The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-09-30
= Fe,Nx p,ERcE A SrArEsMASl-Yes,

7 Ts Fp.Sx P1ERcE A STATEsMAS!-Yes,
replies his Locofoco supporter, and then ne
qoes offinto ecstacies, dealing in generah-
4 ties, but falling to point to any single act
which gives evidence of great mind
Has he uny influenced Oh! yes, replies this |
same easily-satisfed partizan, with the fact
staring him in the face that Frank Pierce G
could not even get the votes of his Locoloco
neighbors for Catholic Emancipation The
Providence Journal hits of these claims in
f way that will hardly permit an affirmative
, answer to be given even by the most un-
scrupulous of his supporters. Says that pa
/, per- /,
"Wcll what ciri services has FrankPierce T.
rendered his country, that he should be
made President! Whv, his friends vociicr- :
ate and repeat over and over again, that he |
has to be sure, ben, 10 Congress! Well sup |
|, nose he has and has not Iisen above the |
dead LeueI uf the common herd of Congress }
1 men, is the fact that he has been to Con-
gress enough to satisfy the American people
that he is suitable man for President ot
d the United States! The fact, that he has
s been to Congress, the fact that he mas haa
: full opportunity to develope ana eXhlDlt ms
ability and craftsmanship, 1t lie possessed
! either, and failed TO do it, is pretty conelu-
y sve evidence that he possesses nelther a.
.e bility nor statesmaEshlp. r..
10 "Franklin Pierce and James X. Polk
we're four years in the House of Reprrsen-
y tatives together. Mr.. Polk wss generally
l. considered rather small pattern for Presi-
$, dent of the United States. Let US see, then,
how these two men were measured by their
own Democratic party as Representatives
N in Congress. 4 The two first years, 1888
a and 4, Mr.. Polk was Chairman Of the i'm
4. portant committee Of Ways and Means, and
:. Franklin Pierce was not appointed, by a
~ Democratic Speaker, as Chairman OF any
OF committee, but, being lawyer, was slowed
as away as fourth upon the Judiciary Commit
d. tee In December, 1885, James X. Polk
.. was elected, by the Democratic majority,
Speaker of the House; and when Mr.. Polk
hu came to look over the strong men Of the
re, House for chairmen of committees, did he ap-
We point Mr.. franklin Pierce as one Of them!-
.o- Not at all, but left him away down fourth
:. upon the Judiciary Committee, from which
us he never rose during the iour years that he
was in the U. S. House of Representatives
The fact that no Democratic Speaker, du
'o' ring the whole four years that Frank Pierce
me was in the House of Representatives, eve
'lic Thought Of selecting him Tor the chairman
ers ofcven the most unimportant OF the stand
-, ing committees of the House, shows verl
-! clearly the estimation in which he was hell
nth hv his own Marty Who CENTRALIZED the orran
up zation ofthe House and the committees
ork These facts, too, indicate the widely diner
ION cnt and higher appreciation in which thu
talents and craftsmanship of James *
Is Polk was held by the common party
BE of both Of these men, since Mr.. Poll
t,o Grst futn A. n
of the most important committee OF tho
2. House of Representatives, while Mr.. j.
ly Porce did not rise aboue the dead levet Of medi
nd OcritH
OF "Mr. Franklin Pierce was afterwards
from 1887 to 1871 inclusive, period Of five
Dr- years, member of tho U. s. Senate, Du
~ ring oil these five wears, the committees o
= theSenhte were appointed by the Democrat
''o ic Vice President. During three of the five
to years, franklin Pierce was not made chair
on man of any committee of the u. s. Senate
. and the two last years he was Chairman OF
the comparatively unimportunt Committee
AN ofPensions, Now, if Franklin Pierce was
A while in Congress nine years, considered tc
be u man of decided talents and statesman
, il ship, how didit happen that, under the Dem
,ou ocratic organizations of both houses, HI
should, for sevenyears out of the nine, b'
rV' appointed to no chairman Of any commit
test tee, and the other two years was Chairman
Of the fourth or fifth rate committee on Pen
sions while James Buchanan was Chnirma
he Of the important Committee OF Foreign Re
get lation, Silas Wright of New York, wa
a in Chairman of Finance, King of Alabama wa
-, Chairman of Commerce, Wall of New Je
ui' sey.was Chairman of the Judiciary Comm
,uld tee, and other able men chnirmnn of 9th,
| "a important committees. Such was the meas
his ure, as applied by his own party, of Frankli
Pierce while in the Congress ofthe Unite
States.
tier "Now Mr.. Frank Pierce wns in Congre
ter nine years, and had fine field for the di
!, s., play Of his ability and craftsmanship,
: :" he possessed either. Did he display ethe
no Where is the evidence of il! Where is I'll
'co- monuments of his craftsmanship! Can h
ad- friends point to single public act which i
h or introduced for the public bcneit-a singl
,,h public measure which he originated! IL h
'u'- delivered even speech which would lift hil
= above mediocrty, why do his friends not put
mu- lish it His Congressional career is abou
hat, rs Mank and undisiiaguiskM as his military
EN- lie has never display either military or ciU
, Cd qualifications which give him the lcas
'us- promiaence either as n military man or
lic- statesman.
"The conclusion of the matter, then, il
uIu Inat rfanKIln IIcrCe was NeneTul unuc
el- the ilustrious Scott in the campaign o
es- Mexico, where there was a great deal of hart
But fighting, yet was not in II single cattle! lii
J. of was member of Congress nine years, an,
red did nothing to distinguish himself as states
Ind mamie introduced not single beneficial
me public act-originated no measure for tn
to public good-ncuer roSe.aboue the teuei Of medi
} of sscrity-never made n single speech whic
i've his friends dare publish as evidence Of hi
let ability! He was according to the oilicu
tor report Of the commanding General in Mex
ave leo, san invalid" during all the hard fight
od. ing in Mexico, and the records of Congress
en-. show that he was equally infrm, weat-heaa
'iai ed, and Caint-hearted during the nine yeur
no that he was in Congress. So low wus h
on rated by his own political friends, that they
me having the organization in their own hand'
did not place him at the head of any standn
mt, committee during seven of the nine year
of his Congressional career! He has con
fessedly rendered no distinguished militar
il NOR rivil services TO his country, unless hi