The daily union., 1852-10-01
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Gen. Pierce aud tho Compromise,


ton to the compromise is true and just In It's
facts and sentiments Ii is eloquent in It's language
and pleasing In lis style II is worthy OF more than one
careful aud lhoushuul perusa and we commend IL to
the attention Of our readers;
.When the series Of measures known under the collective
of the Componse were passed by Congress Ia 1900
and searching st here at the North The
the people for The constitution and their attachment TO
the Union, Gen Pierce iue 10 the principles which he
had long ago svowed AT early period Of his cons'es
sonal service ho had made KNOWN with the perfect frank
o his ohaIacr those opinions upon the slavery cues
lion which ho has since occasion 10 ohsnse ~
the slightest degree There is an unboken consistency IN
his action win regard 10 this matter IL ls enurey oi
piece ifom has hisI entrance upon public NE un' ne mo-
ment when he came forward while many were islieHng,
throw the great of his character and influence
Into the scale In favor OF those measures through which y
was Intended TO redeem tho Psdsos o tho consultation and
siserhooi OF the States HIS approval enbracod The whole
series OF these well Nh lse which bore hard pom
nohosn ana sentiments those which the South
deemed Itself 70 have made more than reciprocal conces
No friend nor enemy that Franklin Pierce wou IA
have expected Aim oboryse, With his view Of The
whole suojsct. whether looking ii through medium
o his seenc, hts feeing his intellect II i'm
pnsbla oI him not 10 TAX his stand the unshakeG ad
which that great object unquesonaby demanded The
nercest tho least scrupuous and the most consistent of
that he doe. They ses that merely human wisdom and
human efforts subvet H. excep, by tearing pieces
and Ing into distracted iral lmsnts ilat coun
try which Providence brought into nation, through
first setlemen ut American wilderness until lhe revo
luton la the days when, young member OF Congress-
peril, their consea uences He consde cd too thai
the evil would be certain while the good besr.
which looked the alnre) scarcely much as that
attended, as the movement was and must be during lis
don it aimed to aineiorae ana terminating in its pos
sibe riumph-- such possibility there were-with the
ruin of which dweit together in greater
peace and affection, ii is much say than had
ever elsewhere existed between the task master and
serf
OF course there is another view OF all these m alters
The theoris, take that view in his coset the phlan
hrop.t by profession may strive act upon ii uncon oo
msngy, amid the tnmult and warfare OF his life. But
the statesman OF practical ssgacy. who loves his country
demands feel his m grasp upon better reality before
he qnits the already gained, will be likely here, with
80 sees Sh - m an a. s'', l, y, "is I NJ. III
attitude OF Franklin Pierce.
1--WE ha We skeched some influences amid which he
grew np nterng his fathers love OF country, mindful
old PATRIOTS in many conflicts OF the revelation,
and having before his eyes the example Of brothers
and relatives more than whom have b.ed for Amer
ca boh at lie eNeinest Aorh aud iauhest South him
SELF to5 early mannood. serving the Union in It's legs-
ative halls, and age leading fellow ci,i-
zens, his brethren from the widest sundered Safes red
unite their cath shout OF victory, perhaps to
sleep side by side with the same sod them. Such
man. with such hereditary ecollections ard SUI per-
sonal experience, himself adopt the
OF section OF his native country against another. He
w stand up, always stood, among the patriots
of the whole land And il the work Of anti-slavery aeia
ton, WHICH, IL Is nndeniable leaves most who
eaty enssgs with ony hall country in their alice
tions-iiihs work must be done, ie, o,hersdo IL
Those aotihein men, therefore, who deem the great
cause OF human welfare ali represented and Involved in
this present hostility aguns southern institutions, and who
that the world stands sun except
Tor wad-these ii be allowed, scarcely give
their sympathy their confidence the subj OF this
memoir But there is itld another view and probably
wise 1t looks upon slavery OF those evils
which Divine Providence does no, leave be remeded by
human coutrivances, but which, In its good tme by
means impossible to bs anticipated but OF the sim
pest aud easiest operation, when all shall been
fulfilled, It causes 10 vanish like dream.
Thefe is no instance. in all history of the human will
perfected "
methods wich Il adapted hat end but the progress Of
the world at csey step leaves some evil wrong tile
ih behiud it, which the wisest Of mankind, their
set purpose, could never have found the way ecy
Whatever contributes to the OF good, contrib
utes TO all its subdivisions and varieties and This
score the lover Of his the enthusiast the phanlho-
pist OF whatever theory rnlh lend his ard put ike
the one before us ioto tue leadership OF the worlds aar
StsNs Amos Tuck was in iown the morning OF the
meeting OF the free soil convention bat be did
II, having left town before it assembled tic came The
evening before. .Why this g. honest soilors viii
ask We tell them Tuck goes for Scott, has doubt
less been bought up and has probably barganed the