The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-07-28

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committee then rose and the House adjourned.
The Republic and Its Conspiracy to Defame
| Gen. Pierce.
In lis issues Of yesterday and the day befo, the Re-
public makes awkward attempt TO justify pallia,s
the very dscedable course which il has ,aten in re-
Publishing, with its endorsement, worthless andinfamous
abolition testimony designed to create the Impression
that Gen. Pierce denounced the fugitive law in terms
satisfactory 10 the abolionsis.
To prop up this utterly absurd accusation. and yind
cate its participation in the vile aboi,ionis consp
racy which concoced the accusation, the Repub in liz
issue OF Monday faisifes and the nearing OF
certain words, which, upon anonymous authority it al.
eges General Pierce to have used and then proceeds
circulate additional and abolition sandel
against him. from of the false witnesses which
it had before accredited, and whose testimony il con.
linues TO circulate, that has full reason 10 know
and we believe does know, its fasehood.
In It's issue OF yesterday, the Republic still proceeds in
its dirty work OF bolserng up this exposed and exploded
whg and aboitonis conspiracy OF Islander agans, Gen
Pierce, and paaies before lis readers four or FIVE
columns OF record and comment designed to show wba
is not denied, that in pas, years the New Hampshire de
mocracy took ground the Of slavery
the Territories OF the United States, taking care al tn
time, TO deprecate all abotonst agitation such as the
wings and abotonss OF the State labored 10 create aue
extend From this record the Republic has the efonle
10 argue ia the following absurd fashion:
The New Hampshire democracy and its leader
have in past years taken ground against the exten
sion OF slavery into the Territories therefore the two abo
lon journals which have always denounced these demo
cras and with Them General Pierce, pro- slavery men
are 10 be believed when they turn round and de
nounce Gen. Pierce abolitionist This as we reac
The Republics abored article Of yesterday, the sum anc
substance of il, and quite willing to leave Its
utter ab,urdity to carry with ii lis own refu,a,ion
But the Republic unable to avoid the overwhelm-
ing exposure OF its two confederate abolitonist wit
nesses, which have given upon the authority OF the
most respectable public OF New Hampshire, nov
boldly alleges that their false witness was NOT contra
eisd when it first made its appearance The Republic
says:
"These articles published In democratic newspa
peis before General Pierce thought OF candidat
for presidency. They written with any desg
OF injuring him They not conuadicted by him
the time, though of them published In his owl
Try not convodictsd by any friend Of his
6y any editor friendly 10 him"
In this conrexon, we call the Republics attention
democratic Journal published at Manchester New Hamp.
shire This article il will be perceived, shows that The
abolition ISLANDERS which the Republic taking par
in ioee denounced and con,radiced on the spot and
the most emphatic manner, they showed then
heads
" TRICKS ENFMY-We had an in,imation not
long SINCE that the wings OF this city were pre- pairing
ha ely plate Of soup for southern paaies and that lie
principal Ingredient was TO be the New Boston correspond
OF the Independent Democrat audit. coworker in this
city.
- The plot have u1aured suddenly; for the
Washington Republic Of tho 18th inst contains ertn.o
the correspondence alluded The editor that the
correctness of the report Tin the independently has never
been questioned He Is mistaken We were present NJ
that etng-we heard every word that uered-apd
we took earliest occasion brand the report as false IN
all It's length BREADTH and thickness II wos So as huu
dfeds ready testify. The report In the other abolition
organ (doobess by the same pen) we did notice az
length for IL occurred that every line was a lie and
as impossible to correct all correcting part only
might admit the rest. Gfosser fasehoods were
penned In baser spirit II was infamous at
tempt array Cen Pierce against himself and against his
pauyto sustain the toering fabric OF aboonsm by an
ntima,ion that the leader OF the democracy had as
ehed 10 their herees least had relaxed his oppo
ton
The editor OF the Republic have felt bsthe wa.
called do the dirty work Of dirty when requested
publish the articles In question lie certainly be
ignorant OF distinct in the political history
OF New Hampshire for the last eight years Of the ex
tent and character OF General Pierce's participation H.
those evonts He knows perfectly well that for all that
General Pierce has been the constant target for the
ms ious ain, u sboltonists home and abroad yet
in his desperation, perhaps peinence in being called
upon 10 support odious candidate, he throws open his
columns false u face, false in history and
false by the testimony Of both the friends and
the mics Of General Pierce We may refer this mat
ter again"
We trust the Rsp-biie is no, so lost 10 all sense OF
shame as not 10 view with humiliation its position in
this whole business. Tha, journal knows perfectly we'll
and has concurre with it's aboitonist coconspraors In
admitting that The country does not contain more zeal