The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-06
Publse ouan,.n an the ss.r,., Letter.

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There n . lsug ahis controversy Ia progress b
tween the Ma \ ~ NGHALr "A 0ns tide add thf
WasbiI gton Gston % The 8ther. The question y,
vrettSt Presided Pierce % az q rot srts st'sl
y al. iTe. suisr- las Incidentally there "a. CT %
M parties tic oppo0ebts u Tie administrator -
support le position 81 The lisHAtp, aad y .af'
Gates, sha are au lci 1s'ns statfe ~ ~ 49,,
hscs NJ tie Tan. A The qnursl no3 Aana-' ne
HERALD has tue he-t a IL; having exinr'ed ron =
coupe Of ban burnsrs. nov hodmg Once uudrr
President Pl,rse, ahe snIsiecs nlsht thsi 10y hA1
seen aud read ruch letter; bat thel az not adn.t
that Pierce a that tme synpsihsed ia tac Tree s0
movemebt Tie Tniot hes'ase- ana equivoc nte.,
and after den in< TIE cxs ~ any letter on the
subject froIn tbe Pr,sid.n for while At last balls
back upon the pretence tust % oontents sere -
nile T. the vle>s and purposes oi tao v an Blreias.
Tie oily eligible method 81 setihoy the dt-Plte :
TO produce the document, ana sc recommend the
Union 10 hriLg Il forth Il onse.
freru The NV York ssnd,y asr.ary
SHg SCARLET LHrrsR.'
That warm friend of the present unhappy admins
tration At Washington, and OF Gen. Pierce IN psrcu
hr-the HsKALD-slill harps upon that letter. II
seeks, with fretful earnestnsss aud dis esful zeal
for further proof that General Pierce sroie letter
20 the free soil ratcati n meeting IN tui- city ia
lS4s, approving Of It, platform aud It's proposed
amendments.
IL shows beyond dl pute that such a letter VA
written TO just such meeting-to FREE soil or abb
hsion meeting tainted WITH the worst species OF Van
Burenism- the most shutting, time serving and con
temptble OF oil isms. In showing tbs We have priDi1
face evidence that Gen Peree w1s AT thai time and
that he had long been himself tainted sth abolition
ism. Show US vi hat company gentleman keeps aud
we will tell you WHIST manner Of man he Ia ASIDE
from the fact that the Surveyor OF the Port MI Coch
Ia, 4 n - atnlt eu quIe enough, utSsf'uhatly tuI
him 10 pu, beyond doubt, u all hlr minds, tha,
nst such : letter written, ana thai II MAS very
Lely III existence and in his , secession, let US look
ut he Presidents subsequent acts-at his pre- sent
affiliations
too TO the Uniou sentiment that spfaog out OF the
agitation the excitement, aud tie irritation natu-
rally yrealed by The slavery hurricane that blew
over this country in 1850 Everybody, ourselves
among the number Of every bodies, ed 10 believe
that he pure Union man, as uutanted, pollti-
csly though not, alas I! morally, a. the unborn babe.
What do we find Immediately after his election
We find him affiliated With among other politci Al
humbugs that super eminent political party nbug
john Van Buren,, who had sworn IN eplstles aud in
barangues until he was black in the lace, against
every form OF savery-whs went about damnng IL
up hill and down dale, Undertaking his oaths with
hAtulent attempts at w.t. and abortive darts Ut the
humorous who impiously called his God to witAess
that he might lose his wg or his wits, or some other
fabulous piece of property, If ne ever abaneoned the
cause Of anti.lavery, and who has since be
come and is now acknowledged as the leader of
the administrative party in this CITY. 1t was
this political jack and mountebank that worked
the hardest to thrust that honest and unfnching
democrat, Greene c. Bronson, out of the custom
House. And why? Because that estimable gentle
man, well knowing Mr.. John Van Bnren's antece-
dents, and his treacherous, POLITICAL CHI .meionlike
character would lend him no aid or countenance
In putting dozen two Of his satellites or myr
midons into office. Has not Mr. Van Buren, himself
made public complaint OF Mr. Bronson's neglect u
him 2 All the influences that are brought to bear
upon the administration ate as soft as putty, and
anything hard, like Mr.. Bronson, has been aud is
most Objectionable.
This particular "Scarlet letter. that the HssALD
30 harps upon, is not the only 'stft letter that
might have been brought against the President
But they have all been bought up by this time, in
77,sw Of the next Presidential eection to which Mr.
Pierce is vain enough to look forward with ugh
Of success as q cat has in tophet without claws.
In the fact OF the existence Of host OF scarlet
letters" softer than the soest putty on the subject
Of abolitioDism, and written by Franklin Pierce,
may be found the secret Of the " softs' influence
over him, the secret OF his present anomalous, DIS
tracted, and really pitiable condition before the
country and the noble part of the party that rushed
him into office. On, what fall was there, my
cOuptrymen ~