Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-10-09

YOU recognize anu duOpL thio Va
sacred instrument thus perverted for the yilest pur
poses BY voting for Pierce, you give your sanction
TO this of the Abolition party; and how
can you escape from it hereafter!
| If this is not deemed fair criticism upon the
Platform of the party, let any of the gentlemen who
participated in the proceedings OF the Convention,
tell us why Mr. Hallet put it in the Platform, why
they voted for it. and what were the liberal prlncl-
pies embodied in the Declaration oil independence
b, Mr. Jefferson, that they intended to endorse 3
lIhe editor of the Richmond Enquirer, the organ OF
the party this State, warm defender OF the lat
fotmwas member of that Convention. ask hlm'l
call upon him, to point to the liberal principles en-
bodied in the Declaration oil independence, that ny
his vote he intended to sanction and endorse?
In this connection it is evidently proper that
should call your attention to the declarations OF
some of those most prominent anu achVe IN sup
port OF the freesol party in '4S, and who MAINTAIN
that there is no inconsistency in the position they
then occupied and their present support oil 'heit
Democratic candidate, Mr.. Pierce. -.
| Among these may be enumerated the two Van Bu-
rens, Martin the father and John the son.
1t should not be forgotten that Martin van bu-
rem was but four years ago, the candidate oil inc
freesol parye ndorsng in all its length and breaath
the reesoil platform of the Buffalo Convention ae
carng in his letter of acceptance that " from MS
impressions of right and duty in regard TO H. ne
should be among the last to abandon it, and who III
n very recent letter TO the Cleveland ConVention'
(which was Freesoil ConvcntioD declared his I'M
changed conviction that the influence OF the Gov
lprnment should
the side of freedom" That is to say, he now, as
then aJberes to the resolution OF that platform
which declared, % :,
..That we inscribe our banner Free Son.
Free Speech, Free Labor, anu free men, anu un-
der it, will fight on anal fight euer, unit a H1um-
phant uietory haHretrard our erertlons.'
That Convention, as well as Mr. Van Burcn,
alike appealed to the principles set forth III the
Declaration of Independence rs the ]usuhcatioh LOT
their proceedings.
rem who was more bold of speech and less cunning
perhaps than the father, only because less iiattea
in years and political management he tolu you
plainly what was their dcSlsh WHAT lhcy iookcu 70
realized, as far as the pledge of the Democracy oil
Tthe United States in Convention, could realize the
purposes he then proclaimed. lie sau:
al am the unnitisatcd enemy oil slavery, ana
would have it abolished without delay. say,
therefore that let what will come, shall, under no
necessity whatever, support any man who does not
believe slavery to be an unmxed curse, and who
will not by virtue of his Office, use all constitu-
tionm power To abolish IL. NO more Stare otates'
10 more slave territory, the withdrawal oil The sup
mort of the Federal Government from slavery, and
Inc abolitioioG it wherever it can be reached 10y
constitutional means. All our danger lies III com
promise. Then see 10 ii thai those icho represent y't
are fliihfnLt0 the cause ot freedom. See 10 IL iiat
they make no compromise NTH sLapeTy."
Again: he says, % will state fairly freely anu
ruliy what we expect. We expect TO make the
Democratic party of this State (New YORK; ihc
great anti slavery party OF Tins STATE anu Mfou"h
#. 10 make the Democratic party of the United
Estates the great antSiavcry party oil the ohtc.l
Estates Those who do not contemplate this result
will do well To get out Of the way Tor there Is no
doubt that when principles get iatly before lie
p.upc so that they hear them ami know VIAL
they arc-aud arc hape mhhe arrangements tor that
picr that The ichOic people niH go trifh us; ana our
Southern. trends, huring had things all their o'r'i
ruy t0r tie last t,rcnty fpe or thirty gears, must
nuke up Aerminds 10 let us hare our o'rn irdy Jof
nrhie."
| These arc the objects, plans and designs OF the
Frccsnil party boldly and icaressly proc laIcd 10y
one of the principal Leaders oil thai iaction-ahd
most rapid progress have they made, truly, Ill ma
king the Democratic party oil New York The great
auti-slavery party Of New York, and through ii, and
its influence, the Democratic party of the United
Estates the great anti slavery party OF The unlte
lSlatcs when, airendy, they have been forced, III Il
National Convention of Northern and Southern
Democrats, 10 Affirm what alone the anti slavery
linen have coniene,l for, to-wIt: "fllat all mri
arc created equal; that they arc endowed by then
creator with certain inaienabie righfs, among which
are life, liberty, and the pursuit " happiness :; anu
al IIillsborough md Fanuiel als, but a few days
ISimcc he maintained his consistency IN supporting
Mr. Pierce. Dn you take HIM for n iooi, OF do you
suppose he knows his mani And the question
may be asked enphaiically, now, are the Southern
Stat Sis virginia prepared TO Tailly tins endorse
ment of the construction of the principles of Tho
Declaration Of Independence, by their support o.
the candidate thus presented 10 them! If so, LEI
lis hear no more hereafter against the AboiiioniSl.
Of The North. Your support oil rieIce, under s'ici
circumstances, will amount TO a declaration tia
the negro is cheated the equal Of the 'ote man, and
that he is endowed by his create with the innhtn
able rights Of liberty do not mean 10 say That The
Southern men who voted for this Platform VIII ac
|llpon tins principle, for know they will not; but
they have made !, fatal error, tai concession &c
the anti slavery OF the North, which II becomes
Southern men every where, now, at tins time, 10
rcpudiac and condemn.
You have been made acquainted mitli NJ. Pierec's
views OH slavery or rather free SoiliSin, through
other channels than the Van BurcnS. You have
read his New Boston speech, which has been prov
cd upon him by the atf'fdrts oil twenty one per
sons W hn heard it. You hdve seen 1t admitted by
the New York Herald one OF the most Jealous OF
all the press in his support. After having once
ridiculed the possibility of his having made ii,
That paper now says
"Sucl being our opinions OF the merits oil Tho
witnesses, and taking into consideration, also, the
strong temptations of Gen. Fierce on the occasion
in question: TO conciliate the Democratic FreeSoIl-
ers, toc must conclude (unlcSs Mr.. FoSS and Others
are unprnciplcd knayeS) that the case, like The
native American letter of Gen. Scott, is proved
against the nomnee." ...a.
ait was for the local elections-it was al fol
i Buucombe' and that paper recommends 10 the
Democratic party ''lo say nothing more about ii,
but let il 90 for what it is worth, all attempts al
denial only recoihng toith additional force" You
have seen the vote OF Gen. Pierce IN relation to
the admission of Brooke'S two slaves into the Dis
trict of Columbia you have seen his vote in the
Senate of the United States, on the Sd of January,
1889, upon motion to lay on the table a memorial
praying for the abolition OF slavery in the District
of Columbia and i'll the Territory of Florida, and
for aboIishng the slave trade between the States,
which was made a test vote, and on which every
Southern man, with a few Northern men, voted in
the Affirmative, and Mr.. Pierce with Is Gthers, all
from the North, yotcdin the negative. You have
Scenthat from his speeches not denied, but as pub
lshcd in the Congressional Globe and the Union,
he has said she had no hesitation in saying, that
he considered slavery social and political evil,
and most sincerely wished that il had no existence
upon the face of the earth" and 'sthat the man
who would dissolve the Union did not deporc sIa-
very more than he did," You have seen that the
No,, lI,,nnsl;r, Gnnyention of which he. was n