Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-11-04
BURLINGTON FREE PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1853.

General Pierce, and apparently an important
actor in securing the Generals nomination
and election to the Presidency, in process of
time. no matter how. or why, except that va
may be sure II scanty supply Of pap had
something to do with it-bccamc dsalcctcd,
and finally not long since established paper
under the title of d" The old Quart" the OBJ
jet Of it being solely to wage war ON the Adj
minlstration, or rather on the ". H. Patriot
and the Concord Junto, President Picrcc's
particular friends in his native State. In II
late number of this paper, Mr.. Burke dcs-
cribcs the way the wires were pulled to
secure the nomination by the Baltimore Con
vcntion which took the country 50 much by
surprise. After alluding to his extensive ac-
quaintancc with Democratic leaders through
out the country he says:
% For months before the Baltimore Convcn-
ton, we took especial pains to see and con-
verse with those gentlemen upon the subject
Of the Presidential nomination. We took
pains, ON all occasions, to suggest the name
of Gen. Pierce, as IL compromise candidate, in
the event that the Convention should not
agree ON either of the three prominent gentle
men ahOI C-mamcd III connection with that
office. We saw and cUnvcrscd with from fifty
to one hundred Of the leading politicians OF
the Union upon the subject, ON all occasions
introducing the name Of Gen. Pierce. After
j satisfying our own mind that Gen. Pierce
could he nominated, we wrote to Gcu Pierre,
our views and opinions at length, expressing
our belief that he could be nominate II,
answered our letters.
We also communicated the project of tn,
friends of Gen. Pierce to the shrewlrst ant
ahlcst lrttcr-writcr ut Washington, and pro
cured him to throw out in the papers t,
which he corrcSpondcd, the idea that in tn,
event Of failure by the Convention to nomi
nate either CasS. buchanan or Douglass, Gen
Pierce would he brought forward by hi
friends as II compromise candidate. Tina
gentleman did as we rcqucstcd in scvera
adroit and ingenious letters. published i'll tin
Phi}adlphid L,dg,r and BaHimorc Sun
which were neutral papers and Therefore
the best mediums through which to conlnu
! nicatC such dcSigus.'
Shortly after, Burke and General picrc
) had an interview, at the request ofthc latter
and fully discussed the plan. which woS car
: ritd ont Utmost Ia the rc-Y letter at Baltimore
t. At that time Gen. Pierce expressed hi
: desire that our delegation should not cast it
= vote unanimously for one candidate before til
r Convention. The reason he assigned was
i that in consequence of the high character 70
/ fidelity to principle which the Democracy q
New HAMPSHIRE cnoycd among their hrcthrc
! of the Union. the united voice of her drlrga
q ton, though small, would have create
It moral force than the votes Of delegation
much larger IN numbers and, if given 70
= any leading candidate in the outstt. woul
I cndangcr the ultimate end we had in view.
We then went to Baltimore. having som
= weeks previous engaged rooms for our cntir
delegation ut the Eutaw House. one of tn
best hotels III that city The Convention Il,
scmblcd, and throughout its session we c>
- crted every energy to carry out the wishes {
Gen. Pierce. On some of the first ballots
= gave my vote for Mr. Douglass. IN accordanc
with what knew was General F. EXPIRE
dcsirc in regard to cur delegation giving
t united vote. Subsequently we all united .
= General Cass and then we again divided
, Mr.. Athcrton and myself voting for Mr.. Bu
chanan, and our colleagues voting for Gen
u Butler, Of Kentucky. At length the dclcgi
e ton from Virginia introduced the name {
t Cen Pierce, and then our d'Iegdfion gar
:, INN a Unitcd rotc until hc waS Homindtco
These facts the records Of the Conycntio
: abundantly prove"
= That the Brigadcr's nomination was II,
compished by some such artful dolging an
intrigue. every body knew The prcci,
y manmuvrcS which brought it about have ne
been made public before we believe. Asp
ring politicians will find the Old Guard
u seryiccablc text book.