The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-06-23

Bat Pres dent Polk, having been associate d
| with Pierce in Congress, knew his man, sent
him commission as colonel, acc imprinted by
one for Ransom as mn or uf the same regimen.
Ranso was shot through the head while rush
ing upon the enemy in one of the most bloody
| fights in tho whole war. Poor, gallant Ransom
the very soul of honor aud vaior--even now
we seem To see his erect and elegant, but Sen
der form, driven on by s,r.t seemingly too
mighty for the flesh in which il enrased,
| leading up. up the fatal hill, in the face Of that
deadly fire to which, in the very pride and cx
ultaiinn of his daring, he fell victim ! Gen.
| Pierce was made br:eader genera! by a com
mission dated March 3, lS41, and his brigade
consisted of the ninth regiment, New Inv anu
men, tie twelfth, men from Texas, Missouri,
] Arkansas northern Mississippi, and Lou
and the fifteenth, raised in Ohio, Iowa, :scon.
sin, Michigan, the eastern part ol missouri, ana
the western part If Indiana. Thus General
Pierce saw r1n .ed under his banner $500 mer,
assembled from all sections Of the Union. and
| Al the lead Of this command he landed a. Vera
Cruz. from the Bark Keplrr, on the 2S'h of June
lSI7. Ills career from that time till the Amer
,can army entered the city of Mexico in tri
umph has al! become matter of history In
general It may be remarked that he lavish
OF personal sacrifices. and marnan:mous To
wards others, when laures Were to be bestowed
Us soon the restoration of peace between The.
two republics became thing settled, Pierce re-
signed his commission. left the city of Mexico
and returned home, leaving others to settle pre-
iminaries, and quarrel over the distribution of
honors His personal courage, and his abli'y
to command had bo:h been repeatedly display
ed lie had rendered all the service required
of him by the exigencics of The country; he
had won the good wll-nay, the enthusiastic
1--we Of the troops under his command. The
men looked upon him friend and a father.
There was no hardship which he was not will
ling to share with them; n, allowance of food
or water in his possession, however small, which
he was not willing to divide with a sick and
wounded soldier, although few suffered more
than himself from the diseases Of that deadly
climate. He now stands before the world with
health and strength renewed, and honors thick
upon him, candidate for President Of the Uni
ted States; and, should he be elected, there is
one immense advantage which he possesses over
General Scot,-viz experience in public af
fairs. As representative TO the legislature,
speaker Of the House in New Hampshire, rep
rcsentaiive 10 Congress, senator, and lastly
commissioner in Mexico, he has seen and been
through the whole routine of public business.
| He has passed nine years at least at Washing
ton is a legislator, and has therefore thoroughly
seen the working of the machinery of our
government. He has also seen the working of
that other machincrv-the distribution of pat
| rnnage-and this will be of immense service to
him in the bestowing of appointments and the
distribution of public oatronagc-ponts in
which some Of our best Presidents have signal
| " failed and have involved themselves thereby
IN inex:rcable difficulties with their pers onal
friends aud their party.
AT the time when the offer of seat in the
cabinet was rendered 10 General Pierce by Pres
ident Polk, IN occurrence took place character
isic of Pierce, and to which we have not seer
any allusion made in any of the attempted
sketches Of him with which the press has teen
ed for the las, four days. Tint was the accep
tance of The comparatively trihing and unn
portant Office Of district attorney for The dstric
of New Hampshire, which Office he actually
held, and the duties of which he was discharr
II ing when he received his military commission
and was called upon to set out for Mexico
That Office, at the departure Of General Pierce
fell to his law, partner Mr. Minot. Very sci
dom do human annals afford an instance or {
man declining a high, honorable, and lucrative
station, like that Of Attorney General of tho
United States, for one like that Though n very
honorable one, certainly which General Pierce
accented; but the one would not interfere will
4 his painfully determined upon-to pursue the
practice Of his profession at home; the o,hcl
| would and therefore 1t declined. II wa:
then that the eloquent and almost uncqnallce
ichabod Bartlett, for many years the acknowl'
edged head Of the bar in New Hampshire
began to Withdraw gradually from the harder
duties of the profession, and General Pierce, By
common consent took his place at the bar
though MIR Bartlett still occasionally burs
forth in all The intellectual glory, and light, nnt
beauty of other days, and no one witnesses >lti
mnre delight than himself the professional tri
umphs of General Pierce. If there be onr thing
more than another redeeming in poor and intirn
human nature, it is the mutual regard hel1
towards each other by men Xix, these.
/ General Pierce at the bar is one of those who
though they do not bold with Lord Broughan
tha, ethouph the world should come to an enc
nv client must be acquitted vet make the CASE
of a client their own, and enter with the who'll
encruies of their nature iato the contest whef
the rirll,s Of client are involved; vet so uni
form in his courtesy at the bar that his depart
Inent mi uht he cited as an instance to show how
much is uniformly gained and how little is eve
lost. by observing all occasions 4 generous
kind. and courteous demeanor TO others.
n Snch is General franklin Pierce, the candidat
Of the democracy-in private lif,. gentleman
in his legislative career distinguished for ability
possessing the highest characteristics of a
efficient and powerful advocate and popula
orator: crowned with lanrols won by hghtin
the enemy rather than by wrenching them ffor
the brows Of other men ; and lastly, crowned, q
, the a re- If forty eight years, with unanimou
nomination, which his been hailed by the demo
cracy with one spontaneous outburst OF cn'it
5 sias,n throughout the EN- tire length and breadt
Of the Union.