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the Legislature of that State, continued to agi-

tate the Wilmot proviso, and resist the COM
promise policy Of Henry Clay. Mr.. Webster
Gen. Cas- and ether patriotic men ofboth par
tics In Congress. During all this interval the
Patriot was nothing more or less than the spe
cial organ Of GeD.. Pierce; and through this
channel he virtually controlled and directed
the action of the Van Buren, majority of the Lee
gslature.S' II may be impossible toproye any
direct agency On bis part in the free soil policy
of his organ-it may he difficult to establish bis
completely, according to law, in the Wiimot
proviso and anticomrromise proceedings of bis
party in the State Assembly; this command
ing position, both in regard to the Patriot and
the Assembly, warrant no Tother conclusion
than this I that he was the active leader behind
the scenes of the. protracted opposition OF the
New Hampshire. democracy to, tie compromise
policy OF Henry Clay In this conclusion we
are confirmed by that letter to John Cochrane-
By those letters to the aforesaid distinguished
New England politician, since deceased-by the
free soil and secession coalition'set up in the
Cabin u .aud by, the general Cabinet, Congress
sional and lobby coalition.at Washington tor
The five hundred millions If the public plumber
10 The utter, reputation Of the saving prin-
ciples of the lconlpromise, and the Baltimore
platform.
We challenge denial Of the facts we have
stated ana reutation Of the conclusions to
which we have. arrived. Our authority in the
premises is beyond dispute. The particular
lie ter Of this Indictment was written to John
|. Co.hrane-he is our authority: to him we refer
for tie proof and, to Judge Waterbury, aud
J John Van Buren, and others who have seen the
pr cious document. Under such revelations
vel may the compromise democrats Of Con-
or ss hold up their hands in Amusement. A.d
why? Because. they prove that the Baltimore
democratic nomination. was base fraud upon
the party, and a f1audulentsimpositon upon the
honest and conGding Union loving American
people who rallied to the election Of General
Pierce as the chosen champion OF the compro-
mise measures. and the constitution. In this
view We lock upon his nomination aud his cleo
ton asrthe results Of the most dexterous yet
the mostrimpudcnt' and ,,unblushing fraud ever
peypetratedEupon thecountry.
The Tree is producing its legitimate traits
In the end'g the guilty parties will be COW
cred with tlastingEdisgrace and the country
with shame and dsmay, if we may judge
from theR beginning. 1.-THE attempt to
cover up therdeceptions Of '52, with the Tree
soil ard secession Cabinet coalition of '53 has
failed and will. still more signally fail Of its
object A coalition So unnatural and mon
strous must eventually excite the pity and dis
gust of every honest nan in the land. Mean
time, it cum only he productive OF corruption,
mischief and confusion. II has already effected
the tIeacbery Of, the. South to their Union and
State rights.allie Of the North. There is no
longer any safety to Southern institutions from
Northern support, The barriers against the
fell spirit of abolitonism are broken down as
the first national consequence OF the election
of free soilsPresidcnt.. {. The next movement
will be fusion from all parties and factions
in the North. gainst. the extension of slavery,
in any shape, .and at all hazards. The Nebraska
question las sounded, the alarm The meeting
at the Tabernacle viii be the opening, per-
haps, OF the final struggle upon the slavery ques-
ton; and it may only be terminated in disco
luton OF the Union. Truly have we fallen
upon evil times, but the worst is yet to come