, 1869-10-16
WASH EGTOS.
Frank Pierce's Memory.
Fisk, Jr;, in Washington.
The International Copyright QUESTION.

The INTERNATIONAL CQGyf1shI QUESTION.
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To-day public b1s'Les@ = suspended bscause II
tae death Of Pratk!tn f!ercs. The President did |
Eot md convenience 10 a-i the old era With the
presence Of the new os attending tnts funtra bar
q gentle aentment pe1vRdes The city and the OH
ctal dfpartr which u 1nl1castre o Tue regret
and the gard felt for one who called frp1 prt
rate life ~ Unexpectedly rs General Ofant to take
Ste fa.ne supreme mag1staey.
There a1e two rerdicts upon public men; the
and 1ne h4stp,tc- those vhp lived
with them, those who reasoned after thetn-aud |
the lev who are commended by both are Of the |
very grestest Prank Pierce came into ,na world
through traditional wicket. and 10 tried to be a
grtat man As he could inside of hin conditions
lie "a never known TO lie. To cnea., tn soeax,
Or to desert 4 if,eud He wa 90 gen
erous that he &as alwar4 poor. though slsaYs
earning money. and he held naese hopors almost
light enough to have been 1nsu OF naguantulsy.
Rnttes than slieye the hea,1 Of his vile he 1e.
ngped bis plaee IN the United states Senate, b.
cauae he frankly raid:
~ An too veat to Withstand the temptations
OF the place; ynust ds1uk tt STAY aud az, socls
bex and II drink mr. vile Il d!4treased-"
So be resigned and went home 10 Concord,
where he refcsed 10 be a caudloste for Governor,
though he could hare been elected as often a. he
Wished.
In thi2 accident you zee the Whole character Of
Franklin p1erce--a good husband apd friend, and
IN ingeLueus gentleman unrt for lSsge sespous!-
btlttJ. He WAS lpade President By tue Southern
pemocsats, u Int1, l4.t cpmpsoulse With The
Mouth, aln1oat apletY because he had good heart
and atnl4hle ~aJs. nnd IN bis term The nauon tooE
xnother long side toward the Inevitable. AlrQ-
Gates Of TIT .nnsto, "Meu, not prsnctp!es," ulust
pitch upon Frank F1erca as the perfection OF their
1ype- While President, he took long md fez1less
da1ly rides Tar tpto The country, mounted upon =
nne blsck naR, aud gentleman told me yesterday
that he had met the President even twelves 11iles
flem Washington, u the depth Of ! pins woods,
rldtug Ecerzil1 a. mtnes'a boy.
Bonn the son Of soldier OF the Revolution, and
used to gentle associations from his childhood,
Pierce accepted American aoctcty as he touad 1t
In it, higher rAnta. Silent npon moral question:
conservative except IN material lnatters and per-
feCtIy satik1ed With reppbucanism ~ it WAS, he
rebelled against thtt tame Federal Bpi1it which
felt no sympathy with schemes Of cnna1eaS aud
would rather spin wool than 80 to sea, and. when
the Mexican Var broke cut, he tooy up his COM
u1tsslon and loiloaed the nag. Here he inside the
acquaintance OF Jedtsson DarlA whom he after
ward TOOK into his cabinet, md whom he went "
cnrsoIe, CARELESS Of criticism, when Dsyla lay IN
Fort Monroe By this tine his old wat minister
who Y as beadlong pitched for war With England
In The tine Of Champion and the c7tneAn wsz-
hed become rot merely traitor 70 his nag. but to
nls oku past, 10 that be Wxa capable Of ssJtnE to
the Canadians. few months 1stef:
TT hope you nay never naye apy other Rpyeru.
ment than teat Of EnRisud.,.
That vas tho anoss traasonsb1e eentence eres
ntsered By an American. 1t showed the ausolu.e
renegade.
P1esee WAS . Little snan: had he been hasf =
head taller roorall, the geat rust Of re.ist.nc tn
tiayeTy tha. sWeps over the North would hare cs.
ned hin along. But standing at h,s fu,1 hessh.
be WAS too low to feel a revolution. tie lived 90,
and died Ihe tame agreeable n,an the smallest OF
ali our Presidents. Positive meaunesS HQutd have
d1Kntned bin. Selnshness would have H.
creased his stature among men. He was the pink
o. that tJpe That the South aFaYs selected az 1ss
conception OF the best Northern men; : ygeld.ng,
negative, eompaniouah,e little man Of drawing.
| room talent, who could get ont Of band.box SD
[ nafe speech, aud who was puncil!ous about
honor; wondroua mixture Of dough aud Hold,
! dwalr and broads word.
! Two intimate friends Of Pierre here 1e.e John
| u. Fcruey and Jonah Hoover. Former did him.
tell credit by writing, IN kfnd1E, cotnmendator3
way, OF its old patron and friend the morning 1t.
ter he tieo.
! f,sE, H., IN Warrington.
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Al right, Riley, old ooy!' said Fisk hee
! jouf nppet Story c!eaE; tsSts MI hst4e 9afoe.'
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