The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-03
it with the heads of profound disquisitiOn for

II win the heauS OF proiouhu uisquisiioh ioi
its next publication.
"The friends of General" PIERcE shave ST.
lectsd two sides, each hostile to the other"
"Thus we have" the Evening Post against
the Democratic platform, and the .Nationa!
Democrat sin favor Of it," the Epening Post
Sin favor of Intervention and KossUrH," and
the Democratic National Convention against
both;" many able Democratic journals "agains'
the Homestead law" and others ''for it;'>
with PIERCE pledged by his life to policy
which would require him to veto the Homestead
or any similar bill.
1.-The contradictory policy Of the party does
not seem to end here; for there are" Democratic
''papers now before us" which insist on grants
Of land to the West, while there are others
which denounce the grants as the spawn of
Wing principles and the evidences of western
corruption. The Washington Union, mean
while, maintains an unbroken silence on the
question involved in this dispute between the
East and West-not, perhaps, because it is
destitute of opinions in the matter, but because
II finds no other mode of reconciling its position
as the central organ with its duties to the con
Trajectory principles of the two ends Of its
party.
THE contradictory policy of the party" goes
still further. 1t embraces sufficient to please
the Northern Union Democrat and at the same
time subserves the purposes of the Freesoll-
ers. IL extends its elastic covering over Barn
burner and Hunker-over the orthodox mem
Der who swears by the Union, and the hereto
who takes sweet counsel with the Evening
Post. 1t does more: it enables Messrs.
FooTE and JEFFERSON DAVIS to lie down to
gether, dissatisfied and joyous-each laugh
ing in his sleeve at the cleverness with which
he has jockeyed the other. Union Dem
ocrats and Southern Rights Democrats respec
lively aver that they have conceded nothing
and gained every thing in the platform afore
said.
And we, again the Union will be able to say
"the contradictory policy of the party does not
seem to end here,' for there are Democratic
papers now u file in the Republic office which
head their columns with the name Of FRANK
LIN o. PIERCE; others which speak of the dis
tinguished statesman as FRANKLIN l.. PIERCE;
others that christen him plain FRAME PIERCE;
and Others that inform us that FRANKLIN PIERCE
Is the proper designation Of the nominee. We
can introduce our contemporary to "down east'
Democrats who know nothing Of FRANKLIN
PIERCE, but ale enthusiastic in their praise
of one General PURSE, hailing from the
Granite State. We are not aware that any
doubt exists as to the place of the Generals
BIRTH but as to the date of it there are many
disputes. Some declare that he was hero at
a time when, according to others, he had not
stepped into pants. And then in regard to his
heroism, history speaks with a hundred differ
ent tongues. Having heard many, we are CON
strained to admit that we cannot write with
certainty of any portion of his military
reer. The battle Of the critics upon this sub
ject is still undecided.
We leave the Union to elaborate at leisure;
promising more jottings. if more will facilitate
the production Of its essay upon Democratic
contrarietles.