Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-11-08
RICHMOND WING.
To ,ouRaspoNDkNTs.
Honest Confessions.

Southern Democrats reasoning with themselves
say ave have gotten ourselves into pretty fix
There is no mistake but that we have been taken in
tricked completely by New Hampshire Yankee 49,
The fact is evident and shows for itself too plainly
TO think Of conceslment. 1t is to try TO cover
the deception any longer for IL won't do. The
truth must be confessed and though it goes hard to
do So and is humilating task, yet there is
dodging the force of it. We had Just as we'll &C
Knowledge the corn at once The fact is that when
the name Of Gen Franklin Pierce oil New Hampshire
suggested TO the Baltimore Convention, all
thought it admirable move--that he
new man, about whom the public knew very little,
and he would therefore prove the more available.
nomination for the Presidency is post neither TO be
sought after nor declined. We were all told that
such was precisely the case with Franklin Pierce Of
New lIampshire-that he was very deserving De
mocrat who had not sought the Office and would
prove admirable candidate for the diScordant el,
men,s of our party to unite upon. We therefore laid
such standing candidates Cas- Buchanan, Douglas
& Co, upon the shelf, for the purpose of taking up
n Compromise nomnec-a the better ms we thought
for his obscurity. We had made an experiment OF
that trick in 1914, and il took faely 81 after being
very badly beaten in ls4s, we determined TO tr, it
time, and got decidedly the worst of the bargain In
place Of getting man who had not sought the post,
it turns out-ac cording to the expose made of the
scenes Lchind the curtain by cur old Democratic
friend and wire.worker, Edmund Bnrkc-that the
whole scheme had been concoctcd before the assem-
bling Of the baltimore Convention, ioi Cen Pierce
nomination. and that were nicely caught IN the
trap. What makes the affair more aggravating is
Al i.
devised by the shrcwd Yankees as to make we South
em Democrats the tools TO carry out their pui-
pose by manmuvring as 10 get to nominate their
man. We were SOFT enough TO catch at the bait and
pretty spot OF work we have made OF it-have de-
servedly become the laughing stock Of our political
opponents and all honest people The very result we
professed in the late Presidential election, to deprc
cate mucl we have been the instrument in bring
ing about All our deprccations Of Free Soil iniiu.
ence stand forth in Judgment against US fer
what we said the election of Gen. Scott would pre-
duce in this respect the election Of Gen. Pierce hss
already DONE and stand convicted of 1t before the
American people. They have no occasion 10 90 into
particulars in making up their verdict against
The Abolition sympathies Of the Administration in its
appointments too plain To Admit OF controversy,
any satisfactory justification. Had we no; made
such loud pretentons of consistency and honesty over
this question cur woull not appear bad. Bu,
after crying thief, have been detected with the
sheep upon our own shoulders The hobby served
TO elect our President, but the Jump dear
ly bought lie is paying us back upon terms rather
costly to be comfortable. 1t MAJ to uninask
the game and spike our cannon forever hereafter.
Honest Democrats and conscientious Wing. will not
be so easily deceived after this and then the chances
for the "pOiis are gone. We thought our hand had
been played most successfully, bat alas we are
doomed to come out loosers in the end The Free
Sellers too smart for that time. They knew
tn ir man, and 'Parson Foss was not very far from
telling the truth after ALL"