The southern press., 1852-07-13

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State, and her highest honors have been offered
to him and modestly declined. In 1888 he was
returned to Congress, where he remained until
1897. He Was then elected to the Senate of
the United States, and continued to occupy that
distinguished position until 1912, when he vol
unfairly resigned and retired to private life.
Since then, he has been removed from the strifes
of the political arena aud ndustriously engaged
in the pursuit OF his profession, with the excep-
tion of his brief, bat brilliant service in the Mex
lean war. In all the stations which he has oc-
cupied, public and private, he has maintained a
character without stain and exhibited capacity
equal to any duty.
But unostentatious and retiring as he has
beer, and blameless IS has been his walk, no
sooner was his nomination announced, than the
vile serpent of SANDER, sought to breathe its
venom upon his spotles escutcheon. Already
has it been asserted that he is a s0t-a street
drunkard The charge is 80 improbable, that it
scarcely deserves REPUTATION. Isit probable, that
such man would be the favorte of the Dem,
acracy of New Hampshire for the executive chair
for the Presidency Of the United States? He
served in Congress with James X. Polk, for a
series of year.--labored and voted with him
through some Of the most exciting and critical
scenes of our countrys history; if ne had been
drunkard, would that pure and elevated states
man, upon his election to the Presidency have
solicited him as Attorney General of the United
States to take seat ia his cabinet, as the ass
ciate of Marcy, and Walker, and Buchanan. and
Mason, and Johnson? Would he afterwards.
when our country was engaged in foreign
war, have given him, unsolicited, brigader
generals commission? The suppositon is alb
surd and ridiculous. But refer to this point,
because have the power to give to the SANDER
the most uneqnivocal and positive denial.
While in Washington few days ago, in a con-
versation with Mr.. Hibbard, member of Con-
gress from New Hampshire, and an intimate &C
quaintance and friend of General Pierce, en-
CURED particularly touching this accusation. He
promptly branded it with falsehood, and por.
trayed the character of General Pierce in most
glowing language, as distinguished for its un.
swerving integrity ard unsullied moral purity
OF The merits Of William K. King it is un
necessary to speak His name is interviewer
with the history Of the country for the last
thirty years In the Representative Hall, in the
Senate Chamber and as late minister to France,
his character and talents have been subjected to
the most satisfactory tests. He is sound in all
that constitutes the polished gentleman, the
able statesman, and the unyielding Democrat.
Such are the personal, moral and intellectual
qualifications of the gentleman. Whose nom
nation for the highest honors which free PEG.
pie can confer, we have assembled to ratify.
We doit, with cordality and delight Let our
rejoicings mngle with the manifestations of
Democratic appreciation which pervade our ex
tended republic.
But let us test General Pierce by the princi-
Piles of the Democratic party. They are known
and read of all men. They glitter in letters of
light upon every banner and wherever the stars
and stripes float over land or ees, they cheer the
hearts of the free and inspire the down trodden
| victims of tyranny and oppTes ion with hope.
They were proclaimed in the Virginia and Ken.
lucky resolutions Of l798-99, expounded and
| enforced by Jefferson and Madison, maintained
by Jackson and Polk, and re affirmed and adopted
| by the late Democratic convention at Baltimore.
The cardinal tenet Of our creed is, that the
| Constitution clearly defines the powers of the
general government and is 10 be construed
strictly. Hence, we deny the right of tho gen
era government to carry on a system of inter.
nal improvements, IN est,b!ish protective tariff
to charter a national bank, and to interfere with
or attempt to control the domestic institutions
of the respective States. How stands General
Pierce upon these important questions? Let
| his public actions in Congress answer.
| Regarding il as unconstitutional, he never IA
vored appropriations for roads, rivers and har'
bors Wills! he sanctioned iudicious eXpendi
lures, for such works as were Of a national char.
acter, he always voted against those that were
| local or sectional The uniformity of his course
on questions of this sort, land indeed upon all
Others,) shows that he was governed by fixed
and well defined principles of Constitutional
Interpretation. | cannot Of course enter into
detailed reference 20 particular votes. One oI
two must suffice "a specimens. In June, 1886
whilst he was a member Of the House Of Rep.
! resentatves, bill was introduced making a large
appropriation for the construction of the Cum
berland road. On the final vote Ibis name stands
recorded among the nays.
| Again, in 1888, whilst he was in the Senate
Of the United States, no gave a similar vote
against bill for precisely the same purpose
| The tariff question was but little agitated,
during the period Of his service, in either branch
Of Congress. The Compromi-e Law of the %
March, 1893, was in operation, when he entered
Congress, and he re.igned his seat in the Sen.
ate, before IL was disturbed by the odions act
Of lsI2. But various questions arose during
HE Congressional career, in which he showed
by his votes, that he favored tariff for revenue
only although he exhibited no hostility 10 such
encouragement TO domestic industry, M might
result incidentally from n well adjusted system
Of imposts. The Democratic tariff Of 1876 will
be safe in his hands. lie may sanction modif.
cations 10 suit the altered condition Of the in.
dustral pursuits Of the country, but the great
Gd palorem principle on which il is founded he
will not disturb. lie will not permit the agri.
cultural classes 10 be feeced for the support Of
manufacturing monopolies, and then, the rob
berry 10 be concealed under the cover Of specific
duties and minimum valuations The ad
,olonu principle is sanctioned alike by justice
and common sense. II has been tfiumphantly
vindicated by the salutary operation Of the tariff
Of 1886 ltmay now be regarded as the settled
and fixed policy Of our government.
His hostility to National Bink and the
souudness of his financial views are clearly ex
emplihed, by the fidelity, with which he stood
by General Jackson, in his herculean conflict
with that corrupt institution. lie sustained
him in the removal Of the public deposits from
it's vaults; voted for the bill 10 place them in
+ the custody Of the local banks; and in every
aspect in which those exciting questions pre-.