The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-08-11
GENERAL PIERCE DEFENDED

! The Philadelphia Ledger, (neutral, has
publisheda letter from clergyman at Con
cord, N. H., the residence Of Gen. Pierce,
to brother clergyman iu Philadelphia, in
answer to letter inQuiring as to the mo-
raj condnct of Gen. Pierce. 1t is :; most
satisfactory answer to all the calumuies tlsat
have been fabricated by the Wings about
our candidate, and show that he is entitled
to the full and entire confidence Of The A
mercan people, not only on account Of lis
political popularity, but also for his high
social and moral qualities. The writer
says:
You make inquiries respecting Gen,
Pierce, my honered towsman aad neigh
Dor which regard it both as pleasure
and duty TO answer You know | have
never been IA political partizan; or, if |
have had any political preferences and par
lialltIes, they have beenln another direction,
reckoning myself a Wing rather than a
Democrat What | say, therefore is en-
tirely free from any political consideration OF
feeling. .....a u... ....t.
Il have known Gen. Pierce personally a
bout twelve Years. and | may say, some
what intimately, as we have lived in the
same neighborhood, have attended the same
church, and have been brought together
almost every week in going to our places
of business. If | understand any mans
chariacter, think it is that of Gen. Pierce,
for he is So frank, generous and open, that
he is incapable vi cOncealment. ! know OF
no man ol such a generous nature, so ready
to Sympathse with poverty and sorrow, and
50 liberal i'll r2leiving them. His heart aud
hand are always open to whoever apeais to
him in distress, indeed the appeal is not wal
ted for when thc distress is Lnown in all
Lis domestic relations and social intercourse,
and business transactions in his large profes-
sional practice, his life has been marked by
purity, justice and generosity. The hreat Ii
Of censurc has never fallen, 50 far as know,
upon HIM; while his cha Ter, i'll all these
respects, is universally admittet.snd admir-
cd.
= ''Not only is General Pierce a firm belief
yer in Christianity us divine revelation, but
in It's highest and most peculiar truths, as 4
system adapted to the moral condition o
man, which alone can renew and save him
While he is no narrow sectarian, but hon,
ors all good men of every name, and ready
to do them good, he is attendant at an ortLo,
doX Congregational Church, no one is
more rrgularln his attendance OF serious III
his devotions. For sometime he was teach.
er in the Sabbath School, and have often
seen him at the monthly concert and other
social meetings. have known OF his gen
crous acts in rcleaving poor ministers, un-
asked, and where he sought conceal
, ment.
"Shoud Gen. Pierce be elected to the
: Presidency, \ doubt not that he wonld carry
to Washington that reverance for reli Ioi
and observance OF its worship and insutu
tons, which he has so long shown here and
S and l. will add, though this is not included
in your inquiries, that the White House wa,
not honored with the presence of more ac
complished, intelligent. and true christian
lady in Mrs. Polk, tlan.it wonld he in Mrs
! Pierce.
"lou refer to, Amors respecting the ust
of intoxicating beverages will first sa,
in reply, that in my long and somewhat init
c mate aquamtance with Gen. Pi.rce, have NE,
d erknownhim touse ardent spireils, nor have
e ever seen him when ! thought or suspected
he had used it, In the next place | vii
say, that knowing DR.. Thomas Chadburn
:, one of the most distinguished physicians,
total abstinence man, and member Of tn
: church with which Gen. Pierce worships
had been for years family physician o
Gen. Pierce, took the liberty TO hand hin
n your letter. enclosed in note, TO which
: received the following reply rs, .a
[ i have attended Gen. Pierce's famil,
as their medical aeviser, more than seyeI
years,and the delicate health of Mrs. Pierce
; and her son, during most of this period
has occasioned an intimacy in the family
that hardly any other circumstances coule
have done' and am free to say, and say i
D with perfect truthfulness, that have neyel
seen, in the family or outof it, anything ii
tie appearance of Gen. Pierce to excite il
. my mind u suspicion that he indulged in in
ten1Oerate habits or anvthing that vouId az