CONVENTION OP THE OLD THIRTEEN STATES. '
The delegates to this convention from
'nine States assembled at Philadelphia on
lhe.fith inst., at the quartersprovided for
them by the City. Councils, in
,tihe Girnd
abuse, and nt 11 o'clock they went in
procession to inch p ndenco Flail. Gov.,
Buntirt, of Pennssrlvanin, was . chosen
President, Hon: Citmer.Es`F. Ab.tMs, of
Massachusetts, and A. HAt.L, of Georgia,
Vice Presidents, lion. L. S. Fos•rt:n of
connecticbt, Secretary, and A. G. WATER..
NAN,- of Pennsylvania, Assistant Secre
tary. -The States of Maryland, Virginia,
North Carolina and South Carolina, were
fla represented. Tho States represented,
and the names of the delegates, were the
following :
/Yew Hampshire—Samuel Dinsmore
and Wm. Butterfield.
•.7 Na.isaiJhusetts—Chas. F. Adams and !
Nathaniel P. Banks.
~ ' Rhode Island—Wingato' Hayes and
Benj. F. Thurston.
• — Connecticut—L. S. Foster and R. J.
Ingersoll.
New York—John C. Spencer and Mur
ray Hoffman.
New Jersey—Edwin R. V. Wright and
Wm. C. Alexander.
Pennsylvania—Gov. Wm. Bigler and
A. G. Waterman.
Dthrware—John M. Clayton and James
.
' Geol . .gia—Marshull J. Wellborn and
Asbury Hull.
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Upon. taking the Chair, the President
delivered the following elegant and appro
priate address:
Speech of Governor Bigler.
Gentlemen:. I eosin tender to you my
most.profound acknowledgements for this
renewed evidence of your confidence.—
To preside over the deliberations of a body
like this, on an occasion so interesting,
and for a purpose so exalted, is an honor
which should be congenial to the feelings
of an American citizen. I shall ever
cherish a lively recollection of the incidents
of this day. When wo shall have separa
ted.and returned to our homes—when the
work which we are about to commence
shall have been completed, if my life be
spared, my thoughts shall recur to this oc
casion and to the individual members of
this convention, and my heart swell with
emotions of gratitude and delight at the
remembrance.
The occasion and place of our meeting
is often ordinary character. The idea of
a Monument to the Declaration of Indepen
dence, brings forcibly to our mind the
past achievments of our country and ex
cites a thrill of delightful hope for the fu
ture. The presence of these ancient walls,
within which was promulgated everlasting .
truths which spoke our nation into exis
tence, and sustained through many past
struggles, is calculated to inspire us with a
deep sense of the h;gh and de irate-rutty w
to which we have been called.
How sublime the scene whi was wit
nessed in this Hall in 1776. pure
the motive—how bold the action which
characterized the movements of that
body—how brilliant the result of their In-
hors--hdw boundless and never ending
the blessed consequences! This may
well be regarded as the event of events in
our history, and the structure to commem•
orate it should be the monument of monu
ments. As the event was nt the founda
tion of all, so let the monument to corn.
memorato it, overlook and over-shadow
nll.
,But shall n monument be built? I say
yes, such a memorial of the event is sanc
tioned V the customs of all other cone
tries and to some extent practised in our
own. We have now a number of monu
ments to perpetuate important events and
great names, each of which are, perhaps,
' the immediate or remote consequences of
the declaration and maintenance of our
National Independence. .
But the sanction of custom is full and
complete. from the earliest ages of man
kind and in all conditions of tho human
race, commemorative monuments have
hwn used to perpetuate great names end
i, .‘•
nteresting events. The children of Israel
'had their Bethels and their Rhenezers.
Egypt and Assyria their pyramids and
temples. Greece and Rome are full of
monuments, to their. Gods and heroes.
Even among barbarous tribes a nation's
''tole, memorial is found. The cross and
the *sent are symbols of vast ideas—the
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dee Christianity, the other Mahommed
ritirn-:' ' flags and banners are visible signs 1
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,pf,tne ruling sentiments of the people to
~:whom they belong. The sentiment seems
"..ItoVil universal, because it is natural that
Igrerit truths should have an embodied ex
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„pressien--a visible sign.
A'r Monuments arc designed not only as
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-two sof gratitude and the embodiment
,I,lorlentiment, but for the perpetuation of
'' Wins' which are believed to be useful and
; tiv h pre.sery .
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But who, what nation or people of ana
-1 iluitY or' modern times, Christian or Pa
„PA, civilized 'or savage, has such a story
to tell and such a history to preserve as
'The act and deed which made us a Nation
~,fote oDeclaration of Independence--the
' th
Wad which made us a United 'Republic,
, ( ,was,tbe Constitution. And, scarcely' has
,14he . world witnessed transactions more
i iiatinwow even pregnant With more ,mo
,, Aneßtous consequences, since the delivery
of 4he law to Moses, by the hand of the
',AlinightY, amid the clouds and thunders
of Mount Sinai._ In shortohe American 0::7 - The Galway, Ireland, papers, are
Revolution was the grandest event in hu- full: of the most deplorable accounts of
/nen history. It was the outbreaking of, wholesale evictions, or rather extermina
,Ahe noblest purposes which the human i tions in that miserable country. The ten
heart can conceive, to the,greatest results, entry are turned out of the cottages, by
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,hia l e arth has over witnessed. „ iscoresot a time. As many as 203 men,
. - ‘ Lon O wsince should we have had some i women and children have been driven up
imperishable memorial of our gratitude—:.,on the , reads and ditches,by the way of
some everlasting witness of the great 'pm day's work, and have now no resource
things done amongst us, and Gar us. 'Let . but to, beg their bread in desolate places,
us, then, build; a Indium-60 in Indypen- or to bury their griefs in many instances
denco Square, to perpetuate the memory, forever, within the walls of, the Union
of the Declaration of Independence—the+l Workhouse.'-edVis."Union,
'Revolution—the Constitution- 7 4110 Heroes
and history of our Country. • Let its
foundations be so deep and firm that nosh=
ing shall shake then but the final throes of
expiring nature—let it rise so high to
wards heaven, that nothing but our own
eagle shall dare to soar to its summit—and
'thither to its shades, let the Americtin
people, in Mier ages; g o up, not to worship,
but to batch the inspiration of thoSe men
and times, which now is able, as it then'
was, to take from . all the nations . of the
earth and make them one people.
Pennsylvania as - the fortunate locality
of this great event, desires no higher hon
or than to dedicate the sacred spot to the
use of such memorial as her sister States
may desire—she stands no more than
equal with them in all other respects. She
joined the other members of the confeder
acy in this etibrt to distinguish the Na
tion's birth-day, in that liberal and patriot
ic spirit which actuated her in the part she'
has had in the struggles which followed
the original. scenes in this Hall. When
completed, the Monument will belong to
no locality; but, in tho spirit of the great
instrument which it is intended to perpetu
ate, it shall be dedicated to the possession,
use, and glory o(tho whole Republic—for- '
over to•remain the, pride and property of
the Nation—a pledge of fidelity to the
principles of tho Declaration of Indepen
ndence, to the. Constitution..a the.. Unio—
After the organization a committee was
appointed to consider, the proposition con
tained in.the resolutions of the Councils of
the city of Philadelphia which had caused
the assembling of the Convention, .and to
recomend a general plan and design for
the monument proposed, the manner of
obtaining the means for its erection, and
their application—the proper measures to
secure its consecration to the great nation
al purpose for which it is to be erected,
and the different executive committees
which shall be appointed to carry into ef
fect the purposes of the Convention; and
also, to prepare an address to the Legis
lature find people of the States whose co
operation is desired, explanatory of the
views of the Convention, and soliciting the
passage of the necessary acts for attaining
the proposed object.—Keystone.
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
It has generally been left to the demo
cratic party to vindicate the honor of the
country in its intercourse with foreign pow
ers, and especially to defend its rights in
time of war. We need only refer to the
last war witjt Great Britain and the recent
war with Mexico, in proof of our assertion.
The administration of our foreign affairs,
which arc constantly becoming more in
tricate and delicate, cannot be safely en
trusted to the party that sympathised with
England in 1812, and Mexico in 1846.
The democracy will fulfill all treaty stipu
lations, and maintain the law of nations,
and not recklessly involve the country in
war; while at the same time it will open
its arms to receive the refugees of foreign
despotisms and early clothe them with the
rights of citizenship; and it will behold
with deep sympathy the efforts of every,
oppressed people to break their chains and
achieve their independence, and will not
be regardless of their rights to establish
such form of government as they shall
choose, undisturbed by the hostile interfe
rence of other powers,—Potts. Reg.
OzY - Brownslow of the Knoxville Whig,
has fired another broadside info the Sew
ard ranks, and declares that Tennessee
will vote for Pierce and King by 10,000
majority. The Richmond' Times, a few
days since, hoped that the Savannah Re
publican, a recusant Whig, might retrace
its steps, in view of the gratification it ex
!messed at the telegraphic synopsis of Gen.
Scott's acceptance. The Rupublican, how
ever, on receiving the acceptance, avows
itself to be "disappointed," for it says :
He (Gen. Scott,) simply says that he
accepts the "nomination with the resolu
tions annexed." Mr. Graham, in his let
ter of acceptance, says:
"1 cordially approve of the declarations
made by these resolutions on matters of
the most recent practical interest. They
do but portray the conduct of the Admin
istration of the Government of which, for
near two years, I have been a member."
Gen. Scott, however,. though he says
many other things, fails to record his ap
proval. of the Compromise. This we regret
exceedingly, because it renders wider,
deeper, and consequently more impassa
ble, the gulf which separates Southern
Whiffs from those Northern men who sup-
I port him.—Pitts. Union.
A STUMP ORATOR STIMPED.—ACCOrdifig
to all accounts, tho Scott.ratification meet.
ing at Albany, New York, must have
been a queer affair. The . Atlas gives an
amusing report of it, and particularly the
speech of one little man—" Mr. Raymond,
an orator of the pave"—always very fussy
and very important on great occasions.—
Of this Ml. Rayin'ond, it is said he went on
till, "venturing to ask the crowd before
him, 'would any ono dare to say that ,Mr.
Pierce was worthy to be elected over
Scottl' there was such an overwhelming
response of 'Aye' froth the crowd, that the
orator for the first time became conscious
of the composition of the audience." Mr.
Raymond was stumped, and, like the
coons under the dead aim of Capt. Scott,
he came down. That "aye" was a clinch..
or.
THE REPUBLICAN.
CLEARFIELD Pa, July 23, 1052,
FOR PRESIDENT,
Gen; FRANKLIN PIERCE,
OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
FOR VIOEPEEBIDENT.
WILLIAM R. KING,
or ALABAMA.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
Mr' the State at large—Senatorial. .
GEORGE W. WOODAVARD, of Luzerne.
WILSON M'CirmEss, of Allegheny.
ROBERT PATTERSON, of Philadelphia.
LECTORS.
13. H. C. Eger,
14. John Clayton,
15. Isaac Robinson
16. Henry Petter,•
17. Jas. Burnside,
18. M. MeCaslin,
10. Jas.McDonald,
20. W: S. Colahan,
21. Andrew Burk,
22. Win. Dunn,
23. .T.S.McCalmont
24. G. R. Barrett.
DISTRICT I.
I. Peter Logan,
2. G. H. Martin,
3. John Miller,
4. F. W. Bockins;
5. R. McKay,Tr.,
6. A. Apple,
7. N. Strickland,
8. A. Peters,
4). David Pister,
10. R. E. lames,
11. J. Mcßeynolds,
12. P. Damon, '
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER.
WILLIAM SEARIGHT,
OF FAYETTE COUNTY.
Democratic Primary Election.
The Democrats of Lawrence township
are hereby notified, that the primary elec
tion for electing delegates and instructing
them, &c., will ho held at the Court House,
in 'Clearfield, on Saturday the 31st day of
July,lBs?, at 4 o'clock, p. m.
By order of Cont. of Vigilance.
The 24th of August,
And Brookville, will suit tho Democra
cy of this county, as the time and place
for holding the Congressional Conference.
o::rThe first page of this paper is
almost exclusively taken up with the
oration of L. J. Crans, Esq. It is written
in a clear and smooth style, and altogeth
er a clever production.
To-morrow Week
DEMOCRATS, don't forget that to-morrow
week, (Saturday the Slst of July,) is the
day appointed for holding your township
meetings. Attend to it, all who can, and
appoint as delegates to represent you in
Convention men whom you can trust to
carry out your wishes, who are democrats
from conviction, and who have the success
of the principles of their party sincerely at
heart.
0:711is Excellency Gov. BIGLEit, reach
ed home last Friday, and has spent his
time since in receiving the calls and con
gratulations of his numerous friends.
The Governor is about to pay a visit to
his Mother, in Mercer county, and will
then make n tour of the Northern Lakes.
lie enjoys good health.
(* - We have heard the Democratic
Standing Committe, charged with fixing
the day for the township meetings, through
a design to favor, or disfavor, particular
candidates. We can assure all persons
interested, that there is not the slightest
ground for even a shadow of a suspicion of
the kind; It was done, and done only,
under the impression that our Congres
sional and Senatorial Conventions would
be held at an early day in August—as, in
our opinion they should be.
JUDGE ENOL—Our next Court
COL BARRETT, of this place, received
letter the other day from his honor, Judge
KNOX, in which he says, in effect, that
whon the law-making power of the State
commands, he obeys, and that ho expects
to bo hero in his proper person, ,on the
third Monday of September next to hold
his first court in our county. Ho will find
a large amount of business on hand, and,
we hope, a clever set of fellows ready and
willing to help him dispatch it.
0 - 'lf the Post Master at Pittsburg, would
send his mails for this section of country
by way of the Control Railroad, under the
p►esent arrangements, instead Of sending
them by the Northern route, much time
would bo spared.
SLANDER REFUTED
It has become quite a common expres
sion among the whiglings of these diggings,
to charge Gen. PIRACE with cowardice; to
say he was not in any engagement
We are 'happy to have i,in our power to
give the lie direct to all such charges, Ex
ecutive docurnents;'printed by', order of
Congress in 1848, containing messagesof
the President of the United States, and the
correspondence thererith communicated
between the Secretary of war and other
officers of the government, among which
are all the official despatches of General
Scott, too voluminous for our columns,
can be seen at the office of J. S.lFrance,
Esq.; in which tho bravery arid patriot'.
ism of Gen. Pierce, is spoken of in the
highest terms by Gen. Scott. Gen Pierce's
participation in the battles of dontrearas,
Churubusco`; Molino del Rey and Chopul.
tapeck, are spoked of in the most eulogistic
and glowing-terms. ,
Whigs, you had hotter call . and examine.
MILITARY MEN AND TEE PRESIDENCY.
Our thoughta have been turned to -this
subject by noticing, recently,' the spasmo
dic violence of the sentiments of a .whig
paper againstthe election of Gen. JACKSON,
in 1832, on the ground of his military
character ; nor has it escaped our recol
lection that eminent statesmen about that
time avowed the sentiment that it would be
"bettor that the country should endure the
horrors of war, pestilence and famine than
that a military man should be called to the
Presidential chair." Numerous, studied,
logical and eloquent were the admonitions'
with which the federal press at that time
warned the people against the dangers and,
demoralizing consequences of this practice.
Patriotism, fear, and religious prejudice,
were each invoked to save" the country
from the threatened calamity. The most
prolific imaginations were taxed to 'their
utmost powers to personify the tyranny of
Gen. Jackson in` the Presidential chair.—
The horrors of the French revolution were
scarcely brilliant enough to make a pic
ture equal to the anticipated consequences
of the' "association of the sword and the
purse." The peace-loving Quakers were
told in - plain terms f that if they did not
come to the rescue, and join the whigs
against this man of blood, the final recon
ing would be a sorry time to them. But,
alas, what a change hath''come over the
spirit of these whig dreamers How read
ily have these doctrines, presented to the
country as principles of living truth, been
abandoned, together with all the other ar
ticles in the creed of federal faith, under
which they then rallied against the de
mocracy I and now these same Quakers
are to have another sorry time ofit, unless
they face-about and sustain the Great Cap
tain, who has trained all his life in the sci
ence of war—in the work of"blood."
But the election of Gen. Jackson furnish
ed no precedent for the election of a mili
tary man like Gen. Scott.to the presidency.
He was a civilian—a statesman of eminent
attainments. The science of law and civil
government had occupied a large share of
his time and thoughts. He was a lawyer,
a judge—a representative in his own State
and thecouncils of the nation,long before he
was named in connection with the Presi
dency. His military career was short but
brilliant ; and he never was a military man
by education and science—never devoted
his thoughts to the art of war as a science,
and to be followed as a profession,and out
of choice. He volunteered to defend his
country in a dangerous exigency, and to
protect his fellow citizens on an 'exposed
frontier from their savage neighbors. This
done, he returned to his profession—to the
law, and then to the Senate.
It was left for the whig party of the
present day to present a "military man,
and a military man merely," for the Pres
idential chair. A gentleman is presented
to the country in 1848, who had devoted
his whole life to this science, and who had
just distinguished himself in a war which
they had denounced as 'unrighteous and
unnecessary," and who made no preten-
Isions whatever to civil affairs. How much
was thus added to the fair fame of tho hero,
what new laurels were thus made to en
circle his brow, and what blessings have
resulted to the country, we shall not stop
to inquire; but we may assert without fear
of contradiction, that there has been noth
ing achieved by this experiment, either for
the individual or the country, to warrant
its repetition_
View it as we may, there is something
unsound in this practice. It involves a
departare from the straight-forward, prac
tical view, which the American people are
inclined to take of their own affairs.' To
excell in the science of war, should ,in our
humble judgment, be equal to the ambition
of any man. To attain to success in the
science of government is, however, a much
more difficult task, There is but little in
the former science to qualify its devotee
for the successful accomplishment of the
latter. " The military chieftain commands,
and expects to be obeyed. The statesman
however' Orinent, or high hisstation, is a
public scram, and his faithful submission
and obedience to thewill of his masters, aro
his brightest virtues. To this indispensi
ble requisite in a statesman, the former
is unfitted both by habit and education.
The science of war is mechanical and
matherntitical--that of governMent intel
lectual and philosophical. He who iseuc
,
cessful in the latter, might suddenly fit
himself for the former; but it 'is much
more difficult to reverse this order. The
military scheme is pointed' out by certain
rules, and demonstrated by' figures ; but
the duties of a statesman, espicially under
our republican system, and in this new and
experimenting and, progressing age end
country; is fluctuating and difficult, and
daily requires the exerciao of the soundest
judgment, philosophically applied; a knowl
edge of which can only be acquired by
much" reading, deep reflection, and long
practice.'
'lt will not de to say that the man 'elected
President can guard himself againsif all
difficulties by selecting able assistants,
The people desire the man whom they .
°le& to stand at the helm, and give direc
tions himself. They should' elect none
other, , To illustrate the absurdity of this
practice let us imagine that, under the in
fluence of a great speech delivered in the
United States Senate by Mr. Buchanan,
the people were to rise up and displace
Gen, Scott from the head of the army,and
give the command to Mr. Buchanan, sim
ply because his speech was a greater
speech than Gen. Scott could make. Such
an absurdity would excite the ridicule of
the world, and yet, practically it would be
less of an error than to take Scott from the
Army and make him President. "Every
tub on its own bottem,'? as the sailor said
when he scattered a nest of tubs in the
streets of New York, because he thought
it unfair that one should set on another.
And every man to his own business, we
say; for who would call on a blacksmith
to mend a watch; or on the tinker to build
a grist mill ; on the tanner to paint a house;
the tailor to make a plough-shear; the
doctor to mend. his boots, or on a lawyer
to preach the gospel? The man that would
do-either of these things would be regal l
ed as insane. Scott can command the
military, because he has learned how to
do it; but he cannot discharge the duties
of President, because he has never studied
civil government—and every attempt ho
has ever made to interfere with civil af
fairs, demonstrate his want of capacity.
By nature, weak—by education, 'vain,and
by habit imperious and presumptuous, he
is perhaps less fitted for the Presidential
chair than any other prominent man now
before the country.
But we set out to ask the question—can
the Quakers vote for Gen. Scott? And
having now asked the question, we shall
pause for an answer.
ARTHUR ' S HOME GAZETTE, IS just now
entering on it' third volume, affording a
good opportunity to subscribers. It is a
family paper that none need fear to rec
ommend.
()This week our farmers are busily
engaged cutting their grain. The crops
arc nothing like as heavy as last year,
though not to be complained or.
Drownint—Perilous Position of a man a
Niagara Fails.
Bziffalo, July 19.—Merritt Graves, aged
21, son of J. V. R. Graves, Esq., !ate
Sheriff or Erie county, was drowned yes
terday evening while bathing in the har
bor.
Late last night a man was discovered in
a bout in the rapids near the brink of the
Falls of Niagara, The boat stuck fast on
a rock, and was still there nt day break
this morning, when arrangements were at
once commenced to rescue the man from
his perilious situation.
Southern Items
Baltimore, July 19.—The Southern
mail of to-night brings dates from New
Orleans us lute as due.. The Picayune
states that three more bodies have been re•
covered from the wreck of the ill-fated
steamer St. James.
There were 29 cases of Cholera in New
Orleans during the week ending the 10th
instant.
There were only five Scott Delegates in
attendance in the Georgia Union Conven-
KrA letter in the Louisville Courier
says the cholera is prevailing to some ex
tent in Springfield, 111. The same disease
had broken out at Salt River, Ky., and
several deaths have occurred. At Hop
kinsville, Ky., six deaths occurred on the
Ist inst., and citizens are leaving the
place. The inhabitants of Minersburg,
Ky., were deserting the town in conse
quence of the prevalence of the disease.—
At Fairfield, Nelsen county, Ky., fifteen
cholera deaths occurred within four or five
days, recently. About fifty cases are re
ported, but at the last accounts the disease
was abating. The Louisville Journal of
the 7th instant, says :
."Passengers from
Columbus,to-day, report considerable chol
ra, and not a little panic there. Five and
six fatal cases a day occurred."
ENGLAND AND ADIERICA.—Rumors have
been afloat for the last twenty-four hours,
in Boston, of a serious difficulty having
arisen between the British and American
Governments,growing out of the seizure of
an American fishing vessel at the Magda
len Islands, and her subsequent recapture
by the American fishermen. A special
messenger arrived at Boston, yesterday,
from Franklin, New Hampshire, (where
Mr. Webster is at present,) and loft again
for Whshington, with despatches for the
Government. The trouble is said to be
of a most serious nature, and likely to dis
turb the peaceful relations between Eng
land and the United StaWs.
°tilt is a rernarkable fact, says the
Pittsburg Daily Union, that there is not
one distinguished Democrat in the' Union
against Pierce and King, but on the con
trary, all are in'favor of the nominees,
notwithstanding many of these leaders
have disagreed among themselves. This
is truly the age of Harmony, and Pierce
and King the Harmonisers.
. .
'• Ott - During . the month of June 182'
deathi from cholera • occurred in the New
Ctgleans Charity Hospital, and during'the
week ending the.3dinit, there was.eight
deaths' resulting from this disease.
".• IiEN. PIERCE DEFENDED.
The :Ledger has published, a letter from
a clergyman at Concord, N. H. the resi. l
dence of general Pierce, to a brother
gyman in this city, in' answer to a lettei
inquiring as to the moral character of Gm • ~ •
Pierce. It is a most satisfactory answer •
to all the calumnies that have been fahri.,
wed by the Whigs about our candidate
and show that ho is entitled to the r u n
and entire confidence of tho American
people, not only on account of his political
popularity, but also for his high sociaLand
moral qualities. The writer says:
"You make inquiries respecting Gener.
al Pierce, my honored townsman . and. .
neighbor, which I regard it both as a duty
and a pleasure to answer. You knew I
have never been a political partishn; or,if
I have had my political preferences and 1
partialities, they have been in another di. 1
rection, reckoning myself a Whig rather !.
than a Democrat. What I say, therefore,
is entirely free from any political coital& -
oration or feeling, r • •
"I have known General Pierce person..
ally about twelve -years, and, I may say,
somewhat intimately, ,as we have lived in
the same neighborhood, attended the same,
churb, and have been brought together al
most
every weak in going to our places of.
business. If.l understand any man'schar.
rider, I think it is that .of General Pierce, ;•
for ho is so frrink, genermis and open, that
he is incapable of concealment. I know '
of no man of such a generous nature, sa
ready to sympathize with poverty and sor
row, and ao liberal in relieving them.
heart and hand is always open towhoever
appeals - to trim in distress; indeed s •the ap
peal is not waited for when the distress is.
known. In all his domestic relations and
social intercourse, and business transac
tions in his professional practice,his lifeJais
been marked by purity, justice and gee.
erosity. The breath of censure has never
fallen, so far as I know, upon him, while
his character, in all these respects, is uni.
versally admitted and admired.
"Not only is General Pierce a firm be
liever in Christianity as a- Divine revela
tion, but in its highest and most peculiar:
truths, a system adapted to the moral con. 11 ,
dition of man, and which alone can renew
and save him. While he is no narrow
sectarian, but honors till good men of ev
cry name, and ready to do them good, he
is an attendent at an orthodox Congrega.
tional Church, and none is more constant ti
in his attendance or serious in his devo.
tions. For sometime he was a teacher g
in the Sabbath School, and 1 have often
seen him at the monthly concert and oth.
or social meetings. I have known of his
generous acts in relieving poor ministers,
unasked, and ts here he sought. conceal
ment.
"Should Gen. Pierce be elected to the,
Presidency, I doubt not that he would ,
carry to Washington that reverence for re.
ligion and observance of its worship and
institutions, which ho has so long shown
here; and I will add, though this is not in.
eluded in your inquiries, that the White
House was not honored with the presence
of a more accomplished, intelligent, and
truly Christian lady in Mrs. Polk, than it
would be in Mrs. Pierce.
"You refer to 'rumors respecting the
use of intoxicating beverages.' I will first
say in reply, that in all my long and inti.
mate acquaintance with General Pierce, I
have never known him to use ardent spit..
its, nor have I ever seen him when thought
or suspected he had used it. In the next
place ',will say, that knowing Dr: Thomas
Chadbourne, one of our most distinguished
physiCians, a total abstinence man, and 'a
member of the church with which Gener
, al Pierce worships, had been for years the
family physician of Gen. Pierce, I tool
the liberty to hand him your letter, en.
!closed in a note to which I received the
following reply :
"I have attended
. Gen : Pierce's family
as their medical adviser, more 'then seven
years, and the delicate health of Mrs.
Pierce and her son, during most of this
period, has occasioned an intimacy in the
family, that hardly any other circumstan•
ces could have done ; and I am free to say,
and I say it with perfect truthfulness, that
I have never seen, in the family or out of
it, anything. in the appearance of General
Pierce, to excite in my mind, a suspicion
that he indulged in intemperate habits, or
anything that would afford the least proof
of the truth of the report's aliuded to.
"I have now answered your inquiries,
and though no politician, I take a pride,
as you do, in Now Hampshire men, and'
take pleasure, what ever party. to which
they belong, in vindicating
.their character
from reproach. ,
Very truly yours, . •!-
your Friend and Eke.
"P. S.—You_ apsk if Gen. PIEnCe is, a
,
straightforward, - honest man, wlte dares
to do what he believes is right any#4re
and everywhere Gen. Pierce is uniier•
sally known as a man of great decision
and independence of character, and will
do what he thinks, his duty, in the 'face of
and consequence ; and though nominated
by a party, he he more than a was.
an, being in every inch and feeling, and
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impulse, a national man, whose motto and
watchword will be that of our 'New Hanip.
shire statesman, we both honor and ad.
mire—" Our country, the Whole, country,
and nothing but our.country."
Gen. Pierce and the Fourth. :
General Fru, NIELIN PIERCE was present
at the meeting of the Cincinnati Society of
Massachusetts, reported a series of renetl.
tions, and delivered ad eloquent eulagno
on tho death of linNny 'CLAY. (federal
Pierce's father' was an original mititqof
this patriotic Society when WAshrirei
was President of it.' ~./
•
OtrCol. JOHN J. INA:amen las been
appointed by Gov. Moven a Conmissj9Pc.
to proceed to England, to negodatejor
the conversion of the present PenesYls o4
nia debt into a four percent. loans rainC
Tied of thirty' years. •