Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1852-09-01
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To the Editors ~ ire L3gNEff
AccoxAcK CorNrY, Va. Aug. 10, lsoz,
nv attention has this moment beea called
to al ar,icleswl appeared - yonr ealnmns
II ne 9Th isst., headed Public Meeting %
Aceo,nack County Thrilling Dialogue.
which demands short notice iron me, 10
consequence Of its ineorrectoess on the oae
part and what seems to be adesigned ennis
sion on the other Fer The false position !
am here made TO occupy personally, ! should
have no concern bot it is duty which
owe to the public, not to become passive IN
strument in the hands Of willy politicians
whereby they may humbug the people BY rep
rescnting Franklin Pierce to them IN false
cclors. I have &c desire to infiict such gross
iuiusticc upon the democratic candidate. as !
should do. were ! 10 recommend him such a
pro slavery man IS The language continued
in that article, purporting t. einapate from
me. would necessarily imply. Ifthis had been
true. What it states. aud this bad been all u
would very materially alter the facts N tlis
case. it is the most easy thing ID tie world,
however, to draw false insercnces from par
| tial statement Of facts And whoever at
tempts to quote words from d speech o. book
without giving what was immediately connee-
ted herewith, explaining ard qualifying 50
that tie obvious meaning and import may be
had. does commit fragrant wrong not Only
upon the author, but the public by conveying,
| so far as the authority shall have weight,
meaning false BY construction ard misappre.
/ tension and making that which was designed
for good. productive Of evil Remember
| Bassinio the devil may quote scripture for
his purposes" In evidence of this the athe-
ist essays to predicate his faith upon the scrip
lures, BY detaclipg from its pages certain
| portion. the only impoi,ant part Of which he
then cxpunges, in order that he my make it
read there is no God. And thus
sFor doubtless, the pleasure isas great
or being cheated as to cheat Y
BY the folly Of his prejadiees or Ingenious
uickcdpess, not only the language is manglca
bus the obvious meaning aud import thereof
perverted 1t hehooyea, the reporter then,
Of this thrilling dialogue" Which he says took
place between Mr. Wise and myself. to have
stated all that ! said in my answer to bis
question. if ID was bis object to enlighten the
country. and not to deceive it. But as he
has used only so much as viii answer the ends
Of party intrigue. J will state what | did say,
aud what heard Mr.. Pierce say. as well as
| the elapse Of some six or seven years will
serve my memory, for the Information and
not deception Of the people. In IA or IS
think, | was ut meeting addressed by John
| 7. Hale, il the State Of New Hampshire. II
was not two years ago as the Snow Hill re
porter has it A short time prior to this,
Mr. Hale had dissolved his connection with
I a., -, 1t.
ton on the plea that the party did not gofar
enough for the abolition Of slavery. He de-
sired to see slavery abolished, whether by
.'peace or blood He also in the course his
remarks. made some illusions to Mr. Pierce
That gentleman came forward to defend him
self .and in his {Pierce's) remarks, he
distinctly arolred thai he qcas as much oppo
sed 10 the institution ~ sidrerg as any man
IN .New Hampshire, md made use Of Lus7cge
pe,y much ike if not almost Tie came as thaf
,rhich hare seen imputed to him IN he .Ne,c
Boston speech by he Independent and Manchester
Democrat ! heard nothing from him aud on
the contrary. all that did hear linn say con
v;nces me that whether lie made those remarks
quoted as his by the above papers or mt
TuEy CONTAIN MS SENTIMENTS UroN SLAVERY.
AND ARE VERY SIMILAR N WORDS AND THE
SAME IN MEANING WHICH | HEARD HIN DE-
cLAkE. do not mean t. say that he said
anything upon the compromise, because it was
not 10 agitation on that day.
The reporter Of that article misrepresents
me, when he says that | charged Franklin
Pierce With. and gave the Coacord and Man
chester Democrat to prove that be was ideu-
/ tilted with ircosnilism and aboltiouism
/ distinctly avowcd that did not helieve him
] an aboliiiopst And when speak Of abol
4 tienism, | mean tie creed Of John Z. Hale.
whether by blood Or peace And why
4 did not believe him an aboitioRist was. that
he said in his speech ppon the occasion which
\ have referred to. that he did not think
+ llale's party could mean what they said. that
is to effect the abolition of slavery by force Of
arms. and if they did he was sure that every
good citizen would be wiling. at least he
would, to law down las dead body to protect
the Constitution.
But that he is freesoiler. a nomenclature
which is used in distinction to abolitionists,
have never doubted, And What ihare heard
him sau confirms me in ihe connection that his
sentiments upon The slGpc question are truly en-
bodied "a The resolutions adopted and instructions
Etoch ." "tH htpitNtHHttCtS ~ ttUHGfTSS Dv the
Democratic Legislature Of .Nec Hampshire. IL
ls47 | did refer to the extracts IRON the
New Boston speech, which had seen, but
said did not know whether Mr. Pierce made
those remarks or not, then and there for
had not then seen any effort to deny them !;
aud desired to do tie democratic candidate
the justice to see both sides before | made up
an opinion as to the fact o. that speech But
so J@. from doubling their authenticity because
ot ,ciiat rae heard him say. on The contrary
,ciat he had said IN my hearing induced me 10 be-
tere hat he did make that speech. for Recognised
sentiments aplich Ihsd heard fruni he same source,
and was about TO state what that was, when.
IN consequence Of many Interruptions by the
\ other gentleman. Remarked that | would
forbear, for ho perhaps. would not take my
authority had frequently quoted the re,
marks which heard Mr. Pierce make. to
prove what believed lis position. as declar-
ed by himself And moreover. did him the
justice to tell the whole and not the half
And as soon as Mr. Wise asked me cues.