, 1869-10-09
FRANKLIN PIERcK.

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FRANKLIN PIERCE.
Frhnk'in Pierre, Of Now Hampshire, the
fourteenth President Of tho United States,
died at his residence at Concord. He bud
been for several years m invalid, md dur
inR much Of last year vas in d condition 70
feeble AZ TO render his dcath at any moment
imminent.
MF. Rioruc n1r*, perhaps tho most sue
ccssfu1 Instance uf aapring mol,ocrity shnt
hns ever marked the political history of tho
country. Though 10 fuiaci cu1Hpfcuously
in hts first cAuse. aud fnintod Buspiciously
in l,sA seound bastlc,-tluugh Ills judgment
grasitAaol towastl tho dead rils of osery
political question, md bis ambition rnso
no higher .han 10 10 tho representative Of
stupidity in every great anil far-rcachang
issuc, though ho WINS whu}ly sloatituto Of
tho 1nslisy Of prophetic insight which onallos
truly grrss mon to symratl'ixc with coming
events m If they wor' alroady present, nnd
to suako up Judgments which tho pcor'o, a.
tho end II five, ton, OF hsty yoars, will On
1osse,-yct he haa an imposing and prosty
WY Of doing little shings which amounted
to very fnir het, which ID ons in
grcJicnt in cal,bro. In Avo-rninuts
speeches and twenty Line political letters
he was graceful and ''pat" His sympa-
Thy with tho ultra Southern side Of ali po-
.itical ruc~tiuna vaa NJ, deop. md, doubtless,
sincere, that, from tho beginning Of his
political lie to its close, his record as
Northern man Of Southern principles was
without flaw. lie was type Of the tough,
wiry. knotty. prick1y, pin-oak Democrats,
utterly inpe.yious to progress, under what
ever conditions, which New England pro-
lucea. Though thew never owned slsye,
they entertain contempt for the negro a.
freeman, and a liking for him OF her asa
seryant OF chatte1, which are more intense,
because somewhat separated aud subli-
mated from the dross Of self-intesest, than
the like sentiment in n native Of slaye-hold-
iu1 communities. From our expert
cnca Of the ulttaism Of these
tough and tib5ous Yankee Democrats,
and from his own published papeta and po-
litical action, We doubt if Mr.. Pierce ever
SAW the hour when be would not have as
| sentet1 10 any action. which he believed to
u ssa.;.a;;sSs1 ~ I T y. ~ aaata ~ -. 'a ~, ,zs;.o
men in New England the power to hold
slaves, if they chose. His political success,
| which npnroachetl ~ near to puro uluckr
rs events eve, do.-arose from the ereat de-
mana which existed, while slavery ssayed
the des'lh'es of sne country, 'or men nj 1no
Norm, ot my pat's ~ al' however super
hcial, who could not only s"allo" me whole
c1e''u u flaan-o"hine' pu1 70 Tnom It Was
na.u1a1 auo neasng aleI saeh man
WIS ffanki'n Fierce Ihe TACT that his
moral sfd1as On the slavery question was 80
taf below the asefase standard ol lntelll-
gent men IN the northern States formed
the sole cue 70 MS success
Ar. t1etco was oofn IN alllsoorougn,
ne" hampshire, November ~ lSot. his
fasher had oeen respectable politician
anu governor OF mo osase. Young Fleree
entered boWdoln toliego Mt 1C, and, while
thefe, .plased sol~ef as Captain over
boy company III winch Nathaniel Haw-
tnosne, MS subsequent blographer, vas
private. lie eraaoa1ea 81 tne end OF The
regular 1oof seafs coarse' and stndted la"
win 1uoee MoooobnsI, OF portsmouth,
nitei%afus oenAso3 any member oi the
.apaoet' ne mIef~us Huoleo TWO years
IN une Ia" ocnoo. ~ Notela mp1on, Massa