Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-05-13

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Gen. Pierce,s Record. p.
1t is o(ien interesting q ransack old doc
umenis, and revive oIdsmemories; i, carries
one back and surrounds them with the men
,andthihsso OF olden,Ime. There w another
effect this overhadling OF old documents has:
Il shows that to publicnien il is often times
exceedingly ancoavsnlens 10 be consistent,
Consislencyahowe to be totat
stranger ~ cerlaip p ps q cerlain party
we could pane, as the lowing documents
will .shSws ilI1Sii I'VE take. fof ex.
apetsonaserih Presidenl
Pierce aad see il his political path has been
straight or devious. Just a. presen, The uoc.
trine Of "squat.er sovereignty" is the polar
star Of Democracy, and the utter repudia.
tion Of the good old Jeff4rsonian idea thai
Congress has the power TO govern the ter.
ritories, the corner stone OF democratic or.
thodoxy: suppose we commence back few
years and TRACK Mr.. Pierce 10 his present
position. ~ -. .-.r
He was, as is we'll known to NIL, mem.
Der Of the Democratic party Of New Hamp-
shire, in fact, he was the Democratic party.
The New Hampshire State convention in
1847 adopted the following resolution:
Kesolued, That we declare it our solemn
conviction, as the Democratic party have
heretofore done, that neither slavery nor
involuntary servilude should hereafter exis,
in any territory which may be acquired by
or annexed TO the United States; and that
we approve of the votes Of our delegation
in Congress in favor Of the Wilmot proviso.
John P. Hale was then Senator, and is
now. Hale maintains his ground on the
Wilmol Provso the Granite State Democ.
racy don't. They have progressed"
Again, in l848 the New Hampshire Leg.
islaIure, then largely Democratic, passed
the following resolution by very large ma.
jori,y: ... r
Resoloed, By the Senate and House OF
Representatives in General Court convened.
That we are in favor Of the passage of a
law by Congress forever prohibiting slavery
in New Mexico and California, and in all
other territories now acquired. or hereafter
to be acquired by the United States, in which
slavery does not exist at the time OF such
t..
In l849 tie same body passsd The follow.
ing resolutions:
ReSOlued, That, opposed 10 every form
Of oppression, the people Of New lamp
shire have ever viewed with deep regret
he existence Of .slaveryain this Union; thar
while they have stead(asily supported al!
sections in their constitutional rights, they
have not only lamen,ed its existence as a
great social evil, but regarded it as lraught
with danger TO the peace and welfare of the
nation.
ReSOIved, That while we respect The
rights fthe slaveholding as we'll as the free
portions Of this Unon-while we will not
consent tha, wrong be done 10 any member
Of the glorious confederacy 10 which we be-
long, we are firmly and unaltsrably opposed
TO the extension Of slavery over any portion
Of American soil now free.
Resolved, That in our opinion Congress
has the constitutional power to abolish the
slave trade, and slavery in the District Of
Columbia, and that our Senatcrs be ius.ruc-
ted and our Representatives requested 10
take all constitutional measures TO accom-.
plish This object. o.
During this time, be il remembered, Gen.
Pierce was with the New Hampshire de-
mocracy, and endorsed their acts. He was
then standing upon the same plsllorm that
the Republican party now stands on: "No
more slave states,"
About the date Of these last resolutions a
new element Of political action was ushered
into being from the brains of General Cass,
We alludo TO the Cass,Nicholson letter idea
of "squater sovereignty" The New
Hampshire democracy had their own opin-
ion Of this doctrine there, as the record
proves. e.
The N, H. Patrio, (Gen. Pierce's organ]
Of July 26Ih, 1849, contained the following
article: i. .,.s; Ht y. g.
"The Democracy Of the North never did
endorse the doctrine, (of squatler sover-
eign,y) and they never will. The democ.
racy ofthis State are unanimous in the opin'
ion so far as we know, that Congress has
and should exercise the power, and exclude
slavery from California and New Mexico"
By The above extracts il will bo seen that
Pierce's friends now deny wha, they then
affirmed, and affirm what they lhon denied.
They treat The Wimot Proviso as second
only in airocity to an a,temp. 10 dissolve tho
Union, while they hug ihe9"squallot SOY.
ereignly" doctrine 10 their hearts in very
love, adopting il into their political house-
hold, and making it chief over all.-Bel-
mont Chronicle. ja
A aHIr AT MoRMoNIsM-A few days
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