Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-07-29
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Pierce the Truth Teller.

Pierce the Truth Teller.
Mr.. EDITOR Franklin Piercein hia an
nual message Of Dec. 81, 1855. in speaking
of the "Missour Compromise says: ''lt
The Compromise) was reluctantly acqui-r
esced in by the Southern States, as sacr,.
fee TO The cause OF peace and The Union"
Thomas H. Benton in his "Thiriy Years
in the U. s. Senate" page 8, vol. LIST, says:
"This Qhe Missouri COMPROMISED was call
ed "Compromise, and was all clear gain
10 The ani.Ssvery side Of the question, and
was Done under The lead Of lhe united Slave
Stale vote in the Senate, the majority Of that
vote in The House Of Representatives, and
the undivided sanction Of Southern admin.
islration. Ii was Southern measure, and
divided Free and Slave soil far more favor.
ably 10 The North than The Ordinance OF
1897"
Again he says, (pa2e 8, "This Compro.
mise was The work of the South, sustained
by the united voice of Mr.. Monroe's cabinet,
the united voice of The Southern Senators,
and majority OF Southern Representatives"
Oace more, on The same page. he writes as
follows: GAS the cons,i,ulionali,y OF this
Compromise, and ils binding force, have in
these later times, begun TO be disputed, lis
we'll TO give the lists Of Senators names vo
Ing for it, ,ha, 1t may be seen Iha, they wer
men Of judgmen. and weight, able to know
iphat The Constitution was and not apt 10 VI.
Olate it," lie then gives The names OF such
men as Cows. Barbour and PIeasants OF
Virginia, Gov Johnson Of Louisiana, Rich.
ard NJ. Johnson Of Kentucky, William r.
King and Judge Walker Of Alabama, VIII.
liam Pinckney or Marylund, aud in tho.
House Of Represeoa,ives-Wm. Lowndes
Of South Carolina; adding in conclusion,
that "Ths array OF names shows the Mis-
souri, Compromise 10 have been Southern
measure, and The event put The seal upon
that character by showing ii TO be acceptable
10 the Sou,h."
Again: In the same message, in speaking
Of the article in the Ordinance oI 1887,
which prohibited slavery in the Territory
north west of the Ohio River, Pierce says:
Subsequently 10 the adoption of the Con-
sIilution, This provision ceased 10 remain as
O law" ...
Against this sweeping assertion Of the
President we pu. The fact first that il wus
re.affirmed by special act, Of the first Con
gress under The new Constitution. See
speech oil Hon, John P. Hale in the u S.
Senate, Feb. 99, 1856. Also Goode eIl's SIa
very and ant.Slavery. page SO.
| And second from the fac. thai lie .peopt
Of Indiana pedtionsd Congress in the gee,
1903 Tor suspension Of the prohlbilory a.
ticle Of this Ordinance, for The space Of 'eA
years. The petition was referred 10 u Sc SCI,
COMMITTEES Of The House, Of which Mr., Ran.
dolph was chairman, and received lis an.
swer in reporl, in these words: "That tho
rapid population Of The State OF Ohio, suf-
iicienly evinces in The opinion OF youi COM
mitlee, that The labor Of slaves is no, necss-
sary to promote the growth and settlement
Of colonies in lha, region. Thaithis labor.
demonsIrablv the dearest OF any can only
be employed 10 advantage in the cultivation
OF products more vsluable than any known
in that quarter Of the United States; ,ha, the
committee deem !. highly dangerous and
inexpedien, TO impair a provision wisely cal.
cula,ed 10 promote the happiness and pros
perily Of the north western country, and 10
give strength and security 10 'ha, extensive
frontier. In the salutary operation of this
sagacious and benevolent restraint. it is be-
leved that The inhabitants Of Indiana will,
at no distant day, find ample remuneration
FOR a temporary priva,ion Of labor and emil
grafton" This was the answer Of the com.
mit,ee, and /, became the answer oil the
House Of Representatives. "9u. this was
not the end Of the petitions. The people Of
Indiana were not satisfied with one rePuse.
They returned 10 the charge, and four times
more, in the course Of as many years, re-
newed their application for the ten years
suspension Of the ordinance" [See for the
above facts the speech Of Thomas II. Ben
ton On the Nebraska Bill in the House Of
Representatives, April rs, 1851 n p
The falsshoods contained in the two par.
agraphs. we have quoted from tho Presidents
message, are 50 plainly apparent, from the
authorities we have referred 10, as 10 need no
comment. We have The bare.faced as.
ser.iuns Of a corrupt executive on the one
side, and ,be record and Thomas II, Benton
on the olhef. Let the people remember
ltha, the Democratic parry indorse Pierce,
bis message, ialsrhoods and all; while the
Republicans endorse Fremont, the record,
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