Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-07-22
The Northern Man with Southern
Reeings.

We take it for granted our readers snx
ious to know how the killing revelation Of Gen.
Pierce's sentiments upon slavery. in general.
and the fugitive slave law. in particular. re-
ceived by ''the unterriicd democracy" 1t
would require the combined powcrsof Hogarth
and Tbackaray to portray the CONSERVATION.
fury, and chagrin, that have seized upon them.
Not the immortal Pillow. Is hen he was "shot
all to pieces" at Cerro Gorjo; TO. Benton.
when he cried "oh lordy I'm killed." at the
bursting Of the Prince,ons big gun; not Cass.
when he ran his sword into the stump; not
VIM. j. Brown, v hen he was caught intriguing
with the free sellers; not Gro. w. Thompson.
when lis incendiary spetch was produced in
the Legislature of Virgiria; not the iIlus,rious
.JosErn. himself hen be discovered tina, high
er-law doctrines did not suit the people Of this
State. exhibited much mingled indignation,
alarm, and shame. as do The democracy. in a
body and individually. At the awful disclosures
of the Manchester" aud "Concord" Demo-
Gratis.
II is terrible. The way they do go on. They
rave and swear like set Of Bediarnites, but
they can neither swear themselves out
of it. They succeeded in imposing Martin
Van Buren, on The country, as Northern man
with Southern feelings, bu, short time befure
he exE,liaicd into full srecsosn. They tried
To make TIE Soul. believe that Gen. Harrison
was an sbolirionis;. They succeeded in con-
vincing many. tina: Mr. Polk was more reliable
than Mr.. Clay. and Mr. Polk proved it " nh
vengance by signing the Oregon bill, with the
Wllmo' Proviso attached. Theyprotes,ed that
Gen. Cass, who prayed for the abolition of
slavery every wher,. " hom they afterwards ac-
knowlcdgcd to be"a cheat" was the very man
to take care OF the slave-holder's interests
They did their best to make VIM. J. Brown.
speaker Of Congress- " no had entered into writ.
ten pledges with the Free. soilers. They ap
pointed Hallet chair man Of the National Exc.
cu,ive Committee, who was sin favor Of free
dom.and free soil whererrr man Tires through
out Gods heritage" They had. in this State
made johnson Governor, " no regarded it OILY
an "uniortunate casualty" for negro TO knock
his master in tie head. " hen chastising him
for good cause. They had done these and
numberless other things. equally calculated to
prove that they are, what they assume to be.
the only party in whose hands the interests of
slavery can be safely confded, and they dc.
sired with vehemence propor,ionate to fifty
millions ofdolars worth Of patronage, with all
the honors Of the country. to keep up the game
ofimposture and deception.
Pierce was so impenetrably shielded by his
= obseurity. SO exempted by the paucity Of his
public acts from the probability of being con-
victed by the record. that he vas cunningly
pitched upon as the most suitable man in all
the Union. to put upon the wires and run out on
the stage. like an Italian dancing figure. De-
mocrscy rubbed its hands and chuckled with
glcefu satisfaction. over the accomplishment of
so splendid a juggle. In his obscnrity they
felt sure that Southern eyes could not pen
citrate deeply enough 10 6etec, the black stripe
down his back Alas for Democracy and alas
for Franklin Pierce!
He was great hero they said, and had wa
deJ through blood. from Vera Cruz 10 Next
co-but when the dispatches were looked in
toit turned out that like the war horse ofbib.
hcal history, he hal only "smel, the b,ttle afar
Off" He was true as STEEL they told us. to
the institution Of slavery; but. when the test.
mony ofhis eishbors comes TO he heard. it is
ascertained that NE recognised MeAigher-lar;"
that "he nerer sosc human 6iengin bondage
aeitlout feeling his heart reroh at it"-that he
"loathed" the Fugitive Slave law. because,
1T ,cas opposed to Anmasity"-,hat he regard
ed slavery "a moral blot upon the nation"
and that his position" on all these subjects
was "ss5ieieatiy :.fanaticrl TO satisfy tie most
ultra a6olitionisis."
What have ",he Democracy" to oppose to
these crushing developments First, the
sweeping declaration of the Washington Tn.
ion, that some persons who know of tho
speech" declared the accoun, to be false -
Second, that it is the statement of Free
soilers, and therefore. not entitled to cred
it; and third. that Gen. Pierce was, and is in
favor Of the Compromise.
The Unions denial we regard os a matter
ofcaurse. TWAS bad policy ,hossh. to put
itfonh with so much haste People will con-
slider that the truth or falsi,y of the statement
could onlyb arrived at by investigation, de-
manding time. These publications had been
made six months ago. and their truthfalness
had remained unimpeached, through the whole
time. $50 fsrasany thing appears. lci,her by Gen.
Pierce, or any one who heard him; but as soon
] as they come South. some persons from
New Hampshire. in Washington. who only
. know q the speech undertake to pronounce
false. 1.-THE Union had restrained it. ov-r
q hasty zcsl awhile. we have no doubt. it nigh,
haze made much more imposing denial
e are looking out daily FOR afidavi,s and
dispositions enough for chancery case. They
arseasily obtained. when fifty millions Of dol
lsn and the Presidency arc at sake.
lnregard to the plea put in BY the demo
cratic papers. the Lynchhurg Republican 4
nong sothsrs. that this version Of the speech il
given by Free-soilers-ws ara Of opinion. tha,
issseerectness il rendered mors certain BY the,
fset fheyteli N that Atwood. whohad been
nominassd Tor the Governorship Of New H.mp