Washington telegraph., 1852-09-22
[From the Eagle q. Enquirer
Martin Van Buren,.

Some of the supporters of Pierce, unable
to deny that old Martin Van Buren, is now
the leader of the Pierce party at the North,
attempt to take away some of the olium
which Justly attaches to him in the mirds of
bath parties in the South, on account of
his running as the Abolition candidate in
1S4S
"Oh," say they, Ivan Buren, is good
democrat. In supporting Pierce he renoun-
ces all that foolery of his in 4S. He only
did that to beat CaSs"'
Oh, ho Only to beat Cass," ell p
That's the patriotism of the Pierce leader,
is it? He makes war on the South-fans
a fame of fanatcsm which it took all the
powerful exertions of the best men of both
parties to quench--"unfetters the chained
earthquake" whose shock had well nigh
tumbled the fair fabric of this Republic into
ruins-but it was only TO beat CAss -
And, this man is now good democrat
safe leader. His purposes now are not
selfish and personal-oh no. He goes for
Pierce-he pulls the wires and manages
to gather in all his vile crew of abolition
lists, freesoilers and what not, to Pierces
support-al through patriotism-all from
his great lore to the South a1ad lis f07d-
ness tor the iaestitutiOn Of Siauery. 1t
was for this he had 'Cass" beat again be-
fore the Convention; for this that he con-
trived to kill off all the distinguished men
Of the democratic party, and had Pierce, Il
man after his own heart, thrust upon the
country as the democratic candidate Do
any doubt that all this was his work! Let
the skeptics review all the facts and circum-
stances. PositiUe r1oof, is scarcely to be
expected where such an arch-intriguer as
Martin Van Buren, chooses to withhold it :;
but if ever circumstantial evidence was en-.
titled to rivet conviction, the conclusion is un-
avo;dable that this fallen Lucifer was the
author Of Pierce's nomination, as he is in
disputably the leader of his northern sup
porters. Examine the evidence below, as
we find it grouped together by Wing con-
temporary
The peculiar circumstances attending
the Scott letter. by which all his competi-
tors for the nomination were killed off-the
peculiar character of the LaILy letter, by
aid of which Pierce lodged the Scott letter,
and, at the same time, under the rose, as it
were, presented himself to the members of
the Convention as Compromise man-the
simultaneous rush with which ireesoiers and
secessionists, when they found the compro-
mise men had caught at this letter, rallied
upon Pierce, and suddenly gave him the
two-thirds vote-the prompt and simultane-
Gus upspring of the Van Burens and all
their forces, SO soon as the result was secur-
ed-their laborious and noisy efforts to con-
centrate the free-soil vote upon him--the
words of Haynes, that ''they knoao their
man''-the significant expression of the
talented Butler, that by electing him they
aciU accomplish "achat get remains uaac-
compJished Of the measures enumerated
IN tie Bu6alo (A6olitioa) Pla.torm'-
the active support of him by the abolition
papers generally-the Wilmot Proviso char
acter of the New Hampshire democracy,
and the usual exertions for him of Martin
Van Buren, himself, the High Priest of Ab-
olitionism, who at the last election, abandon
ed Mr.. Cass simply because Cass could not
believe the Wilmot ProviSo constitutional
and who now says that Gen. Pierce has
been brought up IN the true Democratic
fa1th circumstances, which we will
not here take up room to enumerate, most
as5uredly make up strong circunstantal
showing that the \ an Burens and their fo-
lowers and the secession allies with whom
they co-operated made Pierce's nomina-
ti0n."
1t is very clear that Van Buren and his
northern abolition allies take peculiar in
terest in the success OF Pierce. John Van
Buren, is here, there, and everywhere
''stumping' it for him, while Martin the el-
der is writing letters and industriously man
aging, directing and controlling every under
current which may swell the volumes of
Pierce's strength. Let the South beware
They have been deceived and betrayed once
by Martin Van Buren. Let Southern men
not be duped and betrayed again by him in
the election Of his candidate