Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-09-04
from lie National infelliasnesf
Letter from ,l'eIn EBlgby.

ALABAMA Buws Seu'tii, July 10. 1859
/ My DEaH MAjoR: Although you afe
Dstnoefat and | a Wtiig-4 Ii Eoiiilier
slaveliulding Wing, too, and YOU All East
ern slHve Loaf tllingD Dsinacras--. yu
must excuse my writing to you. Major, u
tile present occasion. F'as est do h0sf
aueeti. As yoW Hfe " d scholar and a
antiquarian" | MAY he excused for quo
ting Latin TO you. Bu. am sure we ar,
no enemies, except politically. / can b
no enemy 10 one whose heart ihros will
patriotism like yours. fappeai 10 you
Major. fur information, becnuse it Is al
ways 10 he had from your letters; md
have as much pleasure In reading them d
any Democrat. Through iie columns d
tie paper Of our excellent friends, Messfs
Gales u Seaton, | shall hope 10 hear from
you IN reply. In that way | shall be savet
u world Of trotible III telling my friend
here what you say. All agree there Is III
dispnting aliy Of Majgr JHck Downing
Isfaets md tv Yen, daiax. tye look fJr Iii,
llfufil III respect III D1ggleass fastsl sgo
must lray YOU 10 pa inaitars right abou
your new ffieiid The ether "Gineral," as III
Is said to he real DowheHster, or atru,
blooded Yankee every inch Of him.
IL hot taking tUo great d liberty, Ma
jof, niHy | ask Of yUu the favor toexpiait
the riddle that cannot comprehend, i
some others do How is IL that you1
juvenile friend. General Pierce, Is so adroil
iii his taetits-AtiYan tfjeks.p pefi,ars
.--tliat both tile fabd lenders or the Free
soil WiIinot Pfeyiso Democrats Of lie
North, aud Of tlle freseatinr slaveahoid.
ing, anti Wilmot proviso Democrats e
the South, Unionists aud Seeessofists
are all i'll the safile boat, rowing ole way
and Locking III another direction, Hud for
no other object tlisn 10 make Genefal
Pierce President, If they eah do It, by
Whit hoeus poctls is IL brought about tlat
The lambs and The wolves lie together
Yoti know Major, that 1t was only the
either day that every Southern man was
furious at tile bare mention Of tile VIII
mot pfuvisU or Of freesoil MI advocate OF
either was as bud as al, tbolitionisf, and
deemed guilty frauk treason. Our great
aud evsf-t0sbeslamenled patriot, Henry
Clay, with all lis zeal and unsurpassed
eloqneilee, could hardly prevail on our
Southern Democrats 10 remain In oiir gio.
riotls Union with Freesoilers and Wiimot
proviso inen. A favorite with the De.
inoeraey, one who had pfufessed to be IL
Northern man with Southern principles, !"
was thrown overheard by every Southern
Democrat Oh lis becoming FfcesoiIef.
But now what "a change has eo,oe DER
The Spirit of the dream," when II IL aacer.
tsiued that oil the New Hampshire Dem
oerats are hot only anti.CathoIie, but Free-
soiIers and Wilulot pfoviso men, including
Gen. Pierce hnegIf He considers IL .sno
harm" to DO q political frieLd Of At.
wood, The aboIitionist = noharu, In tliut,v
Pierce. How do yon explain
II. MHjof, tint what was OIL tiuforgiyabIe
offence In Mr. Van Buren,, only four years
ago, ID now noliarIn Iii Gen. pierce7 We
see, two pfofessed NuIIihers, Secession.
ists, and other Democrats Of tho ffs.eat.
ing "slaveocfaey.D III full communion
with professed fressojlsrs alId WiImot
Tr0viso rneil, II lot ayowed abelitionists
This eannot comprehend, tuIess Ii be
Iliat the Democracy dfead dying OF fam.
ne, Unless they Gun clutch "the spoils."
BY meaus Of sucll an union Il ills what
d meant by Htlie Union party7' " this
,l,e promised political millennium OF the De.
nocraeyg No ore but you, Major can ex-
pain these things SO as TO satisfy atlie
allk and iIe' that all " tiglt. How ii
/ 10 DO explained, that, like ille yauIfe7 Id
lie circus, (and wanting ambition DER.
caps itself. , Gen. Pierce undertakes 10
'i1e, III tho same time, Tie abolition and
he slave horse, d leg Oh each--like the
vain aftemnt 10 Tyferize tile Two parties
" which ilie lHggler was laid 50 fat upon
lis lack tllnt liz has never gotten up from
hat day 10 this; ! say lew can General
Pierce attempt such trick. To rido ut once
wo such festive aud aniagonist horses
'ntifeiy n Of |, different color" by which
: 10 almost certain he mus. have q worse
all than al Contrcras!
Al Gen. Pieree's equestrian fcafs arc
much TALKED Of just now, aiId as lie last
,se has been performed Down East | |
ave decided to nsk You, Major, all about |
/, a. no ol,e can doubt your statement.
No oiie il New Hampshire seems 10 be-
ieve what al opponent says, even UNDER
'alh us, however moral III other respects I
hey consider s'aII IL fair Iii politics. So
ve OF tile South fifId II difficult 10 lie.
eve III New Hampshire afIilaylls besides
W heard OF tie names subscribed TO
hem aDd nBtil lately We know nothing /
{ your Gen. Pierce. Pray lei us know
|. biz fIas really become such profcis ut
b IorsenaBsIiip tFIat he can ride two yici-
us horses at once? One of them, too. d
lave horse, and the other All abolition
orsc Can they 90 nj all together
IIissome respects our Winfield General
full head aud shoulders over your
seneral Pierce. Iii l,orsemanship Cen
raj Scott las never Isaj fall, except
,flrn lis horse has been SHOT nnsier him,
nd that more than once. When Gener-
! Scott was wounded III Mexico II was
y bullet from the enemy, not ly 4 fall
ON lis horse. Geserai Scott never Iaints
) well doing, aud fof craftsmanship and
iviI services We think he towers over
our feet5er Gensrai as much as lie does
I,ysicalIy A
Az Ian d plsBfeF III AIaLams, the M
niriss mike 81 you, Major, IRE interest.
,g u me and ID ny neighbofs. ODe of
letn, q Methodist preacher, who rides the
ircnit, siyJ u well informed pD The sub-
sci, tells me SoAti AIsbama viii give
Ii vote to Gen. Scoft.
Viii great rsspsct, Msjor, Tam yourfr friend
sls~11f I2HgRK