Washington telegraph., 1852-09-29
'For doubtless the pleasure is as great,
CT being cheated as to cheat

BY the folly of his prejudices, of ingenius
wickedness, not only the language is mang-
led but the obvious meaning and import
thereof perverted. 1t behooved the report
er then, Of this thrilling dialogue which
he says took place between Mr.. Wise and
myself, to have stated all that | said in my
answer to his question, if it was his object
to enlighten the country, ard not to deceive
it. But as he has used only SO much as
will answer the ends Of party intrigue, l
will state what did say, and what l heard
Mr. Pierce say, as well as the elapse of some
six or seven years will serve my memory,
for the i4formati0n and not deception of
the people. In "A or AS, think, | was
at a meeting addressed by John p Hale in
the State of New Hampshire 1t was not
two years ago, as the Snow Hill reporter has
it. A short time prior to this, MIR. Hale
had dissolved his connection with the Demo-
cratic party, upon the Texas question, on
the plea that the party did not 90 far enough
for the abolition of slavery. He desired to
see slavery abolished, aohether by "zeace on
hood." He also in the course of his re-
marks, made some allusion to Mr. Pierce.
That Gentleman came forward to defend
himself. And in his pierce 's) remarks lie
distinctly au0red that lie acaS Us much OPP
posed to the institution Of slavery as any
man IN Nea0 Hampshire, and mode use Of
language regy much like, # nat almost
tie same as, that ac}t5ch Ihace seen inl21ut-
ect TO hln1 t2s tie Nc1C Boston .SpeccA by
tie Radepe1adent 0gla A0ncheSter Demo-
crat. l heard nothtmg else from him.
Aa,d on Tie contrary, aIi that 1 did hear
him sag, cOnUl2aces me that aChether lie
made those remarks quoted as nas by the
aboue papers or nat, they c0aatained his sen
timents upon sIareryand are uery similar
IN acOrdS and tie same IN 2neaallng, qchtch
I Ihcayd linn dectarc | do not mean to
say that he said any thing upon the compro-
mise, because it was not in agitation at that
day.
The reporter of that article misrepresents
me when he says that | charged Franklin
Pierce with, and gave the Concord and
Manchester Democrat to prove that he was
identified with freesoilism. [ distinctly
avowed that did not believe him an aboli-
ZIONIST. And when speak of abolitionism,
I the creed of John p. Hale, wheth-
er "by blood or peace" And why | did
not believe him an abolitionist was, that he did
not think Hale's party could mean what they
said, that is to effect the abolition of slavery
by the force Of arms, and if they did he was
sure that euery good citizen would be will
ling, at least he would, to lay down his dead
body to protect the constitution.
But that he is a freesoiler, a nomenclature
which is used in distinction to abolitionists,
l have never doubted. And what have
heard him say confirms me in the conviction
that his sentiments upon the slave question
are truly embodied in the resolutions adopt
ed and instructions given to their represen-
tatives in Congress by the Democratic Leg
islature of New Hampshire in 1847 | did
refer to the extracts from the New Boston
speech, which | had seen, but l said l did
not know whether Mr.. Pierce made those
remarks OR not. then and there, for l had
not then seen any effort to deny them; and