The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-09-06
The DisuniOnists' Candidate,

Our readers have not forgotten the letter of
Mr.. JOHN FORSYTH, of Georgia, which claimed
General PIERCE as the CREATION AND
CHOICE" of the Secessionists and Mr. PIERRE
SoULE. They have not forgotten the promi
nence which was given to Mr.. SoULE by the
convention, by sending him at the head of the
committee to wait upon General PIERCE in
New Hampshire; nor Mr.. SouLE's private
letter to his partner eulogis,ic Of the Demo.
cratic candidate; nor his letter to the Hills
ooro' meeting, in which he reaffirmed the
statement Of MIR. SoULE with regard to
General PIERcE's "creation." They have
not forgotten that the first gentleman to
euloglze General PIERCE on the floor of the
House of Representatives was Mr.. Orr, of
South Carolina, who claimed him as a states
man after South Cardinals own heart. We
wish them to keep these facts in view, and we
intend TO show up from time to time the prn-
ciPles and opinions of the gentlemen who were
principally concerned in General PIERcE's
''creatlon and choice" And first for touch
of Mr.. FoRsyTH's quality. On the 18th of
September, 1851 he wrote letter to meet
ing of the citizens of South Carolina who were
opposed to ''submission to the past wrongs and
aggressons of the General Government" and
In favor of secession or rebellion or forcible re-
sistance. In this letter Mr.. FORSYTH says:
''Gentlemen, it is not we ,cho haze lost o,o'
loyalty TO the Union Of our fathers; BUT
THAT UNION is NO MORE.
Your loyalty was unimpeached and unim-
peachable, until LOYALTY TO THE
UNION BECAME TREASON TO THE
INDEPENDENCE, FREEDOM, AND
SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES"
At this meeting letter was read from the
Hon. J. S. PALMER to Major MANEGAuLT, in
which he says, "For more than tpenty years
hare been di,unionst." The same gentle
man winds up his letter with the following
declaration: i" If elected delegate to the
Southern Congress, shall feel myself bound
: to vote for no measure proposed before that
body that does not tend directly to the dis,olu-
ton Of the Union, and the formation Of
Southern Co'yederacy."
Our contemporaries of the Democratic press
make shocking TODD every day because Cen
era SCOTT is supported by Governor SEWARD.
scandallzed by this fact, and apprehend that
General SCOTT, with all his patriotic and nation
al attachments and conservative temper, will
be 50 affected by this support that his election
Will be dangerous to the country. But If the
support of Governor SEWARD is to be so detrl
mental to General ScoTT and is to work such
change in his character, what will they say to
the surroundings of General PIERCE?
The man who boasts of having created him
is protessed Disun,onist He has solemnly
avowed within year under his own hand
in published letter, that South Carroll,
ma was right in her doctrines of resistance to
the Federal Government, and that in the case
of her citizens, "loyauy to the Union" was
"treason to The State :" The men W no will be
about General PIERCE, if he should be elected ;,
will be Of the FORSYTH, SoULE, and PALMER
fashion-potician who, like the latter gen
tleman, were in favor of Southern Congress,
and who pledged themselves to propose no
measure before that body not tending "durectly
to the dissolution of the Union and the forma-
ton Of Southern Confederacy."
We wish our Southern friends TO reflect
upon the character Of the men they are bring
ing into power with General PIERCE, if by
inaction or indifference they contribute To
his election. pretty set, to be sure, for a
CONSERVATIVE to aid in eevatng One wing
pledged to work for the dissolution ofthe Union;
and another, under the lead Of Judge DOUGLAS
and the Democratic Rerieu, bound to the an
nexation of all the islands to the mid channel
Of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and to make
the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean sea
CLOSED WATERS to all the rest Of the world
Marvellous.