The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-11-10
From the Boston Daily ADVERTISED
GENERAL PIERCE's NOMINATION

From the Boston Daily Advertiser.
GENERAL PIERcEs NOMINATION
Hoe it uas brought aJout-- Explanation Of
Edmund Burke.
Hon. Edmund Burke Of New Hampshire,
who has been driven into state of violent
antauonism with the friends OF the admins
tration in New Hampshire, has voluntarily
revealed, sooner than might have been anti
eipated, the sec. t movements BY which the
mysterious nomination was accomplished.
i'll a manner apparently without cause. IT
seems that the prime mover and author OF
the combination which produced the result,
by means OF wires adjusted under his dlrec
ton, was no other than Mr.. Burke hims self,
and that this was done by the aid Of New
Hampshire delegates to the Baltimore DEM
ocratic Convention. and in concert with Gen
Pierce. The development is made by Mr.
Burke, in the Old Guard, III the person of
ue as editor of that paper, while replying TO
the personalities OF the Concord Patriot.
| Mr.. Burke says that he became convinced
some months before the Convention thlt
1 neither Cass, Buchanan nor Douglas could
/ get the nomination, and that Pierce would
stand good chance to be adopted "a the
compromise candidate, provided he could he
4 kept tout OF the ring OF competition" His
position at Washington gave him en- oPPor-
tunity as comforting with great number Of
/ politicians at Washington and h. diligently
improved the opportunity OF quietly con-
eerting, through their instrumentality, his
+ plan Of operation by process which he
thus describes:
.'For months before the Baltimore Con.
reution we took especial pains to see and
+ converse with those gentlemen upon the
subject Ut the Presidential nomination. We
took pains on all occasions, to suggest the
name of General Pierce, as a compromise
candidate. in the event that the convention
should not agree upon the three prominent
gentlemen above named in connection with
that office. We saw and conyersed with
fifty or one hundred OF the leading politicians
+ OF thg tutca upon the subject, on all oecu-
siuns Introducing the name OF q neral
Pierce. After satisfying our own mind
that General Pierce could be nominated, we
wrote 10 General Pierce our views and
opinions at length, expressing our belief
that he could be nominated He answered
our letters,
I'VE also communicated the project OF
the friends OF General Pierce, 70 the shrewd.
est and abicst letter writer at Washington,
and procured him To throw out III the papers
to which he correspondent, that by a failure
Of the Convention to nominate either CaSs
Buchanan or Douglas. General Pierce would
be brought forward by his friends as Il cpmpro-
mise candidate. That gentleman did as we
requested him in several adrUit and ingenious
letters, published in the Philadelphia Ledger
and Baltimore Sun, which were neutral ua-
RS, and therefore the best mediums thro'
which to communicate such designs
A few weeks before the Convention, NJ.
Burke came to New Hampshire, and meet
ing of the delegation Of the State to the
Convention was held, at which, however he
was not present. He however wrote a lei.
ter suggesting plan of operations. whici,
vas adopted by the delegation and fully car
ried ont in the Convention at Baltimore
The character and success agreed on is thus
described by the old Guard:
AT that time General Pierce expressed
his desire that our delegation should not
cast its vote unanimously for any one can
d.date before the Convention The reason
that he assigned was that in consequence OF
the high principles which the Democracy OF
New Hampshire enjoyed among their breth-
rem Of the Union the united vote of their
I delegation, though small, would have a great
or moral force than the Z otes Of delegations
much larger in number; and il given for any
leading candidate in the outset, would en-
danger the ultimate end we had in view
I We then went to Baltimore, having, some
weeks previous, engaged rooms for our en-
tire delegation at the Eutaw House, one of
the best hotels in the city. The Convention
assembled and throughout it's session we
excrted every energy % carry ontthe wish
es Of Gen Pierce. On some Of the first
/ ballots ] gave my vote for Mr. Douglas. in
accordance with what | knew was Cen
cral P.'s express desire IN regard to our del
cgation giving united vote. Subsequent
/ ly, we all united on General Cass; and then
we again divided, Mr. AthcrtOn and II yseif
voting for Mr.. Buchanan, aud our colleagues
voting for General Butler, of Contucky At
/ length the delegation from Virginia ntrodu-
ced the name OF General Pierce, and then
orr deicqatton gaze him Il unitsd cote until he
tcas nominated, These facts the records of
the Convention abundantly prove "
Such is the history Of the nomination of
General Pierce to the Presidency ofthe Uni
ted States And yet by singular turn Of
events the author Of the nomination, and of
course OF the election, is so soon thrown in
to opposition with the administration. We
are informed also on the same authority,
that Mr., Burke, in 'co-operatiou with an
eminent and distinguished naturalizcd cti-
zen." aided in inducing Governor Kossuth
to take ground in favor of the Democratic
Nominations.
''Thc voice orthc shepherd Is lost, mud the flock wa
deft'th on The hl!i side IN vain saarCh.''
The honest and sjmple-mindcd members
of the Democratic party must find them
selves Just now much in the bewIdcrcd con-