The Winchester appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-03-22
WILLIAM p. WEEKS.
President Of the Senate.
SAMUEL DINSMORE. Governor.

r.gug.iaon? Mr.. Clement. And 40
-.a suppose that merit like his has
been passed over by the PRESIDENT
No six but he has been appointed by
,hq President collector and superin-
tcndcnt Of light houses for the dis
trict Of Portsmouth. and agent Of the
marine hospital there. Mr.. Clement
determined to put an end to MS con,
tinual passing Of resolutions. lie said
to himself, what is the use OF that
Here you are passing resolutions year
after year on this subject. Now, said
he. let us have done with it, and let
rs declare to all the word and to all
time that we are unalterablc. Other
things may change: we never. we
live in granite State; our everlasting
hills tower up higher than the clouds;
they may crumble and fall, but the
New IIamshrc Democracy are unal-
tcrable; they willnever turn. Naugh-
ter) And their materable position
is, that they are opposed to the extern
sion ofslavery over any portion ofthe
American soil now free That was
ls40. What did the New Hampshire
Patriot, the mouth picc Of the Presi-
dent, say then in regard to the sub
iect! On the 2Gth Of July, lS4o, speak
ing of the doctrine of squatter sover-
eighty, then recently preached in acel-
cbratcd letter:
'INc Democracy Of The North neucr
did endorse the doctrine, and they neUer
uiU. The Democracy Of this State
are unanimous in the opinion, 50 far
as we know, that Congress has and
should exercise the power, and cx-
clude slavery from California and New
Mexico
SO far as they knew, then, there was
not man in New Hampshire who
did not entertain these opinions. Did
Gen. Pierce entertain them. Why,
sir, he was Chairman Of the Demo
cratic State Central Committee
during all this time; and he was the
New Hampshire Democracy. 1t is
idle to say. therefore, that he did not
entertain these views. Again, the same
paper says
Ever since the question of the OK
tension ofslavcry to free territory was
first preached, the Democrats Of New
Hampshire have opposed such extern
sion. They have occupied but one
ground Gyon the subject. In office
and out, their united voice has been
raised in behalf of the doctrine, that
Territory noe free should crcr remain
so. Their representatives in Congress
have uniformity so voted, their Legis-
Iaturcs have repeatedly so resolved,
their conventions have constantly so
declared, their newspapers have al
ways spoken, their candidates have
uniformly 50 expressed themselves,
and their speakers have at all times
and in all places so proclaimed. This
has been, and now is, the ground upon
which they stand; and they wiN sup
port no mqn Wh0 is not sound upon This
question:
This was said OIL the 4th Of March,
l3i0; but was the President Of the
United States cognizant Of these opin-
ions! Was he part and parcel Of the
Democracy that entertained these SEN
timcnts? Suppose you say---'This is
not fair, this is u criminal trial; five
years imprisonment in the Penitentia-
ry is the punishment for promulgAting
such sentiments, and it is not fair to
send the President ofthe United States
there without some more very direct
tcstimony;this will not answer Very
well, sir; then | will read you an OK
tract from Gen. Picrcc's speech, made
at the North Church, in Concord, on
the 9Th Of June 1915, as reported in
the New Hampshire Patriot, of June
10, lS45, purporting to be in reply. to
one John 2. Hale. Uaughter.) Gen.
Pierce said:
lille had only to say now, what he
had always said, that he regarded sla-
Gerry as one Of the greatest moral and
soc'dl eCils---a curse upon the whole
country, and this he believed to be the
sentiment Of men Of all parties at the
North
Ought he to get FIVE years imprison-
mcnt for that! (Laughter.) Again:
Mr.. p. was free to admit, that he
had himself approached this subject
of annexation (of Texas.) with all his
prejudices and PROFESSIONS against it,
and on one ground alone----its slavery
feature. His convictions on this sub
ject were as he had stated, strong---not
the result ofany new light----
oh, no, sir the President is no new
light
-"but deeply fixed and abiding. THE
ONLY DIFFICULTY IN HIS MIND EVER HAD
BEEN THAT OF A RECOGNITION BY ANY NEW
ACT OF OUR GOVERNMENT OF TIE rNsTITU-
TlON OF DOMESTIC SLAVERY, and he had