Washington telegraph., 1852-09-29
From the Memphis Eagle g. Emquirr1
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We hayo seen in our day, something of the
sys;era of clap trap and humbug by which
toe advocates OF the democratic candidates
strive to su5servc the ends of party. But
We do not remember ever to have seen the
thing ''run into the ground 50 completely
as i'll the present canvass, by the hackers
and supporters OF FRANKLIN PIERCE
The means and appliances by which that
gentleman is sought to be manufactured into
@feo@ man, are peculiarly ridiculous
From the attempt TO humbug the public
with the story Of Mr.. Polk s prophecy. to
the effort to get up for him the reputation
Of c military heyc, it has been one uniform
entcavor 10 magnify the pigmy into giant
The latest performance Of this kind is an
account of thrilling dialogue" said to
have taken place in Virginia. between Mr..
WISE, Pierce locOfoco, and Mr. E. T. MAPP,
whig. In this nice specimen of democrat
ic romance, Mr. Mapp is made to bear testi-
mony to the chivarous devotion of Gener-
al PIERCE in behalf Of the South as fol-
lows
Mr., Wisc.-Were you in New Hamp-
s'iire two years ago, and did you not hear
Hale speak, and say in his speech that .'he
would head an army to march upon the South
and put down slavery?'
Mr. Mapp.-I was there, and heard Mr.
Hale speak and say what you state.
Mr., WiSe.-Did you not hear Franklin
Pierce reply to this and say: "If Hale should
head an army to march on the South, he
had first to march over his (Pierce's) dead
body for he would head an army to oppose
him,''
Mr.. Mapp.-I did.
You can imagine, SAYS our correspondent,
the feeling which this reply elected The
courthouse rang with shouts of applause,
repeated again and again Mr. Wise then
requested his opponent to state the facts
again, which he did to an almost breathless
auditory: " Gen. Pierce did say (slapping
his hand to his breast) that Hcle qcould
Aare to march 0Ucr hGs dead body before
he marched upon the SOuth."
Now, that story, as it stands is a very
pretty story; story well calculated to make
all old women and most of the young board
ing school misses of the land, regard GEN.
FRANKLIN PIERCE as perfect Richard
CGur de Lion, painting in his harness to
run his valiant lance. "spang' through
poor Hale; and all in defence of the South
But unluckily, Hale-this unlucky Sala-
an that the democracy of the Granite
S'ate nursed into about as great man as
hey had made of Pierce-came out and
published that the whole story was fabri-
cation. More unluckily still, Mr.. MArP,
not no iancying being made to figure in so ri
aculous farce, also comes out and spoils
'le broth, by telling all about how the thing
uas and IS. We subjoin Mr.. MAPP's let
Nr' copied from the Appeal-which paper
lakes %tes it from the Richmond Enquirer
we desire our readers to peruse this letter
ft1entlvely mot for its exposure of the sill
;. ) clap-trap by which it sought to hide Gen.
.lerce's heresies, and represent him as an
saent and peculiar friend of the South, for
a, na' Is too palpably mere CANNON to
teea r any exposure-but for the corrob0ra-
%" %" 1t contains of the report of the New
~ SOston speech, and the support it gives to
pe D.; oath of poor old man Foss, whom the
sNrce papers have abused so numerically
~ telling the truth about the New Hamp-