The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-09-23
FREE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN MICHIGAN.

FREE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN MICHIGAN
The Free Democracy Of Michigan will hold n
State Convention on the goth, at Kalamazoo, at 2
o'clock, TO nominate an electoral ticket and State
off ers. IL is hoped that Mr. Hale may be there.
GENERAL PIERCE CONFIRMING ia cor
respondent of the Union in one Of the Free
States complains OF our record of Gen. Pierce
as a Gbellous Abolition attack. We commend
to this enlightened person the following extract
from Perces Letter to Edwin De Leon, dated
CONCORD, N. H., July %.
My votes in the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives were not republished in the Era
for the first time They have been again and
again paraded, to arouse the passions and
prejudices Of our people against me ndiyidu-
ally, and against the party in which it has
been my pride and pleasure to act There has
been no attempt TO evGde the force Of The record.
IL has been at all times freely admitted, and my
position sustained upon grounds satisfactory TO
my Own mind"
We never lie about our opponents, or vitu-
perate them. Not word of abuse of either
of the old party candidates, or a single false or
erroneous statement respecting either, can be
found in the columns of the Era The naked
Truth is keen enough for our purposes.
Mr. CLEMENS either knows or ought TO
know, that b. +. BUTLER, one of the most in
fuential of the co-workers of the VAN b.
RENs has accepted the candidate, while he
has repudiated the platform and that in this
respect BUTLER has acted in harmony with
the Netc York Evening Post, the albany Atlas
the Free Soil press of Ohio and Wisconsin,
and the Free-Soilers generally Of the North
and West Washington Republic.
The Republic and Union both presume upon
the ignorance of the South The Free Soil
press of Ohio and Wisconsin, with rare excep-
tions, and the Free-Soilers of the North and
West generally, do not affiliate or harmonic
with Mr.. Butler, but repudiate Pierce and
Scott alike, and 90 for Hale and Julian The
whole North and West know this.
The Republic is also constantly repeating
that Charles Sumner is a supporter of General
Pierce; which is just as VIGOROUSLY untrue AS
if it should assert that the Era supported
him.
The INSCRIPTIONS course of the Republic
and of the Union, renders them unworthy OF
any confidence during political canvass.
To this day the chief campaign document cir.
culated 10 the North by the Wing committee in
this city, acting under the eye aud in daily con-
sultation with General Scott, is an article which
appeared In the National Era--the central organ
of the Abolition party - soon after General
Pierce's nomination. Washington Union.
And can the Onion say that, to this day, the
chief campaign document circulated in the South
by Democrats, is not this same article2 Has the
assistant editor Of that paper forgotten that
while conducting the South SIDE Democrat he pub
lished it in full with great admiration for the re
search it displayed2 Did not the Richmond va.
Eranliaer announce its intention (which was sub
sequently fulfilled to publish it in the course o
the campaign, AS "the best electioneering doou
ment that can be circulated in the SOUTH" AnC
did not the editor of the Union pen the following
paragraph
"The National Era, the well-known nationa
organ of the Aboitionists aud anti-slavery agita
tors Of the country, in very elaborate article
the whole material portion of which We copy il
to.day's paper, traces from the record the whole
course of General Pierce on this subject during
the whole period of his service in Congress, both
as Representative and Senator. The Era give,
us his votes and his words through long period
of antislavery agitation in Congress, and there il
Ia unt. az nh ~
any patriotic friend Of General Pierce would wist
TO change"
The truth is, that record as the chief election
eering document Of the campaign. We circulate
it North and South, wherever We have the means
The Democrats here send it to the S1mh-th
| Wings, to the North We are responsible 70
neither. We should scorn to initiate the tactic
of either.
| NV YoRK-A friend in New York writes
that there is large number Of Independent
Democrats in that State, who have never beef
identified with the Liberty Party, who hearth.
approve Of the Pittsburgh platform and nomins
tons, and want a Convention called to organize fol
their support He asks, Why is there non,
called There IL let him look at the imposin,
call issued in last weeks Era. The Convention
will be held on the Goth instant, at Syracuse
WEesTER NoMINATED-A Convention Of tn,
friends Of Mr.. Webster met at Faneuil Hall on
the 9Th, nominated Mr. Webster for the Presi
dency, aud Mr.. jenkins Of Georgia for the Vice
Presidency chose an electoral ticket appointed
n nj all al N Il,
support of their movement The Rev Mr. Wins
low, the Rev Mr. Smith, and others, addressed
the meeting. The nomination. seems to be
launched under most reverend auspices
VERMONT - LaTsR--The vote for Governor
foots up
Fairbanks, (ScotD 22,4s2
Robinson, PIERCE Ia 2Ol
Brainard (ffslt) 9,5l3
Eighteen small towns to hear from, which gave
$50 Wing majority over all last year Fairbanks
lacks 500 to 700 Of clear majority hut ia certain
to be chosen by the Legislature--N y 7riJvne
MAINE LATER-For Governor, eos towns
give the following aggregates:
John Hubbard, Maine Law Dem 37,s23
w G Crosby, (Whig) 27,447
A. G. Chandler, (Antr Maine LAW go 33i-
Scattering, (m,inly +, 81 1899
There cannot be more than S 900 votes to come
Ia, and those will be pretty we'll divided between
the three candidates
The Free-Soiers generally dropped their own
candidate and voted for Gov. Hubbard-D
JOHN WILSON, Of Washington, has been sp-
pointed Commissioner Of the General Land or
fee, in the place Of Mr.. Butter6eld, resigned