Mr. Pearl
Charles C. Burleigh
The Unionist 1834-03-13
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Mr. Pearl. —We again avert to this gentleman, that we may correct an erroneous impression that has gone abroad, induced by an article in our paper of week before last, in which we alluded to his nomination for Senator. A meaning was attached to our remarks by some, which we never intended should be and never thought would be attached to them—namely, that because Mr. Pearl is a farmer, and not a professional man, he is therefore unqualified for the office to which he is nominated. Nothing could be farther from our intention than to convey such an idea. Till within a few years we were ourself a farmer, and from a more intimate acquaintance with that class of working-men than with any other, we take the most lively interest in every thing calculated to promote their political or moral welfare. We are not opposed to Mr. Pearl because he is not a professional man, but because we believe him opposed to some of those eternal principles of right which are to us dear as the apple of our eye, and which we feel ourself solemnly pledged to defend according to the best of our feeble abilities. For Mr. Pearl’s private character we entertain the most unfeigned respect—but while we believe him pursuing a political course which we consider detrimental to our dearest interests as a people, we must, if we would be honest, most strenuously oppose his political elevation.”
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Because the author identifies himself as a farmer, I have defaulted to giving authorship here to Charles Burleigh
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See Full Metadata Hide Full MetadataPortrait of Dalip Singh Saund, first Asian-American Congressman, and a farmer from California's Imperial Valley
