The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-07-16


him Had be been killed, the journals which no,
slight him would have audcd his vsior In spite q
every eDtrcaty 10 retire, be insisted upon ieadin
his men to the last He was lifted into tho saddi
Of Lieutenant JohDson, who had beon mort All
wounded, and he continued in the field and in com
mand, till tho firing ceased amidst thick darkness
and heavy fall Of rain Early next morning
he led lis troops in the battle of Churu
| busco, one OF the most terrible ever fought. Ii
| relation to that battle General Pillow says he mo
on the field division I" which had been moved b,
/ order OF tho general in Chief, under command O
/ Gen. Pierce, against q large BODY Of the enemy /,
the right and rear Of the main-works where tho,
had been, in CONJUNCTION with Shields brigade. en-
! gagged in fierce open field fight with large force
/ Briga0ier General Pierce, though suffering severel,
from his injury Of the preceding day had, never
theloss, been ON duty and in command of his bri
gade, and until few moments before, when he hac
tainted from pain and exhaustion, aid been carreo
| from the fed'
In rotation to the general bearing of Pierce
IN the battle OF Churubusco, General Pillow ssys-
81 cannot withhold the expression of my sense Of
the deep obligations am under for tho success and
honor due to my command, to my two gallant bri-
gadier generals, (Cadwaladar and Pierce,) whose
prompttude, skill and daring were equal to every
emergency, and who in tho absence OF discipline IN
their commands. met and overcome every obstacle
and led on their brgades to honor and distinction y
General Worth says:-"The division commander
cannot loiego the opportunity presented to acknow
ledge his obligations and express his admiration of
Brigadier Generals Shields, Cadwaader and Pierce,
with whom we bad the qualification Of concert and
co operation at various critical periods Of the CON
hict"
Yet Boston journal of responsibility undertakes
to say, in the face of all this, that General Pierce
was rot personally engaged III single one Of the
great battles in Mexico" The next ching we shall
probably hear is that he never in Mexico at ALL
General Pierce would be far open to the charge
of being Quixotic and imprudent in these bat les,
were 1t not that on such occasions bravery is often
the truest wisdom. Look, for instance, how he
dashed, like Napoleon at Lodi, over the National
Bridge, that was bariicaded, and shower of lead
in his 'front.' less resolu,e man would have falter.
ed, lost many men, and perhaps his own life
Pierce is chivalrous in tho extreme.
But it is not so much a military man as
civilian, that Frank Pierce shines The wing papers
in attacking him, say he is the leader of the demo
cracy OF New Hamphre and can influence them as
he pleases. What higher compliment can be paid
to him ! Does not this show his qualities for rule
and executive power! But in this very connection,
they charge him with not sufficiently using his in
fuence to procure the repeal of the test against
Catholics in this State. They forget to state, how
ever. that il requires twothird vote to change the
constitution, and the democrats never had such
majority as that. The Catholics, here, speak with
the utmost gratitude for his exertions in the cause
though on account of the bigotry of majority of
all parties, he failed in accomplishing the desired
result. lie was President of the convention to
change the constitution, and descended from his
place to the floor to make brilliant speech in
favor of religious equality If the wing Jour.
nails had only had The sense to start on the
other tack, and had conjurcd up Protestant pre-
JUDGE against him, they might have some reason
to show, and they would have been far more sue
cessiul. But they are now too late. The truth is
they talked in the dark against the man, and knew
not what they said l have reason to know that
General Pierce smiles at all these attacks and thew
do not give him the slightest concern. He says they
cannot affect his party, and he feels they cannot
injure him personally. ! am inclined to think with
yon. that they will on the whole rather promote
than obstruct the success of the democratic party,
and bring the true qualities Of General Pierce be-
fore the world
The latest story is that Of the Statesman, of this
city. which says that the nomination of Gen Pierce
ccncocted long before the Baltimore Convention.
and that the editor knew all about 1t before tho
nomination took place. Strange that Concord
editor should keep such interesting news from his
New Hampshire readers till it had grown quite
nusy. He says there was plot between 8 the
Little Giant Douglas, and General Pierce, to upset
buchanan and Cass and to kill Marcy. George N.
Saunders name is not mentioned but doubtless he
had finger in the pie. This is r.ainy the great
mares rest as vet discovered: and the editor by
way Il making the teeth of politicians water, pro-
mscs astounding revelations on some future day
e'ipg all tho particulars of this gsaud piracy
and lac con.piiators. Il is to be Gopcd it viii no .
he delayed till after the election.
This story affords iniini anu,cmcnt to General
Pilce. lie says the gunpowder plot wa. hing
to i. for il was hcl. secret that the chief
spiraior, The Gay Fawkes Of the pot knew no.
thing at all about it, and is st in the dark So
liils was b prepared for the event ut Baltimore,
and ay,rsc were both he and his lady to anything
oithe KIND that be has declared he never suffered
Z" much meI tai auXicty on her account, as he did
for two days after the nomination, except when he
goirg to Mexico.
With all General Pierce's fine qualities, he is
extremely modest. ard great kindliness of DISPOSE
lion is blended with uncommon energy of spirit
Never was the language of Shakespeare more appro-
lliatcly applied han to him =
His life is gentle and the elements
So mixed III him that Nature might stand up
And y to all the world. This is a man
shall have something more to say about Gen.
Pierce, in future letter. VIAToR.