Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-10-28
Who is Franklin Pierce +?

shall confirm the action of the convention or
not, shall be satisfied, for kno,u il will be
conferred upon a man deserving your conf
dence and support. - Late Washington
Speech.
You have young man growing up in
your State, the young Franklin Pierce, that
will be. before he is sixty years of age, a
man for the Democracy, without the Dema-
gogue.'-.[ Andrew Jackson 10 Gen. Hub
bard, of N. HI
When President Polk signed the commits
sion OF Gen. Pierce, appointing him TO a
command in the army in Mexico, he turned
10 Ten. Armstrong and MIR. Walker, and
SAID, 4 am no'o commissioning man ,cho ,oiH
one day be President
| look upon Franklin Pierce as one of
the most reliable men, as statesman and a
patriot, that the country has Produced
~. c. Calhoun.
| must say, without disparagement to
any, that the nomination which ma. been
made, is destined to carry with it quite as
much, if not more influence in the election.
Than any other that could have been made.
Irega1d Gen. Pierce's election as merit 10 Ger
tain.'-[John Tyler.l
| know Gen. Pierce well-he is the very
man for the times-he has always command
ed the attention of the American Senate
when he spoke-and he has the intellectual
qualifications necessary TO render his Adj
ministration Of The Government icise, able
and successfM.'-[ Hon. Jas. Buchanan.
Pierre Soule, the distinguished Senator
from Louisiana, in a private letter to his
partner, thus speaks Of Gen. Pierce:
| have sppn The gr1n and N soon ho ia IF
lofty mien, Of winning manners, and easy
and elegant speech, of great decision of pur-
pose, of lacile access, and yet dignifed and
lmposng-a man, | tell you, who will grace
the Presidential chair, add 10 The credit Of
our party, and do honor to the nation. In
him we may repose the most absolute and
| unreserved confidence. What strikes in him
most, is the bold confidence with which he
addresses himself TO any subect-an unerr-
| ing revelation Of conscious recttude and Of
moral and mental strength.
General Franklin Pierce is the candidate
Of The Democratic party. The sterling
qualities of his character make him worthy
OF this distinction. He is upright and hon
orable in oil the relations OF life, and pecu-
larly calculated to command the respect and
confidence of his fellow citizens. Like An
drew Jackson, he has been lawyer, states
man and a soldier; and il il should be the
good fortune of this nation TO have him for
! the next Chief Magistrate, he will, like jack
son. conduct the affairs Of the government
upon the principles Of rigid economy and
popular liberty. His course, as a public
man, in the councils Of his native State, was
always Democratic, fearless and indepen-
dent He showed himself on all questions
and on all occasions, an able and enlightened
statesman. One of the noble efforts of his
| life was in opposition 10 that odlous feature
in the ConstiI ution of New Hampshire-thnl
reproach upon the character of The Granite
State, which stigmalzes and disqualifes
American citizens on account Of their reli-
gious opinions. In the face Of unworthy
preiudices, Franklin Pierce battled, in u
catholic spirit, for universal freedom of con
science, and denounced the prescription OF
that ancient faith, which is still the faith o
the world. For this act of justice and moral
courage, he is entitled 10 the sincere graft
tude of every American citizen who con
demns religious prescription and reveres re-
ligious liberty
If | thought one mans vote or one mans
influence were necessary 10 cast the vote o
f Tennessee FOR PIERCE and KING, my
voice and my vote should be gwen 10 then
unhesatingly.-[M VI. 2. Gentry, Wing mem
Der Of Congress from Tennessee.
All who have with an impartial eye oh
served the conduct of the nominee Of The
Democratic party for the office of President
must have been struck with the high ant
manly spirit evinced, whenever called upon
TO speak. These traits otfcharacter are rart
in public men, and especially among those
! who, bred TO other pursuits, quit them il
time of war for services i'll the field. The,
are ever associated with the highest quail
ties Of mind aud heart, and win for their pos
, SCISSOR the respect and esteem which Gener
al Pierce's neighbors and friends so general
| ly and so warmly fell towards him.-[N. Y
Journal OF Commerce, (Whig.O
General Pierce has both ability and gen
erous qualities, and if elected to the hghes
; office in the gift of twenty-five millions o
people, will doubtless secure honor TO him
self, his office, and the county, [Congre
gational Journal edited by a Whig.l
Franklin Pierce is, without doubt, one o
t the ablcst men IN The Democratic party
! Manchester, IN. H. Advertiser, Whig.1
f Gen. Pierce is entitled TO respect an,
confidence. He has The rare and high quail
ifcaion of rather stunning than seeking Of
fetal promotion. Everything l have known
or heard Of Gen. Pierce, has been in his ia
f vor. = IN. Y. Journal, organ of Bisho
5 Hughes.
PIERCE'S PLATFORM.
No North, 10 Soulh no East, no Wes
under The Constitution, but sacred main
tenance of the common bond and true deyO
ton 10 The common brotherhood Franklin
Pierce