The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-07-16
The SANDER Persisted in.

In our issue OF Wednesday we exposed, in terms of
just and natural Indignation, the foul caumny to which
the Republic had lent itself by reproducing corrupt and
infamous abolition testimony fix upon General Pierce
the utterly false accusation of having declared his OPP
position TO the fugitive law and denounced it in terms
satisfactory 10 the most rabd abolitoniss We showed
the charge TO be contraddory because the wit
at the time, found themselves forced to ad
nit that in the speech General Pierce declared the
passage and maintenance OF the compromise measures
to be essential 10 the peace and pepeuty of the Union
We showed the charge to be self qualification oil it's ca
luminous authors because il put such abotonst language
into the mouth OF Gen Pierce upon occasion when
its showing, General Pierce zeaously and most
efectuay laboring 10 AroD operboGd Mr. Atwood then
the democratic nominee for governor OF New Hampshire
because be bad betrayed the faith pledged by his party in
declaring himself hostile to the maintenance of the Com
promise and the fugtivelaw We showed that the charge
was glarngly in contradiction OF the whole career of
General PIERCE with the unbroken tenor of his declaa
hons the subject and especially with the deliberately
chosen and explicit words OF his recent letter of ac
cepance, authenticated in the solemn manner over
his signature Weshowed that the charge was fatty
contradiced false in lis whole and in all its parts by
men of the highest responsibility, who knew personally Of
the speech Of Gen. Pierce the occasion referred TO- and
who declared that no such language the charge i'm
pued TO him, then ever, fell from his lips And
lastly, showed, testimony OF the very bghes,
spectability that the journals cited by the Republic
General Perce's abolition sheets OF in.
famous character, who make trade OF eliminating all
within their reach who oppose their wicked designs
and chief among these General Pierce
Not one word OF our statement does the Republic gain.
say On the contrary, il admits, in terms, We know
nothing OF all this " and them "knowing nothing of all
this" il proceeds 10 rean the foul and exploded Islander
and thss openly proclaim itself either the willing dups
or the jealous confederate of its aboonist colabor
ers, by the following mos, astounding declarations:
" Ia tho teeth Of this contradiction. beps that these
outawed knaves-hese unworthy and vile' democrats
have spoken the TRUTH and hard words will disturb our
beefn their They noy bsas bad their poi
brethren represents but believe them because
time in question they had motive 70 nnDprent Mr..
Pierce, far as can learn At all events, they have no
motive to mi1tpresent him ~ow."
Here is the naked avsrment, that however famous
may be the witnesses the Republic WILL in the teeth Of all
contradiction, belisus what they say. when their
s,rocious calumny goes TO the wild length OF declaring
that Franklin Pierce, in public Speech utters Ian
guage respecting the Compromise perfectly satisfactory
to the most rabid aboonisis Nay, more the Repub.
lie makes this shameless avowa declaring in the sama
breath that knows nothing" OF the matter and that
F" the UEion" (Which fatty and fully, and upon the
highest authority, contradicts the charged " does
know more about il than the Republic can pretend
10 know" More still The Republic plants it's pre-
tended belief OF these abolitionis caumniators on
the assertion that they never had and have not now
a motive TO belle Franklin Pierce No motive Why
who Jpt franklin Pierce has been the leading and
master spirit in crushing them and their wicked designs
Who else but Franklin Pierce has set bis own heel
and the heel OF the democracy Of New Hampshire upon
their heads No motive to belle franklin Piercel why
they are aboonists-rabd, avowed red nouthed abo-
in the sense with Garrison
and Psbury-aod does the Rspubiie talk Of these men
having no motius TO SANDER Franklin Piercel Then
whom haze they motive to slanderl Is IL William
II. Seward Is it Winfield Scott who declared himself
FIVE six years ago, his signature, to be an
emancipationist' VIVA, does the Rspubhe mean by call
ing these New Hampshire journals dcmoeraiicf Ia this
poor quibbe the they have assumed II so,
il is OF piece with the Republics whole agency in this
business.
But we do not write this to show-what needs no show
ing--,he utterly absurd pretence upon which the Re
public assumes to rest it's pretended belief OF this
atrocious calumny upon man whose every record
ed act and word gives the loud lie TO il all We
write rather to call the attention OF the country to