The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-07

| the SOuth, are last hurrylng the Union INTO
uncomfortable fury. 1t was irascible in the
matter from the beginning, but the temper with
which 1t started was cool in comparison with
that which it now displays. 1t repeats its terms
Of sweeping condemnation with daily additions
to their violence and ill-temper. At first only the
Freesoil Democrats of New Hampshire, which
happened to report General PlERcE's unfortu-
nate speech, were pronounced "infamous."
Now, the Wing canvass is designated "can
vass of frauds;" the charge against General
PIERCE is declared to have been "refuted by
clouds of witnesses" while we are accused of
ga vigorous perseverance, in falsehood, Of cir
culating "exploded calumnies," and Of "openly
resortng" to RECKLESS and inscriptions tao
TICS" These assertions are not accompanied
with particle of proof. They are advanced
in issue after issue, without an attempt to sus-
tain them-regardless not only Of the proprie
ties of controversy, but Of points established in
= manner that would be conclusive in any law
court in the land.
The Union may feel assured that all this
affectation of outraged innocence and indignant
honesty will pass for nothing with the coun-
try. 1t may suit the calibre and the inclina
tions VI a certain class of partisans, but the
body of the people, of both parties, will recog.
Mise in it nothing more than the attempt of
conscious weakness to evade dilemma which
it dare not meet. The people will not suffer
abusive epiihets to distract their attention from
the features. of the case as it stands. They
will continue to remember that General
PIERcE's anti-Fugitve law declarations were
reported at the time of their delivery with
out contradiction by General PIERCE or
his frends-that those declarations were
in strict accordance with views previously
expressed by General PIERCE, and with the
principles and policy of the New Hampshire
Democracy-that the denials written since
General PIERCE's nomination are inconclusive
and unreliable-that the Unions "cloud of
witnesses" are themselves committed to Free,
soilism by all their antecedents-lhat the hun
dred witnesses of the Boslon Post do not VEN
ture upon a specific denial of the words at
tributed to General PIERcE-and that the lite
raj accuracy Of those words, as words of
General PIERCE, is vouched for on oath by the
gentleman who originally reported them. This
is the case in a nutshell and the Unions abuse
will not prevent it's universal diffusion.
1t is rather unfortunate for the Union that
journal which has throughout been strong
supporter of PIERCE, and which at the outset
joined the Union in denouncing the report of
the New Boston speech as SANDER, has been
compelled to abandon its position, and to admit
that this particular charge against General
PIERCE is proved. We refer to the New York
Herald, which never neglects an opportunity
of decryng General Scorr and exaltng his
onnon., The Herald of Thursday, review
inq the affair az il n2w appears, comes to this
conclusion, without, however, abating one jot
in its zeal for the Democratic nominee:
"It Is charged against General Pierce that last
,.,.rx at place in New Hampshire called New
ION in the course of public speech, on being
Ho, A,sectiy to the point, he replied that
;nte,roeateo - aiave law had "a revolt
he .Ioa,hed the Fusit.v.. '-~~s' aud that
ing feeling at the giving up OF a si.
the law was sopposed 10 humanity and 'opposeo "
moral right but that it was consti' utonal, &c.
This charge we find sustained by the affidavit OF
Mr.. Foss, a repoiter'wh reported the speech on
the spot; and, from experience and observation,
we have learned, in the matter OF disputed
speech to trust the reporter if honest as the most
reliable witness that can be produced. il is a re-
porters duty and it soon becomes his habit, unless
he il deliberate knave. to report the speech ns
be hears il, and 70 hear it all Nero spectators sell
dom hear correctly tenth part Of a stump speech,
and their testimony, or even the testimony OF the
spea ker himself in frequent cases, is not strictly
as reliable for accuracy the evidence Of the re-
porter"
The controversy is examined with more mi
nuteness by the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle aud
Sentinel, which, if our memory be reliable,
was not long since cited by the Union as
highly respectable authority. We transfer
portions of the Chronicles article, that the
! loader may see how the case is viewed by
oisn. se;onate southern observer. The enron
| ieie says.
1.-THE developments in reference to the Ec~ ;ses
ton speech Of Geperal Pierce rapidly thicken
ing, md the evidence pro and con increasing. On
the one side 1t 10 pointed and definite, proving di-
rectly and positively the declarations ascrioed to
General Pierce, all OF which ore sworn to by Bap-
tist clergyman; while the other hand the friends
Of General Pierce seek to discredit the report by
loose, vague, and indefinite denials of it's truth,
without pretending to assert what he did say. In
any court Of justice. or with any impartial man,
snch testimony as the latter amounts to nothing;
II es,,b,..es nothing, afirms nothing The testi-
onv Of the Rev. NJ Foes s,oorn TO, and based upon
Inc orandum made at the time--it 10 positive di-
rect and affirmative aud il charges the US :" DAT
ticuar language. The testimony Of the hundred
certifers Is csrtifeat', based upon recollce'
ton six months after the event, and is only gen
erai denial Of the truth Of the other statement II
IT, therefore. insufficient to Get aside the testimony
of the cIsrs lyman before any impartial trioOnal"
In reference to the certificate with hun
dred signatures, published by the Boston Post,
our Augusta contemporary remarks