Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-08-09
From the Republic.
More Testimony From New Hamp-
shire.

General Pierce's speech at New Boston. we
append the comments Of sheir local cotempo.
raries. as issued within the last few days
The papers we now quote from are opponents
u General Pierce. but they are not, therefore,
to becxcluded from the witness box "n ques.
ton that must be settled by facts. not BY gen.
eral assertions or vulgar abuse.
The Concord NH. statesman says:
The speech of Gen Pierce, at New Bos-
ton. ia the month Of January last. has recently
beun published at Washington. and seems to
have created some stir there. b. f. Aver,
esq, of Manchester. and Messrs. Norris, Peas.
lee and HibbarJ. members of Congress. have
severally. by certificates which appeared in the
Washington Republic, endeavorcd To refute
the presumption that the report Of General
Pierces speech is correct. Mr.. Aver was the
only one Of the above gentlemen who was pre-
sent in the meeting at New Boston. and he
denies that any such language was uttered
The speech was reported for the Manches.
ter Democrat by reporter specially engaged
for the purpose; and there could at that time
have been sufficient motive for giving any
other than a faithful transcript of the words ut
tered. Mr.. Aver was present to speak himse If
and could not be supposed to DC ia SO fdvora-
BILE. frame of mind for fixing his attention upon
" hat ma, have been said by General Pierce,
as one no went there for the sole purpose Of
reporting for newspaper. There Is nO'o
motive to alleee that the speech was not Cor
rectly reported. but there was none then TO in-
duce reporter to give any Other than faith
full version Of it,
The Manchester en- H.l american and Mes
scnger enters somew hat more into detail, but
with a result equally adverse to Gen. Pierce
and his apologies.
| 1t remarks:
I'VE all recollect freshly and wildly the
Atwood split, and all its details-how, that
reverend turn-coat, wrote three letters which
agreed in no partcular-how he danced the
polka from New Boston to Concord, and from
Concord 10 Manchester-how he fell into the
den oflions Tor asses at the Manchester House,
and came out rolling his eyes in holy horror at
their wckedness-how he was reported to
have minated to Frank Pierce that he had
conscience. and how Frank. with very tar
tarean expletive. Informed him that the inri-
m1,ion was absurd, since he had belonged to
the Democratic party forty years-how Mr..
Atwood had s,umpcd the State. and grai6ed
ritas in mode of his address-how the election
left him "nowhcre,' and how he retired at last.
like Clnclnnatus 10 his plough
We remember al,o how Frank Pierce,
the dead of last winter. with patrol of she,
ifs, editors, runners. and echoes. " ent over t.
New Boston to bid for Free-soil votes. 1t wa
a touch and 60 meeting. and Frank performe
with his usual butten hole tact. He patted til
| Na,r fho.r b.. I'LL th.,,
that the man who built his fathers chime,
lived at one time in New Boston. aud tina
therefore he had paiernal regard Cor then
A.nong the other incidents of the meeting,
clergyman rose and addressed to him some in
terrogatories. In the course Of his answers.th
General leaned marvellously towards the Free
sollcrs. The speech was carefully noted dow!
at the time by a most estimable and correct il
divdual present. and published in the Mar
chester Democrat in full. and in the Iadepend
ent Democrat in part. Ii is worthy of motto
that not single Democratic paperin the Stat
at the time denied the correctness of the Free
soil portion of the speech. and tina, some O
them published reports in close agreemen
with it. Ii should also be remembered tina
the speech was successful. and gained abou
f,oo hundred Freesol votes as can be shown
by the returns of the votes.
!, "Well FIVE months elapsed. and Frank Pierc
" as nominated for the Presidency, as par ca
cellcnce the pro-sIavery candidate; and all tn
; South, from the Potomac southwark, sent u
a shout He was commended to them as al
right. and the campaign was commenced fu
riously in all the South by the Democrats, the,
representing Pierce as by far safer than Scott
on The Compromise. But suddenly some O
the southern papers discovered the New Bos
ton speech, and forthwith published it. The
scales fell from southern eyes, and the veil
from northern demagogues.
"Now another tack Is taken. 1t is declared
that the report Of tie speech is false. We ob
serve that &. F. Aver, esq Qhe gentleman TO
whom ward FIVE. of this city, has two three
times given indications, that he had better re-
main in private life,) and our friend Campbell
, the defender of the commercial policy Of Eng
land and the opposer OF the system by which
lar &c portion Of his patrons obtain their bread,
have addressed letters to Mrssrs. Norris. Hb-
bard. and Pcaslee. denying the repor, IN toto i;
and Messrs. Norris & Co, gave their preface.
and enclosed them to the Washington Union
The onion thinks the matter thereby settet
and is in ccstacies.
1--WE have two Questions to submit in cor
-" -" III tHe Hdttefs TiEe., II I. TepOi
was false. why was it no, denied at the tim.
, Second. can it for moment be supposed. tina
after this lapse of Of time, the memory Of mel
can be trusted Leforea rrport made ut the
tmeP'
From the Portsmouth IN. H.) Messenger
Free soil Print-~e derive the following
which ,allies exactly with The explanation Of
fered by every New Hampshire paper no, com
, mitred to the Pierce interest:
Gen. Pierce. in a speech made q, New Bo,
ton, was reported to have said he loathed the
Fugitive Slave Law. The remark was by no
means an extraordinary one; for the speaker
was attempting to draw votes from John At
wood. and to give the impression that it was
not on account Of his opposition to that odious
law that Atwood was beheaded. The Hun.
ker presses Of Pierce's party did not then de.
> nv that he made use of such an expression. as
the effect of it they believed would be saluta.
: ry."
! Having mislaid the last. number Of the Con.
cord IN. H. Independent Democrat, we avail
r ourselves of the following paragraph. which
we find attributed to that journal by the Bos
, ton Atlas:
!. I'VE have received large number of let
i tiers from Southern men during the last fort