The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-10-23

Some time since the Richmond Wing charged that Gen.
Pierce bad approved OF and sympahized with the often
sye resolutions of the New Hampshire legislature which
had been returned by the legislature OF Virginia We de-
MED the fact. and demanded the proof The Wing pro-
ducea the anonymous letter OF Concord correspondent
to make good its assertion.
We take great pleasure in publishing below very con.
elusive letter oil WIN. Butterhed esq, gentleman oil
character, and editor of The New Hampshire Patriot
which utterly reiues the allegations OF the Wing and lis
correspondent. Mr. B. writes that he kaotos that Gen
Pierce dsapproved of the resolutions, and that he has
always stood in defence OF the rights Of The South under
the constitution This direct and positive testimony will
in the eyes OF all reasonable men, weigh down the asser
lions OF an anonymous writer, who may be Foss or some
such character for be il known TO southern wings thai
the Richmond Wing has published letters from Foss-
and letters vindicang Foss-being all the time aware
that Foss is avowed agent in the stealing OF slaves
This same Foss is in Ohio engaged in inducing the
abolitoniss vote for General Scott This fact in the
view OF the Wing, doubtless multitude of sins
and is sufficient enlte aboltonist 10 the chief rank
OF witness
Concord. N. H., Oct. Is. 1852.
My DEAR SIR: / received, two or three days ago, a
copy OF The Richmond Wing OF the sth containing let
Ter supporting 10 have been written here denying that
the Independent Democrat (iae's organ) used the
language which you attributed 10 H. in regard 10 General
Pierces opposition 10 certain resolutions passed by our
legislature in 1649. That letter further says:
So far from 'denouncng' those resolutions OF 1912,
General Pierce was known to be in favor OF them and
they received the support Of every personal well as po
litical friend he had in the legislature"
Whether the abolition organ used the precise Ian
guage attributed to IT, cannot say; but every reader Of
that paper knows that, from The date OF its establish.
ment in 1916 until the day OF General Perces nomna
tion it constantly denounced him. in the cant phrases
Of its vocabulary, as pro-slavery man., dough-
face" " tool of slavery" &c., and that it has always
characterized the democratic party IN like manner.
But my object now is 10 state facts within my own
knowledge regard TO his views and action in respect to
the resolutions referred TO, and others OF similar char
acier knoio that the statement above quoted from the
"Whigs" letter is untrue in all its lengi and breadth
know that Gen Pierce disapproved OF those resolutions
and that that fact was well known here al the time |
well recoec the circumstances attending the passage OF
those resolutions. do think he knew anything Of
them until after their passage and when he was first m
formed OF their passage, many persons will now recoeet
that he declared that he considered their passage direct
upon him and his whole upon the subject
know i, 10 be true, ALSO that Gen. Pierce opposed
TO the adoption OF all resolutions of this kind that have
been passed by the legislature OF this State and those
who have enjoyed his confidence have been well aware
of this From the time of his return from Mexico until
1850. he took no active part in politics., being entirely
engaged in his professional dulies and absent from
here half the time. But in $780, when the slavery ag
talon had assumed form which endangered the very
existence OF the Union. he took his position, with the
other patriotic of the North in favor OF The comprc
mise measures; and in the two elections which have
since taken place in this State in which those measures
directly in ISSUE he exerted all his great power and
influence in support OF those measures And is TO him,
more than any oher dozen men, that we owe the sig
nal triumph which gained in those elections over the
combined forces OF federalism, aboonsm faction, and
teacherya united In hostility TO the Compromise and
making denunciaton and Misrepresentation OF the fu.
gitve slave law the main staple OF their eectoneerng
capital.
These facts are SO well known here that il is useless
for 10 rccapiiuale them in papers; that is neces-
say be done only where they not understood, or
where they are perseveringy misrepresenied
Yours, truly,
WIN. BUrTERFIELD, Editor OF Patriot.
w. +. RITcHIE, esq., Richmond Va.