Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-07-30
HIGH TRIBUTE TO GEN. PIERCE.

The most absurd position Of the Wigs is the prciext OF
General Perccs 'obscurity" We thought tina, they had
oeen made SICK OF snch game in the campaign Of lSii
and The triumph OF The "unknown obscuc" Duck Iiver
Colonel" eproduce below strong evidence that General
ferce has been long and avoIahy known By the best
in the country President Polk employed the following Ian
guage, in a letter to Gen. Pillow:
"iour two Brigader Generals, Pierce and Cndwallndrr
who will be under your immediate commqnd arc noble m
General Pierce is the frstnau il. Ntr Engiond r..
Is man Of inc rarEs He my personal iricnJ and you
may fully coni!e in him. He with in the House ul
Representatives for several yeurs and afterwards the
SENATE Gen Cadwal!aLcr is gentleman Of high character
and OF decided military reputation lou may we'll be proud
oi TWO such officers under your command"
An AIciicsn writes 10 the Boston pos from London
Among out own countIymen, while there has been
pressed nntng but universal regret that Gen Scut rather
han Mr. Webster should have been The nominee of the whg
party, there has al the c been universal
nent OF APPRECIATION upon the nomination OF Mr. Pierce
In conversation Wit" The American Minister the day after
the intelligence arrived was pleased 10 hear him express
oplnons OF Ina capacity integrity and consistency Of General
Pierce as man and stGteSmun corresponding 10 those
which his wunest poll cai iricI;ds hc.nc entertain.
Al large public meeting in Grcrasvlr, s. c., Genera!
Waddy Thompson, distinguished Wing formerly Minister
TO Mexico, and warm supporter OF Mr. Fiimurcs admin
istraton enounced Gen. Scott in consequence of his g
alton uiM The Se1ard party Of AboinionSfs and came
cordially for the support of Pierce and King The official
proceedings contain the following notice Of Gen. Thomp-
sons speech
Gen. Waddy Thompson said lha being member Of the
whg party, il was perhaps proper that he should ad
dress the meeting but that he could not urhcar paving
tribute TO the rorit Of Gen PcrcGS prirGte and public carac
Ter and his ftuess 10 the rights Of South and lie mhCe
Of the country. He said that he admired Gen Scott above
most he had known spoke of their intimate acquain
ance The purity of his life and his hah social
virtues bu that he eard he Sco hat been scduced lrt
IN The influence 81 Northern rto iccrc hostile 10 the
South us interests and institutions, and he could not sub
scribe 10 the Internal improvement and TarF features oe
Uhg PLATFORM.
We have shown that James NJ. Campbell was in Virginia
in l9i7 and could not the Wing wildly asserts have
been member of the New Hampshire Legislature thai
passed Wn,o provso resolutions As Nr C's high cha
ractcr the Fredericksburg News Wing paper speaks thus
emplaIicay
We knew Campbell wei! when here. he a man Of
The strietc riy-n private life gentleman, social b
eral and intelligent He was uncompr0misng parlzdn-
us much so, think, any knew. To what
extent this feeling may carry him in behalf Of his proege
the public, as well as We: can determine.
THE RELIGIOUS TEST IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The leading Wing journals still harpng about the
lgious test Of New Hampshire, and argue that FRANK.
PIERCE should the support of the liberal portions
Of the American people, because tho religious has place
the constitution of his native State AS we'll might Kos
sUTH and MEAeHER be held accountable for The political
niseres that alct their native ds They have tried 10
rid their countries Of the oppressor but failed in the
tempt. FRANK PIERCE endeavoed 10 blc the oppressive
religious test from The statute books Of New Humpshire and
he has also failed
We commtn nd The following extracts from letter written
by the Hon. EDauSD BURKE Than whom is better
acquainted with the history Of New Hampshire:
The Constitution of New Hampshire was adopted some
40 years while the Federal party in The Gscendan
~ in the Sot.. II HE Constitution Of the Fedora
Party was FRAMED ADOPTED and for many years ad
by THAT PARTY. All its Odinus Feature are
the work OF the old Ftdsra! Party OF New Hampshire.
Since the Democratic party have gained the ascendancy
in that State repeated Efforts have been made call
vrnon TO alter und reform it, The question has several
Bop9 Pe6f ST The SicS PA
FAVOR OF A REFORM. and tie great body " the Fed
erai (Sow WnIa) Party VOTING against IT.
Within twenty years the question has been rrrred TO The
people less than three times, and IN EVERY IN
STANCE DEFEATED By THE FEDERAL PARTY
,rho, almost TO a man, VOTED AGAINST ANY CHANGE
IN THE CONSTITUTION
On the last reference of the question Ia the people, EVE
RY DEMOCRATIC PAPER IN THE STATE ADFO-
GATED an alteration in the Constitution. EVERY FED
PAPER OPPOSED 1T