Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-08-03
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
A CLINCHER.

y Al AA ~ ~ " VI u tbE a.
MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST Z, 1882.
A CLINCHER
The publication Of the refutaon Of tho New Boston
umny by than one hundred respectable Witnesses
including the President of the meeting who is especially
liable to the proceedings that occurred before hu-pro.
duced Consideration among The Scott lbecs Of
Their however, still profess 10 believe in the asser-
tious of convicted abOoniss rather than u the
testimony "f hundreds of honest respectable and intelligent
citizens We have prored that the Whg Witnesses have
been guilty Of gross fasehoods STILL presume the Wing
organs will have The candor the manness ackrow-
ledge their and do justice injured Wenow
however brGg n, the estthc real eIpermenta
cructwe throw upon them the alternative OF doing justice
10 Franklin Pierce Of d.scredng their own curdidae
Wnsheld Scott.
Our reader. will remember the various expedicnrs BY
which the Waig press have Fought break the force of lie
strong evidence pruducci side and uphold The ca
umnes OF their eowc Of the abolition organs
They have succceeivey advanced preexs that abolition
organs had no interest spesent Gen PiCrce-thal tho
persons certifying 10 the seood of the abolition reports
not present when the speech delversd-and that
curacy of the reports con,roveed until recently
Now have produced conclusive evidence that they were
wrong upon each and every Of these points, and have
driven them from these 1imsy grounds.
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another argument They say that they will be satisfied with
nothing else than the denial Of the accsrrcy the reports
by Gen Pierce himself The Republic of Friday with
of triumph, says:
General denals and denuncations will answer An.
cry personal attacks nothing TO nothing
Iany absence of the b, testimony thai can b. pro-
duced
Will General plEacE deny that he said a. New Boston
what Is attributed 10 hm7
! We dpprekend not
Auoin ih-l ftul G,.,at
ish the shark of the Richmond whiga faithful scuon
In the great Laboratory OF Roobucks-puts forth columns
Of thorough blingsgate In which find the following:
His (Gen pierces) speech published under his
rery nose, and If i msrepresened him, uhy didn't he deny
it? Why didn't he correct it3 Why did he endorse il u
his silence! Had he friends then Why didn't they
deny Where was that brace OF swift Witnesses Aver
lnd Campbell, then? Why they silent then as
death? II Gen Pierce this saunrh, devoted friend Of
the Compromise, why did he allow himself 10 be thus mis-
represented? Why did he allow such sentiments forth
TO the people of New Hampshire unconradictea We ask
in oil candor and fairness, what is the denial Of Aver and
Campbell worth no'e ls il 10 mako Gen. Pierce PRESIDENT
10 guQ Inc South with "a second edition of the North
ern with Southern feelings 2" But tell US II is
not correct uay has not Gen Pierce nerer ys denied
Why he up To this day. with not syllable Of de-
nia Is he afraid denial OF il would deprive him of the
abolition rote OF the North? Perhaps it would.
We have shown that Goodale uttered asehood when ho
said that the accuracy Of his abolition report denied
until ecenly for have published concmporaneous de-
nia in the Manchester Union Democrat Of the ih January
last, We take these Whig editors their word and we
away forever the last plank upon which they have rested
their desperate and ibeous assault upon Frank Pierce The
Washington Union says emphaiicalIy
We noU state, matter Of personal knou,ese
that General Pierce his signoc has repeatedly
denounced the reort in question Of his speech Netr BoS
ton grossly faiseds tissue of aiSeoc and complete
and total srepresen ation Of hGt he then said This pre-
cudes the necessity OF further testimony the subcc
and we aude 10 The matter again. il will be not 10 vind
cate General Pierce from charge scnse'ess itself
utterly exploded by the evidence but rather hold up
The Just Indignation OF the country the ior conspiracy
which the wng leaders and oSana have made purt Of ei
partisan warfare, only upon General Pierce upon
the right OF the people 10 know his true position.
Now here is tic best evidence demanded by the Repub
c and the Lexington Gazcte. Iis conclusive aud over
whetnng The supporters OF Gen. Scott are peclu!ed
from raising any objeconfo il they do 80, they dis
credit upon their candidate Gen. Sco who,
by Col German In speech delivered Warren:on, Va,
tew days since said TO Col Cormaa in speaking Of Gen
Pierce "A gallant man. or more honorable man, both
in public and in pirate, nerer kner."
All honest Wings be satisfied with this conclu
sive proof Warmly opposed as Gen. Scott
Presdent will dscred, his word gentleman and
Of honor-and pledge ourselves ~ acknowledge the
alsiy OF the language ascrbed him 10 tho letter Of Sen
ator Wade lha, "He (Gen Sco,D
aoHT HAND THAN SUPPORT sLAvERT,' II
the Republic the Ns:ort EcecnceI shall make de-
n,l on the Authority Of Gen Scott similar the above
nal b the Union the part Of Gen Pierce But will the
Wing organs DO 60 II they do not the South will be fully
justified and will hold Gen Scott responsible. for IN" odous
and offensive Language 50 directly traced to him
We said enough wind up i this disgracclni
New Boston cauuy but orbear from publishing
the following Of The Union, very sinl 10
of Saturday 10 sew tho dscreditabIe by which
Southern Scott organs seek break The general dsgus,
at every where u,omeG the nomIns,ion of politician
Scott This New Boston Rooback will vastly Increase the
disgust, with the Southern Whig organs nnt will rebound
with terrible havoc upon themselves:
II lie not true as the Republic alleges that inc political
cords OF New Euii Lire shrw that the democrats r"le:
# that State have held the language which is
ascrihed General Pierre On the contrary, those
cords ced by The Republic itself, Ill of period
tecedent the Conp":l:c do not relate Ia any of hc
compromise speak such language as is fely
attributed General Pierre and in fact co not INCLUDE his
name ALL any va, define his position The slavery
questions. either before H., 'opon ot he Cnnprnni or
since With all that record cited by the Republic, Gen.
Pierce has nothing TO do.
Tho Republls new matter :hus Introduced by untrue
en,ents of affidavit and Two letters The al
htav is by Andrew r. rosa VINO has quilted preaching 10
ake up politics in the form the rabd and phensed
.bolons He that he reported Gen. Pierccs re-
;nrks al the New Boston meeting for Goodulc the editor OF
the Manchester abolition paper, and that he distinctly re-
cl.cts that Gen Pierce did use the expressions 10 regard
to The fugitive law which imputed 10 him But Foss
docs not what has heretofore been the main acga
lion in the whole case that Gen Pierce FUSED languuge per-
sctly satisfactory The most Jealous cboon!ss On
this main point in their the cnnspranrs by her own
showing have utterly broken down. In fiat radic
lion of this "snc recollection sworE "a by Foss we
,D,ose the clear and emphatic statement given below by
hundred of the principal men who attended Tie New
Boston meeting and heard Cen Prcrs speech. In this
list of names are included the of officers OF The meet
np and of the respectable and responsible r that
vicinity These men certify that what ross mas sworn Is
lie
Next the Foss affidavit the Republic produces the let
ter OF Goodale, the editor OF the Manchester abolition an
nal in which The Fuss report appeared Goodale writes
nothing the purpose except repeat The allegation winch
we have already shown hc false thai Foss's report was
no. contradctd che il appeared We have quoted The re-
cent article which the editor Of the democratic paper in
Manchester says he branded he whole report tissue OF
nIsehoods az soon published. We produce and
subnn from The Manchester Union Democrat OF January
l4tn-,he first Of that after the Foss report Of
Gen Plerces speech appeared The original article in which
Tho editor of that Journal Mr. Campbell branded that
mort as gross fais.hood The statement acned BY the o
Gers of The meeting end others present. given below,
shows that report generally branded as nn utter
fsehood as soon as made lie appearance The
tin The point which GoodaIe makes In