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The long Agony Is OVer-FrankIin
Pierce Nominated

Aher a desperate aud Unprecedented struggle
Of fire days, the Locofoco National Convention
has finally presented the name Of FRANKLIN
PEARCE. Of New Hampshire. as their cHnd.
date Tor President Of The United States. The
drama Of 1914 has been re.enaclej. All the
ablest, most prominent and best men Of the par.
y have been thrust aside, and man scarcely
known beyond the borders Of bis own State,
and very far from occupying The position be-
fore the public that a candidate Tor thai exalted
place should occupy, has been selected. We all
know how this has been doue. The friends Of
The prominent candidates have refused 10 yield,
and no one having even a majority At any bal
lot, the only remedy was TO drop oil Of them
and take up some new man. By this operation
VAE buren, aud CAss were defeated 10 "A, aud
POLK was presented. However objectionable
the plan may be, there appears 10 be no remedy.
Il is their des,iIy.
This result tliectually and forever disposes Of
the claims of CAss and BUCHANAN FOR the Pres.
idency. The younger aspirsnls msy try their
fortunes in this line again; 5ut to Cas- and b..
cHANAN this US the 10, throw Of the dice.
lh'y have los, aud must each be conIenled to
live aud die wi!hou, being President.
But, who is FRANKLIN PIERCE : This ques'
lion has been asked by tens Of thousands OF cit
gems, all over the land since Saturday noon.
When we heard Of the nomination, we al once
commenced a search afler his history, among
the books within our reach. We know nothing
Of his early life. Ia 1888 he was elected 10 the
House of Representatives in Congress, which
position he retained four years. In 837 he
Il 4
shire. lie remained in the Senate during his
term, and in l843 was superseded by CHARLES
G. ATHERToN, who became famous as tho auth.
or OF The gag rule in the House. Mr.. PIERCE
then went into a state of reiiracy, from which
he emerged in l847. Upon the passage Of the
ten regiment bill through Congress, Polk ap.
pointed Mr. PIERCE one of his Brigadier Gener.
ais. Al The same time Generals PILLOW and
QUITMAN were promoted from Brigadier to Ma
or Generals, and Messrs. CADwALLADFR and
AoPPING were created Brigadiers.
Gen. PIERCE started with body Of $500
troops, from Vera Cruz, on the 10Th July, l847,
10 Join Gen. ScoTr, who was then at Puebla.
On the 9th August, he joined the main army,
without encounIeung any special dangers. On
the 18th August he was thrown from his horse,
and severely injured. This disabled him so
much that he was not able TO do active service
during The remainder Of that magnificent cam.
paign. He was one Of the Commissioners ap.
pointed by ScoTT, 10 negotiate with SANTA AN.
Ma, but nothing was effected At that time. From
thence we lose trace Of him ill last winter,
when the New Hampshire SIate Convention ten.
dered TO him their support us candidate for
President. This he declined. We know
nothing of his personal character, but presume
he is respectable citizen. We shall certainly
oppose his election with all our might; but we
trust nothing will be developed that will require
a reference to his private character or ransac.
lions. There is a more legitimate game.
Such is all we know Of FRANLIN PIERCE.
We have an abiding conviction that he will new
er be President Of the United SIaIes.-O. S.
Journal.