Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1852-08-14


the success Of the Whig party will be assured.
-~---o~~~~~~~~-,o4c~~~o~~~~~~-~~~
PIERRE SouLEs oPINIoN.-We lately had the
pleasure of reading private letter from this dis
tinguished Senator to his intimate friend and part
ner, Hon. Seth Barton. 1t contained SO life-like
a sketch of Franklin Pierce and his characteristics,
that we insisted the privilege of laying it be-
fore our readers. 1t is as comprehensive as 1t is
brief, but by few mastery touches from great
artist, faithful portrait is produced :LouiSiana
Courier.
WAsHISGToN. July &. 1852.
know you have been anxious to learn how I
feel in relation to the result arrived at by the
Democratic Convention. How did it escape your
keen eye and acute perception, that it had filled
me with hope and joy? / have seen the man, and
a man he is of lofty meiu, of winning manners
and easy and elegant speech, of great directness
of purpose, of facile access and yet dignifed and
imposing-a man, tell you, who will grace the
Presidential chair, add to the credit Of our party
and do honor to the nation.
1 am sure that inthe wAole South, we could not
have found one more determined than he is to see
our rights respected, and our honor preserved in
violate and sacred - In him we may repose the
most absolute and unreseryed. confidence. His
mind is of the highest order What strikes in hihl
most, is the bold confidence with which he adj
dresses himself to any subject-an unerring reve-
lation of conscious recttude and of moral and
mental strength
Rejoice then, and be up and doing; for lie mast
have Louisiana; and, with the joint efforts of the
whole democracy, he will have It,
THE OTHER S1DE-We referred few days
since to the accusation made against the soundness
lof Gen. Pierce on the slavery question A SINH
lar charge has been made In relation Gen. Scott,
on the following high authority A correspondent
of the Cleveland Plain Dealer writes from Rave
ma, Ohio, on the 10th July, that the night before
"Hon. D. r. Tilden, Freesoer, addressed the
Scott Club, and read letter Just received from
B. F. Wade, Whig United States Senator al
/ Washington, in which said Wade writes
II have this day had conversation with Gen
Scott, in which he declared he moaid sooner cu
off has right hand than lend Il TO the support q
Skavery DC
! a. --.~o-~~~--o--,c~-.~~--~~,oo-~A
What A PRESIDENT He WOULD MAKE THE
i Nashville Banner of February 12, 1851, the lead
ing whig paper of Tennessee, says it has .'liat
confidence IN Gen. SCOTS uery sound discretion
and COMMON SENSE - and yet we'll see th
very same Banner. and its echoes throughout th,
State trying to palm this General scottoff on th
people as statesman of the first order. Truly
the Wings of Tennessee are in a desperate FIX
Paris Constitution.
The Forest City. a Wing paper Published a
] cleveland, Ohio, and devoted to advocating tn
election of GEN ScoTT, and which 'sspits upon
the platform, Ia HORACE GREEtE7, has the fol
flowing:
; ssThere is no way to escape the impending eurs
Of slavery extension, save by the defeat of Pierre
: and King, and they can only be defeated by th
! ELECTION of Gen. Scott whose life is guarante
g that his influence viii not be on the side of sls
e very
0 Mr.. .WEBsrER.-In reply to a card OF +.
Tallmadge, the Boston Costfier says:
1--WE repeat what we said on former occasio
y that We have the best reason for believing thu
i Mr. Webster never uttered a syllable Of the kin
t imputed to him by Mr.. Taflmadge. The latte
Il gentleman must tell his story third time. Ii
y dwindles down rapidly as it has done from II
+ first rehearsal to the second, there win be vel
little left to excite the cheers of the Lundy Lar
& Ciubs