Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1852-09-30

GEN. PIGKcE Ar HoME.-The Con.
cord Democrat, published at Gen.
Picrce's door, (says the Richmond
Whig) thus speaks of tho Brigadicr's
denial Of the Ncwj'os,on speech. The
editor Of the Democrat is a man Of as
good repule for lrulll-tclirg, where he
lives, as Gen. Pierce. Mark, we say as
gOod we do not vOuch for The vcracit Y
Of any New-IIampshire Democrat
But those who obtain the correctness of
the Ncw-Boston speech are sustained by
one circumstance, independent Of all
personal character, which is worth
bushel oi hard swearing. And that is,
tha; the speech was published six
months before Gen. Pierce was ever
thought Of for the Presidency rem ain
ed uncontradicted all that time and
ascribed to him opinions that were pop.
ular in New Hampshire thus proving
there was no motive TO misreprescnt.-
who could get around this circumstance;
and It must, with all impartial men, ex-
ert IA most damaging Influence upon the
Brigadcrs character for truth. But to
the Democrats comments:
The extraordinary character of this
reply OF Gen. Pierce. leaves us no alter
native hut To believe the writer insane.
That he would deliberately pen. such il
batch OF untrulhs. in his right mind is
too mOns,rous for belief, Considering
(whal is truel hat ,hls Mr.. l., Leon,
"ouc of the editors OF the Souil.crn
prrss, " is rank Disunioui.t, and that
Gen. Pierce regards all snch men with
the most unmItgated horror. we can
hardly deem it creditahle that he would
enter into correspondence with HIM ~
all. Bet suppose m this We are wrong
lie certainly would not, unless lahorng
under some fatal hallucInallUn, venture
to make an issue OF vcracty against as
many unimr rcachablc citizens as Lave
already sworn To the accuracy Of the
reports of his New Boston sIccch, He
muS he insane.
Before God and the hundreds who
heard that speech, he knOWS that he ~
tered the sentiments attributed In him
in all their length and breadth. lie
/ knoVs that he uttered similar sentiments
! al BradtOTd and ia This torn. And
yet he dishonesty or insancly denies
them, and claims the Presidency on the
! ground that lac never uttered r"rd in
. disapprobalion Of slavery, nor pcrlUrln-
/ ed an act inconsistent with the office of
a bloodho, nd Nay, he ultcrs II down
right untrulh in relation 10 the lndcrcn-
dent Democrat. when lie says it has
been unsparing iG It's attacks upon hun
personally Every reader Of this pa
per knows we have spared him. We
have made no peTS0nm MidckS on hun.
Ths, no man better understands Than
himself, Why, then. does he state the
contrary ?
ut wc will not pursue this subject Mt
the present time. We regret 10 see
Gen Pierce place himself IN tie humiIl-
ating position he now occupies. In the
first lace it was silly IN hlm 10 w'tc IA
y letter at all. In the second place, he
should not have wr ticn to a firc-cating
Disunionist Aud in the third pli ce, he
should have written the truth. As 1t H.,
he will sr1cr Tor being found III bad
company iar having !olncd issues on Il
question OF veracily already decided
against him; and, finally for cvincing Il
spanicl.Ikc craving Tor the Presidency,
at the expense of all sei-rc.pe,t which
must lose him the respect and conf
dencc OF higl,mindcd men, north and
south Gen. Pierce will lose thousands
o f votes by this letter in the Tree States,
while he will not guIn one III ihe slaves
States.