New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-03

The news from the United States IL, that
Franklin Pierce IL elected President The event h's
been con sercd certain for some time past Yet u the
question still heard both sides the Atlantic no -
Franklin Pierce Il is continuation oi tho Joks
which told 20 well AZ the tne-Of the same question
keng assed about Mr. Polk, The same occasion On
ihc day OF inauguration. when the noble Pennsyivans
av ~ Washn gton the vast opening leading To the
csui,ol-,gas closely packed with spectators from end
10 end and the President carnage, with its tram on
follower waf slowly making s way, some wag IN the
crowd .houted Ia AN nqu .ive voice, = Who ID James
Polk Amid OF laughter In which The Pfes'dcn,
joine,i the question WAS repeated I'll echoed "itnn
the wsUs OF Congress
There il no harm in mis- No disrespect wa probably
meant aud II il wss certainly no repfOafh would so
here There l. an English newspaper extant stll-(as
/. merriam. the Colonial one from which II made es
trnctsl-sn English newspaper wherein may be seen
The in1urv who is Georiy Wellington = And the
paper eOe- inform it readers that this 6eordy y
an obscure mitamsn, who can't help neddling with
matters that he doe not undefstand. and VINO VIII soon
be fuercifny remanded 10 obscuriiy in Virgins, II he
does provoke his better TOO TAR Moreover, M
reader l. desired 20 Judge u him ~ the company ie
keeps one OF his ntiIIes beng dfty printers man,
named Ben Franklin Amer ths Polk or Pierce need
vince under the question ~ ~ who they are
His not as per.one MISTER that the inquiry need be
regarded at abby them OF by W. II were, Il would
be enough 20 cay that Mr. Pierce General Pierce,
New Hampshire man; lawyer by profession, but yeta
general on account Of Ms services IA the Mexican wn
r. nominated by the Democratic party at heir ba
Cass Buchanan Marcy, and other ~eilkDo"n pohuoai
men on the understood ground tbat they had 40 com
mtfed themselves in the -oufh, on Denaf OF cl5fery
% have no chance IA the North Herein was aetuinno
,b,t General Pierce wa not pledged ON the subject oi
slavery.
He was not ~ pledged that domestic parties and
areigo Journals could quote any verbal se conntial
sgso-< him one way oT another but bis virtual com
,tsI sss ~ conulete ~ any that could be brought la
,be other cases III title OF general vas won In war
which had tor H. object tne extension Of slaVeFy snd
which planted the institution anew Oh coil from which
the Mecans nsa uprOored H. And as soon "a fas PROF.
pects seemed 20 be sufficiently fair Mr.. Pierce declared
bimseC IN a cautious out unmistaksoe manner by bs
funerS craft n over the body OF Henry Clay Another
party who proposed hin--to uphold The Compromise
Act. OflsJ0 expressy including he Fugitive Slave Law
But then the American Wing parry IL equally pledged
r. the maintenance 81 the Fugitive slave Law. Daniel
Webster helped Henry Clay 70 make II and President
Fillmore eagerly urged the work and sgned the bill
All the three missed her siu-,he Presidential chair
We have before spoken sufficiently Of the reasons Why
Henry Clay missed u Daniel Webster had MOI on.
single from the slavehoers AFTER the awful ssen
hces he had made 10 win therDvng Up the assertor'
Of hberty IN the North and breaking through almost a
I many vows as IL he had been a French Emperor. ii,
was Toe profoundly distrusted by all parties TO saccee'
with any And Fillmore had done 100 odious thing
100 openly be safey nominated for the rae over tn
whole nation.
The FreesO party 10 great factn itsel "a not stron
sroucb 10 carryth Presidential Caeir That party, am
the Lt.e Liberty party" src the results Of the Aboi
ton in the United States. Ttey are very Ia
frOn being the best results for the highest order OF mel
among me Abohfionisu keep their action pure IRON
party spirit and free from party perturosnons bh
these two parties not likely 10 carry the Aooihon
SLAYER .bev are significant signs Of The times and thel
are eminen,iy important, in an unconscou. way, a
showine how the whole political acton Of their counf1
hinges upon the slavery question
The only Wing candidate who bad any chance
srsl eco-noyedt ha. chance, over the Websters sn'
ci,vs ,nd Piimores by bis beng (whie favorable y
Slsyery1 mysterious end uncomrnirted upon II. Tn
! democratic candidate Pierce, succeeded over m
Css-es Buchsnsns and Marcys, because while iavorabI
~ snSery, he was fefchei ont Of ohscury and 'be'
fsif HI, iescs Ill L gas pis.c % show hi' b''nas-