Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-08-10

organ finish anthem to the honor und pory of Franklin
, Pierce in the House
ave have completed the record of Mr. Pierce In tn"
Rouse 1t demonstrates TINT during the time he held ga
IN the House OF REPRESENTATIVES. he was an Tho
Tougn consistent opponent OF Ansa"cry ast''on ana
Antl-Sasery discussion; thnt he constantly aHayed
against Mr. Adams the iusous champion q" The right OF
peton that while recognizing the technical right OF etl
ton ne uniformly voted virtually 10 abTogae IL that when
the Shareholders attempted crus! MIR AIuus and WITH
him the hope OF free discussion in the House he would not
vote SO as TO that venerable fair hearing; in
word that he was the nnwarerlng ally AMI supporter o The
Slave holding interest,""
Are you satisfied that he left The House patriot aud
statesman Then follow him The Senate Here lei Tie
organ naugurale hm
"In the year 1887. Mr. Pierce became member Of the
United States Senate Following him !ther we shall me
that he continued to pursue the same line Of policy IN rea
on 10 the Slavery question He took his stand By the side
o Mr. Calhoun and STOOD by him in his efforts 20 suppress
| 'Anti-Slavery agitation and discussion.'
Yes, gentlemen you will find him ahead Of Southern men
in defence of your rights But let the nholtonSts speak
"Decembe 81 1887 MIR. Calhoun brought forward hs eel
ehraed resolutions The subject Of slavery in the Drlct
Territories and States, designed avowcdy TO suppress the
discussion of al questions Of slavery.
Several amendments moved to The first four OF these
resolutions intended 10 modify their phase0ogy 50 as 10
remove any implication against free discusson but hey
were firmly resisted by Mr. Calhoun and his friends and in
every deraed franklin Pierce uniformly voting with
him. Mr.. Morris of Ohio for example moved 10 strike OUT
from the second resolution the words moral and religious
with view Of exemptng from denuncation the moral and
religious discussion Of slavery and this seemed SO rcasonh
BILE that Mr. Buchanan recorded his name in favor oi
lii bu it was Franklin Pierce voting nay with MIR.
| Calhoun
The fret four resolutions, with slight modification,
were then adoptedFankn Pierce recording his vote in
] favor OF every Of them.
"When the filth resolution up, asserting substantial!
ny that efJs by the people Of The States the States
themselves procure the abolition o slavery in the Dis
rict Territories direct dangerous attacks
the institutions the SvchOding Siaes though all the
States made responsible Dv The Constitution and Con
gess for Slavery in The District and Territories Mr. Pierce
took occasion 10 define his position This resolution, he
said was The ground which this contest %as I" DC deter
mlncd with, perhaps notifications, wonl! present
the true issue here and I" The counIry-an issue which
would raise not question OF cxprdency but one Of
much higher character which the public iah Is directly
involved he then proceeded 10 sustain the resolution III
its length and breadth, and 10 ,inJcae the whole series
as offered by Mr. Calhoun against The assaults made upon
them.
"But while Mr. Pierce was anxious 10 put through all
these resoutions Mr. Clay and other slivrhoidne scnh-
tors thought the fifth and sixth too sweeping and unauard-
'ed and he moved substitute, directed ONLY agains, INFER
ference by the citizens of State with The Institutions OF
another, continuing declaration that attempts to bring
about the abolition OF slaves here direct and danger
'ous attack upon the institutions OF all lhc slnrehndng
States but nizng in express the duty of Con-
gress receive and respectfully treat all petitions In deco
'rous language against slavery in The District This SUB
'stitue was adopted with slight modhcatlon-l9 10
lSMr. Buchanan and Mr. Clay voting yea Mr.. Calhoun
| and Mr.. Pierce: nay
subsequently, tho substitute divided and lis various
parts amended and adopted succc>srey-Mr Calhoun and
| Mr. Pierce generally voting together"
After, according 10 This chronrer, insulting sovereign
State Vermont by refusing 10 print It's resolutions against
annexation, sc, permitting Kentucky speak Tor STA
while he chokod oil Ohio who wanted speak agains:
he resigned his seal in the Senate and went 10 his home,
and Them negative any idea that he may haze altered bis
opinion he says:
at be said that Others in these days voted as he did,
'who since then have shown their devotion TO Freedom
True, but he has continued unchanged"
Now, is not he monster in the eyes OF this Abolons3
doubt not Abolition mothers hush their babes 10 sleep 5y
the sound OF his nae the Scotch Maons used the
Black Douglass But bear with me while fory this wit
ness against the assaults Of Southern men.
The Boston Atlas Scotts cornerstone In Massachusetts,
thus speaks of him since his nomination.
1--WE 1t IN their nomination AMI endorsement oil FRANK
ln Pierce, whose highest il not only recommendation APP
pears have been his complete and abect devotion the
demands OF the South. No has earned for him
self deservedly the reputation OF most thorough
'puced doueh-ace Because John p Hale had the nlanl
ness 10 refuse assent 10 the annexation of Texas he was
yied denounced and os,raclsed at the high behest of
Franklin Pierce The Democratic journals that had dared
ito take similar grounds aud dencunce the whole scheme in
all lis blackness, driven by his management to eat
their words, and 10 tall into the support OF shat which
they had 80 vehcmen,ly condemned
Now hear Greeley, the Keystone OF Scotts trumphal
ARCH who has this cheering Invocation his Southern
adJutors flying al MS masthead scott leads the column for
ward" followed by the comforting and aecrionate
rance, now brothers is the hour, fact which do
not doubt. But let him speak.
THE Union does not contain bittcrer or u more pro-
scrptive than Franklin Pierce For
he has been foremost in sitting every aspiration for
freedom among Inc democracy Of New Hampshire. He in
sisted John p Hale should be ostracsed and crushed
he refused 10 vote for the annexation OF Texas with
stipulation that part of its immense unsettled
territory should be secured Tor free SELL The Post has
recently this Frank Pierce deprive John Atwood
Of his n9mnaon Tor govenor and drive hn o ai me
purity Tor nothing else than expressing epugnahce TO the
fugitive slave law In all New England slavery and slave
catching have had INSCRIPTIONS thckundhin
vtor than this Frank P.erce.H
This reference 10 Atwood calls my recollection nost
aocous calumny, which has been ndusously circulated
by the Washington Republic paper which has itself endnrs
Franklin Pierce upon slavery question: reporting him
saying that he "oathcd the fugitive law and rather
favored the higher law. This Infamous lasehood rests upon
the statement of abolition dog whose whole life is lie
called Foss Its enoriy carries rcfuutnn along with III
lie has, like other nconsidcrne ussaans broken his
pom by Tho force OF his blow Having told the stoy, he
il upon the principle which has governed Els
farous career that lie well stuck good the truth
shall dsdan notice il. II denied at the tine in two
distinct instances, but pcrpcrator was too infamous oT
Franklin piecc.s friends trouble themselves about The
mo.Tow's papers will give The testimony Of the PfeS
of the meeting and upwards of one hundred
who heard the speech stamping the statement as false
throughout. Il proceed to trace Franklin Pierce upon the
compromise. In $3.50 he made eloquent speech 10 Mr.
Webster ~ which he lauded those measures and gave Mr.
Webster his thanks for his participation In them In
1851 he presided meeting ef the State Cons!i'nIiona
Convention in which The following resolution was adopted
| JAN LIST:
"ResoveA Tia, we will firmly stand by and maintain The
compromise uf the last session OF Congress re-
'gatdng them ~ the whole not merely wise and patr-
'oc but essential the union and prosperity, peace and
| progress, Of this great coniedcracy
New Hampshire, the that never sets, as we once
used 10 cell had during his absence in Me xico suffered
brief eclipse ordered these resolutions 10 be sent II virgin
| ia and they are among your archives
In May 1882 he thus writes To Col Luy as TO The duties
| Of the Democratic Conventions: ,
rhe sentiment OF no Stale is 10 be regarded upon This
suhrc,; bu, wing Tough. Tic battle in New Hampshire
sunon the Fnasc Law and what we belrSrd
10 be ground of constitutional rights, We sIcl OF
nursc desire the approval Democracy Of The country
| What wish say YOU is ihs II The Compromise
measures are DC substantially and firmly nainsained
The plain rights secured By the Constitution will be Tram
piled in the dust"
May not gentlemen, that this brilliant record il
finished Ark you unite in The encominm pronounced on
him by Mir Calhoun, ten years ago
81 look upon Franklin Pierce OF tho mast reliable
men, and patriot, that The country has pro-
duccd.'
Virginia should be especially proud of him. He was nom
mated by her in this touching and manly language
knowledgcs the obligation
II shall always cherish with pride and gratitude the rIco
lection Of the ac: that the voice which first pronounced for
'me--and pronounced alDne-came from The mother at
'Slates-a pride and gratitude rising far above any conse
sCurnccs hetide personally"
In comparison with him, where stands Fjrenias VIII
sold his Lrhright for of pnaee? Hld Frnnklin
Pierce born in Virginia. does believe he would
have deserted her soil No. gentlemcn, and in November
the thousands VINO will record their suf
irages for him. will make him her by adoption. The
glory and BY the Of her SOIL mas arac
lions her; surrounded he by her enemies
couragng hem if by his language by his silence in
their assaults upon her peace and her prosperity He has
fled from her bosom The land of her foes impossible
tells