A Political Reminiscense

From the close of John Quincy Adam' admlnistratlon In 1829 to Marrh 18Í5, the democratie party of New Hampthirc had malntalned uninterrupted control of that state. The flrst open revolt In the democratie party of the north aeainst the policy of slavery extensión oceurrod In New Hampshlre on account of the scheme for the annexatlon of Teiai. On the 7th of January, 1845, Mr. John P. Hale, wno wa oqe of the most popular democratie repreBentatlres in coujress, wrote lila wellknown letter to the democratie electora of New Hampshire declariug hls refusal to vote for the Texas sclu-mc. Although hc had reeeivcd the regular uominatlon for another tenn, a special i-onvention wascalkdat Concord, whicli struck bis name from the ticket Franklln Pierce, thon ehairman of. the tate central cotnmittee, made a tour among the towns to urge his fcllow demócrata to sustafn the actlon of the special convention and "throw Hale overboard." This injasticc to a brave man, who had galfcamly stood by hls convictiona, Sied eome oí the younger men of the party. In Exeter Amos Tuck, a vouiik lawyer, sild if John P. Halo was to bc politioally ostracised on account of his oppositlon to elaverv, lic was readv to go with liim. To thl Jlr. Flerce replied that ho hal met In lns travels over th tate only one other msn wlio bad talked that way, and tbat was John L. Hayea, of Portamouth. Mr. Pierce was then United States district attoruey for New Hainpshlre, and Mr. Hayes was clerk of the United States court?, auu was also cnairinan of the Toung Men's Democratie ssociatlon la Portsmouth. To him, tberefoie, .Mr. Pierce flrst unfoided his views aftcr aniviüg lu Portsmouth in the course of hln lour. But Mr. Tucrk and Mr. Ha5-es callcd a meetlna: of indeueudeut demócrata at Exeter to ustahi Mr. Hale, and to Mr. Hayes belongs the honor of printlng the flrst democratie protest which appeared In New Hampshire aLainst the extensión of slavery after the letter of Mr. hale. This protest was In the form of a speech whicli Mr. Hayes had attctnpted to deliver at a Democratie caucus in Portsmouth, and, boing suppressed by the party leaders, ha had priuted and circulatcd it in the form of a pamphlet. Franklln Pieroe's motives appeared in the rcmark: "We must throw overboard Mr. Hale, or we shall lose favor wlth the southern men." Mr. Pierce sabsequently becatne president of the United States, but Mr. Hale did not suffer :y adhcrlng to hls eonvletions. He was not nly retumcd to congres at a }ater pcriod, uit was sulwequently promoted to the United States aenatc. Mr. llye.s' connection with these interesting cvents, of which there are qow so few etirvivors, has prompted hira to ■mbody them 1d this pamphlet, etitltlcd, "A Reminiscence of the truc-öoU 'Movement In New llainpgblre," which will be preserved as au important eontrlbutlon to the hlBtory of Ihat pertod. Hon. John P. Hale was a great orator, as well as a man of profound moral convictlons. In tlie irial of 1 heodore Parker tor hiuh treaaon ut Boston in abettlng the resrue of a fuRitlve ilnve named Shadrach, Mr. Hale was counsel for tho defense, and In addressinp; the Jury he aid: "John Debree claims that he iras Shadrach. Owns whati üwns a man ! Suppose John Debree should say that he owns the moon and has an excluslvc riiilit to itsbraoisl Would a Maasachutetts jury iind It so? And yet moonê shall wai and wane no more; the earth luelf shall crumble and docay, while the soul of the poor, huutcd, ppTsccufcd Shadrach shall lire on with the life of God Himaelf!" It was to thls Bpeech that Charles Sumner roferred in ne of bis letters, when he said that it had been renrrf.i(l trt hlm hr Diiku ahn hnrH ik na a cruxtnh