Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-09-05
POLITICS OF THE DAY.
FROM rHK RICHMOND WIG OF AUGUST ~.
SOMETHING PORTENT0US 4

these startling words:
s.We have received information from Democratic
friend which think it duty lay before the Demo
cratic party. We confess il has somewhat surprised and
cited II will the attention and is calculated TO
awaken the energies of every friend Of the party"
What is now in the wind, thought we? What
new plot has been discovered What lurking trea-
son tletected9 We confess, however, that our APP
prehens ms in regard to the awful character of the
forthcoming developments were somewhat allayed
by the intimation that the safety of THE COUNTRY
was not at stake, but that the continued ascendency
of "TmE PARTY " only was thought to be endanger-
ed. We therefore proceeded, with entire compo-
sure TO acqua;nt ourselves with the revelations which
had SO much surprised and excited " the editor Of
the Executive organ; and we now proceed TO lay
them before our readers, who will doubtless partl-
cipate in that editors establishment at the impudence
of the Wings in daring to disseminate among the
people the powerful and unanswered arguments in
favor of the system of national policy of which they
are the supporters The Union says
ssWe are informed that there Wing organization In
full operation this city II is stated that the Wing mem
bers Of Congress- before the late aonel appointed
standing committee whose ddy It should be to frank and
circulate documents throughout the country, and especially in
those debatabe States whose elections coming during
the present autumn We are informed they have rented
Pennsylvania nearly opposite Jackson
Hail. They have raised common-perhaps not nconsde-
rabefund for printing of several thousands Of documents
the estimate said he from 900 to 200 600 Among
these is the Tariff speech Mi Andrew Stewart Of Pennay
vana with the imprint OF revised edition, and Mr.. Dan
el Webster speech the tariff The tariff be the prin
cipai topic by which the Wings expect revoutonze the
people and the speeches delivered before Congress
principal weapons be employed. The documents, when
printed sent to the folding of the House OF Repre-
sentavs, &C., where they regularly envelped by the
folders appointed for the House, and with wrapping paper pre-
pared and paid for by Congress thence they are carried to
&c cd bv
its members This organization similar to the Wing scheme
of 1914 Some member Of the committee to Nash
ington to ply his fankng privilege upon large scale and to
food the country with party documents When an election
coming particular State the battery poba
bly, actively directed to that point Pennsylvania is the
great battle ground and presume exeons are to be
spared operate upon her people The tariff arguments
to be poured upon her. and of consequences she is to be
inundated with the speeches Of its champions We under
stand that Mr. Ramsey member of the House Of Represen
tatives from Pennsy vans, at his post fankg away
in high style, and firing his canister shot IN all directions
The facts embodied in the foregoing statement
are no doubt somewhat exaggerated by the fears or
the fancy Of the narrator. But, admitting it TO be
literally true, what Just of complaint exists
against the Wing party, against those public spi-
rted individuals of that party, who choose to de-
vote their time to the dissemination among the peo
pie of facts and arguments calculating The true char
acter and effects of the revenue system overthrown
ny Tie ADMINISTRATOR, anu SIlduOWlig lOrlil tie an
ticipated effects of that which, by most exraordi-
nary concurrence in its adoption of mot few"
who were opposed to it, is soon to 90 into opera
ton Is it " new thing under the sun" for mem
bers of Congress to their ranking privilege for
the circulation of documents and speeches among
the people, We had supposed that it was an eve
ry day practice and certain it is we have and
heard Of a vast number of such pamphlets in circu-
lation in all this region, under the franks of Loco
foco members, and which were doubtless " envel-
oped by the folders appointed for the House, and
with wrapping paper prepared and paid for by Con-
gress." Whether "a committee" has been appoint
ed by the Wing members of. Congress, alleged,
to superintend the circulation of the documents re-
ferred to, we do not know. We have never heard
of the organization of such committee, though it
is altogether unobjectonabe, if the fact be so. At
all events there is an ustrious precedent for such
a course, furnished by our opponents In 1914
Locofoco committee of which the present Secreta-
ry of the Treasury was the chief of the Southern
Department, remained in Washington several
months for the express purpose of Thanking election
ecring papers throughout the Union. We hope,
however, that if there be similar Wing committee
now in existence, they will not resort TO the decep-
tive course of preparing one set Of documents for
the Northern and another for the Southern market
that they will not send paper to the South, for
ample, as Secretary Walker did, denouncing the
Black Tariff of 1912, while Mr.. Bidlack sent the
same document to Pennsylvania with that denun-
citation of the tariff of 1912 carefully expunged!
Let them frank many documents as they please,
but let them be honest Reconnaissance Locoloco
!" Roorbacks -
Nor is il very extraordinary that Mr.. Ramsey,
distinguished Pennsylvania Wing, should exhibit
some anxiety to dlsabuse the minds Of the people
of that State of the false impressions nstilIed into
them by the base articles resorted to during the
Presidential campaign Of 1874, among which that
above adverted TO was not the least pary and con-
emptible-especally when we regard the elevated
positions of the men engaged in it. The necessity
of circulating among the people of Pennsylvania
now, on the eve of an election, correct information,
on question in which they specially interest
ed, is more apparent too when well-founded sus-
picions are ahoat that the deceptive arts of 1914
are TO be repeated in 1916; when limitations, be-
lieved to be instgated by some Of the same men
who deceived the people of that State in 1914, are
now artiully thrown out, AND NOT coNTRADIcTED,
that at the next session Of Congress Secretary Wal
ker will himself recommend an increase of the du-
ties upon coal and iron, in regard 10 which the peo-
pile of that State are known to feel an especial
interest
Besides, if the Locofoco members OF Congress
appointed no committee, they doubtless failed to
do so because they aware that there is already
an organized association in Washington, which
meets frequently at the building erected by Blair &