Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-10-01

of his past acts To the expression of his opinions
he is heartily welcome; but, if guilty of dupcity
he is unworthy of the suffrages Of his country
men. Read, and determine for yourselves!
PIERCE AND HIS ABOLITION ALLIES.
NUMBER FIVE.
We might refer to other resolutions passed by
Democratic conventions and Democratic legisa-
lures in New Hampshire during the pendency of
the recent controversy, but it is unnecessary
And we might also fill volumes with extracts from
the New Hampshire Patriot (the organ of Gen.
Pierco) exhibiting every form Of ultraism on this
subject, but the following must suffice:
Extract from the New Hampshire Patriot Eztra
issued in FebruaTy 1848.
THE SLAVERY QUESTION.
The Course Of the The Parties in Relation to IL.
There is no subject upon which more gross
fraud, more base deception, more palpable de-
liberate, and perseverng falsehood has been prac-
tised, by the federal abolition organs and dema-
gogues of this State, than that Of slavery, and
the position of the Democratic party in relation
to it. Every act of the Democrats upon this
question is basely misrepresented, and deliber-
ately perverted; and all the arts of fraud, false
hood, and forgery are resorted to to deceive the
people upon this subject. The desperation man
ifested in this work plainly shows that it is only
by such means that they have any hope of sue
cess. While every man of their party present in
the last legislature voted AGAINST THE WILL
MOT PROVISO-while every one of them voted
against resolution declaring that eve are OPP
posed to the extension of slavery" over FREE
TERRITORY--while every one of them voted
against resolution declaring that "we approve
of the vote of our Senators and Representatives
in favor of the Wmot Proviso while these
| votes are on record and while these resolutions
were voted for and passed by the Democrats in
that legislature against the unparalleled exertions
of the federal and abolition members to defeat
them; in the face and eyes of all this the federal
abolition leaders and organs have the brazen i'm
pudence, the base and open depravity, to repre-
sent the Democracy of this State as hostile to the
Wimot Proviso, and false to their professions
upon this subject! We propose to give certain
facts to show the baseness, the downright scoun-
drelism of these fellows in this matter, for which
we nsk the candid attention of the reader.
The Patriot then proceeds to give the details of
many Democratic conventions helI in that State at
various times, subsequent to the commencement
of the controversy, and then concludes as follows:
| " Comment on the above is wholly unnecessary"
| Here are the declarations CT SIXTEEN conven-
tons including the State convention THREE
Councillor conventions, SEVEN senatorial conven-
tons and FIVE county conventions; the others
passed no resolutions on this subject. And these
resolutions stamp the whole course of the federal
| abolition party upon the p.int in question, as
BASE, DELIBERATE, UNMITIGATEDF FRAUD.
Extract from the Patriot Of October 25, l849.
CIT Is NOT TRUE THAT WE EVER ACCUSED THE
| VHIGs OF A DESIRE TO EXTEND THE WILMoT
PR0yIso OYER THE LAMP As Hf TMs BFSRAT
DESIRE THAT THE THING sHOCLD BE p0NE; % & Ang
THAT THEY ARE H9W EEA9f dF Tpw NJ ~ nApsHRf
WE'RE NEVER MORE READY TO EXTEND THIS
PHINcIPLE 0yEE al THE EaT FANp FxRT TTFS THIS 4SE
| FEDERALIsTs DID, BY SUPPORTING GREAT
sLAvE-HoLDER: sLAyE-TRAp6R, AND SLAVE
BREEDER FOR THE PRESIDENCY"
Extract from The NJ II. Patriot Of May lG, 1862
~Tbe last number of the Independent Democrat (ope
OF the witnesses TO General Perces New Boston apreeh
unusually prolific In deliberate and malignant aise
hoods They too numerous to menuon ana oS palpa
bic and barefaced need refuaton For instance II says
that the T,tyi Is at out in full blast for Foote'S
COMPROMISED and that the Patriot Of May 2d contained four
articles ayowed advocacy Of forming territorial govern
mcnts without the wmot Proyiso Every reader Of the
ri will these two assertions down as totally false In
every particular Instead of having favored the Compr
misc pIan which Il Names have published against
Il than that paper has, aud instead OF that numer o tue
Patriot containing four articles In nvowed advocacy o yer
rtora without the proyso did not contain
one.'
Thus appears that while General Scott was peconding
the efforts Of Clay Webster, and other patriots to adjust
this alarming controversy and while lie was lending a the
influence his great and high character TO promote
the OF MT Cluy lueys Ilc AN"
Democracy with General Pierce ut their bead were doing
all thew coud TO aggrayate existing difficulties ANA to
under peRceabe settlement hopeless; and yet Winfield
scott Is now denounced the tool Of William II seward
while Franklin Pierce held up pattern Of all that IL
truly excellent and national
II should he borne In mind that Gen Pierce returned
from Mexico in the month Of January lS4s and has
a home and in habit Of ncessant intercourse with his
political friends up the present day 1t is not pretended
that he exerted the slightest influence to moderate the wild
fanacsm Of the New Hampshire Democracy On the con
trsry we him injustice when we declare our seief
that he participated in their counses and guided their
course Can any doubt nut that he might have given
form and substance the matter that bas appeared from
time 10 time in the columns Of his organ lsit 10 be
believed that the conductors of that journal would have
assumed such extreme positions without his approbaton'
Or will It be said that he is wholly without influence In
New HampshreP He could not Il seems, far control
their votes rs to deliver his from the shsckes OF re-
gious intolerance aud now tmust be pretended IN order
to exonerate him from responsibility, that he could not
lift up his voice and say TO the turbulent waters Of anti
slavery fanatcism, "Peace be still"
So from attempting this he could not even attend and
take part in Compromise Unisn meeting, without
throwing cut language which not be otherwise than
offensive moderate in all parts Of the country 1t
appears from "Sketch of his Life published by author
y Of the Democratic Central Committee, and now being
circulated all over the country that such meeting was
held at Manchester, N H. the Goth Of November 1850
wide ~ and that that occasion. Gen Pierce said,
wide p 2s,) "wHo BIs NOT DEPLoRE SLAVERY b"
what :o,ndtnng mind regarded at osh only er 'h'ch
ce,dd rest the IdndY THE MEN WHoWoulD DIssoLNE
THE UNION DID NOT HATE OR DEPLoRE SLAVERY
MORE THAN lie DIDl That is to say he hated and de-
pore slavery as much rs Garrisons and Wenda Phil
lpses who are all the while insisting that the Constitution
of the United States Is nothing but COVENANT Win
HELL and 'oto 'copd bo,o the TnoH 10 atoms to get T'a O
he obligation to restore fugitive stares'
No doubt the Democratic committee thought THIS ah-
zusee might be produced without offence at the South as
b used in connexion with strong advocacy Of the Oompo