Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1852-09-01
TRIBUTE 10 FRANKLIN PIERCE.

TRIBUTE TO FRANKLIN PIERCE.
to General Pierce, taken from the columns Of the
New York Journal of Commerce. The still small
voice of commentators from this respectable paper
is heard with delight amid the storm Of calumny
and detraction which assas our noble leader:
s.All who have with an impartial eye observed the
conduct Of the nominee of the Democratic party for
the Office of President, must have been struck with
his unobtrusve and modest course, and not less with
the high and manly spirit evinced whenever called
upon act speak. These traits of character are
rare in public men, and especially among those who
bred to other pursuits. qathem in time of war for
services in the field. They associated with
the highest qualities of mind and heart, and win for
their Possessor the respect and esteem which Gen.
Perce's neighbors andriends sogenerally and warm
ly feel towards him. We were lately near his resi-
dence in the Granite Hills, and should personally
have paid respects to him. but that it might have
been misrepresented. We heard, however, not only
opponents his neghbors and acquaintances. the most
friendly and respectful, and often most enthusiastic
testimony of his high and noble qualities
Even in the time of Judge Woodbury. it is conced--
ed that Gen. Pierce had command Of the State, but
that he never used his power and influence for him-'
self, he preferred live among his neigh5ors
priuate citizen. enjoying the honors awarded to
him all hands the head of the bar of New Hamp
shire. His resignation senator in Congress, as an
officer of the army when service could longer be
rendered. and his refusal to accept the Office of At
torney General and the gubernatorial chair Of his
State, acts in harmony with the universal opinion
held towards him by his neighbors and friends.
Gen. Pierce however, by no act or procurement OF
his, and from the spontaneous action Of the Demo-
cratic Conventios-such i; unqnestionably was, tor
we were present and witnessed-has become the
nominee Of the great party which il represented for
the presidential office, and instantly his whole career
is examined for spot biemish which ca
l1ny may expatiate until the elections have decided
the questions now before the country. career
which opened under the teaching of an ancestry
which had fought and bled in the country's service
in the great battles OF the revolution, ancestry
famous for its high and patriotic tone and bearing.
was beginning which could by possibility ter
inmate in the dishonor which party maignity would
now attach to the name Of Gen. Pierce. Throughout
the in Mexico he acted with courage; and if he
erred at all, it was on the side of imprudence and
unnecessary exposure The spontaneous tribute of
Gen. Scott, paid to Gen. Pierce when the nomination
of the former was first announced at Washington by
an assembled crowd, proves incontestably that the
sentiment of the army towards Gen. Pierce, was such
as ever attends soldier who has courageousy per-
formed his duty in battle. The name and fame of
those Who have rendered patriotic service dear to
the American people, and should be protected from
| unjust attack"