Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-08-28
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/ fess Of The report Of his New Boston Speech
/, published BY the Concord indie p%enaent Deneefat
and the Manchester Democrat, To whiei, we have
: frequently made reference, was published in ths
{ Washington Republic on The 18th inst. The lets
j Ter ID addressed to Mr.. Edwin Dc Leon. In an
ssef to his epistle of the 18th altitHo, inatifing
whether the reports Of his speech of January last
were eeffeet To This query Mr., Pierce says
! 40 tot remember ever to lave sesii
what fnftetts 10 bs f report Of Il speech
+ delivered by Inc III New Boston. III this
State, IN J%bhtiaty lust, anti my attention
was called to it as republis'pel III The he
7Hhite. Tile pretended report is. mud |
: presume was designed to be, I'll entire
misf representation, 1t IL merely i%ntftltlis
ftjt, but is 40 grossly and absirdly false as
TO render, IN this vicinity, any denial Of It's
authenticity entirely unnecessary, The
two papers quoted the ftRettHisitf
Democrat, published IN Ibis place. and tbe
DeW8eyat published in Misunderstanding
thoroughly abolition journals, and have
been and sfe ~gealeisly opposed 10 The
Democratic patty. For Il long time rfiot
10 the meeting 1T New Boston, aud ever
siiisn, they have been tiiispatiig IN Their
attacks Upon me personally y, sta Ia tlieit
bitter deiniitialieii OF what they have been
pleased to TERN my pfo.slavery sentiments,
20 Mr.. Pierre over bis " signature denies
having made ,,ss Of The language attributed ia
him, and does not remember 10 have seet what
purpotts to be q report Of his speech Until ,enuba
iishei In The Republic at Washington; notiyiihs
standing the independent Democrat, published III
Concord. tden, pieree's place Of fesilehtel gave
publicity 10 The report, and the sat,,e was aitef.
warts copied Throughout bis evn State. 1tstheh
elites two papers which published them, and says
the reports are 81 grossly and %al,siifiiy FALSE and
that those tive papers are IT thoroughly Abolition
journals and that they have FIR a lotig tithe been
"a unspatihs In their attacks upon him personal
ly.p
uron reviewing this subject. II must appear 70
every candid mind that there Ia evidently ihttel,
ntiHfepfaseni ation and ~ialseleod attending II, AZ
a matter Of ~vefaeity, Il lies between Gen Pie tte,
The orator Of ths occasion, ahd the Rev MIR. Fossi
Tho reporter fst The Independent Democrat, and
we viii not attempt 10 settle II for them, Hut
ED6yh are CONSCIENTIOUS lltEUt.HS the shbIttl w
which every seu.hsfn voter sheuli ponder, viz
whether Gei. Pierce had not ~iefgetieti Language
used by him The heat Of excitement, or whether
the Rev. MI. Fess Intentionally misreptasebted
him, and afterwards pefiased himself Tor The purs
pose Of sustaining his r%epo,t-=ana his affidavit
was supported by the editor Of The independent
Democrat. Mr.. Fugg, and Mr.. Coedale, editor Of
tho Manchester Democrat, who are certified TO
be gentlemen Of high standing aud character by
two members Of Congress from New Hampshire.
Gen. Pierce speaks Of certain presses In New
Hampshire as being I" thoroughly Abolition jour.
nails Note the guetslien, and compare The res
ports Of his New Boston speech with The LAM
guage Of his personal organ, the Concert rattiet
which IN a number u February, ls4s. says
"1'HE SLAVERY QUEsTioN.-@- The course
Of tie tteo parties M Relation 10 ill.,
there IL no snbjeot upon which more gross
fraud, more baso receptions, more relpable
deliberate and persevefing falsel,eod has
been prne,ieed by tho Federal Abolition
organs and demagogues Of this State.
than than that OF siaue,y and the posi-.
ton Of the Democratic putty In relation
to IL. Every act Of tho Democrats upon
this question IL basely misrepresented aud
deliberately perverted aud oil the arts Of
fraud, falsehood and forgery are resorted 10,
to deceive the people upon this subject.
The desperation manifested IN this work
shows that II Is only by such means
that they have any hope Of success.
While every man In their party present
In the last Legislature voted AGAINST
THE WTLMOT pROvfSO- while
every one of them poted against q reso-
lution declaring that 'up are opposed to
tic extension OF slavery ogey FREE TER
R1TORY- while every one Of them
uoted against d resolution declaring that
approve OF the vote OF u Senators
and Representatives. IN .fauor Of the
Wilaeot Propiso'-while these votes are
record, aud while these resolutions
were voted for and passed by the Demo.
in that Legislature against the an
exertions Of tho Federal and
members to defeat them I; in the
face end eyes of all this, The Federal Abo-
li,ion leaders and orgaus have the brazeE
impudence, the base and open depravity, /,
10 represent tho Democyacy If This State
as hostile to tie Wilnot Propiso. and /,
false to their professions upon this subject"
According to tho foregoing paragraph of what
stripe shall we denosin ate the Concord Patriot /
Certainly the sentiments contained in 1t are not [
pro-slsyery. And yet Gen. Pierce in his letter
OF thoroughly Abolition journals and ]
points to his past course as a criterion by which {
he will net in future.
Let os cast a thought upon his course on the
ill authorizing Edmund Burke to bring his slaves Z
MO the District Of Columbia. II will be remem-
,ered that the slaves belonged to Mr.. Burke be- 7
ore his removal from Virginia, and Mr.. Pierce
opposed the bill. Now II he be in favor Of guard
ng the interests Of tho South, why did he oppose
his measure He should have seized upon i
with all his might, and thereby show his sy,npa-
by with the Southern citizens. I
Again we are told, and it is claimed as a credit
o the Democrats Of the North, that twenty six !
Northern Democrats voted for the Fugitive Slave 9
We are ready to admit they did, and for so
much sympathy we give them credit; hut when /
We balance accounts it viii lie seen that nothing
$ due them, from the fact that they took more :
the South than they conceded, they gave US =
he shell and retained the kernel for themselves. !
% was the case, when these same Democrats 9
rho voted Tor the Fugitive Slave law, voted to
'5olish slavery in The District OF Columbia. Al
most every one Of The Southern States regarded =
his measure as Of more importance than the
Of the Compromise acts, because they re-
il as sanctioning the principle, which, Il