Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-10-13
A True Portrait or General Pierce nv
q Southern Pen. ~ =

Justice OF mississippi, has been ON tour
through the northern and New England
States, and writes from Washington city
on the sath ult,ras follows, to the Missis-
usippian. Besides its graphic sketch of
General Pierce, this letter Is exceedinply
= valuable for the conversations II Trreports
with the General and Mr.. Webster, ,upon
the southern question, let every reader
= note these particularly. The high char.
acter ofJudge Tafpleylis such hat NO, one
can question. his xeraeity: and these
81 statemsnts he makes on his own personal
knowledge: > .1ssa1s5 LID
-., i had the pleasure Of spending some
, days in company with Pierce, at Rye
Beach, New Hampshire, and found him
one of tho most interesting and fascinating
men whose acquaintance it has BENNY
rood fortune at any time to make. He is
remarkably plain and simple in his, habits,
dignified and courteous in his dsfneanor,
and at the same time one ofthe most kind
hearted, unpretending, aud agreeable
companions ever met with. You would
perceive at the first glance that he was a
man Recommending intellect and ofmark-
ed character, and, as a stranger in any
crowd, he would DO pointed out as man
of distinction. But while he excites your
admiration by his lofty bearing and grace
Stul elocution, the frRnkness OF his maners,
tho gentleness of his nature, and that re.
publican simplicity which characterizes all
he does and says, wins your heart, and
however indifferent you may have been
towards him before, he is sure to take
you captive, and make you feel that he is
eminently one Of Gods noblest works
an honest man. He possesses an envia-
BILE private character, and in all the rcla-
tons of son, husband, father and friend,
he is sans pear ct sans reprodche," The
miserable slandor of his being drunk
ard, like that of his being cow ard, is the
subject of mcrriment where he is known,
and is SO outrageouly false as not to mer-
1t tho dignity of a refutation. Old men
in New Hampshire who have known him
from his early boyhood, and have been
intimate with him in his ripper manhood,
informed me that he has always been re-
mRrkable for the sobriety of his habits :;
and certainly he presents no appearance
Of intemperance either in his looks or
manners. One thing speaks volumes in his
praise. / have seldom seen any man SO
admired and beloved by his neighbors as
is General Pierce and no higher tribute
could be paid to his moral worth than the
respect and love Of those who have known
him longest and best. l could at this
point make forcible contrast between
the two candidates--as General Scott has
quarreled with every subordinate officSn
OF rank under his command. and cannot
find solitary member of his military ia
mily who is willing 70 support him for tie
presidency whilst those who have know IL
Franklin Pierce most intimately, are his
warmest friends, and will support him in
defiance OF party discipline.
laid before Gen. Pierce the southern
whi,; version of his New Boston speech,
and asked him to state how far it was
correct. He denounced it AS an infamous
falschood, gotten up by man so utterly
Grsttute Of character that it was conSid-
cred in New Hampshire AS an act of SUI
lcrclogation to contradict any assertion
l.r might mako He fully explained the
circumstances under which the speech
was made, which, Of themselves, give the
lte directly to the version Of Mr. Foss.-
Said Gen, Pierce, The sentiments attri.
Lu,cd to me in that speech are at war with
tie declared opinions Of my whole politi-
cal life. Ny object was to prevent tho
election Of Atwood. who, after his nomi-
nation, declared himself opposed to the
fugiIiye-slavc bill and to have made the
assertion attributed to me in that speech
would have been to admit away my own
case, and defeat the very object had in
view" No man lives. either North or
South Of Mason and Dixon's line, who is
moro sound or reliable for the South on
this question than Franklin Pierce. Will
the wings take the testimony of Mr.. Web
Ster on this subject? He said to me,
Sir, have known Mr.. Pierce from his
boyhood, and he is now my neighbor,
and l have no hesitation in saying that
although We differ upon many cons,itu
tional questions, yet upon tho subject OF
slavery he is as sound and reliable for
tho South as was Mr.. Calhoun himself
This, coming as it does from such
source, should forever put to rest the
shameful misrepresentation of irresponsi'
bic wing editors and reckless wing politi-
clans, 10 show you the Infamous means
resortcd to, in order to defeat the election
of Gen. Pierce, will state that two pam
phlets have recently and simultaneously
issued from the office of the National
Era" an abolition paper in this city, and
which were gotten up under the supern-
tendence of the Wing Central Committee.
one charging Gen. Pierce with being a
.free-soiler, intended for circulation at the
South, while the other charges him with
being committed to the interests of the
Shareholders, intended for circulation at
the North, and at least thirty thousand
of them have been already folded and en-
Neloped at the public expense, and frank
ed to their representative destinations
Now. il honorable men, who stand before
the people and claim to be battling for
tho best inIernSIR nf tEn nnmntr, nnn