Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-09-23

The friends Of Gen. Pierce in order to nation
ahze his politics, have placed him in a rather I'M
enyiable predicament citizen of New Hamp-
shire. Although he has been proclaimed to the
world as the favorite son of the Granite State,
his friends have placed him in position of an
tagonism to all the more cherished and funda-
mental principles of her politics In regard to
religious federation, the Democracy Of New Hamp
shire have repeatedly refused to remove the odious
test which excludes Catholics from the rights and
privileges Of American freemen, yet Frank Pierce
was their chosen and fayorite representative in
one or the other branches of Congress for several
years. The always Democratic Legislatures of
New Hampshire, at nearly every session for sew
eral years past, have denounced slavery in round
terms and proclaimed the unalterable hostility of
the people Of that State to its existence yet the
same people have repeatedly thrust the highest
honors upon General Pierce against his own
wishes; and such is his popularity among these
Anti-Cathoic Abolitionists, that he has literally
to beg off, and decline the highest offices within
the gift Of the people. So in reference to river
and harbor Improvement: while in Congress he
inyariable voted against every appropriation for
the purpose Yet, if we take General Cass's word
for it. he did so merely in obedience to the wishes
ofNew Hampshire, while his own convictions were
all the other way. Isnot this q singular state of
things? And are not the people Of New Hamp-
shire the most singular people under the sun, to
cherish as their favorite representative and leader
aman who differs with them upon every important
question?
Gen Pierce, as candidate for the Presidency,
was the echoice and creation" of the ultra pro-
slavery disunionists of the South; yet he is the
favorite son of an Abolition State. And notwith-
standing his protested liberahty towards Catho
lies, the same bot-bed of anti-Popery reposes the
utmost confidence in him. In the West, his
friends claim him as an ardent friend of river
and harbor improvements, notwithstanding his
uniform opposition to them while in Congress, as
is attested by the record Of his votes To the
East and South, those votes are appealed to as
irrefragabe proof Of his hostility to such i'm
proyements Should Gen. Pierce be elected Pres
ident-of which there is only remote probable
ity-we respectfully suggest to our Democratic
friends that some Of them will be egregiousy
cheated. The system Of duplicity with which
the campaign has been conducted cannot be con-
tinued when the time for action arrives. The
President, whoever he be, will be called upon to
show his hand upon two, at least, of these vital
questions when the Democracy in one or another
section of the Union must look for n sad disap-
pontment. Who will win, and who will be
cheated? These are the questions.
In reference to Catholic emancipation, General
Pierce may, for aught we know, be able to pre-
sent q clean record But it is quite certain
he never became an agtator on that subject; and
whatever others may have thought and felt, he
had the philosophy to acquiesce patiently in
wrongs which fell upon others shoulders, and
thereby conserved his popularity with his anti
Catholic constituents
Upon the other points-tOuching slavery and
river and harbor improvements--the evidence Of
shameful course Of duplicity is too palpable to
be mistaken,