Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1852-08-11
From the Republic
GENERAL FIERCE AND SLAVERY.

From the Republic
GENERAL FIERCE AND SLAVERY.
There is nothing to be gained IN contro-
ve.sy by recourse to vituperative language
The Union may exhaust the vocabulary Of
abuse without persuading any one that the
Republic circulates statements which II DIS
believes. or tina. it has any sympathies with
Abolitionism.
We have published tworcporls OF General
Picrce's speech ut New Boston. The Union
attempts to discredit these reports on the
ground that they come from the Freesoil wing
of the Democracy. and are therefore unwor-
thy Of belief The New York Post. on the
other hand, DEMOCRATIC journal OF the
highest ability and pretentions, the organ OF
the most influential and celebrated Northern
| Democrats the Van Burens. Butler, Dix
Cleveland, Rantoul, and host Of others,
without whom the Northern Democracy is
nothing and nowbere--the Erening Post
gives full credence to the reports, commends
The sentiments attributed BY them to General
Pierce, and calls upon us to produce further
testimony Of the same sort. The Legislative
records Of New Hampshire the resolution OF
her State and County Conventions, show
that the DEMOCRATS proper Of that State have
for years held the same language that is as
cribed to General Pierce; and the witnesses
produced by the Union to rebut the evidence
| Of the Manchester and Concord Democrats,
are distinctly proved to have given their per-
sonal endorsement to the same sentiments.
and to stand in consimili casa with the wit
nesscs who are denounced by the Union as
| vile and infamous Abolitionists. The differ
ence that we can find between Mr.. Norris
and Mr. Hale is extremely thin. Mr.. Norris
disavows his local sentiments on the subject
of slavery when he reaches Washington; Mr..
Hale has the manliness and courage to ad-
here to them Mr. Peaslee and Mr.. Hib-
bard do not carry out their convictions to the
same conclusions precisely with the editors Of
the Manchester and Concord Democrats;
but they stand committed on the records to
sentiments as justly offensive to the South as
any which those journals have avowed.
We have two OF three documents OF inter
est to submit to our contemporary this morn
ing. We desire his attention TO them. One
is an affidavit from Mr.. Foss. the reporter of
General Pierce's speech. This gentleman.
we understand, is preacher of the Baptist
persuasion, a man Of good character and un-
impeached veracity, but as fanatical We
dare say, on the subject Of abolition as the
editors Of the Epening Post, as Rantcul,
Floyd, Preston King, Molony. Campbell.
Cleveland, the Van Burens. Butler. Dix, and
the numerous anti Compromise men who are
now CO. operating with Forsyth, Soule vena-
BILE, and Governor Brown, to make Presi-
dent of the CHOICE AND CREATION" of the
Secessionists and Fire eaters. on the basis Of
the resolutions of $500, which are the bi
BILE Of Secession aud Notification. We dare
say that MIR. Foss is quite as ultra in his mo-
tons on slavery as any one Of the gentlemen
that we have named The Union may think
this sufficient cause for not believing him
on his oath We do not:
Il, Andrew I. Foss, of Manchester, in the
county Of Hillsborough, and State of New
Hampshire, depose and say, that on the I'd
day Of January. 1852. | attended political
meeting at New Boston. in SAID county, which
was addressed General Franklin Pierce
that went there for the purpose Of report
ing tho speakers, and thar the report Of the
speech Of General Pierce, wherein be declares
that be 'loathed the Fugitive Slave law, Sc, >
was furnished by me to the editor Of the
| Manchester Democrat; that the same was
written out by me on the evening after the
meeting from notes taken on the spot and
taat the facts therein stated as published il
said Manchester Democrat, aud also in the
/. Independent Democrat are true. dis.
tinctly recollect that General Pierce said
among other things. that he had a "most re-
voting feeling at the giving up of slave;
that he '.loathed the Fugitive Slave law !;
and that the same was opposed to humanity
and moral right" A. +. FOSS.
STATE OF New HAMPSHIRE,
; Merrimack, S., july %. 1852
Personally appeared Andrew T. Fcss
and made solemn oath that the the above af-
6davit, by him subscribed, is true. Before
me
JACOB s. HARVEY, j. p"
The next document to which we would
ask the attention of our contemporary is u
letter from the editor Of the Manchester Dem
ocrat, Mr.. Goodale. It will be seen that
this gentleman AYERS that be has always been
Democrat. and is now opposed to General
Scott He AYERS moreover that tw0 reports
were made Of General Pierce's speech. ,chich
corresponded in erery particular and that
the accuracy Of the report in the Manchester
Denocrdt wds not denied by single paper
until the recent manifesto Of the Flashing
ton Union:
Letter Of Mr. Goodaie.
MANCHESTER DEMOCRAT OfrrcE,
July 26. 1852.
Editor of the Republic: