The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-11-12
what They say NOW.

The wing papers. before the election, took
every occasion TO reflect upon the character
and ability Of Gen. Pierce. The New York
Times. whig paper that supported Gen.
Scott very ardently, contains the following
acknowledgment Of the corn: .
General Pierce Is man Of character, Of
rood abilities, and of fair experienced in pub
lic life. He has never figured conspicuously
in the prominent positions he has occupied
though this my be due quite as much to cir
cumstances as to ohimself. That ne has man.
" susceptibilities, and the ability TO give
them prompt and fitting expression. his
speech at Concord on the death OF Mr.. Web
ster fully proves.
The following Is from the New York Mir
ror, another whig paper:
or the President elect we have only TO re-
peat that he is man of excellent abilities;
| Of undoubted patriotism and of finer person.
al manners than any public man We have
known since Mr.. Clay. Cordial, oil hand,
disnified and cofteous. be wins The affections
ofall with whom he holds intercourse. In
personal popalsils BE- will excel any Of his
predecessors in the presidential chair. The
inanne III whichhis intimate friends speak
Of hin--as s.Frsnk Pierce Ia good fellow"
is sufficient indfcstionof The friendship he
inspires. - ri
Such notices from such sources, though
particularly scarce before the election, are
fnow cheap enough.
In the same article from which The above
lis taken the Mirror says:
x Since the fatal moment Of scott's nornina,
lion at Baltimore, we have never had donbt oil
bis defeat; but the deluge is more overwhelm-
ing than the most sanguine democrat predicted
or the most trnid whig feared. II required on.
ly all exercise of the simplest arithmetic, with
tine most ordinary knowledge Of human ma
ture, to foresee the inevitable result; and they
must be either very ignorant or very dishonest
men, who have persisted in the contrary opin
ion. With twenty-five of the thirty-one States
already in possession, and with the additional
incentive of federal patronage to stimulate the
democracy, what honest reason could possibly
be assigned to encourage hope for Genera
Scott? The simple statement OF the case car
ried conviction of defeat 10 the heart OF eve
nv candid man. They who counted on the pop
ularity of Scott to overcome the odds ogains
him, trusted 10 an element that did not exist
as the end has sufficiently proved. And SO ia
as his military character was concerned, tha
combustible flame went out with Cen. Taylor
The drum and the Fl fe drama could not bear re
hersal. And then the barren speeches and zig
gag travels of Gen, Scott have lost him vote
: by hundreds Of thousands. Blarneying th,
Irish, with his affected " love Of rich brogue >
went for less than nothing with class to mucl
accustomed themselves to "bla ney" not 10 SCI
through il. with the SLY ejaculation sis
there you are :"
The editor concludes by saying that he ha
"no fears for The future and no regrets for tht
present." from which we infer that tle coun
try is not quite "ruined."
Ii is we'll known that the foreign affairs o
the country have not been conducted int
very satisfactory manner, lately, yet th
wings have defended Mr.. Fillmore most siren
uously from the charge Of weakness. Th
N. Y. Times now, owns up thus:
Nothing has contributed more 70 th,
strength oil the Democrd tic party in this can
vass, than feeling that in its foreign rela
lions our Government has not taken The stant
required by its position as the great Repub
lie among the nations of The earth; and W.
anticipate in this direction. therefore, som,
decisive Advantages from its asccnduncy.--
| We certainly shall be glad to welcome, a
the hands OF ny Administration, Democrat
ic or whig, more enc rgetic yindication o
American rights, a more cordial recognition
of American principles, and a iDarmer re
gard for Republicanism abroad than ho,
bcen ,ritncSaed for u fc,D years past.
We trust our neighbor Of the Tribune 6
Clipper will note the above paragraph, anc
engraft i; in his next column article on "Fi
libustering." t4 ~