Washington telegraph., 1852-09-15
discriminating Disclosure.


EEa have before u~ the Remarks OF Cot. Vat.
son &. HA4 4N-S - PU-nap county Nm oTh- at
5He rec Ijai2eer,sic NatioHa -EOsive.ftiol at
Niaso,sc Had. or tne evening of 1nGIaaay. a Aeg.t
y, 1852 winch we ind ~ the Pittsburgh Jour
aat We nave not room for the eptire speech,
and Shall, therefore, give such extracts as wiii
Convey q correct idea OF its scope and meaning
Colonel Ii. started out BY hoping tlia, an lp.,,g-
change OF opinions would be fully permitted, aad
said as different gentlemen had expressed prefer
ences. many for HALE and some for Scoir, tina he
desired 10 present a few reasons WHY tRANkidN
PIaRcE had claims upon the ahti-s!aHcry yote OF
the country preSumlng as 1 do" said the speaker.
| that # slavery is ever abolished, itmQst Be by
| the Democracy He then proceeded to remark
that the ranks Of the Democracy had furnished
the principal nuflber OF the friends OF .rcedonl,
and argued that those leading A6ohtionists Who
now supper, FirEoE, Shold rot be mpeScAeu be
/ cause OF such sepport. Icre we aPpcnd hia y
marks at length:
Il cannot believe that so many men are now
recreant to the principles they advocatedin l846l
Have not these men stated That they are, even
now as strongly attached to The principles cf nee
dom N Sis, and that they intend 10 lriug all
the influence they cau 70 bear on the AdininstTa-
ton o. Gen Pierce If lie IS elected, as he is pret
u sure to be, iiy the great Protestant Democratic
2ar:y OF this Uuion) tor EGrEAL OF the Fagi;ive
Slave law, the ABOLITION Of S{arcyy c6ereger the
be5e7uL {loteIq15s,st cc,3t ret} and thegreat fur
therance Of our cause. Dueftwe iiltl the Strong
est man in lSlS. our Presidential candidate of that
election, amongst them-raBged under the banner
of Franklin Pierce, the !aroTite son OF estate
"a FreesoIl State--a Protestant State-in which
Popery has no power, and Roman Catholic can
not holi eaAce7 Our old friends assure you,
hnops thel ta5'l. and have. no kind Of doubts on
my mind but these men willeXertan inaueneeon
his rnind after his election ii any such nfHaace
beneeGed as TO bring about repeal of this abonn-
inabIe law 1t Is certain Mr. Pierce cannot be.
eiectedany more than General Cass, in Si8, u,
all Tie FTeeSoiers are to torsake the good old
Democratic platform q ed9al fights-I don't mean
tie platform adopted at Baltimore; don respect
rat platform, nor IS II possible that such mel. as
! the following can respectit:
f EX-PTeSldent Martin Van Buren,, John Van bG-
rea, Hon. b. z Butler, Hon. j. A. Dix VIM. c.
Bryudt Of the Deeaiag Post editors of the Bufalo
Repa5tic- Rochester .8apetiser Albany ,ftfas. Hon.
Mcssrs. Preston King, Martin Grover J. c. Floyd
Gilbert Dean, H. B, Stanton Levi S Chatfeld,
H IL. Van Dyke, Horace Wheaton, Timothy
Jepkin and /. I. HOVE Jr; all.of New York.
In Ohio | viii merely point, to j. ". Grayg Of
/ The Cleveland Plaia8eqiey, Hon. D. k, Cartel,
Hon, J; Gable, Judge 3eldin, Hon.-- Brinkerhof,
Judge Potter, Walker Of the editorial corps
iqdge kenno4, and Gen. w. W. Blakes among
/ Thousands ,f.s t,..4,
oB B. F. Halletf, of Mass, ~. .'t,g;....-
Hon John Wentworth and DR.. 4laloneys of IL
hhois f-,,, tf'.I.l N
Hon T. r. Benton Of Missouri oiri i''i = aHo' =
John atwood, OF New Hampshire, i 20