The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-08
The FrecsUilers and the Democracy.

The Freesoil papers afford continued indica
tons of their partiality for the Democracy, and
Of the determination of their partisans to sup
port PIERCE and KING. The New York Epen.
ing Post has the following reference to sup
posed misunderstanding between Mr.. PIERCE
and the leaders of the New England Freesoil
ia ction. Mr.. HALE, it will be seen, who has
been named as the Freesoi candidate, valves
his own pretensons ia DIFFERENCE. to those Of
Mr. PIERCE, whose election Mr.. flkLE desires
to secure;' and MIR. ATWOOD is to follow his
leaders, example:
General Pierce has been accused by some OF
the Scott presses of bounding John P. Hale out Of
Congress because he opposed to the annexa.
ton of Texas; and of prescribing John Atwood,
when nominated as Governor Of New Hampshire,
because he did not subscribe to the Fugitive Slave
law the climax of good We see, however, by
the New York Times, that Mr.. Hale is unwilling to
be the Freesol candidate for President, in conse-
quence of Lis personal friendship for General
Pierce. And it is certain that Mr.. Atwood aided
in getting up the meeting in bis own town to re-
spond to the nomination Of Pierce and King, and
will support their election. Men are not apt to
manifest such good feeling when they have been
wronged, and the conduct of Mcssrs. Hale and At
wood shows that the charges against General
Pierce are either untrue or exaggerated"
The last words have no meaning, unless 1t
be that Messrs. HALE and ATWOOD feel that
the interests of their partisans will be most
etiectualy advanced by the return Of Mr..
PIERCE, and the rejection Of the Wing nominee.
The most ultra Freesoil journal in Vermont
the Mountain Freeman-thus explains the
| grounds of its preference for the Democratic
ticket We commend the statement to the
especial attention of the Union:
cat fret we were inclined to cxclnim, elk with
| one, and half dozen with the other but s,ilI
further comparison compels Us to pronounce that
of the Wings the worst. The Democratic pledge
was only TO execute the law it is, and make no
party tcst Of the matter; but the Wings declare
they will obey it till it be made etC
as understand it; and they fur thcr pledge
themselves to maintain the slavery .ystem, 'as
essential to the nationality of the Wing party!''
This is in perfect keeping with the view Of
the National Era, and with the line of action
pursued by the Freesol press of Ohio. The
scctionaIists, both North and South, place all
their influence to the credit of Mr.. PIERCE;
the central section meanwhile laboring hard
to convince itself that the factions are put
down. 1t feasts upon an imaginary advantage;
they revel in possession Of the substantials
From Milwaukee we learn that MIR. RAN
roUL, despite of his ungracious treatment at
the hands Of friends, has been on a visit to the
Freesoiers of Wisconsin, TO whom he declared
his intention to "gve his cordial support tc
the Democratic nominees"
HALE, RANToUL, and VAN buren, are a
pretty trio to stand in the foremost ranks of the
PIERCE army. With such commanders in the
North, and with the South under control o
the squadron led by JEFFERSON DAVIS, wha
is to become Of Mr.. PIERcE's "eminent con
servatsm7"