The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-10-30

tracted from General PIERCE, which only
made the matter worse against himself. Then
the fraud was brought into play. Credible
witnesses against him were assailed as felons,
and attempts were made first to cheat the pub
lie, and afterwards to buster them into the re-
lection of the speech.
The action of the Democratic party in refer
ence to the anti-Cathoic test was another
fraud, equally daring and equally Intellectual.
The votes of New Hampshire were misrepre-
scented to throw the onus upon the Wings, and
maneuvres without limit were resorted to to
produce the belief that General PIERCE used
great efforts to obtain the abrogation of the
test. The fraud was laid bare at once. The
records of the State proved that the Democrats
are responsible for the maintenance Of the test;
and the report of the proceedings Of the State
Convention reduced General PIERcE's mighty
exertions 10 FIVE minutes speech, feeble In
matter, and too late.
The attempt to place the Democra tic party
before the country as united upon Prlncl-
pie, was fraud, and glaring one. Cen
eral PIERCE was not nominated by the party
in its national aspect, but by factions, in
full possession of sectional strength. Seces-
sionists and Freesoilers jointly succeeded IN
battling the National Democrats, and ultimately
in effecting the nomination, which has no
claims to be considered national except those
which are fraudulent.
The adoption of the Democratic platform was
fraud, according to the New York Euening
Post; for it was adopted without even farcical
formality, and has been, and still is, practically
disregarded by important sections of the Demo.
cratic party.
The policy pursued by the Democrats in the
canvass in regard to internal Improvements has
been fraud throughout. They have one pro-
fession for the South and another for the West;
one promise to please Illinois and widely
different one to meet the expectations of Vir-
ginia.
The pretence that General PIERCE is emf
nently friendly to the South is fraud. He
voted against the South on two important
questions while in Congress- he has spoken
against the peculiar institution of the South
on several occasions; one of his most active
advocates in the canvass is JOHN VAN buren,;
and powerful proportion of the Freesol press
and the Freesol partsans fighting in his
behalf.
The pretence that General PIERcE's cleo
ton will conduce to national peace is fraud
Messrs SoULE and DOUGLAS share his conf
dence with JOHN VAN buren,; and the foreig
policy they have indicated as result of Demo-
cratic victory is pregnant with ilibusterism,
foreign war, and domestic strife.
The charge circulated by the Union, attri-
butng to General ScoTT an order against the
enlistment of foreigners, is Democratic fraud
proved to be 50 by conclusive testimony.
The circulation of that charge after it has
been disproved is fraud of which the Demo
Gratis of New York have been guilty, and OF
which the Democratic Pennsylranian is guilty
The publication of biography of General
PIERCE for Northern circulation, embodying
his Freesoil sentiments as point in his favor,
is fraud of which the Democratic Executive
Committee have been convicted.
The device of the Union to transfer the re-
sponsiblity of that publication to Wings, was
fraud, bold but foolish; for a>copy of the Free,
soil biography, with the printed endorsement
of the Democratic Committee, is in our hands
The issue of letter to the Catholics OF
Pennsylvania, with the name of Archbishop
HUGHEs forged at the bottom of it, was De-
mocratic fraud, designed to counteract the
effects of the New Hampshire test.
The forgery of the circular attributed to MIR.
LEWIS CAMPBELL was fraud for Democra-
tic use, the perpetrator of which should be
transferred to the penitentiary.
The mode by which the Union seeks to
give color to this forgery is fraud, from which
journal not hopelessly debased would shrink
instinctvely.
The Democratic despatch to New Orleans
disappearing the position Of the Admins
tratlon on the Cuban question, is the last o.
the frauds that have been detected, though by
no means the least.
We pause for time. Enough has beer
cited we think, to demonstrate that this ha!
indeed been a " canvass of Frauds" and tina
from first to last their preparation has beer
the peculiar work of Democrats. The mex
three days will be as prolific in productions o
this kind as the last three months. When thu
experience of these days shall have been &C
quired-when defeat shall have once more re
conciled General PIERCE to his picturesque
home on the banks of the Merrimac--we may
return to this subject, and complete the his
tory often promised but never undertaken b,
our contemporary the Union.
e Judge Douglas Rebuked by n Democrat
t The part taken by Judge DOUGLAS in tn
t campaign has been repeatedly anmadverte
t upon as malignant and discreditable in TIT
s extreme We have not seen more sever,
notice of his oratorical style than the following