The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-06-18
Our New York Correspondence.
New YoRk. June 8. 1852.

lDemocratlc candidate for the Presidency u
Inow subject, Of general comment by tb'
sEpress, the public, political factions. and in
word, byall those who have direct or indi
rect interest in sitting bis political career ant
Iscrutinizing his character. Now that tl'
work Of investigation has been fairly com
menced, and that The Democrats on the onl
hand, and The Wings on The other, have pre-
scented TO us the two sides Of the man, with
out fattery or mercy, oil must agree tha
EGen. Pierce IS one ofstbe best and strong
lest candidates that the Conyentioncould have
1ncminated. He Is q simple, modest, gentle
manly man, and an obAinching Dsmocrat
| a man who never Compromises wiiha princi
lpIe, and goes always directly and straight,
forward in the line Of his duties.
The biography Of Gen. Pierce, as given BY
those journals which have as yet noticed his
nomination, is as honorable as any good pat
not can wish. Eyerready to serve his coun-
try, when his services are required, he has al
ways acquitted himself Of his duties with
uprightness, readiness, and modestly and il
is worthy Of note, that, during the war in
Mexico, he showed himself ever regard(u1 ol
the interests and comfort OF those under his
command sharing with his soldiers the lit.
tie luxuries not set down in the soldiers bill
of fare which his private purse enabled him
to procure. He never left to others the re.
sponsibility providing for the wants of bis
soldiers, toward whom, indeed, his demeanol
was more that Of wiser elder brother thar
that Of General. He never forgot that the
men under him were his equals before God
and so strong in him is the sentiment ofbroth.
erhood and equality, that, as one of his Off
GERS informed me, this morning, "General
Pierce often went, himself, while on the line
Of march,lto well, for pitcher ofowater
and handed it round among his wearied
men, ~
Such acts as this, which most men would
have considered as dclracting from their dig
nifty, prove conclusiyely to my mind, that
Gen. Pierce had correct appreciation of his
duties. Indeed, heacted all through the cam
paign, ant, be has.acted through life, under
the true impression that Democracy is liv.
ing principle, and that the everyday, practi-
cal application of il to the common affairs
of life is the only true way Of respecting it,
in short that Democracy is not intended to
draw artificial lines ofrank and caste betweer
men, but rather to unite them by links ol
interchanged sympaihies and material ser,
vice.
The carrying out Of the principles Of De-
inoCracy in private as well as in public life,
has secured for Gen. Pierce so many firm and
fast personal friends all over The Union, that
he will receive more votes from the Wings,
than any previous democratic candidate iol
the Chief Magistacy. go. :
The selection Of Mr.. King Of Alabama fol
the Vice Presidencyis scarcely less happy
than that OF Mr. Pierce. Mi. King is an
able statesman. and an urbane, polished gen
tleman. lido not know Southern man un.
der whose administration would rather be
than under that Of Mr.. King. TRUST, how.
ever, that he will neyerbc called 10 the Pres
idential Chair, by the death Of the distin
guished sonof New Hampshire. aB
You have, no doubt heard of thesexpeclet
arrival in America Of the famous socialist
Preudhon. This news is contradicted in tht
latest received French papers, SO we shall
have to do without him. The simple an
nouncment that he was coming has, how
ever, set in motion portion Of tne conserva
'ltiye press Of New York, which, looking up
on the man as sort Of Intellectual monster
has warned American against the danger o
h his doctrines. The thing would be -laugha
BILE, if it were not ridiculous. Proudhon i
a harmless man, Lean assure these timid gen
tlemen; but he is man full of origina
| thoughts, of varied requirements and Of in
domilable will, aud he has ever devoted
himself to the interests of the people.
! The researches Of M. Proudhon in politi
cal economy will remain a lasting proof Q
| his powerful logic and general knowledge
! Between you and me, he, Victor Considerani
and other eminent French socialist writer
i, are now paving the way for complete re
formation of the political institutions Of th
different countries Of the old world, an
more particularly Of France, by fearlessl
crticizing all the departments OF govern
ment, and trying TO uproot, one after anoth
= Ter. the numerous abuses in each.
M. Proudhon's doctrines are certainly j
advance Of the age-many OF them - bu
: some of them are certainly not whit nor
} ESQ than the doctrines OF Jefferson were in ad
vance Of his age and the page of history
, replete with the predictions Of the "old fc
gies" Of those times that anarchy would b
the sure consequence Of the election to tn
3 Presidency Of that man. es1
| Proudhon is a self. made man, and, havin
passed through many conditionsof life, ha
had ample opportunity for closely and care
fully investigating the causes of the scott
diseases that affiict The working classes
( Europe. His boldness In eiiunciating HI
q doctrines has made him conspicuous; but b
has not been generally understood,s for b
I enemies have always either misstated his pc
. sitions, or, in presenting them, have curtai
2 ed them Of their Necessary appendages-h
explanations and proofs. NJ. ProudhOn
mot as the Tribune has stated, printer b
tnde. He was brought UP as a clerk in
mercantile house. Like Fourier; he sludie
: his philosopEy behind the counter Of a DIR!
] goods store, and was engaged in many difie
b ent kinds q mercantile Il business, before !