The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-02

GEN. PIERCE's NEW BOSTON sPEECH.
From he Manehestsr IN. H. Democrat. January
s, 1882.
GENERAL PIERCE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
New BosroN, January 3. 1852
Ma. EDIToR: Some weeks ago General Pierce
sent word TO certain of the friends OF Mr.. Atwood,
in New Boston, that he was about TO address we
people of this town. in order that he might see hin
| self right in the case Of Lettia Blaisdell. DIS
| however, was considered to be mere preext,
while the real object of his mission would &c to
procure the passage Of some resolutions, or in one
way get up "manifesto" against Mr.. Awood,
which might go forth all over the State as the
| actual voice OF New Boston. A week preSous to
the meeting, handbis were scattered all over the
northern part OF the county-from Lltchhtd on the
east to Hillsboro' on the west-announing that
General Franklin Pierce would address te cltizens
| of New Boston on Friday, the I'd day Of January.
| 1t was manifestly the intention to hae enough
CONSIDERS" present to aid our citizens making
the discovery, which an acquaintance OF wenty nVe
| years had failed to do, that John Atvood was
| very base, intriguing, and dishonest nan.
| Before noon on yesterday the deputysheritis and
party fuglers in general began to arrive In town,
and the bar-roo of the tavern was tronged win
those who were evidently preparing themselves y.
| q demonstration. Little attention. aowever, was
paid to the meeting by the friends o Mr. Atwood
and but comparatively few Of them were present
OF the whole number assembled the meeunS
house, less than e.third were itlzens OF view
Boston. In fact, many OF our peole say tnat more
than three fourths of those presep from other
towns. -
The meeting was called to ordr by Captain b..
Fletcher, who, on taking the Glair, SAID that az
General Pierce was unwell, Mr. b. +. Aver wouid
occupy portion of the time, aid introduced him
to the audience. Mr.. Aver spoe for e-quarters
of an hour. He had evidently prepared himself Ior
the occasion, and considered he part ne was act
| ing as q very important ono. As his arguments
| n mr. In n considerable pYt language, are 10
be found in the Patriot and other bunker papers Oh
the past year it is needless to repeat them. In
State matters he was very anxious to have II un-
derstood that the Hnnker patty were not responsa'
BILE for the corporation acts Of the last Legislature
and the individual liability sw but for some cause
ne Drgot 10 mention s.a the patty n.a majority
in the Legislature, and he gave the liability law
antiquity far before its actual origin in 1912
General Pierce commenced bis remarks by conf
plimenting his ssyoung FRIEND" and announcing
that there no other place where ne could nave
been induced to make political speech at the pre-
sent time. He went through the stereotyped in
troductory of all his speeches in this region allud
ing in very feeling tones to the important TACT that
he was born in Hillsboro' county-spoke OF oeip g
among the friends of his father-said that ID. Ben
nett Of this town, built the first stack of chimnes
in his fathers house that ever built in the town
of Hlsboro'--called by name several lndividuals
present as his especial acquaintances-and lnquir-
ed if there any revolutionary soldier present
Some one in the audience announced that MIR
Abner Hogg, revolutionary soldier, (and In le4t
and '46 a member Of the Legislature from Ne"
Boston,) was still living, but not present; and
second voice announced that he was thorough
Atwood man. @.'. .E...
Gen. P.-"And none the ,vorss for that
Voice.--"So think"
The General then proceeded to speak of his father
and mother as riding horseback over rough roads
| and of the great improvements that have been
made within a few years. ne rgerred 10 me Con
situation Of the country, and in Pious train o
thought recognised the higher IaU, and that potoe
IL. hDYO n
unsquiuocsi, that the Req. Mr.. Foss, formerly cler
gilman of his fotcn, could but assent TO It as sut
GENTLY "tanatiea" to satisfy the most ultra 0o0''
| Zionist. -.
topic which he is very apt to dwell upon on al
occasions not even excepting his etorta at -ths
bar-viz., his own ualor in the Mexican war. Mos
of those who had returned from that war had iaree
lies in regard to his bravery, and Goodales pspe'
was full Of false insinuations upon this point WIZ
a single exception, he chad led his command IL
the blaze of every battle"'
This information was precisely what was needed
No official account having been rendered Ut thest
deeds of bravery, we might remain In Ignorance
of them, il General Pierce had not impaired the
needed information There certainly are two facts
in the Generals history that have not often occur
red to the great captains, of either ancient or mod
s'He fought and fell
But lived to teA." .E'
THE speaker no,o took up the subject Of slavery. III
said it soas the greatest trouble Of the country and toa
so regarded BY Washington As Jor h,m's ga. q
has heart rtuot at IT, Slavery IS contrary 10 e Con
stitutio in some respsctsa moral blot upon the char
| rcf.,.T The ,laiioa. But 1t ,rGnt b. hstps9 He re
ferred 10 the great peril n which the Union hat
been placed. Some, and among them Rhct Q
South Carolina openly avowed dsunion; and Johl
p. Hale had 30 far Joined in the movement as I
crack bis Jokes with Rhett and other secessonists
H., in, W
heard that the Compromise measures had failed
He was at Meredith, and told the people he wante'
| to die If the Union was to be dissolvcd-and dis
solve it must, if the Compromise measures did no
save it ,
The General then introduced Mr.. Webster t
the attention of his audience. H9had been charged
| with going for Mr.. Webster. The fact was, b
had always been opposed to that man. and MS ia
Their at one time like to have lost his Office OF sheriff
bv him In company with others he received o.
| invitation to dine with Mr.. Webster at Franklin
His father often used to entertain Wings at dinner
Much had been written as to what ne sald on tina
occasion. al will tell what did say" said Gene
| raj p: al said to Mr.. Webster, we never hay
agreed before, and we never may again. w
| agree upon the Compromise question, and let u
| make the most Of it," He declared that there ma
| been much eily lying about this matter; but omit
ted to state that the Boston Post or its correspon
dent, who was present at the dinner, was response
| Bile for it, He declared that Mr.. Webster and MI
Clay were sincere in their Efforts to save the Union
L IT.. 80
ccre in every act Of his life as in the part he ha
| taken in the Compromise measures, he would, re
| ceiye from the great Judge, what we all go muc
desirc-the approval, "Weli done, good and faith
| full servant" ... 49,. ... ......
| After few more EXPLANATIONS in regard
| saving the Union, and announcing the fact that !
| the late war "my own command and the Pa
metto regiment stood together on the field of bal
| tle," the General again took up the Compromis
measures saying that the North got the kernel an
| the South the shell. He repeated what Mr.. Aye
had stated before, that the present Fugitive SlaV
law, bout which go much nose is made, tcas in n
| particular different from the loD IF 1898, undo
| which we had lived nearly sixty years."
Here MIR. Foss said. that without interruptin
the speaker, he wished to make an inquiry: I'll !
no particular different, why was 1t necessary
pass the present law!'
| General F. replied that the old law could not
| executed because its execution depended on ii
| Stats courts He also said something which we
not fully understood about the law Of l793 as base
| partly on the common law.
| He was then asked, "Was either the law OF 81
or the present law, founded in any degree upo
the common law?'
Gen. Pierce.-"I can't go into disquisitio
upon the common law"
The inquiry was then made, " Do you regar
the features OF the Fugitive Slave law as conse.er
with common law!,' 49,.
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