The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-06-09

when bey pIonefed him the nomination. They fe that
was upon the performance OF those principles at the
present crisis that only the welfare and prosperity bat
The saley the very existence, OF the republic depended
and IN franklin Pierce they exponent OF them
whose whole past history gave token that he had the
head to comprehend the heart to cherish, and the hand to
maintain them. Gen Pieces democracy has in it moth
ing sectional, vaclang. contracted, and is al once
comprehensive, conservative, and progressive. Il EN-
braces the wants the interests and the rights OF the whole
couhfyi II is adapted preserve and protect the integrity
OF all our privileges aud institutions as guaranteed by the
constitution. and is calculated to give fresh impetus TO
the nations progress in all that promote its happiness
prosperity and peace Its characteristics TO be traced
in every oostep Of his career from the time when he first
crossed the threshold Of manhood to The present hour In
New Hampshire. the very Gibraltar Of democracy he has
even been prominent democrats and when upon lime
her granite hills shaken and the strong who had
guarded her political citadel trembed before the assaults
OF faction without and the nsdous approaches Of treason
within, was Franklin Pierce who rallied and terminated
them, repused the enemy recovered the last ground and
raised again the democratic flag in triumph.
In Congress his watchful eye on the treasury
lavish of his ownhe most free. handed and generous OF
men SO lar as his personal extendedhe ever
sparng OF the peoples money Opposed upon principle
taxing the whole community for the benefit of part lie
could never be brought to the support OF the policy which
proposed TO expend large sums of the public money upon
objects OF sectional Improvement while the whole nation
was bardened with debt. But the most prominent the
most important feature in his congressional career, and
what makes him now the most available and most de
srable candidate for the presidency is his uniform and
unyeldng resistance 10 all aggression upon the rights OF
States and especially to the progress of antsavery ag
ition. His speeches. his voies his every in either
house Of Congress, prove that Gen. Pierce was identified
with the principles upon which the great system OF pac
caion and Cancellation founded years before that sys-
tenn was projected, the OF compromise now
adopted were even thought OF. AT the point % which
others have been brought process of time orced by
circumstances General Pierce has ever been stationed
In the true, original, legitimate spirit Of democracy, he has
from the frs. advocated the extension and pepehiaon OF
TO every member of the confedeacy That be contends
strenuousy for them at the present hour is evidenced
from the last sentiments he has been heard utter ia
public, and the last words which have been traced by his
pen That he will continue 10 do so--tha be will have
not only the inclination, but the and the letermi
nation TO maintain and support the great principles OF
Citation and compromise, and to repress agtaon-may be
safely counted upon not only from the rmness and con-
sstency he has exhibited in civil but from the unauned
resolution and bravery he has manifested in military life
But our limits will not at present permit pursue this
subject further We have much say to do Justice
10 the wisdom of the convention and the merits only
OF its nominee for the first but of its candidate for the
second high Office in the peoples gift.