Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-01-01
GEN PIERCE AT HOME.


Gen. Pierce, says:
| once heard him say in private conversa-
ton, that he never would consent TO be a
candidate even for the Presidency, il he
should be required 10 go on an electioneer-
ing tour and make speeches for the office
was entitled TO honor, and should not be de-
graded in the eyes of the world.
Gen. Pierce, like Mr. Webster, has deep
reverence for God and sense of the vanity
Of all worldly things without his favor and
The hopes OF an immortal life. Many time
have heard him expaiiate with eloqnence
and solemnity, IN confidential intercourse on
'the vanity of man as mortal" and the
dignity and support which religion gives 10
him in the conflicts Of life, and at lis close.
Happening TO meet with him at his office
few days after his nomination, he remarked
with seriousness and solemnity which
deeply affected me, that when the news of |
his nomination reached him, his first thought |
rose up 10 God, and he never fe, the need |
of his aid and guidance as he did at that mo- |
ment. | could not doubt his sincerity, for
his earnesness and sensibiiy were such
as you could expect only in the most rell-
gious men.
During the canvass he has remained qui-
etly at home, daily walking from his house
TO his office, or else attending his business
in the Courts, or occasionally making an
excursion to the mountains and lakes, or to
the seaboard With more genllemanly dig
nifty and exact propriety, he ceuId not have
borne himself | met him on The morning
Of election day, as the crowds in town and
over The country, from the Atlantic 10 the
Pacific, were huryng 10 deposit the vote
which decided their destiny. But he was
cheerful, colloqnial, and courteous as ever,
and apparently the least interested in the
proceedings of the day AS any man saw.
/, Before ten o'clock in the evening, the tele
graph wires brought the results of the days
work TO Concord, when Gen. Pierce, whose
office is near that Of the telegraph, remarked
that he would wal, for no fur,her commune
cations, but return to his family, as Mrs.
Pierce was i'll.
T Late the next forenoon he was seen walk
8 ing cooIly and back TO his Office, as though
; The nights intelligence was nothing TO him.
S | met with him in the afternoon in the street
5 felt hesilancy in taking his hand and
i speaking to him for have natural awe of
C man in high POSITIONS, and knew not how
Y much the days work had done upon hun as
4 well as for him. But he was himself still
a showing, il is true, feeling Of the honor his
d countrymen had conferred upon him, but less
$ excitement and vanity (for there is none)
than ordinary morals in being elected to the
Office Of third seleclman. | stood in the
presence of an individual elevated 10 the
n highest Office in the gift of man, but saw
!, only man, an nnassuming and courteous ci.
:, lizen, with whom could talk as afore,ime
5. an hH human aiie nun, ab lilo did see, nor
d | will venture 10 say, will any one see.
,, The Sunday following the election, he ap.
If peared in his place in the house of God a.
- usual, and in the afternoon waited during the
administration Of the communion service bis
lady being an esteemed member OF the Sou
Congregational Church, and whose example
e and influence in the White House will no
fail 10 merit and receive the praise bestowed
e upon her most admired predecessors in the
'e same high position Uniting intelligence
=, =, and strong mind with dignity, grace anc
,e every Christian virtue, she Is sure 10 vii
lie universal esteem, so far her delicate healll
y shall permit her 10 miugle in society. 1t i
W W the fist time the daughter of a parish paste
ID had been elevated 10 this position. In lh
e evening, General Pierce attended service il
y the same house, when an address was deliv
-, cred in behalf of an important town chart,
,e mission for the poor during the coming in
ter. Such was the first Sabbath of Genera
IN Pierce after his election, aud essential
as such, we trust and believe, the rest will be