Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-09-24
The British Candidate for President.

We are glad that the few hasty remarks with
which we introduced the ne,c heading TO our
paper, last evening, has elected the conside-
rate comments Of Il correspondent whose con-
muncaton will be found below.
1t is undenabe that the GREAT AND PAR
MOUNT ISSUE, in the approaching Presidential
election is that which most vitality affects the
interests of AMERICAN LABOR. If Pierce should
he elected, the ice of British Free Trade would
be thrown upon the fires of our boundaries and
Furnaces, and our Looms and Splndles would
be eftectually stopped. Mr. Pierce is the nd
vocae of Free Trade, and of the unrestricted
admission Of Foreign pauper- produced Manu-
features, Of every description, into our Country,
TO compete with the LABOR of America.-
Against an Administration and Congress-
both Free Trade, it will be worse than idle for
American enterprise, industry, genius or IA
Dor to contend, British policy Is as sure to
prevail IN this Country, if the falsely-named
democracy triumph in the approaching election
ms the sun Is sure to rise The Free Trade
p1ity Of this Union have got, in Frank Pierce,
as lntoIerant and uncompromisng Free Trade
candIdate as they could have selected He
never gave vote in his obscure congressional
life, on questions relating to Protection to
American Industry and the improvement of the
hVers and llarbors of The Country that was
not IN exact conformity with the principles and
policy of Eng and We challenge any friend
OF his to disprove this
We assert with perfect confidence that in
the entire Congressional action Of Frank Pierce
IN the American Congress there is nothing
that would disquafy HIM from being the
representative of British interests and British
policy IN our national legislation He voted
AGAINST bills for internal improvements,
that CALHOUN and WRIGHT voted far, and that
Folk approved. His Zone ide1," in Congress,
seemed to be that, if he voted against PRorFc-
TToN to American Industry in every shane in
which 1t might present itself, and against the
very Shotow OF anything that locked like Inter
nal improvements he was carving out the
New Hampshire notion of iniolerant "democ>
racy;"-and from his obscure seat in both
Houses of Congress, (where his n1me WIS
scarcely known except as the Clerk called It
on taking the Yeas and NaysL he most faith
fully, and without the slightest discrimination,
suck to thus 'idea." II any friend of Mr..
flerce will point us 10 vote of his that IS NOT
OPPOSED both to Protection and to River and
liHbor Improvements, we will most choerfIlv
record 1t IN our columns. We desire to do INN
no injustice. We wish TO fight him on fair
and honorable grounds, and we charge that he
has PROVED himself, by his course IN Con,
gress. to be what the London Times CLAIMS
hun to be,--a "PR ACTICAL ALLY" of Brit
ISL interests and BRUSH policy, and PRAC.
1lCAL ENEMY o. the true interest," aud pol
icy Of his counrymeu. lie has always. and in
al places, under all circumstances. ana at all
'lm'S' shown himself to he mere slnll-souled,
one sided, proScnptve, and nolerant parttsan,
with no stlesman-Ilke, patriotic, or canpre-
henslve views in regard 10 "A National Policy,
and only equal TO the poor game Of defeating
an Atwood or Hale, by the force of superior
tactics and wlre-worklng, within the narrow
limits OF the little State of New Hampshire.
1t Is perversion of terms, an insult to the
common sense of the community of New Eng
land an outrage in view of the disclosures of
ms meagre political history, to call him a
CRAFTSMAN --and not one IN thousand of
those who viii vote for hlm,-if they bestow
thought on the matter,-think hun fit to he
President OF this great and generous Republic. /
he was never thought Of by the Convention
that nominated him til they had got worn ont
VAN irl''e's oa.Iotings for the real Mr. end