Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-08-11

pointed At me. In the fulness of folly the sam
question may again be asked, and In an anticipates
reply thereto, l will retort " Did not the American
Democracy then inform you by their triumphant cleo
tion NJ Nj Polk who he was 90 And did not thu
great wisdom of his Administration confirm the pro
briefly of his election? But will give the lntor@a
tion During period of service in Congress tor tel
years. four in this House and six in the Senate not
ywitbstanding his position conspicuous and hi
efforts in support of those great Democratic measures
under the happy influence of which coHntry bound
ed with giant strides from state OF great pecuniarA
perplexity and embarrassment to its present acme
greatness, bold vigorous, and enectVe' yetsucI
was the reserve and modesty of Gen: Pierce cnar
acte the world knows but little OF his private ane
social history. ~
/ Gen. Pierce was the younger son OF Gen. BenIa
min PIERCE revolutionary hero, who, alta very early
age volunteered private in the FIRST company ina
was raised for the defence OF Boston, In tnat eaPac
~ his maiden sword first unshesthed at the bat
tie of Bunker Hill. From that time until the conclu
sion of the war, like the immortal CheValier 6ayard
| Semper p0ratus was always his maxim. His country
first, his country last, his country forever was The
overruing and absorbing feeling of his heart. From
the Ions of such father son less worthy, less
patriotic than Franklin Pierce, could have sprung
After the Judgement OF our independence, ne
retired from public service, converting the weapons
of war into the implements of hushandry. AS his
war services great, his heart humane and beneVo
lent his patriotism warm and energetic, 1t Is no
der that he enjoyed in unbounded degree the anec'
ton of the people of New Hampshire. For how can
a peopIe more honor themselves than by bestowIng
confidence upon those citizens whose lives nave been
an illustration of private worth and patriotic deVoton
Democracies have been branded as hcke ana ungrae-
fnI but am proud say, that The American Democ'
racy, in this wise. has blurred its escucheon.
No deserving son of hers complain that she
averted ner face. Federal obloquy has reproved this
noble of the granite State with being llllterate.
| distinguished model orator Ct the Wing party,
some twelve years snce the eve Of presidential
election, when the public mind held in over
whelming agitation, as to forget the common
distinction of the days. declared 4" in revolutionary
times there were no Sabbaths.' History both pub
lie and private, informs correctly that in those
great times which tried mems souls, the schoolmas-
Ter dared not 90 abroad. His scholars warriors,
his discipline was succeeded by drum and fife. Then
should it be a reproach that Gen. Pierce was litter
ate But, however this may be, yet one fact s cer-
tain, "a possessed, in eminent degree Of that
strong old-fashioned common sense, which enabled
him construe the Constitution of country in
republican manner He was also known as warm
and jealous advocate OF the State-Rights party.
In explanation of this will relate anecdote
which is given upon such high authority that its au-
thenciiy cannot be questioned. When Gen. Pierce
was Governor of New Hampshire, he engaged
in writing message TO the Legislature. He got
bothered in his mind how to spell word. Frank"
said he, who was sitting by, how the devil do you
spell but" Frank spelled the word for him, empha-
sizing each letter very distinctly. '' Be hanged to
these little words" replied the warworD soldier,
g they bother but, Frank, when it to on
sti!ution can spell that without looking into book.
it well. and what is much more important, he trans
mited his reading of it his sons and that reading
is reflected in every word and line in the platform
which his son, General franklin Pierce, now stands
candidate for that Office which is the highest the
American people beslow upon any of its citizens.
General Pierce died, as he lived, poor man but
rich legacy did he leave his sons, in that example of
social and public worth which he manifested through
his whole life. Such is the stock Of which General
franklin Pierce is the scion.
After finishing his schooling at Amherst, General
franklin Pierce for while discharged the duties Of
deputy sheriff in his native county, whereby he col
lecied the pursue the study of the law, and
very after obtaining his license he elected
to represent his county in the Legislature, in the
rOus proceedings of which, for several years, both
member and the presiding officer, he bore con-
spicuous part In 1888 he returned a men,
Der of Congress from his district. This was an
eVentu period in political history. In the year
General Jackson had, from high and i'm
perative sense of duty, vetoed the monster bank bl
and The great money monopoly of the country had
put on its armor for mortal combat. Its golden |
Briarean arms were spread over the whole country.
Legislatures were tempered will, politcia were
bought up, and public opinion dssailed by every con-
;elvabe device; reproach, abuse, and unmeasured |
'bloquy showered upon all who dared to stand !
W the second father of his country. The conflict !
indeed great, but great was, had fears
or the chivarous soul of General Pierce. Sir, re-
course to the debates in that and the Congress,
will fully attest both his great readiness and his great
capacity to roll back upon the bank mnons the storm
y which they vainly hoped to crush the old hero.
IN all of these issues his votes inva riably accord
nth those of the late President Polk, DromgooIe of
Virginia, and Mckay of North Carolina. Better
ompaRy you could not find for any Democrat.
1t was during the last term of his service in :his
House that abolition first began raise its evil crest
n the Northern States, and General Pierce's con-
uct upon this subject will be made the theme of
much dispuation, the committee will excuse me for
ranscrbing his opinions, given in his language.
IN the 18th day of December, 1885, Fl nd him
My voting with the South against the reception of
clifton to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia,
ut denounclng the course OF the petitioners raught
With ncalculable mischief TO the whole country, and
mphatically declaring " that be was prepared to
lamp with disapprobation. in the most express and
nequivocal terms, the whole movement upon the
Hbject." Again, in 1886, rising make personal
xpanation, and to defend himself from aspersions
lrown upon his character by some Abolitionists of
Jew Hampshire, he reiteraes the same well-founded
pinon, and introduced to the notice of the House
ne following resolutions, as expressing his own
Jews and the views of his constituents
6 ResOlUed, That the relation of master and slave
matter exclusively within the regulation of the
ates in which, exists and that any interference by
inhabitants of other States in regard it is
My unauthorized and intrusive, but faithless and
ishonoable, as being against the letter and spirit of
he sacred compact which binds US together.
ReSOired, That those who promote infammatory
iscussions, and are guilty of dissemina ting among
ne slaves of the South publications, the tendency of
hch is to incite servile Instructions are regarded
y US persons prompted by the most reckless
'Ickedness, or by an insane anatcism fully as mis-
hievous in its consequences L
But, Mr.. Chairman, independent Of these open and
lanly professions of his determination TO maintain
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