Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-07-29

Pierce is come into competition with our
real general, am here as one of the Scott
b'hoys to pull off the mask. Loud cheers.
SIR, where are the achievements of Gen.
erdt Pierce If he is presented to me as
military chieitaln. | ask you where are his
explolsl have looked in vain for his
graveyard Laughter have not been
able to discover his laurels on all the face of
the earlh-and the Republic of Mexico in
Guided Great laugbterl Not at all
doubling hts courage, yet in view of the
truth of history | must be allowed to say,
and every Democrat must allow me 10 re.
peat 1t, that II is not recorded upon any page
Of the history of my country that General
Franklin Pierce ever fought battle OF won
victory. Great cheers as.i laughter
There is general for you Daughter
and cheers y a general Of Mr. Folks ap-
pomtment have been told by gentle
man that that was the best appointment
which Mr.. Polk made God save the
mark Laughter) replied to the gen
tleman that | did not know about this APP
poIntment being the best He replied -
" Decidedly the best" | replied that
could not understand how that could be.
The gentleman answered, Why, because
IN the first place, he had the candor to adj
mt that he was no general at all (grcat
laughter J and in the second place, because
lie had the manllness to resign his Office
and come home, while his other appointees
had neither the manliness to acknowledge
their DEFICIENCIES nor the honesty to resign
their commissions" (Roars of laughter }
But, gentlemen, 1t Is certain that Mr.
Pierce was unfortunate | will not say thai
he lacked in courage, but he was unlortu-
nate. On the day of battle some say that
he tainted. | will not however repeat that,
for II may be a SANDER. ! understand that
that statement is entirely mistake; that
Gen. Pierce did not faint but that his horse
lainted. (Peals of laughter) / will not
SANDER Gen. Pierce, but must confess
that have no peculiar liking for that stock
OF horses which are given TO faintng -
Continued laughter aud cheerlng) That
horse that tainted under Gen. Pierce was
not of the old stock that General Scott rode
upon many a battle field for never heard
that the glorious war charger of the hero of
Lundy's lane tainted any where find ii
recorded that one Of his glorious war char
gers ~ a certain battle was cut down by a
cannon ball beneath bis glorious rider
But instead OF Gen. Scott fanting. what
was the effectl Why sir, he laid his pow
erlul grasp upon the arm of British Off
Ger, pulled him from his horse, took him
prisoner, vauled into his vacated saddle.
and pursued the flying enemy Immense
cheerIng) There is a General for YOU -
Tremendous cbeers.) General not
merely entitled to military buttons and ep-
auletts, but TO the highest confidence of his
country (Renewed cheers)
But, gentlemen, when you corner a Dem
ocrat IN regard to General SCOTS military
achievements, and he gets hard pressed, he
Will reply to you, 81 am opposed to putting
military men into civil offices" have no
doubt YOU are. (Laughter) believe IT
from The bottom of my heart; YOU cannot
bear the idea. But when you had General
Jackson, how was ii then (Roars Of
laughter) When you have a real military
hero who never tainted, and whose war
horse never tainted, YOU said, "Gory be
to Jackson :" Tremendous applause and
cheering , & every Democrat when he dies
wants 10 go 10 Jackson. (Renewed laugh
ter and cheering lie cares less TO be in
Ahraham's bosom than with Gen Jackson.
Immense cheerng)
So much for the military qualifications of
General Pierce. And now for his civil
qualifications. What are they! He is a.
galnsi protection to the labor of Americans
and IN favor of building up British interests
at our cost. lie is for striking down the
American laborer to the level Of the Euro
pean laborer My countrymen are to be
raiurnH from, thatr r9fa of 10,
FIVE or ten cents per day He is against
Uyer and harbor Improvements. His voice
was lifted IN Congress against all that can
nationallze American institutions. But
there Is one thing in particular 10 which
desire to refer You remember the late
lamentei Gen. Harrison, when he died in
your midst, having served his country from
early iniancy--you remember when he died
in your midst, being stricken in years---the
partner of his bosom still fingered. Gentle
men. | am ashamed that such a thing as |
am about TO relate should have happened in
America and | am sure there is not lady
will dare TO utter word IN favor of Gen.
Pierce when she learns what am about to
relate. Gen. Harrison, at the age of three
score and ten years after serving his coun-
try, was summoned TO his fathers. His
aged widow was here poor aud pennless-
the wife of patrlo. who had given his whole
life aud sustance to the service of his coun-
try When he died in your midst, and
magnanImous Congress proposed to give
small plttance, the balance of his salary, to
his old widow to subsist upon for the re-
mander of her days, this glorious, magnani-
nous Gen. franklin Pierce, this civilian
who is to override every body and everything
in yonder Capitol, lifted up his voice against
the claims of the widow in such circumstan-
and yet he rests his claims TO the Presidency
upon the magnanlmous consideration that
he will starve the millions of our country
men by advocating free-trade policy, aud
by refusing miserable pittance of few
hundred dollars to the widow of deceased
military hero Where is the heart that
does not start back at such picture
But they say that old Scott, being purely
military man, won't do. | have no doub,
that it was objected 10 the Father of his
Country" that he "would not do" Great
cheering | believe however, that 1t is
generally understood that he made very
good President. Voclfercus cheers. 1t
was said of old Jackson. in the same man