Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1852-09-15
GEN. PiEncE ND THE SOUTH.

Gs+N. PIERRE MD THh SOITIt.
In June 1916. Gen. Pierce was member
Of the New Hampshire Democratic Conven-
ton, aud one Of the Committee which reported
res lutievs to the effect that "they drplore
the cris.ence Of slartry. and regard il as a
gsrot moral and social eril" Again after
the Compromise Measures bad passed. Gen.
Pierce asked at Manchester. "Hho did not
deplore sidrrrya 7Sf men uho uonld dis
solre the Union did not deplo,e slarery
more thar he did" These says the Rich.
mpnd Times are undisputed records:
"Ne ask the people Of the Senth If he is
not their declared enemy Why should he
MT have made the New Boston speech p
" by shoull he nj: have said that he Lnath
edtne Fugitive slave Law That b. had
u most revolving feeling at the giving up of
slave that the Fugitive lave Law was op
rosed to humanity If he regarded slavery
as curse ii be considered it u moral and
social epii- deplored its existence Hlted
il in all its forms. black or rhitr aud under
'uhaterer circumstances what f,llnws but
that he should ir,m the very bottom Of his
heart. Ln0the law which had for its object
the protection Of slavery! Can this man be
the friend Of Southern instiintla'sy Who
has ever bean more emphatic aud ,narc gra
tu.ous in deuonr.ing the evils Of slavery =
With truth cnn General Fierce say. ny
Cpl inns aud sthc avowal Of them have been
every where the same '.Hy dction and my
language in Ner Hampshire hare bern at
all times and under all circumstances in
entire accordance nth my action and Ian
gadge at Washington Fol the Principle
which he espoused and the spirit which ac.
tusted hin when be would have forbid the
servant from following bis master into the
District of Columbia is in strict consistency
with the unconpro,nising opposition he has
manifested to slavery upon his own granite
hills.
Contrast with such sentiments aa these the
feelings Of that old Hero who has shed around
American arms the lustre Of an immortal re-
nown. who has been true to 81 manv trusts
and equal t. 50 many emergencies. when he
expressed himself 10 the Mississippi dclega
iiop. in language which he had before used
10 ITil,am II SeWa-d himsef and said that
he ,ras for the Union. TOR the Constitution
for The Compromise and dedd against any
man lcho isas against ,ksm or any If them.
ana when in Il personal interview with Mr.
Upton he declared that If h.. In any capaci
~ rrer did any thing tn impair the efficacy
1T the Fagitire Sfre Ldm Re morld BE-
milling to hare ifamy rriften before his
name and Iafany scrittea after it and pou'd
be content to be hroEn an outcast into the
gutter aud then tell us who occupies the
most favorable attitude before the Southern
people General Scott or General Pierce -
rs each day passes over us, testimony accu
mulates upon the subject. Observe what the
Hon. W. A. Graham says in assiguiug the
reasons why he carnot consent for his name
to be assueiired with any any other ticket
than Gen Scots M one. in mn sphere
Of acquaintance, frlt more deeply TIE impr
taRce If the crisis. name erhibited a,orr seal
in behaf of fhose measures By arguments
and persuasion among his friends and name
rejoiced more hrartiy WHEN 1T WAS sUrpo.
SID ALL DANGER WAS AvrRTED BY THEIR FINAL
PASSAGE THAN DID lie (Geu. s'cntt Here
is the testimony 1T n man. against whose
truthiulucss evet nG,lign,t, i,s,l has not da
red to rails the breath of suspicion. Nuw
we ask again for IA reference to .he occasion
when Gen Pierce ever IL anv way even AID
MIrTED the PROPERTY of the PASSAGE of these
measures
We are toll bv Mr. Mapp. who MIR. Wise
says is personally worthy Of credit, that the
only d,ferense he perceived bet ween the sen
timents If Mr. Hale aud Gen Pierce was the
proposal % different means to accomplish
'he same end 9-that he expressed himselfiu
terms substantially similar To- those imputed
to him at New Boston. ard the like. OF which
sentiments it is rot denied he has declared in
other parts Of the State Of New Hampshire
Where. then. is Gen. Pierce claim to South
ern patronage? We see him in Congress
voting in opposition to the slavchoder-out
Of Congress expressing feelings and convic
tons Of heart felt enmity to tie Institution.
declaring himself its enemy aud voting it u
carse
"lf the people Of Virginia mean to ccusign
their interests to dis custody, they will d.. i. il
the glariog light Of his repeated expressions
Of hostility to the very interest which forms
the peculiar subject of their anxiety. They
will do it despite thousand admonitons aud
thousand iuvocati'ns to sink for once the
dominion OF party into thut Of pa,riotism--to
look calmly aud dispassianately at the real
condition of thiags--to give their votes to
their country and not to their party"
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BE- Fbe Hartford lines. the leading Dem.
ocraiie organ in Connecticut. which is now
berating the Wing candidate without pause
or scruple, spoken Of him in ls48 as the
GREAT MAN of the Mexican war After en-
dsasmiiig 70 dcsparage Gen Taylor BY a
comparison it said
not h,nr an gratituic, at hast let
this great comm ,nder have what bis battles
have given his cnu 'frv - ,'EACs IL cannot be
r ght in a'y min to dishoarr the white hat S
OF veteran ehief. whose lie has been spent
/ III the service 1T his country aud who has