Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1852-08-28
What the Whig Papers say Of Gen. Pierce.

The New York Express, able and leading
whig paper, edited by the Hon. James Brooks,
member of the present congress, contained the
following
Gen Pierce is the son Of the late Benjamin
Pierce, who fought in the revolutionary war, was
high sheriff of the county of Hillsboro, in New
Hampshire, and governor of the State in
1897 and 1899 Frank, as his called.
enjoyed the advantage of high education in the
neighboring colleges.
Gen. Pierce is therefore of good stock, and he
has proved himself worthy scion of that stock.
He was born in Hillsborough, New Hampshire,
and is now about forty six years of age.
Frank Pierce was brought up to the profession
of law He follows the legal profession, and it is
estimated that he realizes by it about $4,000 a
year. He resides at Concord In his personal
appearance he is of middle height and size, and of
good address.
When he reached Contreras, hemet Gen. Scott,
and under him engaged in battle there. There
was deep ravine between the United States
troops and the Mexicans. The enemy was drawn
up at the other side in battle array and with his
batteries placed. The order was given to charge
and outfank them In charging down, the round
shot of the enemy was flying over their heads,
and ploughing up the ground. Gen. Pierce, cut
ting at them with his sword, would say, ''There,
boys, is a game of balls for you In this charge
his horse fell and rolled upon him. He was Sc
verely injured, and the horse disabled He
mounted another horse, and joined the fight. He
suffered great pain all night, and could not sleep.
The surgeon ordered him not to take the field next
day. That night they had lain in arms, and the
rain was terrible, and the surgeon advised to go
back to San Augustine, where there depot,
but he would not. He determined to 90 on to
Cherubusco.
At charge in this battle both his brigade and
that of Gen. Shields ordered to get in the
rear He again thrown from his horse with
such violence that he tainted on the feld.f AT
terwards, when the troops, coming up, wanted to
raise him. he told them to charge and he would
take care of himself, though the Mexican Lancers
were then charging on the spot, and towards a
cornfed He commanded his troops to charge
them in advance.
After this battle an armistice was proposed,
and Gen. Pierce was appointed one of the COM
missioners.
At the battle of Molina del Rey he rode over
the field with the bullets flying around him, and
was called off by Gen. Worth, who told him he
was rash He was at the battle of Chepultepec ;
and when the victory declared for the stars and
stripes, the South Carolinians and the Ninth Reg
iment, which had fought together at Chepultepec
and Contreras met. Their blood had mingled to-
gether in one common stream, and the Palmetto
regiment showed its valor by the number of it's
H.
dressed them and said, here the extreme North
and South had met together sons of
! the glorious Union-met to maintain its rights
and uphold its honor. These battles had cement
ed the Union of North and South, and he hoped
they would forever be united. Nine cheers were
then given for the Palmetto giment, which were
loudly responded to- and the compliment
was returned by the Caronians to the Yankees.
After this battle he resigned his commission and
coroa bopoa he of his health ed
very bad all the time he was in Mexico He was
on the very best terms with Gen. Scott, and the
Gen. often invited him to dinner.
4 The New York Tribune says
The allusion to Gen. Pierce's personal charae-
ter and habits, which appeared in a letter from
Concord, n. H., in our last would have been sup
pressed if we had observed them before pub
fishing the letter We do not know them to
be well founded, and in the absence of any proof,
presume that they are erroneous or at least gross
IL exaggerated. Gen. Pierce is certainly not a
temperance man, in oar sense of the term but we
knew nothing with regard to his habits which
should expose him to public apprehension. We
regret that the ausion of our correspondent ap-
peared in our columns.
Again, from the same paper
1t is notorious fact that Gen. Pierce has for
years been foremost in prescribing, ostracsing and
running down men of his own party in New Hamp-
governor because of their avowed repugnance to
the extension of slavery and to the fugitive slave
law. We refer to the prescription and defeat OF
John P. Hale in '45 and John Atwood in 81,
when each was the regular fairly nominated can
didate of his own democratic party
!, The New York Mirror in noticing the letters
of the democratic nominees accepting the nomina-
ton, says
They are both open, manly expressions, every
way worthy the chosen leaders of powerful and
intelligent party The writers of such letters will
have to be beaten by other weapons than lies and
vulgarity.
And again, the same paper says
This is disgraceful. The sooner the party which
claims call the decency" repudiates such black
guardism,. the better for their cause. We insist
that both Scott and Pierce are brave and gallant
men; and the paltry politician who would attrib-
ute a tJeint' to Frank Pierce, in order to avoid
danger, IS paltroon ''whom it were gross fattery
to call coward.
| The following is from the Boston Transcript, a
/ high-toned whig paper:
Gen. Pierce, SO far from having been F'closet-
ed' on Saturday, open to congratulations
from his fellow citizens of all parties. He did not
disguise his satisfaction at the high honor which
; had been bestowed by the convention, but bore
himself with admirable dignity, prudence and com
posure. He is a gentleman of noble and cordial
address, and would make most competent and
patriotic president. Its useless as we'll as impol
itic for the whig press to sneer at him as 'weaB
candidate He will rally the entire strength Of