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WEDNESDAY MORNING, April i, 1854
NO. .afssxsE EPKS TOLaRY P0LT9ICS.
a W. amused ourselves, last fall, with cornpil-
ing sort of literary history Of Democratic
epist.es that have been fatal 70 their authors;
Since then, the additions to such learning have
been SUFFICIENT to mako it necessary that we
should compose supplement; as the first piece
ii which. We subjoin the following, from the
National Jntelligencer Of the 18th ult.:
sI,,,r j i Rsrr,ssyr AND THE NEBRASKA QUESTION.
\ Although we did not think At to copy into onr
raner tIae letter OF Mr.. Clemens to his friend in
Alabama, Tie publication of which has drawn
from him the subjoined explanatory one, it is
due to the President that we should insert the
latter The letter from Mr.. G. to his friend in
Alabama, which found its wsy into the public
papers. contained the following passage:
But few days since, III conversation with North
ta Senator and myself he president Perce) gave 1t
Ais dsasd opinion that Douglass bill proposition in
favor nf Freedom md added that, If it should pass
although might absorb the whole Of Mexico, anaha
Stare Siae apelid susr Tie Union He expressed
sfed S4ie he opposition tpih from The NORTH
qul saSse thaf he Soh should Be aeitg take Il
agreed with him fully and could not help recurring
the sraaga by which the Greeks effected the destruc
ton Of Troy
In consequence of the publication of this
letter, Mr.. Clemens addressed the following
letter to the President, which we copy from the
Union Of Sunday last:
WAsHrraros March rs 1854.
SIN You have caised my attention to late letter
ef ine V Davis Esd and particularly 70 ne to
slowing sentence
from the NORTH equal surprise that the South should
% willing to take it. 4. 4,
At the time the conversation to which that sentence
kVar und yards
across the room, should not have noticed If you had
not remarked that you had no conceaments upon the
subject and thst you glad present to hear it,
IN NV letter Mr. Davis did not pretend to give your
Languages except where quotation marks used and
probabie the purport your rerarks
apon this particular peint Your surprise have been
expressed that the true of the North should hesitate
fer bill when the South were willing TO
rake and it Ind paid attention the whole CONVEX
doubt such would have the impression
left niy mind.
subject Of the Nebraska bill but every time have heard
you mention the subject you have uniformly expressed
yourself warmly in favor of the principle of the BILL viz
principle Of thu right of the people of the Territories
regulate the question Of slavery for doctrine
from which dssented and knew we're not at al
likely 10 agree sought discussion OF the question
You have assured always that thought it best
for the whole country and insisted that patriotic
he the ieser think 50 now understood yos to place
it upon the ground that the principle is right in itself,
and if i works fer or against particular section no on.
has right TO complain that you for the righte VI
both sections aud willing to ke any consequences that
might follow practical carrying out of those rights
JEEr. CLEMENS
eEs FnaNK ptEsoR,
President Of the United States
ii will be perceived that Mr. Clemens modi-
fes III but single point his previous statement
He admits that Mr.. Pierce may have spoken d
the z true men Of the North and his own sur
prise at their refusal to accept what the South
accepted. And Mr.. Clemens evidently makes
this admission in compliment to Mr.. Pierce, who
has assured him, in subsequent conversation
that the fact is so.
ii thus further appears that Mr.. Pierce him.
self can gainsay Mr.. Clemens's statement Il
but this extent. III our view, he has gained
nothing by this attempt at verbal amendment
for, well-considered, it amounts to nothing and
in order to get it, he has assented to all the rest
Scan his new phrase, and see what it comes
to- What can he have meant by &c the tru.
men Of the North . who are opposed to the
Nebraska bill Whom must he be taken te
intend 1t is impossible to mistake the mat
ter: for every one knows auho in the North
opposed and who supported the Nebraska bill
The opposers were only the Sof5s Freesoilers
and Abolitionists; the supporters, the Hards
& Thus It can only be the three former whom Mr..
Pierce considers 6 true men" We wish him
joy Of his escape from bad dilemma into q
worse one; from the frying pan into the fire.
In q word, despite the good-natured conces-
sion Of Mr.. Clemens, that possibly MIR. Pierce
spoke thus, II is, we think, clear that he did
not, Either way, the utter insincerity Of Mr.
Pierce stands fully established by the facts
which be does not dispute. He has manifestly
supported the bill, urging it upon the South as
pro-slayery measure and upon the North as AZ
anti-slayery one. But how, when we consider
can he have possibly spoken to Mr. Clemens O
the opponents Of the bill as 4 the true men O
y the North, II when Mr.. O., himself a Southern
Hard, would necessarily comprehend him tt
mean only the Softs, Freesoilers and Abolition.
lists as the g true men, and only the Hards al
false
The Union, of course, does its best to explain
away the facts but it makes very poor hant
Of it. Let it try its skill on the difficulty
which ne have suggested. Vast, however, as ii
IT'D honest zeal, we fear its powers are over.
tasked. Inspite Of all its soft -soap, in spite d
all it's wishwash Of excuses, Mr. Pierce viii
get dirty d good deal faster than all the officia
securing machines can wash him clean
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