Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-09-04
IMPORTANT LETTER FROM

IMPORTANT m Or LETTER FROM MR.. WISE
Ihe washington Union of Tuesday last ~ ''h
the following important letter from tbo W contains
ry A Wise. The letter requires no exrlaOa. nen-
comments-it speaks for itself. ''-"'On Or
"ONLY, (near Onancock, lAcco,D..,
To the Editor Of the Union: '0'S' J
SIR: gentleman from MARYLAND
ent at meeting at the court.honSa VINO was pres.
July last. published report of diaIr' s county
place In discussion between Mr. Mann ~ winch took
elector, and myself the nominated 1e "hlg sub
Tor for this district. From several rnns' eec
oeen asked whether thereport was corTec, have
replleo that 1t was substantially correct 'u nave
was made according to what | underot"oI wy reply
meaning of the inquiry: Was it tTna ,TOt 10 be The
public discussion bore testimony to tho wing IN
himself had heard Gen. Pierce decla, ~ Io' maj he
SHIRE, In public discussion among nonsIaror na'
people, tnat II an army was raised in the Nh
marcn upon the South for the purpose of nnttinu
slavery oy force, 1t would have to march ove U"3
ooay, TOT ne would mead another to oppose tl Ton
sWered to that point of inquiry alone. wbon d.
that Mr.. MaPP SO declared in Accomack and LsPed
since SO declared at meeting in Nortbamnn,a0, nas
Eastvlle, the second Monday of this month H,d'
cusslon which then took place between Mr. RO,a us,
myself, The report in the particulars respecD~ S S
Hale was not so correct. NV oneet;o PT HI Mr.
was: " MI MaPp
I" Were you not in New Hampshire somo e.
years ago." (not two years,) and did Won &c"
some abolition partisan of Hale, perhans nT near
public discussion that he regarded slavery aa III
grievous SIN that an army ought to be marched Uno
the South to suppress it by force if cond not W.
suppressed In any other way?'' ~ NC
Mr.. Mapp replied that he was there, and had bo,.,
such declaration in public discussion. But douO,
think he named the person from whom he heard il
then asked him the question:
Was not General Pierce present at the time an,
did you not hear him reply that if an army was rai
to march upon the South to put down slavery by o"a
it would have to march over his dead BODY. for h.
would head another army to oppose it 7"
Mr.. MaPP replied, he had heard Gen. Pierce 50
reply adding that he Gen. P J had no sympabv FIR
slavery, but he was bound to regard the constitutional
compact, and TO maintain the execution of the laws
Mr. Mapp had been using the New Boston false.
mood to prove Gen. P.'s loathing of slavery. Iw,s
repelling the attack when Mr.. Mapp said hi, ODDn
tunltles OF knowing Gen. P.s sentiments were mora
| recent than my own. l had not heard him since
served with him in Congress, but he had heard him
speak on the subject of slavery within some few wears
back. He did not at first say what sentiments bs
had heard him utter, when gentleman requested me
to put to him the questions which have mentioned
Mr.. Maps answer was uneguivocalIy in the affma.
tive, that ne had heard Gen. Pierce publicly declare
what have stated, that an army raised to march I'D.
on the South 10 'put down slavery bv force would
have to march over his (Gen. P.'s) dead body orhs
would head another to oppose it'' Mr. Mapp did
not say this was said in reply to Mr.. HaLe MOI 10
whom it was said in reply but exclaimed, as soon
as he had borne his ample testimony
"Such is the language Gen. P. holds to the John
P. Hales and other abolition minons in New ElamP
shire, on the very soil of free State; and yet here
IL AZ
Gen. P. truth to institutions, assaiIs him in Viz
ginia, without himself first disclosing the facts he
knows to the contrary, upon the testimony of suchs
witness as this man Foss."
Thus, suppose the error got into the repothh
the remark of Gen. P. was made in reply to Mr. Hail.
No matter TO whom it was made in reply, ii is enO1l
it was made, and is vouched by wing opponents
is himself vouched as worthy of credit by the ndF
wing party of this State. Mr. Mapp is not OnI'
whig sub-elector, but is a whig member Of the HO%
| of Delegates from Accomack. | believe he hear
Gen. P. make the declaration which he states, nS
only because know Mr.. Mapp to be respectable'N
reliable for fact like this, which he stated reuan
~ against his party, but because l know such "a"
to be in exact consohance with the character oil G
P, and with his course in the Congress Of the UNI
ted States. 1t is, therefore, non-Sequitur iof n
to say in his card of contradiction which nave Iu
seen, that because he (Hale) made no such !emaIA"
was enormously, perhaps, attributed to hlm IN Inc
II
never made any such reply" Mr.. MaPP DID nO'@
it was made in reply to him and II IT. nevs.
made in reply to him, that does not prove never
made in reply to some one else. OF that MI %15
must speak. My purpose was to obtain MS Is.a
ny as to what Gen. Pierce was heard by him 70 "
clare publicly in New Hampshire, and thai p ai
was fully accomplished both here and at EastvlHs.
have been thus particular in order to correct Inc
eral statement which have made, that the 'sP%, ~.
the dialogue between Mr.. MaPp and myself al g. 81
mack courthouse was substantially accurate
stantially it was correct as to everything rea"D'
General Pierce.
In haste, yours respectfully, rrSre
HENRY A. WlSH
The foregoing letter is perfectly conclu''"
establishes the fact that Gen. Pierce d'a Say
licly in New Hampshire, that if an aiD! ,,r
raised to march upon the South to put d0Tn-I u,
ry by force, 1t aCould haze to march o'ef "'
body, for he acouzd raise another army "T
It," Can a man who voluntarily utters sun
tilnents be hostile to the South or to oouu'',
stitutiens? Is such man, who was the au''
of the annexation of Texas, and whose '0''
ing his entire service in Congress are uDr
recorded on the side of the CONSTITUTIONS
of the South-is such man to be put do"n
result of abolition testimony? Are we toLSy
denounce such friend as Gen. PIEk0p
testimony of such miscreapts as Foss aiu
The Democrats of California have HUI" nj
Messrs. Latham and McDougalfoF Congo
have received the nomination of Gen. r'':s s,o
best spirit, and are going for him unanl hnn
The Democratic fires are now bngh'g I'll
from Maine to California. Let us Keep 'l'''D
ing-Iet no Waterman sleep at his posi-