The daily union., 1854-02-05
From the n. II. Patriot
General Pierce In l8As.

From The n. H. Patriot
General Pierce In lSAs.
The New York Herald continues 10 reeraie lis rdicu-
ousiy absurd charge thai General Pierce favored the fa
BuGeH movement against Gen Cass less. Ii has
serted and conBDes 10 the assertion, that
the nomination OF Van Barren by the Buffalo convention
aud aiier the ratification o thai and the gni-
alo platform BY the ee-soieIs in New York General
Pierce letter their committee oi correspondence
. expressive OF his sympathy with The poica fortunes
OF he Buralo candidate and peculiar friends and par
sans !; thai that letter the possession oil JohD
Cochrane and that Judge Waterbury and oilers sead
letter The Herald further charges that General Pierce
wrote o.nsr letters OF the character, all sympa
hizing with The elder Van Buren, more or less ia his
,reacheroas venture upon toe Buffalo platform"
THese charges would be ridiculous for serious no
ce under ordinary circumstances. Bot 10 view oil lhe
desperate ehors which being made by nominal dem.
ocfas 10 impeach ihe political integrity OF the President
may be proper 10 brand these grossly absuid caium-
nes they deserve be branded sheer abrcaious
having mol even The leas, shadow o pfohabiy, much
less OF iact, rest upon Every New Hampshire man
knows that General Cass had not more ardent sup
porter nan General Pierce, both before and after
nomination IN 1915 and every who knows any
thing Of General PieTces views and action that time
knows thai Tree -soilism had decided and un
aayerGg opposIen, than he Bal has vln5icauon
the Hasad's charges does rest alone upon the
memory Testimony OF nd viduas tbe records of that
is Slate aaord ndlspaabe proof OF the utter
tasIiy OF tie cGaIge thai be sympahized with free-so
No will deny that e then, long before aud
since. exercised great influence IN lite poics Of
tins State. No will contend tina, IL he had then
slmpslhized with the Van Buen movement lhe tree
would have greatly increased in that
election Yet what lie isci Why, The free -so1
in thai election much tess lLan the eecilan
the previous year, and The majority tor Cas- fsar
Zines large The democratic majority for governor
tbe previous year. The iTee-soil vote in lss7 was
S.50D. while the res-soa vote the presidential cleo
ton l5ss only 1900 he democratic majorIgy
Tor governor 10 lS47 only about 400, while
toe majority for General Cass was about 4 400 Does
suppose Thai this would have been lie
resu a General Pierce had been opposed Cass
had y npa hized with ihe iree-s0h movement These
who ibIBk must have come 10 The conclusion that
General Pierce dead weight upon the parry with
winch he ymi'a htzeot
We can stale from our own knowledge whist every
man knoss who lien had personal Communication wth
General Pierce, that 10 New Ham pshiTe feli
greater the oi General Cass no one
endorsed ard sustained r position more heartily no one
i- regret his defeat, and no one more as
cced 10 condemnation Of the course of those who caused
that defeat
But there Il one more recorded fact 10 which we IN
refer. Ddfler he canvsss OF isss in Ocober The dem
ocrate State convention met 20 nominate candidate Tor
governor; aid iha convention, weil knowa and
aGmes asoui 10 give General Pierce UNANIMOUS
vote icr that position, when be positively declined And
be appeared N the Convention made OF the
mos clog speeches that be delivered lie spoke
relation 10 ihe presidential then gong
The esncdses and TO The PRINCIPLES Of the sfiies
and he eloqueniy ufred upon the democracy os New
Hampshire tue duty Of giving Case aud Baer their uni
led and hearty support very brief abstract o1ly Of
speech published from which quote the follow
which VIII be ioaBd ~ The Pairioi OF October 2s
ls4s:
.Grnsrs r. spoke in highest terms Of The prIvnts
vTtpes u the democratic csndidaes. with both whom
he enjoyed scqssintaace somewhat inumate s~Vera
year. spesol iheir Bstars enoownen hef emf
qosi hcsons sslnsen, and their sstine
ntlitery services Bot ssld be, o these
gro iuds all ua tern combined nst they are snp-
ported fhs candidates q the democratic parry is sor
solely 0f the hs they have shown b~tnseiyes Hbi.
led BY pstrotsp aud hcing splrt periods or
te coaps seyefesi rEl j. solely thai tbey possess
qualities thSl dsnty nnd hdorn stairHmausnfgb Al IA
mainly bocsase theT are, ~ the positions IN which thev
hsse bern respectively placed, TIE in and
fa M al
cipes lhe msintsnancr o which Tie parry regarded ~
the bssi inrres of the nation Il u rhe Qnah
hcaons ard political creed OF the msn and 10 the
ibenl-cves Distinguished and worthy fhey are al.
Iniued b. % "hiol re eyes q an nleEfni people
Gssefsl Pierce, after speaking oi he position or Gen
Taylor and ths grounds upon hch be opposed pro-
ceedea 10 rs5uke the slsadsrsrs 81 General Cass and In
arrnE th dear 0crscy efforts 10 hls support
eongf !sed hen upon the brg prospects o The tn
um,hsbi Of their tcket And wal any
contend that ihls the language of one who syrpa
thired with acous movement 10 defesi General C&ss
Will any believe that TIE ssmncracy of New Hanp-
shire would have rendered the for governor
70 who not known 70 be openly honestly. and
zeaiousy IN favor Of lhe triumph OF the Candidate for
whom they were than earnestly iaboring The idea
utterly absurd that u dcalt treat Otherwise
than with silent scorn and contempt "a sneh are he
allegations Of the New York Herald and lis ehardr AID
Infamous coaalaorsl
Mr Cocbrsae and Judge waterbury, he persons r..
erred % by the Herald having reteyed The letter cf
General Pierce have published sllers ephaiiraliy con
trsdriiRE us whole story MI Cochrans saws ! rsplv
zss received from GenaFal Pierce bgi that instead OF
sympslhisitg" wh The Van kgfeh n9vemeai his ellsf
"osspproTe4 uf III thai fs1FFssssd kinaly personal
remembrances Of persons enrolled among the radical De.
mooracy bu dHgypf0pss o fSsr oopr9 end al on = and
that his 'elief uas dseneNg laga aisa' ihrm. gudge
Waterbury be- recolecis toe teller from Cen pieroe
but does not know what became Of ii, and be adOsf
" am, however. quite positive its sonteuis IRON
he fact me hg reuaUa iar astaeterdness which
General Pierce eaicyed. his personal relations
win lsmeBea cHes Wright and his irtn and bear
supp1r u Gnsfess al tbe great raacs sasnTrs wn3eh
dsiinr oished the sdtiuisRtns ~ Gfn Inas
Van Buren led hopes thar hc wosd give fre weight uI
hs inaseute New hsnlpshire uud toe IA of his slenis
ne sapport oi ne fs5csi democracy the rnc cai
protest sasft DE acton q the halanore Convention IN
i.orlus dresates Hud aencinR TIE
rnocracy 81 is Stsie AID The sitrr oi Gen PeIcc
"a srlcant lnaicntions presrrtss
r~dlrRi New Nofk pfnsrrr lion ol
contest would have rely msipiY epon fhenselves
II nuiforn sed Distinguished democrat Grn Pierce
givr auy the rn0vetnera Il Il had
~ ~ ~ add that his rfter hsV been oa NJ.
" pubtsbed. those ei the Hon Greene q Bansen
y aud 9'hefs-
Thus i Ibis absurd and wrtirted caloanr of The
.aiaE fhsrt organ fuiS exposed aud c0aaYt els ex-
ploaeG.
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