The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-10-13
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has 5, cured 70 her proud position and an
enyiable nuEe in parts OF the Union, suffer
no diminua1n in retirement, | trust may be
sufficiently apparenlin every contest through
which Nc may be called to pass in support
If those PTincil les Oh in vndicaIion OF that
hOrCr,
In August, 1916. he was rendered the
appointment Of Attorney General oI the Uni
led States, declined the position so congeni
al 10 his pursuits and taslrs, as well as Tempt
ing 10 his professional Iride-and here again
We must be permitted TO make a short ex-
tract from his letter To President Polk. as il
lus'ra'ive of his decided preference for the
situation of private citizen, ard his fixed
purpose 10 adhere to Tic resolution formed
in 1919
"Whon ! add your important measures
in the furrign and home admin stralion of
the government have commanded not mere
y the appreciation of my judgment, but
my grateful acknowledgements as an Amer
csn citize n, YOU will see how desirable, on
every gr'uu connected with your admins
,ration, the office rendered wou Id Ee TO me
and yet after mature consideration am con-
strained to decline. Although the early
years Of my manhood were devoted to pub
lie life, it was never real suite 10 my taste.
longcd, as am sure YOU must often have
done, for tie quiet and independence that
belongs only to the private citizen, and now,
at forty, ! feel that desire stronger then ever"
May, 1916, will long be remembered by
all patriotic men as a period of great excite
mcrt and anxiety on account of the condl-
tior Of urgalIant little army in Mexico. 1t
was fra cd that they must be, not defeated,
but overwhelmed 10y Numbers and slaugh-
t=red. Announcements like the following
filled the the newspapers and were ronsipg
the whole community with the exception OF
those in our midst who by dcnouncng the
war an discouagns enistments, were dis
posed to give aid and comfort to the enemy:
-" General Taylor surraaaIed by 5000 Nee
tcaq tr0oPs." "Rcqui>i:iQp upon the Gov
ernor of TcYas for all. Also on the Gov
enors Of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama
for 300 troops. " "a "Gov. Of Louisiana or
dcrea out $500 HOOPS. Appropriation of
$500, coo Ly the LcgisI2 uYc."
Or The 23th of May. Gov. Stcee's proc
lana.ion for volunteers unlrr the act OF the
18Th of that month, was published. Gener-
al Pierce thought that the honor Of the State
and the dictates of patriotism required that
all ranks and conditions of our citizens should
come forward to ill the battalion called for
ty the proclamation of the Governor lie
did not rest satisfied with carnesi appeals to
others. He at once enrolled himself us
private soldier, subscribing his name to the
printed conditions under the terms '.tor du-
ring the war," which original enlistment is
now on the files Of the Arljuant Generals
Office of the State of New Hampshire.
Subsequently the provision Tor volunteer
ing was sU HCEled by the bill providing for
tcp new reyimcRts Of Regulars, and in Feb
ruary l347, Gen, Pierce was appointed
Coloaol CT the 9h Inflnry, which appoint
mcnt lie instantly accepted, and entered
with zeal upon the enlistment and orgapt-
cation of the Regiment In March, he was
promoted to the rank OF Briyadcr General
in tie regular army. In May, he sailed
for Vera CrNS. In March, l843; the war
having been Virtually brou ght to a close, he
resigned his commission in the army and re
sumcd the practice of his profession. On
the 23I Of June, 1843, the Legislature of
New Hampshire passed the following reso
lutiopS:-
ReSolcqa 5gMe Senate a1l House Of Rep |
IN erot Court conVeRe@ That
this Legislature entertain high and CRATE.
ful sense of tie bravery and patriotism OF |
Briyadjcr General Franklin Pi,rce, as dis /
played in his participation in tAe conduct OF
The recent war wish Mexico.
Rcs0ipsri. That in the name and behalf of
he people OF New IIsmp hire we tender to
General Pierce, and also 10 Mljor Bish, to
J lp.a MS CAly, Rowe, Bowers AMI Dana,
o Licu.cnAn.s kendrck, Whipp!e, Foster,
Potter, Pierce, Jackson, and to other brave
,fliccrs aad sol!iers from this State, our sin
,ere thanks for their galianry and distin-
tuShcd services in that war.
In the Senate but two members voted in
he negative, and they expressed the high
psf respect for Gen. Pierce, ana placed their
votes pom the ground that they could vote
10 thanks for military services in that war
The House concurred in the passage of the
unanimously. In i843 he was
rendered, by the unNpimUus yQice of the
Democratic party, the nominaliop AS its can
didate for Governor. This he declined from
the same motives which have SO steadily
yoycrened his actions. In his speech de-
Ginning the nomination, he said:-
"WhaL he had learned before lie came
nto the Convention, as well as what had
Just been stated by his friend Mr. SwaScy)
~ relation to the sentiments II an assembly
Dt delegates 50 unanimous, 50 respectable,
md directly from the people, could not but
awakcp in which his engagements would
permit hiN ~ make. How coul it be 9TH
:rwse? 1t was now twenty years since lie
mad participation in The politics Of the State
md nation of greater o. less ex.ent; and in =
lll that time he had received from the par
y with which it haG been his pride and
pleasure TO act, no,hing but manifestations
If the same partially ana Kindness to him
personally, which were exhibited here to-
lay.
although when he resigned his seat in
he United States Senate in 1912, it was
with the purpose Of dscunnccllng himself
entirely from public Office, ami from any ac-
i've participation in politics, his attachment
% his party had never grown cold, nor had
his confidence in The soundptss Of its lead
ng principals ever been shaken"
in December, 1915, the following resolu- i
ion was passed by the Legislature Of New
keSolOed by tie .Sentte amd House Of Rep
'egcntqtigeS IN Gsnerai Court conVened, That
he Governor uf this State is hereby author
zrh IN urrsnnt 10 RriraIinr GrneI al Crank