of Atwood, had declared that they
would not submit to the Compromise. He
was there cndeavoring to induce them to re.
consider. 1t was necessary that he should
present himself in the most acceptable otti.
tudc hc coulJ, in order to command favora-
bic consideration, and exert the influence he
desired He,lheroiore, told them that he dis
liked slavery ns much as thcy--that his heart
revolted al the sight Of n human being in bon
dagc; and that he loalhcd the Fugitive Slave
Law But, he doubtless added- in asmuch
IA the compact had been entered into by
their fathers. and inasmuch as the Union
would be dissolved unloss they aequiesccd in
IL.
settlement "the North had obtained the kernel
aad the South The shd" it was their interest
and duty to alb lie it.
Thus far, we have relied upon prcsumptive
proof only. We have shown hat Gen. Pierce,
NJ hear, eutenans rIe sentiments attributed to
him, IN the report of his New Boston speech,
and we have shown that he had an occasion
and a motive 10 make them public When it
asadd"d, that this report of his speech was
published IN the town where he resides. NJ
well as elsewhere in the State and that he did
not question its correctness at the time--thc
presumption amounts 10 moral conviction that
he spoke as he Is reported to have spoken.
We come now to the positive proof which
We lack space to consider fully at this time
he dtev. Mr.. foss whose character as a gen
tleman and clergyman. is vouched for by tho
Mayor OF Manchester, aud by the Pastor and
Clerk OF the Baptist Curch in Gofisown. n.
H., MS well as others. makes oath that General
Fierce uttered the language attributed TO
hi%--that he (Foss,) made notes of it at The
time, aud wrote it out the same evening Mr..
GoodaIe, the editor of the Manchester Demo-
crat, says that another gentleman, present at
the time the speech YVES delivered, furnished
HIM with a report agreeing fully with that of
Mr.. Floss Neither Of these gentlemen had
any motive to msreprescnt Gen. P but, on the
cont ary desired to break the force Of his mn
peal to the abolitionisls as much as possible,
, and therefore, had motive to SUPPRESS b;s
language, ifthcy could have been induced 10
make "a false report.
Abraham Cochran. Solomon McCurdv and
James McCurdy, citizcns of New Boston