Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-08-07

Llemocrat--have ever been an oppoiit
OF the Wing party - aud am opposed
che election Of Gen. Scott. / state Il
!. that you may understand that / write
; you solely TO defend myself aud mainta
; the truth.
> Until the passage Of the CONFRONT
; Measures / was in full fellowship wi
the bunker Democracy. mud had a pc
sonal acquaintance with Gen. Pierce. ]
common with a portion of the Democrat
party, opposed the Compromise, and
1861 supported Mr.. Atwood, the nm,
Compromise candidate for Governor. 4
that election the Compromise Democrat
candidate was defeated by the people /
over 5000 majority.
"In order to regain their power wit
the people, Gen. Pierce and his friend
after the election, took especial pains .
represent to the leading anti.C ompromis
Democrats that their feelings in regard /
the Indignantly and wrong Of the Fug
tive Slave law did not differ in the lea,
from those who had supported Mr.. Al
wood but that, for the sake of the Uuio
aud the fu'fllment Of the compact Or III
Constitution. they deemed it best to nc
lquiesce in il. aF
AS the election Of 1852 a~prronched
Gen. Pierce expressed a desire 10A addres
The citizens Of New Boston, where MI
Atwood resided. and which had given hin
a vote Of 2Al 10 40 for Dinsrnore, the On,
posing candidate . DESTROYS 70 obtain !,
correct report Of General Plerce's remark,
] requested two gentlemen Of intelligence
and high character toreport for me. The,
did so, and the report Of the one which
was published in the. Democrat of Janua.
ry 8. was s%ubstantiated in every particu
lar by the report Of The other. Tie ACCT
racy Of the report was not denied by q
single paper until the recent manifesto o.
the Washington linton. As the Demo
crat had not only the largest circulation
in the city, but niso in The country, ii
acould hare BEEN oliy to hare pubiishAl
any otAey Man a tyne gczort OF a speech
which was listened to by hundreds. II
ist no tribal evidence Of its accuracy
that its correctness was not questioned by
men OF any party"
No higher evidence Of the authenticity
Of the reports is needed, than the fact
that they remained uncontradicted for
0 than six months, although General
Pierce and all his friends, had e aud
read them. As long as the reports were
confined 10 New Hampshire, Gen. Pierce
had no objection to the %appellation to the
Of slavery. But the case became
different as soon as the am were repub-
lished in the South!
!. But this 10 not all. We have add.
evidence, corrobera,ing the above,
Of a very strong nature. Three Pierce
members Of Congress, from New Hamp-
shire, Messrs Moses Norris. Jr, Chas. II.
PeasIee. and Harry Hubbard, whose ante
cedents prove them to have been Treesoil.
srs And abolitionists Of the strongest char.
acter. published n letter in the Washing.
Ton Uaaon. denonncing the Manchester
and Independent Democrat. (in
which the report Of Gen. pierce's bath.
speech originally appeared as papers
unworthy belief or credence! .
Fhis brought out a letter from Amos Tuck
md Jared Perkins, also members of Con.
yress. from New Hampshire, defending
he character and standing Of these DEM
editors. The former Is q Ffeeso |
the latter q Wing. The let
er is dated July 80, and is addressed TO
he Republic. speaking Of these editors,
he writers say
"John II. Goodnie has always professed
0 be a Democrat, and through his paper
as given efficient support to oil the Dem
CRITIC nominations for the Presidency
ince 1910, and has always had at the
cad Of his columns tile names Of the
nominees for Congress, inciu.
ing the names Of our colleagues, for the
which they now occupy. In 1s4s
Q made as spirited a fight against John
an Bnren, Henry B. Stanton, and many
hers Of the present supporters Of Gen.
ierce, as did any onein our State. He
40, for . year past or more, been in a
.,ntroversy with his late Democratic
Orr colleagues say, in a part Of
'eir letter not published above, that his
lper has long been q u abolition organ.
1e are not ware that Nj. Goodale has
lvocated any sentiments on the the topic
slavery, since his paper ceased to be an
knowledged orgau Of the Democracy,
ferent from what he advocated before.
1e believe he possesses . fair reputation
he is known, which his r~evilers
nnot mar 81 destroy.
/" We are still o surprised at the at.
npt of our colleagues TO brand with ,
,credit the repntationo fG eorge G. Fogg ,
~, the Editor Of the In1epsndesa :,
cnsocyat. MI. Fogg was brought up /,
Democrat . and srdenfly supported MI. n
in 1874 His disbelievsd in the /.
hey, or consfitutionality Of the annexa- /;
Of Texas in the necessity Of the ,
exican war, and in the general Iegisla- !
d Of the last few years Ia regard 10 /
very. Consequently he is not, and has .
been fer ysars. democrat, III tse .
ssent occupation Of that farm. But he J
. gentleman Of superior sabolarsbip, 1
and talents; has be6zy6ecrelAry i
State of New Hampshire. and for Ill
g time a successful editor Of the paper
itch he nov ~controls. He lives il the
ne town with Gen. Pierce and General z
nslee, and ID that town, and ont Of II. \
! throughout the State, possesses 2
'utation % FIR sboye reproach Of eyery i
ID - any man in hea61ate." "a
After reading the foregoing It seems to y