The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-10-13
GENERAL PIERCE.

"fAceipssr Accpnsr.'--Rather than break their
relations with such direct the slavery policy
President Pierce they have consented ALLEVIATE from their
organization democrats like Preston King and Abah Mann,
either OF whom valuable to whatever party they
meet themselves than wilderness Of such the
dent of accident who dpensos the patronage of
government at Washington" .
We clip the above paragraph (says the New Hampshire
PATRIOT from violent abolition article which appeared
in the New York Evening Post Of the 10th ut 1t is but
specimen of that system of deliberate but mpotent,
mendacy which has been persstently and unscrupu-
lousy directed against General Pierce The abolition and
wing PRESS in this State and out of has expended vast
amount of its ammunition within the last years in as
sauts which have proved very harmless upon the accident
Of accident the trifer in the Post chooses call the
Chief Magistrate Of the Union.
1t is no part of purpose to speak of the Presi-
dents attainmensof his admirable qualities, nelectu-
ally and morayor of his distinguished services rendered
to this State and to the country in peace and in war
New Hampshire long since and through many successive
years. and the people of this nation recently have
sttesed their appreciation of his character and their est-
mate is which impartial history will pronounce Just
and well earned. II such language we have quoted
above has any just application to Franklin Pierce his life
certainly presents very remarkable chapter Of accidents
Let the libeler look few brief facts among many and
compare his life that of any gentleman in the whole
range of his acquaintance with the consistent useful bril-
liant Of the object of his malevocni dcractsn
In 1924 General Pierce left college with high repua-
ton for scholarship in 1929 he elected the legis-
ature the representative of bis native town in 1881
and 1882 being of the youngest among two hundred
and fifty members he speaker Of the house in 1889
he reelected member of Congress in 1885 be was
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he elected to the United States Senate and took his
seat in that body March 1897 in 1912 be resigned his
in the Senate, and until 1s47 devoted himself exclu-
svey to vast and lucrative practice, holding position
of undispued preemnence at the bar ofhs State in ls45
he appointed to fill the vacancy the United States
Senate occasoned by the resignation Of Judge Woodbury.
upon the transfer Of the latter the bench the Supreme
Court of the United States but declined the appointment
in ls46 he declined the appointment Attorney General Of
the United States, rendered him by President Polk
but when volunteers for the Mexican were called for
during the year. he enrolled himself as private for
during the war" In February ls47, be was appointed
colonel of the 9th infantry and promptly raised that rog-
ment Soon afterwards he was commissioned brgader
general, and commanded brigade during the stirring
campaign Of the valley of Mexico In ls4s after the close
Of hoses be resigned his commission in the army
resumed his place the bar Of this State and during The
year. rendered by the unanimous voice of the
democratic party nomination its candidate
which he declined In 1850 be member the con-
venon for the revision of the constitution of this State
and by that body comprised Of such Levi Wood
bury, Charles G. Anterior, chabod Bartlett Levi Cham
berlan, William Plumer, James Bell Daniel d. Christie
George W. Nesmith, Daniel Abbot, George Y. Sawyer
Edmund Parker Andrew Pierce, Edwin d. Sanborn and
other gentlemen of eminence, General Pierce elected
its presiding officer by of 257 to Z In 1852 he
unanimously nominated the democratic candidate for
the presidency and elected being then less than forty