The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-11-20
NO. II.
From the Louisville Times.
Calummi.:S against the President.

No man has ever occupied the presidential chaic
who has been pursued by such an unceasng
| voey oi caIumnies as President Pierce. How.
ever fhcult it may be for northern abORiohlsis
and scGtIsern know nOthings TO harmonze Ia tnahy
things. in hatred oi President Pierce they are one,
"nn from common sewer pour out uPoh him
| their filthy abuse and Infamous falsehoods.--
There are certainly good reaso0s Why men "hO
adVoc1te such princ plies as those taught by
s. ward, Hale, aud Chase, should hato FrNnklin
Pierce. For nearly quarter Of century his
genius and c"quence have preserved his native
Stale. New Hampshire from the pollution ol ihcF
reasonable doctrines, and all New England has
felt the influence Of his patriotic voice. The
holiness and Sagacty with which he has eket.
c,sed hs accession to The chief mngistracy of the
Uni''a in behalf Of those great constitutional prn.
cipIrs which they 30 bitterly hate. has very
naturally increased their rage. II is not sIrang",
repeat, that men who desire 10 deprive fftceR
States nf this Union OF their constitutional rights.
and make them serVie dependents of norhern
deSPolism. should vilify and slander Genera!
Pierce. But how any party 10 those fifteen States.
in defence Of whose sovereignty he has drawn
upon himself The fierce and malignant cnmity OF
northern aboitoniss Gao have the gracelcss aGtoN.
terry to cheer on his aud their enemies, passeth
our comprehension.
We have not been given either TO eulogies or
deences Of the Administration. We have believed
all along that public sentiment would quietly, but
surely, work out Tor itself vndication Of lie
wisdom and morality. And we now believe that
the verdict Of The grea, popular judgment will be
that the administration Of President Pierce has
been Of The brightest and Purest in our national
history. !, Can be truly said OF him that every
one of his official acts has been marked by that
stern devotion To principle which has so character.
lied his whole public life. They were just such
as nigh. have been expected from one who, IN
an acuve and prominent public career Of moro
than twenty years, never once has swerYed oe
finched from tho Jacksonan standard Of demo-
cracy.
To the South. the weakened portion OF the con.
he has, indeed, been a tower of strength.
Official iCfu"nce, official patronage, all the power
that the constitution has placed in the hands Of
the Executive, has been wisely and firmly exerted
in behalf Of those constitutional rights which the
dominant northern party was striving to over.
ride. II The South ever owed debt of gratitude
10 a northern man, that man is Franklin Pierce.
We have been led 10 these reflections by seeing
in one OF our exchanges a letter written by PreSi.
dent Pierce more than twelve months ago. il
U"ty -:-I:e-'-- A. r--.:~':~- ~A paisi4iin-l
sagacity OF the President, but is a withering re.
buk- to those southern know. nothing pariisans
" hO have been mendacious enough 10 insinuats
charges against his soundness upon the sectional
questlons of the day. We alIude 10 President
Plerces letter to Mr.. Taylor.