LETTER BVCIIANAN.
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near ,t,fineaster,
June 14, 1852.
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4:3lk$TLEKEzst:- , —l have delayed on per
, ~.,
posp;to answer your kind communication
of the ; "2oth ultimo, until the result-'of the
Ballitetrie'COnVention . should be: known.
With 'every feeling ofa grateful heart, .1
rhankthe intelligent and
~ lirithful detnoc-,
ract , ..Or, -Springfield tOwnship, for their
faverableopinion, and roi the earnest and
friendly- hope expreSSed by them "that the
demereracy of the Union would respond to
the wishes of_PennsylVania in-the Nation
. • al . Convention." In this hope they have
beon disappointed .but 'yet all of 'us have
much reason to ho satisfied' with the norn
-- ination of Franklin Pierce and William
King.. They are sound, radical, State
rights' Demociats;Ywho- employ their
best efrehs to expel from the halls of Con
grans and the pUtliaes of the Treasury, the
herds of stock jobbers, 'contractors and
B P 6 Atilt!iterS.by which they hrenow infest
edit and to
. rostare Me purity; simplicay and
ceoncnny of former - times in the adminis
tration of the government. 1 know them
bavibi , served in the Senate pith
both; for . Several years, at a most critical
ant important period of our •polit;eal his
fory,:and I speak with knowledge, when
I say they arc the Very , men for the times.
economy,, reform and a' strict con=
struCtien . d, the construction, according to
thrriVirg,inin and' Kentucky resolutiOns of
1798 Ett), 1799, ought to be watchwords of
th!')'Dernocratic party throughout the pend
ing contest; and . Pierce and King will
prove to be the able and faithful represen
tatives; of those great principles.
.General Pierce first entered the Senate
ofthoUnited States, on the 4th of March,
1837, and continued to be a member until
the 28th day of Febeuary, 1842, when ho
resigned. This period embraces the whole
of Mr. Van Buren's administration, and
the first yearof that of GenAlarrison and
Tyler. He had previously served as
'a member of the House of Representativei
from . December 1833, until the 4th of
March 1837, throughout Gen. Jackson's
second term of office.
;When General Pierce first made his ap
pearance in the Senate, he was ono of the
youngest, if not the very youngest of its
members. ,Modest and unassuming in his
depFtment, but firm and determined in his
principles and purposes, it was not long
before ho acquired the respect and esteem
°lbis brother Senators. From deep con
viction he was
. a State rights Democrat,
sound, unwavering and inflexible;, and, I
-venture to predict that when his votes
shall be scrutinized and tested by the
touchstone of democratic principles, they
will pretient as fair a record as those even
of the lamented Wright himself. His in
nate modesty and comparative youth pre
vented him from addressing the Senate
very frequently; and yet I well recollect
some of his efforts which would have done
na discredit to the oldest and ablest mem
bers of the body, then in its most paliny
days. When he spoke be was always
prepared, his voice was excellent, his lan
getwo.Well chosen and felicitous; and he
had an earnestness of manner procoodin.-
- evidently from deep conviction which ar
ways,cornmanded the attention of his au
( fence. No candid and honorable man of
.any,party, well acquainted with Grneral
Pierce, will, Lam convinced, deny to him
14:Intellectual qualifications necessary to
render. his administration of the . govern
ment wise, able and successful. Besides,
. unless I am greatly mistaken, he possesses
determination of, character and energy of
:,will,,;without which no individual is fitted
to pkiiirm high and responsible Executive
-and administrative duties, such as pertain
• 10. - tbo . ,office of President - ,of the U. States.
My own observation, as Ivell us the history'
Ofihe 'world has taught me, that these
are qualities which do not, always. belong
to:great Senators and distinguished am
•-ters, - '
The democracy will not ask that their
Candidate shall be elected, because of his
great, military exploits. And, yet, his
military services constitute a beautiful ep
isode in the history of his life. It is no
stintl distinction for General Pierce to
' Artie merited the official and emphatic en
• ;dorsement of the commander-in-chief of
-.Our army in Mexico—an army composed
' , of henies for gallantry and ,good conduct
oft.the' field of battle. ,
tn-; . ; Of Colonel King, our candidate for Vice
. 1 . - President, I can say emphatically, that he
is , one of the purest, and best and most
I; sound -judging Statesmen I have ever
known, .He is a. firth, enlightened and'
. 7 1'nnwivering Democrat, and an amiable,
• 4 '-honorable and benevolent gentleman.—
'.
-)From the day When, yet a youth, in 1812,
is.a member of the House of Representa.
''i:givetri.he voted for the declaration of war
---aghinst• Great . Britain until, the present
his life presents one consistent and
' l- beautiful portrait. :As President of the
1, 'Senate ho is, without a superior; and
•-shohldit 'ever be his fate in any contin
gency, to digcharge the duties of President
Of the United 'States;
be will conduct the
•':sgovernrrient with wisdom,sound discretion
• ' etid•enlightened• patriotism. • :
But why should "I insist upon the mer
its'hnd qullifieations Of our.candidates?—
t T4ir , nominations by the .highest tribu.•
"nal ofihe democratic, party, is the strong-
IL 'Ot presumptive evidence of their worth,
tuid,o4glit to to sufficient of itself to rally
their 'uppOrt every 'true hearted and'
%AVIA' Democrat. ' • .
,As Demobrats, we should always yield
, personal prtiferences for' MCII, when'
;:great princiPles require the Sacrifice. Man
1:3 'but the creattire.a a 041' whilst prin.
ciples are eternal. le. genera torts of
ironiron in suecossion rise 'Mid .
atid
sink, add are forgotten ; but the tirincipleSF
BrDeniOcidcy,,qf pro4ressive Denzootag,'
virehlti inluirited from our rei,olu
u"'iliniiiryfitthers, will endure to bless man
.' 'ltintftillreUghout rill gontiatiOns.:!As Dem
'lll thatonly' the'
- C t live,nut 0 pros. l
parity and glory of the todotry, but ":ayes
the presorvution of our blessed Union, de.l
pends upon a faithful observance of therie
principles in the administration of the Fed •
brit! Government. And I ask, in what
manner can their ascendency be secured,
but by a sacred adherence to regular nom
inations? This is the' only bond which can
I
1 unite ) consolidate and render .invincible
the great : party:of which wo are all prowl
to W . :members. :If, es soldiers,' in the
ranks of the Democratic army; we'should
i6sert the good old cause orDemocracy,,
merely because we might prefer a differ
cat leader, we shall then soon become
broken and disorganized, and an ignomin.;
ious defeat must be the inevitable conse
quence. In union and in union alone,
there is strength. Good and great old
Democratic Pervisylvania
_will never (br
ook() her. principles, merely because she
might possibly have preferred other ag'hts
titan Franklin Pierce and William R. King
to carry her will into Abet.- She will nev-,
er thus prove recreant to her own'trueglo.
ry and her highest interests.
In what light would We regard c pro
fessing christian, who. should deOert his
holy religion and his•church, merely be
cause he preferred a different bishop or
pastor to preside over it from the individ
ual which the majority bad selected? No,
no, my Democratic fellow-citizens, we
must neither be for Paul nor Appolos, ex
cept as the mere, but worthy agents to cni
ryout the great and fundamental doctrines
of the Democratic faith on which wo arc
all united. Principles rather than men
ought ever to be our motto.
It has been our glory and our strength
in the pest time, that we have never con
cealed our principles from the public eye,
but have always proclaimed then' before
tho world. The late Baltimore Conlien
tion, in.obedience to our will, has erected
a platform of principles, in the midst of the
nation, on which every true Democrat can
proudly stand. Does the man live, be he
Democrat or Whig, who knowing Fraklin
Pierce and William R. King, believes they
will prove faithless to any tone of these
principles? The great Democratic party
of the Union have delivered to these their
chosen candidates, a chart by which they
stand pledged, in the most solemn manner
to guide the ship of State, and my life up
on the issue, they will never deviate from
the prescribed course. In voting for these
candidates, then, every Democrat will be
voting for his own cherished principles
and sustaining his own cherished party.
I fear I shall not be able to accept your
Iced invitation to pay you a visit during the
presidential canvass. With the strongest
disposition to cultivate the personal tic
,
quuintanco and friendship of my brother
Democrats of Bradford county, I must yet
leave the public discussion of the princi
ples involved in the present 'contest to
younger anttiebler Democrats. I have,
during so long a period, served in ,thecla
actor of a speaker before the people, 'that
I trust my Democratic fellow-citizens
throughout the State, considering that I
am now more than sixty years °lege, will
give me an honorable discharge from the
active duties of the campaign.
With sentiments of the -highest respect,
I rcroain your frirqui owl 14.11nw
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Theodore Leonard, Isaac Cooloy, Elam
Bennett, John Salisbury, Fredrick Leon•,
ard, Chas. Salisbury; J. L. Phillips, Esq's,
and many others.
6* — We find the following in the Mar
shall (Wis.) Democrat. -
"Some of the clergy in the eastern part
of the country (Clarke) says that they are
inspired by the spirits, and that their ser
mons deliVered out of the pulpit are not
their own but that the are the instruments
through which the spirits operate upon the
mass of the people. We understand that
these divines, or the spirits, through them,
say that the millennium has commenced,
f an . d, that in less than five years, the wick
-161 are to be, swept from the face of the
learth, and the righteous are to inherit it
forever. It is reported that one of the di
vines said, on Sunday last, while preach.
ing to , a crowded house, that not more than
a dozen of his audience would ever pass
through the shades of death. It is also
said, . that the spirits have informed the
people, through the mediums, that the old
way of baptising is all wrong, and that they
should use water instead of wine for sac
ramental purposes; and we are intbrmed
' that the people are following the directions
to the letter.: A new church has been
organized, called. the Church of Christ,
and a meeting is now being. held which
commenced one week ago, and is. to con,
tinue until the spirits tell them to stop. We
are told that some are .so infatuated with
this now religion that they do not do a sin
gle thing without first consulting the.spir
its. Tho excitement in the neighborhood
is great, had some of the best men in the
county are strong believers."
The New York Courier des Etats- Unis,
after narrating the events of, the
. Whig
Convention, concludes by saying: 4 . 6 Cren.
Scott, according to all probabilities, will
have surpassed his competitors only to
render more sure the triumph of the Dem
ocrats. Tile hero of Mexico will be van.
quished in the electoral field by one , of his
More obicure .Peutenants." • '
Ridgley, the Baltimore officer,
who accidently shot the fugitive slairo at
Columbia, is lyipg.hopelesaly. ill 'at Balti - -
more. - it is said' that his illness is.super
induced' by the excitement arising out of
lie.so&accident. .
TWQ brother's of Gen. Mew were - in the
war 'Or 1812: 'Their names were Benja
min and .Sullivan. The late Gen. John
MeNeil, who was wounded at the . battle of
tnndy's Lane,inarried a sister of .General
'Pierce, . ' - •••
0 - Tht) Catholics of Pittsburg, are build
ing a Cathedral to cost 5I:30,000 i ' with a
steeple 330 feet high; If is.to. be 220 by"
120 feet in size, and Will sent 10,500 per.
eons.
THE REPUBLICAN.
CLCAIWIELD Pa q artily 9, 1852.
, LeatZ I'It4SIDENT,
Gen. FRANKLIN PIERCE,
OF Ninit'FlArtxrsuntu.
. POLL VIOEPLIESIDA'NT.
WILLIAM It KING,
or ALABAMA.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
Mr the. State at large—Senatori e al.
GEoROR W. WoODWARD Or Luzerno. -
WILSON M'CANnir.uss, of Allegheny.
ROBERT PATTERsON, orPhilmielphin.
'LECTORS.
13. H.. C.
I& John Clayton;
15. Isaac Robirisog
16. Henryrelle6
17. Jas. Burniide,
18. 111. 112c - Caslin,.
19. Jas.McDonald,
20. W. S. Cotithan,
21. .Andrertv Burk,
22. Win. Dunn,
23. j; B.ll.l6oalmont
24. G. R. Barrett.
.DISTRICT
1. Peter Logan,,
2. G. H. Martin,
3. John Miller,
4. R W. Bockius,
5. R. McKay,Jr.,
0. A. Apple, .
7. N Strickland,
8. A. Peters, • ,
0. David Fister,„
10. R.' E.. .Tanzes,
11. T. Mcßeynolds,
12. P. Damon,
FOR' CANAL COMMISSIONER.
'WILLIAM ISEARIGIIT,
or FAYNTTE COUNTY,
NEX'P SENATOR
We have received several communica'
tions, letters, &c., urging the Senior edi
tor of this paper as a candidate for Senator;
all of which, being chiefly concerned in
their publication, we felt at liberty to de
cline publishing. Thes6 solicitations nre
from the most respectable sources, and we
have no reason doubt are 11011 meant. As
an answer, therefore, to all and each of
them--.4:4- we presume.nn answer in some
. ,
shape is looked for-Irwe say, that if any
of our fellow-citizens deem us worthy
_of
the distinction, and capable of represent
ing
them in that honorable body, the Sen
ate of . Pennsylvania, they are at perfect
liberty to make whatever use of our name
they may see fit—assuring them, that if
presented as the choice of the Democracy
of Clearfield county, we will consider itan
honor of the highest character ; and should
that preference bo confirmed by the dis
trict Convention, and sanctioned by a ma
jority of tho suffrages of the people at the
election, we can only pledge a faithful de
votion to the interests of the people, and
the district.
The following is an extract from one
of the letters above referred to :
"The Democracy of Clearfield county
feel much indebted to you, for the faithful
and successful manner in which you have
ouotnweil the prineirfee of the party for
many years, and only await an opportu
nity to show that they appreciate your la
bors. If you will, therefore, allow your
name to be used, I have no doubt you will
have a triumphant nomination for the of
fice of Senator by the Democracy of your
own county, and a fair chance for the dis
trict nomination.
"Yours, with respect."
Squaring the .Acionnts.
Grecly, of the New York feribane,,liab
hors, repudiates, and spits" upon the Bal
timore whig Platform, but supports Gen.
Scott with all his zeal. That is, in order
to secure Gen. Scott as the whig candidate,
the Greely and Seward faction consent to
the adoption of the platform, but as soon
as they get their candidate they knock the
platform from under him, and avow their
determination to disregard it, and not feel
ing themselves obliged to support it.
To square accounts with them, the Na
tional whigs say that they, as ;whigs, are
justifiable in -- fepudiating
,the candidate ;
that there is-less sin in forSaking men than
principles. And so they go.
DISTINGUISHED ARRIVAL-BEILLIANT
RECEPTION, AND IMPOSING DISPLAY.-OW•
ing to the crowded state of our columns,
and tho want of time to make oven a reap
pectable attempt to do honor to the distin
guished subjects, wo failed to notice in our
last, the arrival in our town, of the verita
ble Jouti DONKEY, and MIS. Joun DON.
KEY, direct from California. : They came
as embassaders from his Excellency, the
Governor of the land of gold, duly-accred
ited to a son of his Excellency, the Gov=
ernor of the Keystone State,,and it is said
by some, were intended as a substitute for
thb tliptiAand dollar balinci won by.tho'
DentocraCy of the Keystone last.fall, and
which should have been presented Melear
field, county; and 'doubtless would, but:for
.
an; oversight in the State Central Commit , I
0
ttee. Be that as it may; the dopkeysrnadc
the trip in good time, and good health.
Their arrival: Was „rather. unexpected, to
most of our citizons, vet our Young repuli;
henna wore by no means' :slow: in spread
ing the news of their‘approach; or ofOth 7
eying and forming in order and Marching
with, a quick .ntep.to greet their 'corning.
They were, met:On the -hill . ovo rlooking ' the
town, and. were escorted: in grand atylo, to'
their pasture:qttarfets; it, here they aro still
in finqignittlk andspixitsAooking very wel 1,
that is for donkeys.
IRE LATE ANNIVERSARY.
Saturdaylast, being the 3d ofiuly, was
celebrated instead of the '4th, as the Anni
versary or our National Independence.—
The day was of• the most pleasant charac
ter, neither .too..hot nor too.cold, At an
early hour our streets were on.livened by
the juvenile portion of our population,
dressed in their best apparel, With faces
clean, and brightened with life and smiles.
A number of citizens from the country
made d4short.iliSit to our town Op that day;
which added greatly to out-door appear
ances, and mado our National Anniversa
ry appear something like what it ought to
be.. About 9 o'clock, the SmidaySchoOls
met at the Presbyterian church,' where a
proceSsidn was formed; and under the dig
rection . of the SuPerintendanti, marched
through town, and then to Liberty Spring,
in , the grove on the bank of the river, im
mediately below town. ln the Meantime
a .regular line of provision wagons were
transporting loads upon loads of well stor
baskets,(in.tho same direction, and by the
hOur of noon, most of our population, .old
and young, had found their way to the
grove. About 1 o'clock, the ladies gave
notice that their labors were ended, and
that the 76(11 Anniversary Dinner of our
National Independence was ready to bo
discussed. An appropriate blessing was
then asked by the Rev. Mr. DIEIIL. Af
ter which, ono of the best dinners, made
of the best material, cooked in tha2best
manner, and served up in the best style,
for all of which the ladies arc almost on-
tirely to be thanked,) was then disposed
of, first by some 200 adults, and after
wards by perhaps as many children.
Soon after this important part of the
ceremonies, we left, and only know what
took place afterwards from hear-day.—
There were no regular addresses delivered,
but, a great many short, off-hand'speeches
made ; the immortal declaration and some
appropriate toasts read, and the remainder
of the dapspent in a sort of free-and-easy,
o.be.joyful social party—talking, singing,
da—, no, no dancing, but first rate mu-
The citizens of the Ridge, and of the
vicinity of Clea rfield Bridge, we understand
united, and celebrated the day in a manner
somewhat similar. They had quite a large
gathering, and spent the day most pleas
ly.
TILE REGISTRALION LAW
Ministers, Physicians, Magistrates, and
all others interested, will bear in mind,
that the law requiring the Ilegistrntkm of
births, marriages and deaths, went into
operation on the Ist inst.
- (SVe invite the attention of our read
ers to the article on our first page, running
a comparison between Gen. SCOTT and
Gen. PIEncE.
The National Portrait Gallery of dis
tinguished An:alarm, the first number of
which is before us, is a work just com
menced in Philadelphia, and designed to
be entirely national in its charaCter,and one
of the most valuable publications of our
country. It is published et 2.5 cents per
number, to be completed in 40 numbers,
containing upwards of 120 engraved por
traits of distinguksked persons. The pres
ent numbercontaaVlWZOrtralts of Wash
ton and one of Mrs. Washington.
Address, R. E. Peterson & Co., publish
ers, Philadelphia.
The School Mate, for July is received,
Roys, if your daddies s won't subscribe, for
this work for you, club together and go it
on your own hook. We'll see you through.
'‘LET JUSTICE BE DONE," &c.
Much has been said' against the Board
of Canal Commissioners, concerning the
arrangements for carrying passengers
over the Columbia Rail road, with what
justice we have never been able to discov
er. But the facts set forth in the follow
ing article, which'we take from tho Key
stone, if true, (and they are as vet wholly
uncontrovertcd,) show beyond all doubt
that the Canal Commissioners havo done
nothing but what they ar9"clearly bound
to do, as good and faithful public servants.
Passenger Travel over the Colambia : Railroad.
The contract made receriqy by, the Ca
nal Commissioners . with.Bingham:d.r, Pock
for carrying the passengers ov©r The Co
,larnbitk! Railroad,,hns given rise to much
discussion and excitement in' the easiern
part of the. State ; and, we believe, a vast
deal of misrepresentation lirisbeen reeorted'
to by parties sympathising with the inter
ests of ihe 'Pennsylvania. Railroad in pref-.
erence to thosetof the Caminonwealth. So
tar as the Canal CominiSsioncrw areindi
videally concerned, or an regards the Penn
sylvania railroad, we care not a :farthing
about the issue.- - --ettch party' being fibund
antly able and willing, to talte.caroof them:
Selves, and to .explain hnd defend: their
own conduct.' ' But the Canal.Cerrimis n
sinners are censured in interested quarters
with. what .ive arq compelled, to. regard as
a highly meritorious public act,.•lrnd be
cause the publie was andi is, deoply
.con
-corned in the act, we, have defended .. it.--.1
Tc.,dostroyi the effect, orh 4006049 n: of
the Canal CernmissionOs i . ,annopymd,Ris
scribblers crowd the PhiladelPhin papers
,with replies, (God.save the mark!) which
abound in flippant assertions unsupported
with either proof reason or common sense,
and which
.are necessarily mere concoc
tions in the aggregate us ;well as in the
minutest detail. To these We havo4no re
ply to rake:.' But we now propose to Place
the issue in . a ta'ngible.tortn;• We assdsK,
thercfoie, firsi,.thet\ the Legiblature made
no appropriation .bf WhiCh the Ca t iial, Com
missioners
were enabled to carry the pas.,
sengors over the Columbia Railroad in the
I cars andwith the locomotives of the Com
monwealth, and that because, of. this , neg..
led .they wore Compelled to employ smite.'
body to carry the passengers. . .
2d. Messrs. Bingham Istt Doplc and.. the,
Pennsylvania Railroad company were the'
piincipal. (perhaps only) competitors for
the contract, and the ,former proposed to.
'enter into the contract on more favorable
terms than the fatter. (Here we desire to
remark that this is the most important
point in issue,and' if our statement is not
correct,lwe demand that the Penniylvania
Railroad company deny it authentically.
3d. Before Messrs. Bingham & Dock
entered Ono the contract it was offered to
(but not accepted by) the Pennsylvania
Railroad company upon the same terms.
4th. Under the contract with Messrs.
Bingham & Dock; the passengerS are car
ried eleven miles farther on the State works
than they.would have been by the Penn
sylvania Railroad.. company, which will
make a difference in the revenue-in favor
of the State of from $20,000 to $30,000
annually.
If these statements are truo, then the
Canal Commissioners areentirely justified.
If they are not true,' the Pennsylvania
Railro - ad company can correct us, and the
public expect it to do so. Here, then, the
Issue is fairly and broadly made---we de
sire only that the truth be made manifest;
and this we demand of the parties who are
in possession of the facts.
Upon subjects of this kin - d
our columns
are open to all, for fair and candid discus.
sion, and we invite all to it.
ONE OF GEN. SCOTT'S OWN.
Our manors have seen' in the letter o
Gen. Scott, or 1841, which wo published
last week, that the General hesitated "be
tween extending the period at which for
eigners could become citizens, or repeal
ing all laws on the subject," and thus de
prive them of the right to became citizens
at all; and that "his Mind inclined to the
latter !"
Now that the General is a candidate,
and wants votes, no matter by whom given,
he performs a right-about-face, and goes
clear over, just as much like the "Wel
lington of America". as life. In his letter
accepting the whig nomination, he
steps beyond the record, and in order to
make the people believe that he has chang
ed his sentiments on this question, says
that 'one year's service either in the army
or navy of the United States, should enti
tle a "foreigner to a vote." The follow
ing digest of sash a !air us tt►nt would be,
is worth reading.
A STANDING ARMY, OF 100,000 MEN.
In Gen. Scott's letter of acceptance of,
of his nomination for the Presidency, he
lays 'down a new doctrine that might lead
to the most alarming consequences.--
Whilst in 1848, as will be seen in another',
article, that he was in favor of repealing'
all naturalization laws, and excluding all
foreigners from a vote, he now says he
would merely, change the naturalization
law in one particular, and this is to make
one year's -service in the army or navy t.
qualification for citizenship, Now, if
General Scott means, this an additional re
striction upon foreigners, it is odious as the
worst CONSCRIPTION, LAW that ever
was enacted in any despotic government.
What! Conipel every rereignor to come
into citizenship through the regular ar-1
my I!! What a principle! What a doc-1
trinej And it would require an army of
100, 000 men to naturalize all the foreign
ers reaching our shores.
Again, if it means that this is to be the
only qualification, our army would hav,e
in it one hundred thOusand foreigners ! ! !
In any light which it may be viewed,
this is a most extraordinary recomehda-
Oen—and coming from the head of the ar
my, who'intends to hold on to his commis
sion until lw dies or enters the White
House as ~Presicle nt of the Republic„ t
looks as though he was preparing for a
military campaign such as this country
never before witnessed, by inviting to his
standard an army. such as the people of
this country
.never contemplated.
Inivestigator.
Letters of Acceptance.
The followirng lettprs from Messrs.
Pierce and King, the Democratic nomi
nees for the Presidency and Vice Presi
dency, have been received by the Com
mittee appointed to give them official no
tice ortheir nomination. We copy, them
from the Washington Union of Thurs
day •
•
FROM GEN. PIERCE.
CONCORD, (N. il l ) June 1.1,1852. ,
GENTLEuttI I have the honor to ac
knowledge your personal kindness in pre
senting to me this day your letter officially
informing .me of my nomination, by the
Democratic National Convention, as a can
didate for the presidency of the United
States.
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The surprise with which I received the
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intelligence of:the nomination was not un
mingled'with painful solicitude, and yet, it
is proper for me to say that the manner in
which it was conferred was peculiarly grat 7
ifying. The delegation from New Hump=
shire,,. with all the gleiv of State pride and
all, the warmth of persenal i r,egard, would
pot have submitted name to on
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vention, nor would they have cast a vote
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1 for me, 'under circumstances ?ther , 1
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those whiCh occurred. "... ' ' "' ~ a 5.
I shall always.cherish with
,i)ride ,iri4o
gratitude the recollection of the friC,titiO
the voice which first pronounce! for me..g.,',
and pronounced,; aloname frotn AtIS
mother of Stites - -a pride and grafi
rising far above any consequence that
betide me personally..
May .
.I not regard it as 'a fact pointing 4 ,
the overthrow of sectional"jealonsie.%,a4 ',;
looking to the perennial life and vigor 0f1i..-,I
Union cemented by the blood ofthose ‘ili o -,1
have passed 4
. to their reward- kt IJoien i
wonderful in its formation, boundless is',l fr -j
'its hopes, amazing in its destiny! lac .
the nomination, relying upon an abidise '
devotion to the interests, the honer, nal
the glory of our whole country; but, ber.;
yond and above all upon a Power superrestt
to all human might—a Power which; frost?,'
the first gun of, the revolution, in every ce s ,: ,
sis through wliio we have 'pritsed, in oy. o
cry hour of our acknowledged peril, wiles 4.
the dark clouds .have shut down arouttd ''. l
ps, has interposed, as' if to baffle human,
wisdom, outmarch human forecast, andl;l
bring out of darkness the rainbow of prom..',.
ise., Weak myself, faith and hope repoik ,
there in security. I accept the nomina...,
tion upon the platform adopted by the cos.''
vention, not because this is expected ofearr.,;
as'a candidate, but because the principles`'
it embraces command the approbation of
my judgment; and with them I believe fp,
can safely say there has been no word nor'
act of my life in conflict.
I have only to tender my grateful ie.'',
knowledgernents to you, gentlemen, to the
convention of which you wore members,.
and to the people of our common Country...! ."
I am with the highest respect your most ' t
obedient servant, FRANK. PIERCE. '•
To HoN. 3. S. BAUBOUR, J. TIIODIPSONj
ALPHEUS FELCII, PIERRE SOULE.
FROM COL. KING.
SENATE CHAMBER, June 22, 1852
GENTLEMEN: I have the honor to nei-. 1
knowledge the receipt of your letter, natl.
Eying me that I have been nominated by.
the Democratic convention as Vico Pteh.
dent of the United States:
This distinguished manifestation of the
respect and confidence of my democratic
brethern Commands my most grateful ac.
knowledgoments, and I cheerfully accept
the nomination with ,which I have beet) .
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honoted.
Throughout a long public life I am not •
conscious that I have ever swerved from
those principles which have been choristi;
ed and sustained by the democratic party
and in whatever situation I may be placed,
my countrymen may rest assured that I.
shall adhere to them faithfully and zeal=
ously—porfectly satisfied that the prosper.
ity of our common country and the per.,
rnanency of our free institutions can be
promoted and preserved only by adminis,
tering the government in strict accordanes
with them.
The platform as laid down by the con
vention meets with my cordial approba
tion. It is national in all its parts; and L
am content not only to stabil upon it, bgt
on all Cleccioitmo in defend it.
For the very flattering terms which you
have been pleased, gentlemen, to chamc,
terize my public services, I feel that I am
indebted to the personal regard which lam,
proud to know you individually entertain,'
for me, and that you greatly overrate
them. The only merit I can lay claim to
is au honest discharge of the duties 'of dui
various positions with which I have been
honored. This I claim—nothing more.
With the highest respect and esteem, I
am, gentlemen, your fellow-citizen,
WILLIAM R. ICING
To Hort. J. Si Barbour, J. Thompson,
Alpheus Fetch, and P. Smile.
Murders, Outrages and_ Mexican Military Ex-
ccutiOnfon the Rio Grande
A friend, in whose statements we place
the utmost confidence, says the Washing.
ton Union, has giNen. us the two follow.
ing extracts of letters just received from
highly respectable sources in Brownsville,
Texas. It appears that the outrages and
murders on that border are daily becom•
ing more frightful, and that organized
bands of Mexicans and, Indians are rapid
ly sweeping off the whole. American popa;
lation._ We have no force of sufficient
magnitude to retrain the depredations, and
evident there is criminal neglect soma.
where to be accounted for. What says
the administration •to this ? It is high
time it took some side in this guerrilla ,
contest. Gen. Avides has shot four Fit
oners, two Americans and two Meiicans,
captured during the siege of Matamoros,
by Carvajal, in October last. He has kept,
them prisoners till this time; and now,
while the whole frontier is ravaged by : rna•
rauding Mexicans, he barbarously orders
them to be executed for the purposed
stimulating the animosity and eur!idityraf
his assassins, and to strike terror into fhb
hearts of those who are in danger of being'
exposed to a like fate. The time of Om
slaughter is pregnant with meaning.' `his;
significant ofthe.design to wage a war bf
extermination, and it is a•fit conclusion to
the opening of the drama of hoisting a
black ficy., in. the plaza of Itlstarnoras with'
the deaths-heads and cross-bongs walla,
zoned with, the motto, ,"snuerto alas 'eta
trageros,"- Or "cle atll to the foreigners:Le
How true is the instinct of Spaniskertiel.
ty l Concha and Avalos---they are of the
same race ; ;they hunt it ethiples—let the'
judgment of the eivilii.eif ivorhinprideine
them together.
Brownsville,. June 14, 1852. -
"Something roust , be r dene to effect #
change of the piesent State of thing: Wei ,
It is risking, one's' lifelo , go ten miles from,
here by land, , ,tind there is no securityM
property, Avalos this morning 'had liar!
barously shofthe'fiUi'fillibaiters whom he
ha 4 pledged his *Word to save ; l and fi":4ltl
Of extermination between' the raees,44
pears: about to 1)46. 1 : It f in, Openly re!.
daimell that the'stettmer Caniarighetrjli
again fired into if coitain persons go s
sengers on her."
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