New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-09

son Of the South offers lees magnificent sum
than One Hnndrrd dollars, a. his contribution 70
ward the purchase of suitable demesse elsewhere
But We would caution Mr.. Pierce in the most
friendly spirit against setting bis heart upon the
accomplishment of this scheme Of gratitude. II
be ind his days on the consenisl sod Of plsuta-
ton, well stocked with negroes as fat aud healthy
As the patriot Mitchell could desire, he must ex-
change the old farm in New Haupshire, which his
father LETT to 20 to Bunker Hill, for it. The hope
OF its being furnished BY savehOldns contributions
be will find as delu.ise as the mirage Of Second
Term by which they sllured him into the mire.
The plantation ard the negroes must be psid for by
Northern dollars, il they be had at all. The slave
holders have a. much as they can do to hold their
OWL, without muddling away their money in test
noniss for services which they have already re-
ctived. Even Bully Brooks never got anything
more expensive than canes and revovers. When
Batchelder was ,hot at the door of the Boston
Court. House, protecting the slave Burns against
his rescuers, we heard loud brags of what the
South was going to do for his family. The city Of
Alexandra was going to charge herself with the
support Of the martyrs widow. The South would
raie fund TO put her beyond want forever. The
nation would pension her as the relic: of hero.
We really thought, for short time, that oil that
excitement which 90 shook the country might end,
a. somebody said Of the Porteous not in Edinburgh
Chat city being fined for the benefit Of his widow,
sin making the fortune of an old cookmaid."
BrA, whatever other consequences that vlllany may
have bad, this was not one of them. The city Of
Alexandria has not yet contributed the first cent
toward the relief of the widow Batchelder, and
the WIZ le amount sent 10 her by the entire South
was one psltry hundred dollars from poor, starve-
ling, hungry North Carolina
The fate of Mr.. Pierce, like that Of some other
greater men, is most instructive-or would be,
if the dust Of the race-course did not blind the
eyes of every jockey that rides for the Pres-
Dental Cup. Harley, il is related, had bis portrait
painted in his robes as Speaker, holding in his
hand the bill for the Settlement of the Grown
of England on the House Of Hanover. When
the Wings came into power at the accession Of
George /. and committed Harley to the Tower
on q charge Of high treason, the story goes that
"iamed Mat Prior" wrote on the bill in the
picture with his pencil "paid Juno IL, l7l5,"
thus pointing the moral of political ingratitude.
Should Mr. Pierce have bis counterfeit presentment
ImDed with the Repeal of the Missouri Acs--s
what will connect his name with history more than
any thing else-n bis hand, it would be only making
the record complete to write upon the bill, paid
June, 1856" the day the shareholders, whom he
had served so faithfully, kicked him on one side like
a NANCY hound that was past work. But he will
have his conscience left to console him. AT least,
he never deserved such treatment at their hands.
We do not know whether we can finish this eds.
d" course of Conscience" a. Mr.. Theodore Parker
would call it, preached from very slender text,
in more edifying manner than by some lines OF
that same Mat Prior. recalled by his name just
now, which seem to sum up the whole substance Of
the theme, and which we commend to the attention
Of all tho,e political equestrians who find the cur.
vetipgs and prancings Of their conscience likely to
make their seats uncertain. Godfrey Gambado
never gave better ADVICE to young rider:
- Conscience, like fiery horse.
wDl stumble II you check his course
But ride him with easy rein.
And rub him down with worldly gain,
He II carry you. through thick and thin,
Safe, although dirty, to your inn"