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j C4 !t—rns cmty of rut: South—cannot
now be effected, we slmll despair of ever
-seeing that result so desirable to Southern
men, and so essential to the complete pro
tection of Southern rights.
Grn. I’iiss.
We regret to see many of our exeha
exulting over the defeat of this distinguish- .the resolution
oil statesman in the Baltimore Convention.
We cheerfully aeijuiesce in the nomination
such Southern Whigs as would lie inclined
to vote for Pierce and King, on account of
their correct position on the slavery ques
tion. We can see tin reason why this fling
at Simthert'] patriots, wlto-are willing to sac
rifice much * . principle, should have been
incorj>orated in 1 the platform. We wish it
distinctly"3Kid«3tood that'we do not indorse |
For ourselves, we w ish ev
ery -gouthenn man. whether -whig or d.niu-
erat, would vote for. the ticket presented by
*-outh-l'arolina trill go fur Pierce and . continued very bad all the time lie
^ wig, tei) to otic.
Now mind, you'rc-not to tell any body
that we said so.—Charlstun Standard.
wras in here, tli
Mexico. He was on the best terms with to
jGc’B.'Sfott, and the General often invited
j hint to dinner.
Oc returning to' Concord, be continued the
of Gen. Flutter, yet, in every view we have the 1 Convention, and-we hope none who have
been enabled to take ot this -matter, -we '-felt inclined to do so, will be driven from
Wliois lirfcri! Pierre?
this fs the great question of the day,
| we give the following brief sketch of his
life which We find it the New York Express,
j it embraces mire particulars than any ac-
I count we have vet seen, and as such will
| doubtless be acceptable to our readers.
selves, as citizens of tlie Union,
I the I’ r:ict " :e of 1:1W - 1,11,1 h as been hi private for its continuance, wberev
* • ^ ’* * be,r 'ioty, as individuals, of all parties, their soundness, safety, and
persevere in the cause. Ilegarding the utility in all business pursuits.
That the separation of the moneys of
the government from banking institutions is
institution of slavery us morally wrong, o
sinful, if you please, they consider them
responsible indispensable for the safety of the funds of
life ever since,
three children.
He is married, and has within our borders. This feeling h
it may exist the government and the rights of the people.
CASSVJI-LE. GEORGIA:
3C __
Thursday, Juae 17, 1852.
TKE LARGEST CIRCULATION IN CHEFO-
KEE GEORGIA.
think Gen. Cass was entitled to this closing
testimonial from the demoerntic pr.rty, whose j
principles he 1ms so long and ably advo- !
eated, and to whose service lie has devoted a -
long and useful life. 'Personal animositt
their purpose On account of the above im-
meaning and- unnecessary resolution.
tifii'l Pirrrr.
[ From his earliest manhood, Gen. I’ieY-
j has been the pride and boast of the No
Gen. Fierce is the son of the late -Benya- j-Haatwhire democracy. • From his father.
min Pierce, who fought in the revolutionary ; distinguished -
Vominatioiis of Baltimore Ft-nT ftinrattioii.
FOR PRESIDENT,
GEX .KRAXKLIX IHffiKXE,
N K'W » H AMPSHIIIE.
ron *\ir• EvI'KESIDENT,
WILIJIA.M R. KING,
Ot AWSAMA.
Position of the National'Dcniflirirfy on ilie
Compromise mil Slavery (Questions.
Clioetaw Indians—Ball Play, >U.
Our citizens were favored with a genuine
and sectional malignity have eensuTOinated j Indian Ball play on Tuesday last, at Cass
their malevolent purposes in the overthrow : Station. l>r. Maddox & Co., have at great
of this-distinguished, patriot and statesman. : labor and expense gotten up a company of j
Geu. Cass may now he regarded as with- the real red men of the Forest from the
drawn from the arena of presidential nspi- ■ Choctaw tribe, who give exhibitions of seien-
rants. His enemies have no farther cause tide Ball Playing, Dancing, &c., which are
- tor-the ; pursuit of their bitter persecutions, ! hard to beat. There is nothing in the ex-
hut may quietly repose from their dirty j hibitiem to offend the most particular. We
recenijnetul them to till lovers of the curious.
His exhibitions at this place were well at-
fficer in the revolution, he in
war, was high sheriff in the county of Hills- herited ill'those <)’.mlitios of coffrage, ctol- tdUwi
as its origin ,.8. That the liberal principles imbodied
some extent, in a misapprehension of the by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independ
ence, and sanctioned in the constitution,
which make ours the land of liberty and the
asylum of the oppressed of every nation,
New llainshire is no more respousi- have ever been cardinal principles in the
Jcmocratic faith ; and every attempt to a-
borough, in New Hampshire, and was Gov- ness, and energy, which qualify a man f. r
ernor of the State in 1827 and 1829. Frank, ! command. And he also possesses qualities
ns his sou was called, enjoyed the advauta- as a statesman of the highest order. TScarce-
ges of a high education iu the neighboring ly was j ie eligible to office, before he was
elected a representative to the Legislature
to
structure of our government, and this error
the preceiling resolutions are calculated to
Correct. They assert, in effect, that the eit-
izee I
ble, morally or politically, for the cxist-
On.. ai. 1 continuance ol this domestic insti- bridge the privilege of becoming citizens and
Virginia or Maryland, than lie the owners of soil among us ought to be re-
1, he for the existence of ildy similar [sisted with the same spirit which swept the
work, in the consciousness of having gained
a disgraceful triumph over a worthy man,
-. whose shoe-latchet they are not worthy to i tended, and gave satisfaction.
unloose.” ! — "
(Ivor his defeat, the editor of the Macon
•Telegraph may chuckle with the same sar
donic grin that marked his great prototvpo,
Uriah Keep," as a-man to he shunned
and avoided by all who sought alone the as
sociation of high-toned and honorable men.
It may he that our contemporary of the
Columbus Times will find in this inglorious
For the Standard.
To flic Constitutional Lnion Whigs.
Seeing that your affinities for the Nation
al Whig party are about to he revived, suf
fer me to ask you a few plain questions.
j colle_
Gen. Fierce is therefore of a good stock,
and lie has. proved himself a worthy scion
of that stock. He was horn iu Hillsborough,
N. it., and is*«ow about forty-six years of
age.
Frank Fierce was brought up to the.pro
fession of the law. He now follows the le
gal, profession, and it is estimated that he
realizes by it about £3000 a year. He re
sides at Concord. In his personal appear
ance he-is of tiie middle height and size, and
of good address.
He was elected a member of Congress on
institution in France or Persia. Why? lie
cause these are matters over which the States
respectively, when delegating a portion of
their powers to he exercised by the general
the
olccti
■uiocratic ticket, in 1833, and was re-
d iu 1835—thus serving four years in
Are you, as individuals, in favor of the. pro- | the , Housc of Ut . prcsc „tatives wl.il, quite a
namely, from 1833 to 1837.—
Ilesolced, That Congrc.-s has no power un- , „ ,
-der the Constitution to interfere with or con- j tnuln P h uf * outhcni sectionalism and Nor-
the several them fanaticism, some consolatory food, to
he sole and feed upon in the absence of any portion of
the public printing. We shall not deny to
these and kindred spirits, their right to a
full enjoyment of their victory, though we
are very far from envying them any of the
pleasures of their ill-gotten success.
With the great body of the ,people, how
ever, this result will he regarded with very
different feelings. The wire-pullers and
politicians have not, in this matter, fairly
reflected public sentiment With the mass-
e Iorcur-ino jroirsitirn cs ’ Gen. Cass occupies a position which might j of the’Conipromise, and pledged itself as a
tendetf to embrace the ! justly render him, even in the hour of his party to the faithlul execution of the fugi-
trod the domestic instil ut ions oi
States, and that such -States are
proper judges of every thing appertaining
to their own affairs, not prohibited by the
Constitution; that all efforts of the aboli
tionists or others made to induce Congress to
interfere with questions of slavery, or to
take incipient steps in relation thereto, are
calculated to lead to the most alarming and
.dangerous consequences; and that all surh
.-tfforts he--o an inevitable tendency to di-
iminish tir Imppiuess of the people’and en
danger tie' stability.t nil nermanaiu-y of tiic
Union, and ought not to ’rat. scountenaaced
by any friend of our political;institutions.
Ilesolced. That the foregoing
covers and was
•.whole subject of the slavery agitation in
t Congress; and therefore the democratic par
ity of the Union, standing on this national
,platform, v.ill abide by and adhere to the
tiaithful Cv’ceeution of the acts known as the
compromise measures settled by the last
’Congress, the act .returning fugitives from
-service or labor included; which act, being
designed to carry-out an express provision
of the Constitution, cannot with fidelity
thereto be repealed or so changed as to de
stroy or impair its efficiency
Ilesolced, That the democratic party will
resist ail attempts at renewing, in Congress
or out of it, the agitation on the slavery . .
question, under whatever shape or color the ! F'-^dion lie map I
attempt may be made.—lie-solutions of the i
Raltimoce Democratic Convention.
tcctive tariff system, of internal improve
ments by the General Government, and in
favor of the establishment of a National
Bank? If
firmatively, then, so far, you may consist
ently act with the National Whig party.—
But, further : Did you or not, virtually a-
youngman
He had previously been a member of the
Legislature, and Speaker of the lower House,
m.^wer these questions al- j \y|qi 0 ;i mendier 0 f the House of Keprcseu-
j tatives in Congress, he was elected a niern-
j her of the U. S. Senate for the term of six
years, commencing in 1837 ; hut resigned in
gree, when you went into the Constitution- j psfg, the fifth year of his term, and return
ed to the practice of the law. His colleague
Union organization, that, laying aside all
former differences of opinion, you would, in j
future, act with that National party om.y j
which should in good faith adopt your j
.platform, es Constitutional Union men. j
Has not the Baltimore democratic Con
vention, in good faith, endorsed the finality |
Flir Baltimore Dcmorrafk’ Convent ion—-Us!
flfss and Platform.
Haring jus! the nomination oftlre
Laltim-ire Convention upon the eve of going i
press tvcck, we were unable to give'
' ur - 1 a: i brief paragraph announc-1
ingilic resuir :i l c--.tr approval of it, and!
we therefore lake tills occasion to enlarge a j
little on the subject.
Ccn'I Fierce is known to the country a:
>ane.of.the soundest democrats at the North
tive slave law ? Can the National Whig
party, iu good faith, do the same tiling, a
large majority of their -votes in Congress
being opposed to the 'Compromise, and a
large portion of its members in the North
ern States having adopted the higher law
platform of Win. H. Seward ? Do you or
not know, feel and believe, iu your hearts,
that the National Democratic organization
upon the question of slavery and the rights
of the South, are infinitely sounder and saf
er than the National Whig organization ?
I entreat you to think well of these things
before you shall again identify yourselves
with the whigs. UNION.
Hon. Franklin Pierre ami V... 11, Kina.
Our article of yesterday was written Sat
urday afternoon before wc received the news
j of the Democratic nomination for Vice P-resT-
" Returning.*’ j dent. Though we knew Mr. Fierce Would he
• We welcome back to the Iiemooratic j entirely acceptable to the South, we did not
ranks two of our old political associates, the , . ... ,
1 ’ venture to f*pe«ic too positively, preferring to
apparent downfall, an object of honorable (
emulation. As a man. neighbor and citizen, j
he reeds in. higher-praise -than the cordial
support he has always received from those
by v horn helms been immediately surround
ed, and among whom lie has'livcd; as a .pa
triot , a long and arduous life of public ser
vice, in the field as well as iu the cabinet,
speaks his eulogy; as a statesman, he leaves
behind him, on the public records of the
country, the highest evidences of consum
mate learning and ability. In whatever
called to pass the few
remaining years of his life, Gen. Cass will
bear with him the blessings and plaudits of
a large portion of the American people.—
Though he may never be Fresident, the hon
est judgment of his countrymen is, .. that
he deserved to he.”
Cassville Standard-and the Athens llamux,
the only Democratic papers in the State that " :ut u,ltl *
were caught iu the whig Constitutional Un- be was to kee
■uld see the sort of company
Now that the ticket is full.
Fierce and King, and we look for a maniv
and firm stand by both these papers in favor
He was, Trout lSe-3 to 1842, a member of 1 of the Democratic nominees.”—Constitu
tor. gull-trap They both now hoist the flag of ! we have no hesitation in saying that no other
nomination could have been more acceptable
to the Southern States. Some’Other ticket
ingress from New Hampshire, and durin" j tionalist & Republic
that period won Tar himself am enviable rep- !
utation as a firm ami consistent- democrat— i
an able and ardent defender -of -the repub- '
dicau principles of Jackson's administration. 1
I ’pon the sectional and exciting question j
of slavery, lie was ever time ito the constitu- j
tion of the -cow,try, and on n'll occasions '
stood firmly by the rights of the South- On j
the Tariff, Bank, and Internal Improvement, I
lie was the faithful representative of the j
noble and true-hearted democracy of the j
Granite .State. In looking outside of the
names pomincntly before the country for !
Ileturning indeed 1 Why, neighbor, what |
caused the schism in the Democratic party, ■
and compelled the Union Democrats to unite j
with Union Whigs, in Georgia ? May we j
answer the question ? The Southern Iiights
wing of the Democracy, led on by the Au-
usta Constitutionalist Sf li/pttb'ic and
might have been received with more favor in
tliis or in that State, but in the Southern
States as a whole, Fierce and King, w ill
run as well as could any other two in the
whole party.
• The country g
Mr.Fierce, he
in the U. S. Senate from 1837 to 1841, was
Henry Hubbard, who was succeeded by the
late Levi Woodbury.
I pon the accession of Mr. Folk to the
-Presidential chair, Mr. Fierce was offered
the Attorney Generalship, hut declined it.
He said he had no desire for .public office,
«nd would never consent to‘leave his home
for any purpose except to serve his country
in war, ami that in some ease of necessity.
At that time, Col. Kansom, who was Presi
dent of the Military College in Vermont,
wanted a commission in order to fight in the
Mexican campaign. Mr. Pierce, wlio was
a warm friend of his, wrote a strong letter
of recommendation of him to the cabinet at
Washington, urging them to appoint him to
the command of such troops as might be rnis-
ed in New England. The reply of tiie govern
ment was, that the request could not he
complied with, as it was intended to confer
the command upon a New Hampshire man.
That man was Mr. Pierce himself. .. But
he will not take it,” said Col. Kansom.—
.. But he must take it,” implied the cabinet.
Mr. I’ierec was immediately
Colonelcy of the New England regiment,
and was induced to accept it, and Col. Kan
som w as appointed Major of the same regi
ment. Before the regiment was -ra's* I, a
vacancy occurred in the office of Brigadier-
j General of the third brigade, consisting of
the Ninth, (New England regiment,) the •
Twelfth, raised in Texas, Arkansas, and oth- ;
| er Southern States, and the fifteenth, raised >
i in Ohio, and Wisconsin. He was appointed ;
to this office ; and the other Brigadier Gon- j
| erals appointed at the same time were Thos. \
Marshall, Joseph Lane, James Shields, Ge t.
• Cadwallader, Enos I). Hopping, Caleb Cush-
i iug, and Sterling Price, lie was superin-
of his State from the good old democratic
towr. of Hillsboro, and was made Speaker of
the House at his first session. .Again, as
soon as eligible, he was elec tel to the House
of Representatives in Congress : and again,
when little more than thirty-five he was
chosen a Senator in Congress. This latter
position he resigned a year or two b'cfOre
the expiration of his term.
Had Gen. Pierce been an office-hunter,
his proudest desire might have been realized
in the late election. -He stor'd emphatically;
at the head of the New Hampshire democracy
head and shoulders taller than any body in
its affections. His!position was riot overlook
ed by the President. The office of Attorney
General of the 'United 'States was ’pressed |
upon his acceptance tlt.il declined. This we
know : and we have also heard that he re
fused a Foreign Mission of the highest grade.
But, though no civil office could tempt
him to abandon his home, no sooner did the |
war with Mexico break out than he tendered j
his services to the Government in any capac
ity iu which it might choose to employ him. ;
He was appointed a Colonel, dnd assigned to !
alien and sedition laws from our statute-
books.
• i 9. That Co£gr£ss has no power under the
constitution to interfere with or control the
-government, retained the whole and exeltt- ['domestic institufidKs'fif the several States,
sive control, and for which they are aione and that such States are the sole and proper
responsible.
Now, let these doctrines he universally
understood and admitted, and you take one
judges of everything appertaining to their
own affairs, not prohibited by the constitu
tion ; that all eflorts of the abolitionists or
step towards satisfying the consciences of others tirade to induce Congress to interfere
honest hut misguided people, in one section
ol the country, and quieting the irritation,
for which there has heeti too much cause, in
the other. This we have attempted to do.—
We arc bound to go further, and frankly de-
with questions of slavery, or to take incipi
ent steps tii relation thereto, are calculated
to lead to the most alarming and dangerous
consequences ; and that all such efforts have
an inevitable tendency to diminish the hap-
ctere f/these .petitioners that So long as pi ness of the-people and endanger the sta
bility and permanenev
of the Union, and
friend
slavery shall continue in Virginia and Ma
i) land, it is in vain lor them to expects its ought not to he countenanced by an
abolition here ; that we are forbidden to ; of our political institutions,
legislate upon this subject, under existin
circumstances, by obligations hardly infer
». Resolved, That the foregoing proposi
tion covers and was intended to embrace the
or to the Constitution itself; that Congress whole subject of slavery agitation in ‘Cfih-
ennnot abolish slavery in this District, a-
gainst the wishes of the inhabitants, with
out a gross breach of public faith, and an
outrageous infraction upon.private rights.
Letter frc 1 'William Ii. Kin?, Esq.
Sen ate Chamber, May-20, -!8.>2.
Sin 1 i.rrve the hfcor to acknowledge
the command of a-regiment. He immediatly the receipt of ydhr Tetter, tihd hasten to re-
accepted the office, and, standing at the head
of the bar of his State, with a practice of
great value, lie turned his back on pro-
ply. I have little expectation that my name
will, as yOu suppose, be .presented to the
Baltimore Convention for the high office to
fessional honors and repaired to the field as which you refer. But, as I have no wish to
;i Colonel. A Yacancy occurring, lie was
promoted to the*ra*!k of brigadier General
before his-regiment was organized. That he
will distinguish himself wherever distinction
is to be won, his multitude of acquaintances,
in all the States of the Union, of all parties,
will Touch.—J\'ashvillc Union Sept. 1847.
Exlrurt from it Speech by lien. Pierre,
In the Senate of the United States in 1838 on
a resolution presented by Mr. Calhoun,
to prohibit the reception of Abolition peti
tions in favor of abolishing slavery ir_ ’the
District of‘Columbia.
.1 Resolved, That the interniedling of any
State or "States, or their citizens, to abolish
slavery in this District, or any of the Terri
tories, on the ground, or under the pretext,
, . j that it is immoral or sinful, or the passage
: ol any act or measure of Congress with that
; view, would be n direct and dangerous nt-
i tack oil the institution* of a® the slaveholld-
; ing States.”
| Mr. Fierce of New Hampshire rose, and
| said the Senate had come at length to the i
i ground on which this contest was to be ile- !
| termined. The District of Columbia was i
; now emphatically the battlefield of the Ab- \
■olitiouists, trad the resolution immediately
■under consideration, with, .perhaps, some
withhold my opinions upon any question of a
public character, I comply, without hesita
tion, with your request.
As respects the series of measures of the
last Congress, commonly known as the Com
promise, most of them are beyond the reach
of legislation; and although 1 considered
seme of them as most unjust to the South,
I was probably the first individual in the
slave-holding States who publicly took ground
in favor of acquiescence, and ] am gratified
to find that such is now the determination
•of all the Southern States. The fugitive
slave law was enacted to carry out an ex
press provision of the Constitution, and
therefore does not stand on the footing of
ordinary legislation; and should it so hap
pen that I should be placed in the presiden
tial office, I should feel myself bound, by
every obligation of duty, to negative any
act for its repeal, or so to modify or change
it as would destroy its efficiency.
XVith the highest respect, I am your ob't
servant, WILLIAM it. KING.
To Robert G. Scott, esq.
gross : and therefore the democratic party
1 of the Union, standing on thisffiational plat
form, will abide by and adhere to a faith
ful exccutidh of the itcfskiffiwh as the com
promise measures settled by the last Con
gress, .i the act for-reclaiming fugitives from
service or labor” included ; which act, be
ing designed tu carry out an express provi
sion of the constitution, cannot with fidelity
thereto he repealed or so changed as to de
stroy or impair its efficiency.
.1 Resolved, That the democratic party
will resist all attempts at renewing, in Cou-
j gress or out of it, the agitation of the slave-
| ay question, under whatever shape or color
! the attempt may he made.
! ii Resolved, That the proceeds of the pub-
! lie lands ought to he sacredly applied to the
. national objects specified in the constitution ;
and that we are opposed to any law for the
| distribution of such proceeds among the
! States, as alike inexpedient in policy and re
pugnant t • the constitution.
| 44 Resolved, That we are decidedly oppos-
| ed to taking from the President the quali-
| tied veto power, by which he is enabled, un-
j der restrictions and responsibilities amply
sufficient to guani the public interest, to
| suspend the passage of a bill whose merits
j cannot secure the approval of two thirds of
| the Senate -and 'House of Representatives,
| until tlie.judgment of the people can be ofc-
j tainefi thereon, and which has saved the A-
' meriean people from the corrupt and tyran-
i nieal domination of the Bank of the United
| States, aiid lrom a corrupting system of gen-'
j era-1 internal improvements.
| 44 Resolved, That the democratic party
'will faithfully abide by and uphold the
i principles laid down in the Kentucky an<l
! Virginia resolutions of 1798, and in the re
port of Mr Madison to the Virginia legis-
■nerally knows hut little of! tendent of the recruiting service, and took
having voluntarily spent | an active part in raising the troops.
| modification in phraseology., would .present \ the American people
the true issue here and to the country—an j .. Resolved, That we regard this as a dis-
i issue which would raise, not a mere question [ unctive feature of our political creed, which
I of expediency, but one of a much higher ; we are proud to-maintain before the world
character, in which the public -faith is di- as the great moral element in a form ofgov-
| rectlj' involved.
Baltimore Demorratie Platform.
4* lltsulvtdy That the AmcTi.an democra-
cv place their trust in the intelligence, the lauture in 1799; that it adopts those prin-
patriotism. and the discriminating justice of | ciples as constituting one of the main foun-
; much of his life in privacy and quiet.— ; The commission of Gen. Fierce was dated
kindred sheets, declared that there w as no j ' Vhilst:! Representative in Congress, he was March 3d, 1847. lie took command of 2500
! never forward or brawling, and therefore at-
I tracted but little notice. He entered Con
gress in 1833, and in 1837, was transferred
; by his State to the United States Senate.
soundness in the National Democratic par
ty, and that the only safety to the South,
was in forming a great Southern sectional
party, distinct from any alliance with a
Northern party. The Union democrats op.
this distinguished position, it would have | posed this doctrine as subversive of the best
been difficult to have selected one whose past interests of the South, and as tending di- !‘ u t ' ie ^ ouse au '* t *‘ e Senate, as a thor-
eourse and present position would have made : rectly to a breaking up of the Union. The
men, au-.t reached Vera Cruz June 28, 1841,
which shows that lie was not asleep. He
was engaged in the battles of Contreras and
Churuhusco in August, 1847. He was twice
; datums of its political creed, anti is resolved
to carry them out iu their obvious meaning
and import.
“ Resolved, That we rejoice at the restor-
ernment springing from and upheld by the j ation of friendly relations with our sister
That my position, said Mr. Fierce, may he j popular will ; and we contrast it with the ' republic of Mexico, and earnestly desire for
distinctly understood, some explanation is creed and practiced'federalism, under what- ! her all the blessings and prosperity which we
j perhaps due to the State which 1 have the | ever name or form, which seeks to palsy the
honor, in part, to represent, especially as w ill of the constituent, and which conceives
| there is a manifest disposition, in certain no imposture too monstrous far the popular
credulity.
! This position he voluntarily resigned in 1842, • injured in these battles by falling from his
| having been known during his whole course,
him more acceptable ta .the people of the
.South tli am Genera! Fierce. (Qu the disturb
ing issues which have bean so wisely settled
by the -hate osuiuwoo-he tnea.surc-s, General
Fierce is-esttirely sutaid, aind in every res-
pect w-Ae-.tby of the Fiijiport and confidence
of the Suorth. He h a warm friend and ad-
Tocate-of the eompriMxise as a final settle
ment of the-sla very question, a,xd will be
an efficient executive in carrying out its
faithful enforcement.
Nor are the claims of General Pierce to
public regard c< nfined to his civil services.
When the late Mexican war occurred, and
an appeal was made to the patriotism of the
country, fiw*soldiers to bear the American
flag in triumph bs :!te hail of the Moiitezu-
inas, he was among the number of those val
iant spirits who promptly responded to the
cal! of his country, and enrolled his name
on the list of her defenders on the field of
battle. Holding the appointment of Briga
dier-General, under the late lamented Folk,
he bore himself as a true patriot and gal
lant soldier through that memorable contest, i
Col. WtEi.tAM R. King, the nominee for
the Vice Presidency, is even more familiarly
known to the country, from his long and
faithful services as Senator in Congress
from our sister State of Alabama. As a;
member of the Senate, he participated in
the exciting scenes which resulted in the
adoption of tiie compromise measures. With- }
out reviewing at this time his entire course !
on that subject, it is sufficient to say, that!
C"l. King, oju all the measures of the com
promise, voted with the Union members
from our own State, and therefore stands
identified on the record with the principles
which have been maintained by the Union
men of Georgia, un this vital and important
question.
It Will he seen that the Convention adopt
ed resolutions on the compromise entirely
Southern Rights men persisted, however,
and opposed the Compromise as disgraceful
to the South, and upon this issue were de
feated twice ra Georgia, by a union ol whigs
and democrats. And now, tor sooth, t.Uey
take their places in front rank, to support
the nominees of the National Democratic
Convention, air. 1 the much abused Compro
mise, and talk largely about democrats com
ing back to the fold. This won't do, Mr.
Gardner; the people are too well posted up
in your recent evolutions to believe that you
are entitled t® lead off for the true democ
racy. We desire to have no controversy
with our Southern Rights friends who seem
now disposed to do the clean thing, and for
one, we arc vriliiug to bury the tomahavk,
hut they must not throw it in our teeth,
that we are the renegades from the demo
eratie fold.
i ough antitariff man, and firm in uiaintain-
| ing the constitutional rights elf the States.—
■ Afterwards, when .Mr. Woodbury was ap
pointed to the Supreme Bench, Mr. Fierce
f was again solicited to be the Senator from
; his State, amd Gov. Steele tendered him
j the appointment; but he declined it, prefer-
; ring private life. Thus he remained at home
until the act was passed for raising the ter
additional regiments for the Mexican war.
Being a warm, personal, and political friend
of Mr. Polk, he received from him the ap
pointment of brigadier General, and imme
diately marched to the seat of war. On his
horse.
When he reached Contreras he met Gen.
Scott, and under him engaged iu the battle
there. There was a deep ravine between
the U. S. troops and the Mexicans. The
enemy was drawn up at the other side in
battle array, and with
The order was given to
them. In charging down, the round shot of
quarters, to .pervert cmr votes and misrep
resent our motives.
Resolved, therefore. That, entertainin';
enjoy under republican institutions: and we
congratulate the American people upon the
results ot that War, which have so manifest
ly justified the policy and conduct of the
democratic paTty, and insured to the United
I have given to the resolutions all the [ these views, the democratic party of this ! State* * indemnity for the past, and see
consideration which I am capable of bestow- [ Union, through their delegates assembled in I f or the future ’
delega
ing, and have listened to the debate which 1 a general convention, coming together in a
i they have elicited with interest and profouud j spirit of concord, of devotion to the doctrines
; attention. \ and faith ot a free representative government,
J If the grave objections suggested on the | afi J a I’P*-'aling to their fellow-citizens for the
his batteries placed. ! other side were sustained by au examination ! t retitude ol their intentions, renew and re
charge and outflank j of the resolutions themselves or a course of I assert belore the American people the dec-
sound argumentation, they would ensure ! 'arations of principles avowed by them wheti,
security
i for the future ’
.4 Resolved, That in view of the condition
of popular institutions iu the Old World, a
high and sacred duty is devolved, with in
creased responsibility upon the democratic
party of this country, as the party of ffie
people, to uphold and maintain the rights of
every State, and thereby the Union of the
•States, arid to sustain .and advance among us
constitutional liberty by continuing to re-
i sist all monopolies and exclusive legislation
the enemy was flying over their heads, and "O' opposition. What are they ; The first | oa forlner occasions, m general convention,
plou-diiu" up the ground. Gen. Fierce, cut- ; tllat reached my ear was, that they contain j tlie Y have presented their candidates for the
ting at them with his sword, would say,— | latcn t nullification. 1 have waited to hear j P<>P ular suffrages : ^ o _
.. There, boys, is a game of balls for you.” j the particular resolution, sen ten,* or phrase ! “ L Tlj:it tlu; federal government is one of f ur the benefit of the lew at the expense of
In this charge his horse fell and rolled upon 1 pointed out in which this heresy is supposed j hmite 1 powers, derived solely from the eon- ; the many, and by a vigilant and constant
him. He was severely injured, and his t0 be concealed, and I have waited in vain. : dilution, and the grants of power therein adherence to these principles and compro-
horse was disabled. 11c mounted another, Having then, assertion un one side, and what ought to be str.ctl} construed hy all the , mises of the constitution, which are broad
march from Vera Cruz to I’uebla, he was ! and joined the fight, lie suffered great pain ’ a PP uars to "*c to be the plain reading of the departments and agents of the government; enough and strong enough to embrace and
constantly beset by guerillas, and the only | all night, and could not sleep. The surgeon resolutions and the frank and unqualified and that it is inexpedient and dangerous to uphold the Union as it was, the Union as it
declaration of the mover on the other, I must \ exercise doubtful constitutional powers.
\’l
ordered him not to go into the field next day.
That night they had lain in arms, and the I be excused if I do aot take the alarm,
rain was terrible, and the surgeon advised j w « liav c next eloquent disquisitions upon | upon the general government the power to j this great and progressive people.
IT/" “ ‘They have a new plan for the dem
olition of bed-bugs in North Carolina. It
is done by steam
action in which he was engaged was one
which he completely routed the guerilla
who were strongly posted at the Nation
Bridge. It was iu this action that Lieut him to go back to San Augustine, where the libert .v of speech and the freedom of the \ commence and carry on a general system of
j Col. Bonham, of our State, had his horse : there was a depot, but he would not.
l shot near to Gen. Fierce, who was in the ! determined to go on to C'hurubusco.
. thickest of the fight.
is, and the Union as it shall be, in the full
’ —■ That the constitution does not confer | expansion of the energies and capacity ol*
He
At a charge in this battle, both his brig-
After this he joined Gcnl. Scott, but hav- j ade and that of Gen. Shields, were ordered
; one wheel catches them ing received injury by the falling of his horse, j to get in the rear. He was again thrown
by the nose, another draws their teeth, while ; h c was
a neat piston rod punches arsenic down their
wind-pipe.’
“ We find the above paragraph circulat
ing extensively through the papers. It is a
lively piece of information to us; though,
we don't like the slanderous idea, that in X.
prevented from participating in any ,
of his brilliant battles. .Since his return
from Mexico, General Fierce has remained,
as before, in private life, lie is no trimmer
for popular favor, but is a plain straight-:
forward Democrat of the old New Hump- j
from his horse with such violence that he
fainted on the field. Afterwards, when the
troops, coming up, wanted to raise him, he
press. To every sentiment uttered on this I internal improvements.
subject I yield my cordial assent; but why
it not. Is there anything in the resolution
to sanction the invasion of either: Not a
Carolina the bed-bugs are longer than those I s hi r e school, asking nothing and preferin
in Georgia, which are covered over with 1 - - - 1
told them to charge on, and he would take j -N'H-‘ bl «- That these are privileges most
care ol himself, though the Mexican lancers | dear to every American, is freely admitted
were then charging on the spot, and towards j b 7 a11 - wb F Sl "-' b " variety of charge;
The I aion Furly of Georgia.
Now that the national democratic party
announced its candidate and its princi
ples, it is time to recur to our own organi-
J i zation, and the obligation resting upon the
Union State convention to assemble .. after
1 conventions shall have made
their nominations.” The course of the Un-
4. That justice and sound policy forbid j ion Party, in this Presidential canvss will
be determined by our convention, favorably
3. That the constitution does not confer
introduced on this particular occasion, I : authority upon the federal government, di- ; ^
have been at a loss to determine. M ould i rectly or indirectly, to assume the debts of
any man here abridge the liberty of speech, j tbe several States, contracted for local and
or assail the freedom of the press: 1 take | internal improvements or other State pur
poses ; nor would such assumption be just or | the nat j ona
expedient
the federal government to foster one branch
of industry to the detriment of any other, j to those canidates and that party, most near=
bristles, and to be found in and about Cass
ville, Georgia, from whose paper the above
is now taken.’’—I-ivc Giraffe.
Now, it may he that our bed-bugs are
longer, and have bristles, Mr. Giraffe, yet
they are not so numerous but that we ean
exterminate them v.ithout the aid of ma
chinery, which, from the above paragraph,
seems to be necessary in North Carolina.—
How are you ofl' for fleas ?
j principles to spoils. He has been firm and
consistent in his oppositon to the tariff, to
abolition petitions, and frecsoilism in every
phase Ile was a warm advocate of the an
nexation of Texas, and under his influence
his State took an early and decided stand iu
favor of that measure. Iu him, Mr. Hale
has always found a strong and unyielding
opponent, and though for a time the latter,
a cornfield, lie commanded his troops to have been rung upon them in this debate, or to cherish the interests of one portion to ly identified with the Georgia l’latform. It
charge them in advance. ! 0,bers ln 'G determine. It is not in} pruv- j the injury of another portion of our common I will nominate our electoral ticket, and we
After this battle an armistice was propos- > nc c to judge ol motives, and 1 would take country ; that eveay citizen, and every sec- will vote, not under old party names, hut as
- , occasion to remark, that no man shall make tion of the country, has a right to demand Constitutional Union men. Under this
, up an issue upon .a subject lor me. I oppose ^ an d insist upon an equality of rights and name, significant alike, of the Union of the
privileges, and to complete and ample pro- 1 State and the Rights of the States, we have
tection of persons and property from domes- | gloriously triumphed over the spirit of. re-
tic violence or foreign aggression
ed, and Gen. Fierce was appointed one of
the commissioners.
At the battle of Molino del Key he rode j the Abolitionists, for the very reason that I
over the field, with the bullets flying about ( entertain a sacred regard for these in com-
him, and was called off by Gen. Worth, who j mon with all other rights secured hy the
told him hc was rash. Hc was at the bat- Constitution.
But it is further urged against the reso-
tle of Cliapultepec; and when the victory
by a coalition, secured a seal in the Senate J declared for the stripes and stars, the .South j iutions, (Said Mr. Fierce,) that they are
of the United States, yet the friends of the | Carolinians and the Ninth Regiment,who had j mere abstractions. Sir, it is quite immate-
sistance’ aud disunion at the South, act
4.5. That it is the duty of every branch \ through the democratic convention, over the
of the government to enforce and practise designs of freesoilism at the North. It re-
the most rigid economy in conducting our ; mains for us to perfect this triumph in a.
public affairs, and that no more revenue ; national popular election, to consummate the
The Iiiiltiinore Platform.
In another part of to-day's paper wc give
satisfactory to the Union men, and fully up I the resolutions agreed upon by tiie Demo-
to the requirements of the Georgia platform. ; cratic Convention, recently held at Balti-
In-leed, wc do not see how they could have ; Baltimore, with the exception of the follow-
done otherwise, after placing in nomination 1 ing:
the names of the distinguished men of whom I
k • have just spoken.
lhtis we see, in the action of the Couveu- ;
Constitution iu New Hampshire stood firm, j fought together at Churuhusco and Contre-j rial what name you apply to them; suffi- ought to be raised than is required to defray nationality of our principles. It matters
and having now regained the power of the j ras, met. Their b.ood had mingle<J in one ! cient is it that they meet the case; that they the necessary expenses of the government, not what may be th« name of the national
State, they arc resolved to make Mr. Hale ! common stream, and the Palmetto regiment | encounter the Abolitionist upon sound and and for the gradual hut certain extinction i party thro’ which this result is accomplish-
n, an additional evidence of the patriotic j war on our part, in which
determination of the Northern democracy to
sian 1 in good fath hy the Constitution of the I side of his country, and neither morally
country ail 1 the just rights of the South.— : physically, by word or deed, have given .aid
liiey have put their claims to the support or comfort to tiie enemv.’ ”
and confidence of the South upon grounds We are sorrv this resolution was adopted;
whic.i should command not only a cordial it can do no good, and mav and will be pro-
but unanimous response from the whole ductive of evil to the prospects of the can-
Couthcrn people. If that long d.dr.-d oh- • didate*. It w 0S only calculated to drive off
his freesoilers walk the plank.
No wonder, then, that Mr. Fierce was
I nominated, for tbe Presidency by the united
the war with Mexico, ! vote of the South. With Mr. King, of Ala
bama, on his ticket, he will sweep the South
ern States against all opposition. Our neigh-
American \ bor, the Courier, after a handsome notice of
.. IUsoIned, Tl:
upon all the principles of patriotism and the
laws of nations, was a just and necessary ! e:
showed its valor by the number ot its
men that lay dead on the field. Gen. Fierce
addressed them and said, here the extreme
North aud S'-*utli had met together, as com
mon sous of the glorious Lnion met to
maintain its right aud uphold its honor. These
battles had cemented the Union ol North
tenable ground, aud furnish a conclusive of the public debt.
j ed. If the word democracy is made to signify
answer to his importunities, To say that .. ij. That Congress has no power to char- ! the principles of the Constitutional Union
the petitions reter only to this District, and ter a national hank ; that we believe such 1 P ar ty> the people of others States may bo
that the principles asserted iu the prcccd- an institution one of deadly hostility to tim
ing resolutions are consequently without ap- best interests of the country, dangerous to
plication is perfectly idle. It is impossible 0 ur republican institutions and the liberties
allowed the privilege of calling themselves
democrats, while no exception can be taken
to the name which we prefer as designating
the national Constitutional Union party.
The Platform of the Convention contains
to read a single number of the Abolition of the people, and calculated to place the
citizen should have shown himself on the ! Mr. Fierce, seems to be doubtful whether ; un ^ South, and hc hoped they would be for- periodicals, without perceiving that their business of the country within the control
South-Carolina will east her vote for him. evcr united. Nine cheers were then given object reaches far beyond this District, and of a concentrated money power, and above the resolutions of the platform of 1844. No
It takes no prophet to foretell this. If the for the Palmetto regiment, which were loud-j stops at no point short ot emancipation iu the laws and the will of the people; and ! exception in the South will be takon to these.
Courier will promise faithfully never to di- j '■}' responded to ; aud the same compliment the States. And yet, sir, I suspect that you that the results of democratic legislation, in 11 they or any if them, are disturbed- it will
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