Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1852-09-01
THE WADE DECLARATION.

or two, what purported to be declaration by Sem
ator Wade in letter written by him to Mr. Tlden,
of Ohio, to the effect that Gen. Scott had said to
Senator Wade that "he would sooner cut off his |
right hand than lend it to the support of Slavery"
Senator Wade has contradicted this statement in
letter published over his own name-he says the
quotation from his letter is pretended" one, and
"entirely inaccurate and he promises, as soon
as he can obtain copy of his letter from Mr. Til
den, to lay it before the public.
We have, therefore, taken this supposed declara-
ton of Senator Wade from our columns; and we
come forward to express the belief that Gen. Scott
did not use the language attributed to him. We
have no wish to misrepresent Gen. Scott If he
cannot be defeated with the weapons of truth,
and honorably and fairly, let him, say we, be
elected.
The Washington Union, noticing this matter,
says:
"THE WADE DECLARATION. The Republic of
yesterday contains letter, taken from the Norfolk
(va) Courier. from Hon. B. F. Wade, senator from
Ohio, which denies that he wrote letter to Hon.
Mr. Tilden leader in the Scott ranks of the same
State, detailing conversation with Gen. Scott in
which he declared that he would rather cut off his
right hand than lend it to the support slavery The
reported declaration has been used by General Scotts
friends in the Northwest in order to attract the abo-
toniss; and it now becomes the duty of Mr.. Tilden,
who is charged with having put il into circulation,
to give his testimony on the subject. We notice that
the whig papers, in publishing Mr.. Wade's letter,
place over it the heading anotherf faehood ezposed
They should add that the falsehood was Of whg
coinage and invention, and was put in circulation in
Ohio in order to advance the interests of the whg
party; and had it not proved to be double-edged
sword, we doubt whether it would ever have been
denied or exposed. Such mpositions are the neces-
to speak out openly to the peoples and candidates
occupying that position, like General Taylor and
General Scott nominated for the express purpose
of practising such falsehoods upon the people"
| Some five or six weeks ago it was charged
against Gen. Pierce on the authority of Abolition
lists and "higher-law" men, that in Speech de-
ivered in New Boston, New Hampshire, he had
spoken Of the fugitive-slave law as "law oppos
ed to humanity as a law which he "loathed,
and at which his feelings "revoted." No citizen
of New Hampshire, where Gen. Pierce is person.
ally known, and where his uniform and determined
opposition to the Abolitionists is matter of noto
riety, thought for moment of credting this charge
by some of them it was repelled as matter of
form, and by others it was laughed at as " weak
invention of the enemy" But the thing grew, as
all lies do, and soon the Rev. Mr. Foss was called
upon to swear upon the subject, which, mat
ter of course, he did; and he swore Gen. Pierce
did use the language attributed to him. This was
met by the statement of one hundred and ten res
pectable citizens of New Boston, who heard Gen.
Pierce on the occasion, all of whom solemnly de-
clared that he employed no such language. In
addition to this, the very charge against General
Pierce bore upon its front the evidence of lsehood,
for at the time he was making this Speech he was
engaged in the patriotic work Of putting down
candidate for Governor, the Rev. John Atwood,
because that candidate had taken ground against
the ugitive-slaye law But all this was of no avail.
The Whig papers and orators insisted upon the
charge, many of them declaring, however, that if
Gen. Pierce hamself would contradict it they would
withdraw it. Well, Gen. Pierce has contradicted
it over his own name, in the broadest and most
decided manner; and yet what do we sees These
Wing papers still keep the charge standing in their
columns and are endeavoring to produce the i'm
preston on the Southern mind that Gen. Pierce,
in giving the contradiction referred to- has stated
falsehood! We lack language in which to express
our detestation of such conduct It is worthy only
Of men who are in the daily habit of lying them
selves, and who think other people as great liars
as they One of their witnesses, be it remem-
bered is "higher-law" preacher of the Gospel
"wolf in Sleeps clothing; and the other is
George G. Fogg, who applied language Of the
most insulting naturet to Gen. Taylor because he
was a STAKEHOLDER. We wish Southern Wing lea
ders much joy of their witnesses and of the select
Abolition company they are keeping.