Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-07-16
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
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THURSDAY MORNING. JULY Is, 1852.
GROSS INJUSTICE.
We were very much suprzed TO hud the following POM
pousy paraded paragraph in yesterdays Times
GEN. PIERCE ON TIE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW.
GROSS INJUSTICE.


We were very much surpzed hud the following pom
pously paraded paragraph in yesterdays Times:
GEN. PIERCE ON TIE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW
lMpoRTAST DISCLOSURE!
The Washington Republic of yesterday, copies the follow
Ing extraordinary development from the Demo
crat, journal published in Concord, New Hampshire. th
residence of Gen. Pierce Its has ye
been questioned
At the meeting appointed at New Boston Centre Fri
day afternoon OF January 3D. by Gen Franklin Pierce
between himself and portion OF the Democrats OF thu
sectop he occupied the hour Of his in defending his military
character He explained the circumstance of his fanngs
and declared that "with the exception of single occasion
he had led his command in the blaze of every battle"
After this he commenced speaking upon the Fugitive
Slave law. He said that II differed in no important partc
uar, from the law of 1893. Clergyman who
said that the invitation had been given he would like
make inquiry "Do you regard the features of the Fug
| tive Slave law consistent with common law2"
General Pierce immediately replied: "lf must answe
the question: say no. do not have been aekcd II
liked this Fugitive Slave law. answered no. loa.hed it,
ha most revolving feeling at the giving up OF slave
| the law is opposed 10 humanity"
Here Mr.. Foss inquired "if ii were opposed right
well as humanity? Gen Pierce replied "Yes Is OPP
posed 10 moral right.n
Ths above the substance of Gen. Picrces remarks upon
the Fugitive Slave law The quotation maks include the
very language used by the General as taken down al the
time il wac uttered.
We had imagined that with the Republic, record before
him, the Editor of the Times would not have suppressed
material portion Of the document which calculated 10
give very different version OF Gen. Pieces speech on the
occasion We know nothing of the "Concord Independent
Democrat: whose article is above copied in the Times, as
published by the Republic though dstrust its
tive character But the Republic copies another version OF
the Speech 1t appeared in the form OF letter In the
Manchester IN. H Democrat, bitter opponent OF Gen.
Pierce of his having exposed the free soism of
Atwood the nominee for Governor and caused the epuda.
,ion of Awoods nomination and the of thorough
compromise Democrat for Governor.
The whole atfai. in questionable shape and
put no confluence in the correctness Of the report OF Gen
Perces speech But for arguments sake concedng II 10 be
true assert that the Times has done great Injustice 10
General Pierce In mutating the record before H. Our bu
siness Is 10 supply the suppressed portion. General
Pierce reported in the Manchester Democrat have paid
the highest compliment Messrs Clay and Webster in
curing the passage OF the compromise The
count then goes
After few more eSclamatons in regard TO saving the
Union and announcing the fact that in the late war ny own
command and Palmetto regiment stood together the
field OF battle the General again TOOK the Compromise
measures saying that the North got the kernel ana the
South the she'll He repeated what Mr. Aver had stated be-
FORE that The Fugitive Slave LAW about which
much noise is made was in on par,cua different from IN:
law Of 1888 under which had lived sixty nearly years.
Here Dir. Foss said that Without nerrupin9 the spcak
e he wished 10 make inquiry: III no particular differ
ent, why was II necessary to pass the present law r.
Gsnea P. replied that the old law conld not be executed
because It's execution depended the State courts He also
said sumchiog which fully understood about the
law OF 1893 as based partly on the common law.
He then asked, WAS either The law OF 49, or IN"
present law, founded in any degree upon The common law
Gen. Pierce.-'l can't go into dlsquison upon The
comlon law"
The inquiry then made, "Do you regard the features
OF the Fugitive Slave law consistent with tho common
law!'
Gen. Pierce.-"Well il mus, answer, No, do not. J
have been ASKED if liked this Fugitive Slave law an.
swer, have most revolving feeling at the eiVn"
up OF slave; the Fugitive Slave law is opposed to Eamnn
al IN,
Yes, is opposed TO moral right, Bur EATHEns MADE
IhE c2Mrae7 Asn We arsT rrtF't IT asay nothing % the
Gen 7. then gave vivid description Of the that
you'd If the Lsu dis-egGrded First party ui
twenty armed would The pennsyyania line TO re-
slaves Then five hundred would come, to he met oY an
eoua number and before three months would pass m army
Il SUI UO would in the feid and the South te0u1 DC as
likely plant their banner al Philadelphia, as me 'ort
theirs at Charisston.
Now the Times. with the record before it, utterly sup.
presses the important manly and patriotic sentence OF Gen.
Pierce that, however unpleasant TO his personal scng
Our father, made the compact and VIZ MUST FULFIL 1T
without saying any thing of its 'humsny" or It's hight
Take the questionable record stands and as 1t is pro-
duced by the Wing assalan,s Of Gen. Pierce docs ho'
prove him be bold vindca,or of the
of The South, in the very teeth OF Inc rampant lana.
,cs7 Docs he as is here recorded shrink from The
discharec of an unpleasant duty? Docs he palEatc
in the least any evasion Of the fugitive slave Ia" =
Does he seek TO conciae the fanatics On the contrary
he procaims that, however they may dislike the law 'eS
have duty perform; that their fathers made Ihe cohpac
and that they must fulfil it," And he points out In The
strongest and ceacsl nnne the dangers that would oo"
the violation Of the aw-the bursting out Of civil war; Inc
clash of arms. and the possible exercise Of supremacy by the
sou,h over the North Is this who TO be aduce1
and hun ted down by Whg politicians for the po
,ca benefit OF Gen. Scott Souhener by birlh but "hose
has him the confluence ana sup
po;t of Seward and his sold column OF abollsonists
When and .rhcre has Gen. Scott ever proclaimed % INT
North Gen. Pierce has donc that the rendition OF ugi
tive slaves compact made by oIr fathers and I'VE
must fulfil ity Would Seward, any other Tree soer
write OF Gen. Pierce, what The Infamous Seward wroc az
follows of Gen Scott the New York Ratification meet
| iug7
congratulate the Wings of New York their sagnci'y
ond nsro,sm in preferrng the woriest available czeI
for the most responsible service and the highest honof OF
republic; on their psrseveng ndey 10 . u NV W veil a.
On their distinguished prudence and magnaniuity' IN .h
conduct OF The canvass OF nomination, ana loay, Oh "
| uspcious result of Their labors. 80,
| grave to which its fastening. wing ADMINS
nation with such chief cannot fail 10 be guided oy u
n,nciues of order Of Of devotion to the con
sution and the Union, Of nteiordtion improvement a'
progress. which the whg party have always cherished AM
maintained and acting their principles VIII nIaik an err
no, merely the advance Of our own conntIy ou even
The cause of republican principles hroughcEt The w'Id
| Yours, &c, HM. a. Dc" AMI
Gen. Scott is here auded the representative OF Tree
dom and toeraton" and omnous words In Seward
vocabulary are well known signify tho widss, and broad
est notions Of antislavey agitation and interference VIII
the constitutional rights OF the South Again, the wore
I'm alton" is the exact word employed by Gen. Scott
one Of his batch Of letters which refers to Il az an imporah
means of arriving at determination OF slavery"
i is certainly impudcnt attempt on tho part
Gen Scots friends to such free-so evidence u
blast the fair of Franklin Pierce. On the question
the constitutional rights OF the South he has been oy wing
and Democrats admitted to be to the South TO the VI
mos, limit The n T. Tribune, thoroughly Seward, Scot
and freesol-lhe paper which accepts" Scott but dete
and splits upon the patform-says with the deepest een
Of indignation 1--WE regard him Gcn PIERCE as the bitter
es, har.he,t, most proscptvs ProSlarery Hunksr in n
entire North"
1 Some limo sinec we published al length the record
Frank pieees consistent "Pro slavery votes grouped u
re,bcr by the National Ers the central abolition organ
tho United States 1t showed that Pierce had been the per
eeverng and consistent friend OF the constitutional nights
the South and had always voted, ''a the So'" aganS
John Opincv Ajams! I, would therefore, no In violation