The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1852-09-18

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public mind. ths question Of slavery. ~
,bs 6,., thu. We dlscussed. W. th'Hs W.
.occ..ded in showing the relative positions
occupied by the two asp'ra"'' Of me r's'''
dsocy. and in manner calculated to pre-
..,, Gan. Franklin Pierce sccepsably to the
..ool. of the South But In ans~e' 70
such Arguments AS we there brought iorwa'o
WIN, do the wing press urge' why 'hey
parade A speech reported to have bee" "a's
by Gen, Pierce IL New Hampshire. !" ""'en
he ia charged with having said that he haze"
and deplorcd the existence Of slavery anu
I'm. hi. feelings rcveltrd at the I"'"g up
Of fugitive slave. The report oil THIS
.,.ecb is denied; first, by tho democratic
paper. IN New Hampshire. and lastly 'y
ovcr one hundred persons who were present
At the meeting when he spoke. II 70 also
shown that the persons who made '"'
.l.roc were men OF bad character' th"t
they were abolitionI.'s who had been anu
sing and traducing Gen. Pierce. because CT
his opposition TO the freesoil party. But
these proof, are insufficient for the Scott
wings Of the South. A. last Get" Pierce
comes out and denies, over his own sigma
,ure, this report OF sis speech. Does this
satisfy them Not at all. They in'ned'
a,.!y find be made another abolition speech
somewhere Else. aud are again armed with
"A fresh array Of ahidavits 10 support the
charge.
Now. we ar. of the opinion that we
have as much patience AS political editor
ought to possess: but we think that this
mode Of argument is triiling with the COM
mon sense OF the people.
VIVA, are the iac'si Gen Pierce. ss Ia
back ns 1885 stood forth in Congress NJ
the friend OF the South, side by side with
Calhoun. and in opposition to tue whole
troup OF nbolion,s,s at the North, "''0
dough faced wings at the South. nader '''e
lend Of Adams and Clay. Lattrfy. w
6od him canvassing his own State in de
Ienc, Of the fugitive slave law; that he
even went SO far MS to have Atwood, the
regular democratic nominee thrown over
board. and another candidate nominated IN
his stead. simply because ATWOOD had de-
clared himself opposed TO the execution o
the fugitive slave law. And il WAS when
Gen. Pierce was taking this decided stand
in favor Of this law-the only measure o.
ins,ice to the South in the compromise
that hc is accused OF having expressed him
self to the effect that he hated and dc
pIorcd slavery as much as those who were
irving TO dissolve the Union because Of III
existence; his feelings "revol,ed At the
giving up Of fugitive slave Ne. Now
we would respectfully ask, is 1t likely tina
Gen Pierce would have addressed himset
IN this manner to n set OF men whose sup
port he was trying to get in defence OF th'
fugitive slave bill We think not. Bu
suppose that be had thus expressed ho'sel
as the Scott wings pretend-what would Il
amount tor As long as he is willing To
vote with the South in defence Of the in-
sliution of slavery as long as he is viii
ling to canvass his own State. in favor OF
the fugitive slave law, and denounce aud
overthrow all who are opposed to il. what
need we care what his abstract opinions are
on the suhjee, of slaver,i
But who are ths men that are SO shocked
at these expressions attributed to Gen.
Pierce. The States Rights men Of the
South, who have been most watchful Of
public men IN both sections Of the Union.
No. These are all in his favor. aud are
fully satisfied with his position. JeG Davi.
is satisfied with Pierce; =, Soule is one
among his wnfmcs, supporters; the speech
of Nancy, Of Alabama. in favor OF Gen.
Pierce, will BE found on cur first pace.
Even South Carolina is going to vote tor
him. II il not such men as these that op
pose Gen. Pierce. But those wings who
would have voted for Willard Fillmore. who
never yet hns recantrd the sentiments Of
his Erie abolition letter; who would have
supported Daniel Webster who declared in
lsas that the wing party WAS the fr.e.oil
party Of the country, and who said ia 1850,
That he would vote for the Wilmot Proviso
"to morrow" IL il were necessary; wings
who are now supporting Scott who de
clarcs: "thx: it is Il high moral duty rest.
ing upon the stakeholder and the slnvehold.
ing States to m-lorate the condition Of
slavery, even to determination. These are
the men who are opposed to the slavery
+, ,,pinions Of Gen. Pierce, aud who are doing
all they can TO defeat his election Are
they the proper men from whom we should
take counsel i--mea who have deserted the
South on every issuc. and have given aid
aud comfort IL her enemies.
Who arc tho men that support Gener.l
Scott A. the North, his wns,,,est frieuda
arr to be found in the ndherents Of The abo
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