Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-08-13
nREy." MIR. FOSS, THE RICHMOND WHIG'S
FELLOW CONSPIRATOR.


thoroughly exposed, TO the satisfaction OF all can
d,a nd fair men-and we shall more
time and space in killing It stM more dead. 1t
ia important however to chew how utterly unre.
liable ore the Wing and its allies in their assaults upon Gen
Pierce by showing the character of the abolition associates
upon evidence relies, to hunt down ono Of the
strongest Northern champions of the Constitutional Rights
of the Southa who is pronounced by Col fancey Oh
Alabama as "above all suspicion OF freesoism" and 'as
purs State Rights is TO be found out OF SCUM "a
rolIua;" and Of whom Gen. Qunan writes:
81 knew Gen. FRASKL1N PIERCE personally while we were
ia service and since His high intellectual qualities, mis-
Quick perception and judgment OF men, secured
v respec while his nice honor his sincerity and
his pure. minded disnteres.ed integrity won my warm re-
gard aud friendship His nomination was highly acceptable
TO mo-"
The solitary finsy plank upon which tho Southern wing
assannts of Gen. Pierce rest their New Boston calunny'
is Tho affidavit, of the "Rev" Mr. Foss the originator OF the
libel and falsiy of whose report has been demon
sa,ed by the strongest con,empoaneous evidence VINO
This Foss is shall let the New Hampshire correspondent
of the N. i. Herald, fully explain, ns follows:
Coscoap N. H, Augusta 1852.
. N T,oston Sp.,eh Of Gen Pierce The Political char.
acicr of Mr.. Eoss, &C. DE
The HERALD OF Yesterday evaen,y sm psTce aNew
speech, which is now making some noise through"
Union, especially in the Southern wing papers
You say in an editorial articles
at charged against General Pierce that las, January ,
course of public speech on being directly
m" nnnt he replied that he the Fugitive Slave
Law had "a revolving feeling the giving up OF slave
md lint The law was opposed humanity, and opposed
Ia moral right but that il was constitutional &C. ihs
charge we ind sustained by the affidavit OF Mr. Foss re-
norter who reported the speech on the spo and from
experience and observation have learned IN the matter
disputed speech 10 trust the reporter il honest as Inc
duty becomes his habit unless ne Is deliberate
knave report the speech as ne hears H. and 70 near al
Mere spectators seldom hear correctly tenth part OF
stump speech their testimony the testimony
speaker himself 10 frequent cases is not strictly as rea
BILE for accuracy, as the evidence Of reporter DC.
Tho misappehenson which the HERALD labors under is
about this Mr. Foss being ia reporter" So lar from It, NJ
probably syllable in short hand in the course
Of his natural ic took Of political speech,
cepI rn.repesent it, He ia reporer!' Why, able
Gcatons would consider themselves dsgrace by being
ed in the connection with him. He knows about a
some years ago was minister Free will Tor Casan
stc) Baptist persuasion; but the field not being oroa
outer" wing of New England abooniss and united will
Garrison in denouncng the American church as "a covenan
WIN death and an agreement with hell Latteriy, ne ha
acted with the voting section of Is TO say
the John Hale free soes who have uniformly acted will
the whg party since the Hale the United State
pubiie represent this man Foss ms reporter" a
ii, pretend that the Manchester Democrat and Con
cord Independent Democrat Si,nou pure democrat
ic organs aud support Mr. Pierce The Indepenaer
Democrat did act with the democratic party but wa
established mainly by wing funds in 1875 TO proo nm p
Hale when he undertook surrender democracy Owe
TO uboionism and kicked out at Gen. pcrce's aug
ges,ion 1, has uniformly acted with the Wings who eec;
Cd liz the Leglslaure It's editor Secretary OF State in ls4
the year they sent Hale to the United States Senate
and abolition State Treasurer Hale also Spea
ker Of the Houseto which he returned by the Wing
of Dovenbotion clerks door keepers &c-in fact ever
office then surrendered by the Wings to the abolition
lists in consideration of bs latter helping, in the Legs
'ute, 10 choose anthony Colby the Wing candidate COVE
nor there being ectlon By the people, our Consiitl
ton requires majority vote The Manchester Democra
Uheeis another in that city, called the Union De
erat) was kicked out of the Democratic party aboa hre
years sinceor rather kicked itself free soil pal
y-'he Democratic platform not being broad enough for til
enlarged "hum1n freedom philanthropy of Its editor VIII
came from Columbus, Georgia few years since where
is reputed 10 have held slaves
Such il MIR. Reporter Foss, and such the papers fl
which he reports did not hear Gen Pierce at New Bo
on say whether he il misrepresened or no
from personal knowledge; but there hundred ar
eleven respectable citlzens-two Of whom are editors
newspapers who gave sketch OF Gen. P's al Ne
Boston-who have certified the fasty Of Foss's repol
AT least fifty or the number competent TO make