The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-03


circulated freely from North to South. Our space
viii not permit to quote the various shapes which
the SANDER assumed Suffice it to say, that it lost
nothing in passing from hand to hand. Every West
EN- and Southern paper which we receive teens
with accusations of "har drinking "habitaal
drunkenness. Constant intoxic ltion, against tho
democratic candidse, all sting or the original
falsehood hatche by the abolitionis.s Of this ciy
and though tn fou, misrepresentation has boon
fully exposed here though public indignation
has been heaped on The heads of the Sian
jerers-we find, 10 later h n last Thursday, the
Express charging General Pierce with having been
"muddled with uine," and o convivial guest at
"drnking bouts" For the authors of such shame
less accusations, tie English language does not sup
ply an epithet sufficiently opptobrious. A pen of
fire could not write their harac;els in the terms it
me,its.
They sre the moths and fcarabs o. lhc State
Tue bsne Of empires. and the drees of Office
Who TO endear them eiyes to an ssnpi,y uent,
Care not ~hosc fame they blast VII life they
And under disguised and cobweb maxi
Of love unto their country yoIiit forth
Their own prodigious malice; pretending
To be the props ana columns OF Ats sauiy-
The guards unto its person audit 2ea
Disturb it most with their false lspwirg cries
Nor are the democrats s!ow 10 Ioilow GIsgrace-
full example. General Scott' says the True
Sossih, at Montgo cry, Alaba a, 81 carbuncle
ace drunkard." Other sheets equally digus.ing
language; and go widely has tho libel been spread.
that we find the D,arfo de Ia Marina taking it for
granted that Scott is "f.miliar with champagne
bIaldy, and nniskey." Even Mr.. Webster, whose
comparatively uno slrusige position mi ,ons would
think, have spared HI similar fate, is accused Of
being ready to prng to the traces he did in iSi3
I'm, colo oofx al
may foregners look upon America as half civilized
country, when this is the judgment we ourselves
pass upon our greatest men.
After the samples we have given, our readers
will have no difficulty in believing that no charge
is too dsgraoeu or too absurd be banded by the
rarty press The calendar has b,en rsnsacked for
vices to tarnish the name of the rival candidates.
Drunkenness was a good card; but safer was yet
to be found. Both Scott and Pierce were SOL
ders-it was happy thought to accuse them Of
Gov ardice. Both had given proofs of valor-it
was ingenious to assert that they had fed from the
foe. Lundy's Lane and Cheputepec were impersh-
able monuments Of the readiness With which either
would have sacrificed bis life for ais country. There
was positive genius In setting ZIP the theory that
both were deficient in personal courage.
The National Democrat is ready 10 yield the field
of Lurdys Lane to the British, for the sake Of as
sertng that Scott a teaten by British Colonel.
Following the example of SO worthy model, the
Uhehag argus and Paisbtwg Union pledge their
faith that Scott tainted away at Lundys Lane, and
was borne from the feld-told his regiment, which
had been nearly out to pieces, to 60 to hell-aod
then be fed from the Geld, W aich had been won by
Ripley, Mile, srd other brave men. Ania popular
Il 10 Ivl1 1r y,:,t
are on a PAR with the sentiD ent ACCUSES General
Scott Of having kept carefully out of the way of the
balls at the same engagement lie honor Of the
country lie nothing Ia he eyes Of these brazeu fasi
fers so they insinuste foul Islander against our
greatest general.
The wings are less crcumstantial In their charges
Of cowardce. The oonsderate tribune refrains
from ''inquripg under what circumstances Pierce
tainted in Mexico" The Philadelphia American,
reasoning from garbled account If Con pierce's
campaign in Mexico, ia concerned to account 'for
the strange happening of accidents in such an orec
Of succession to disabe man for service, nvaris
by, at the very moment Of danger and need aud
yet e leave him always quite on his feet, or in his
saddle, IN the alternate intervals Of co Iparative
quiet end safety. The records, he add, "exhibt
the remarkable tact that Pierce was active enough
in The movements & the army until just on the eve
Of every fight, bat that, precisely q. those crises,
when IL could bave seryod his country and achieved
personal glory, either bic horse fell or he fliated,
o. he failed 70 reach the Of BATTLE or he was
reported sick"
The baseness Of these insiapatioos il more dGs.
tardly than an honest, open chsrgs. The Rich mond
Hing cas his military services "a series Of mort-
fling failures" The Buffalo Express dates on the
supposed prudence of General Pierce in keeping
opt OF reach Of tSe eoemy'. balls at battle
where il isn0torious that be ran great personal risk
These interruptions sheets seem 70 fancy that, So
long IS hey do not use the word "coward" in full
letters, they are not o u xious 10 blame, and may
nsiruste Whist they please. thus the Republican,
BanHr and Nashville H'big hypocriticaly disdaios
any wish % "chaTge cowardice against General
Pierce" and n the same article, in the same CO.
ioi'n, distinctly insinuates that first, Pierce
ul'ed 70 injure his leg on the 18th Of August,
20 az 70 avoid taking part in the engagement;
secondly, that no excused himself from engag.
Hg IN tho go nj battle, and reported him
self ready for duty a. soon as il was
over. TbiTd-Tha. lie tainted throu fear az the
third engagement. Fourth-That he feigned i'll
ness to escape fighting at Chepultepec;-all Of