Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-08-14


We invite the attention Of candid Dem
ocrats, and the public generally, to th
: following articles the first from the Abe
deem (Miss) independent. a Wing pape
and the second lin reply) from the Florenc'
(Ala.) Gazette, one Of the Oldest and mo-
unwavering Democratic journals in .h
i Union:
From the Aberdeen tNiiss.) Injepenient.l
GEN. PIERCE AND SLAvEnY.--We quo
ted on the 18th ,llt., paragraph from th
Speech OF Gen Pierce at the Union Meet
ing. at Manchester, New Hampshire. Il
Nov. 1850, from the Florence (Ala) Ga
-ette. Of the 18th nlt., as follows:
/ WHO DID NOR DEpLonE SLAVERY
But what sound thinking mind regarded
that as the only EVIL which could res
upon the land! TnE MEN WHO wouLi
DtssoLvE THE Union DID NOT HATE d
Deplore slavery more than he did bu
even with Il, we had lived in peace, pros
perity and security from the foundation o.
our institutions to the pfaEent time"
Many Of our whig cotempornre-, cop
led from US, and commented upon the sen.
tiinents of Gen. Pierce. II found its way
to Vicksbnrg. and there the Sentinel en-.
deav to check its onward progress by
charging this Journal with misrepresen.
ting" Gen. Pierce's Speech T! Itputlishes
the speech as it appeared in the Standaytl
which It takes to he a correct copy Of 1t,
although the ''6r0 copy Of the speech
which the editor read contained language
similar TO that quoted by the Independent. y
It charges MS with injustice to Gen Pierce
The speech, as published by ,l,eScntinel,
reads thus: ...-...
Who did not deplore slavery. But
what sound thinking mind regarded that
as the only evil which could rest upon the
land The men who would dissolve the
Union did not deplore slavery more than
he did but even with it we have lived in
peace, prosperity aud security from the
foundation of our institution to the pres.
ent time. If the Constitution provided
for the return of fugitive slaves, il should
he doIe. That was what we wanted to
do that was what our fathers agreed we
should do !; and that was what the friends
of the Union established by them wanted
to do" s,.,.,.....5t ,5#sss
It will be observed that this differs from
the true copy only in one particular
that the words "hate or" before deporc, :"
are left out in the Sentincl's cory. Wheth-
er it has been left out by design or not
we do not know. We Wecipped our extract
from the Florence (Ala.) Gazette, of June
12th, and respectfully appeaI to IL TO kn0sc
arhsch of the dbove esrtyacts is tie correct
one. We ask the Gasette to give Its ties.
timony upon this matter. and prove, us
innocent Of the charge preferred by the
Vicksburg Sentinel. Did we not copy il
from the Gazette ot the 18th OF June,
correctly ? We would be pleased to
know from, what paper the Gasetse copied
il. s4 .is- a. s.ssfs,rtfl 1astt4
The Gazette whose simon.p pure, old.line
democracy. no one will be 30 hardy as to
impeach, promptly replies as follows
From the Florence tAla.) Gaxette.]
"Ne and the foregoing article in the
last Aberdeen Independent, aud justice to
ourself as well as the clever editor of that
able paper, requires that we should give
All explicit answer to his polite enquiries.
I've have carefully examined our file
and we find that the Independent cor
rectly copied Gen. Pierce's speech as it
appeared IN the Gazette Of the 18th Of
June last. The Gazette was the first pa
per to publish the speech delivered by
Gen. Pierce at Manchester, which we
copied from an old file Of the National
Intcllsgencey. published soon after the
speech was delivered, and il the editors Of
the Iadeps,mens and the Sentinel will
recur TO the IntciIigencer, they will find
that we gave correct reprint OF thst very
able aud elenuent speech.
GEN. PIERCE. NO DOUBT USED
THE EXPRESSION ATTRIBUTED
TO HTM-THAT HE "HATED AND
DEPLORED SLAVERY" and 1.-THE
editor Of the Independent will investigate
a little, he will find that large majority
Of even Southern zeoplc, Siare o,cncys
often express similar senti-
lnents. At the North, all parties, abjure,
I hate. aud deplore" slavery. and while |
Gen. Pierce like all other Northern men
opposes slavery in the abstract, he main- |
!ains that it canno. be removed only by |
those interested in it. The best friends
of the South have expressed peecisely
similar sentiments, and we have hundreds
IN our midst who concur with the express
lions Of Gen. Pierce. Gen. Cass has said.
. we are no slave owner. We never were.
We never expect to be. We depvccate
n principle and pray for its abolition every
where" Mr.. Clay in one Of his great
'peeches said, "slaueyyis is a dark spOt on
,ur political horizon. lam no friend to
'sagery - Mr. Clayton one Of the South
IN champions Of the Wing party, has
aid in Congress Y" am no advocate Of
lavery. I hold no slaves and fully con-
:ur in the opinion that slavery is MORAL
;ocIAL AND POLITICAL EVIL" Gov. Me-
0oweIl Of Virginia. Mr.. Stephens Of Geor-
ia. Reve.dy Johnson of Maryland, W.
;. Reeves Of Virginia, and others who
re ultra ia defence Of Southern rights.
ook upon slavery as curse to the coun-
~ and have expressed their adherence
d Congress. Thos. jefferson called it 2
great MORAL AND POLITICAL EvIL-"
ZEN. Harrison bitterly denounced slavery
Il The abstract. and last though not least,
ZEN. George Washington said, .THEKE y
10 MAN LIVING, WHO WISHES MORE sINCERE
K THAN / DO a PLAN ADOPTED ron THE /
BoLIrroN or SGAxERY.ng
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