The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-10-27
The Federal Organ against the Freedom Of Speech
and the Rights of FreenAen.

The Federal Organ against cPSeeh
Rights Of Freenasn.
The leaders Of the wing party anaigned at the
bar of the American people for half century
of warfare against the rights OF the peope-sometmes in
alliance with foreign enemy, sometimes with ali over
Swallowing corporation In the form OF national bank
always ia alliance with the moneyed power, with mo-
nopoy and with classes claiming privileges in egsla
ton not granted to the OF the people; but
particularly for committing the odious and disgusting
crime of 'noral treason" against their country, in the
fact that they rendered 'ad and comfort the enemy
in the late with Mexico.
This last act is revolving TO the sentiments OF the
patriotic portion Of the American people, that the leaders
and organs of the wing party hope for the
present contest except by covering up and conceang
the great and real issue OF the contest based upon the
fact of their MORAL TuRPTUDE party Hence they
seek to divert the attention OF the people from the
temptation OF their party prohigacy, by conunng up
multitude OF collateral charges against the democratic
party and such Of its members whose positions before
the public of sufficient prominence to make them OBJ
jects of attack
In this game of conuring up eigned and false issues
no individual of the wing party is expert than the
Genius who presides the editorial columns of the
National lntellgencer. The last Of this ingenious ed-
tors exploits in getting up false ISSUE is loud hue
andcry raised against democratic ofice-holders for al
legged interference in the pending presidential election
We will with what show of justice such a charge
can emanate from such
But we will first what grounds the lntehgencer
has to raise its hue andcy against oice-hodes. 1t
alleges that the Commissioner of Patents and the Second
Assistant Postmaster General associated with Senator
Foote of Mississippi on committee appointed by the
Baltimore Convention to superntend the interests of
the democratic party during the pending election
and it complains that the honorable Secretary Of
State responded to the call of his democratic fellow
citizens in short speech acknowledging the honor they
had done him in calling in body at his residence in the
course OF which he took the occasion to assure them
that in his belief Pennsy vana, the State of his birth,
would not degrade and disgrace herself by giving her
vote to the candidate of party that had outraged all her
patriotic instincts in two foreign which she had
supported Thss the and substance of the grounds
on which the lnelgence raises its hue andcry against
Office holders 1t does not charge them with negecng
their official duties, using the money of the govern
ment for political purposes for that would be grossly
false Ii then goes gravey quote sundry express
sions in messages letters, and documents, emanang
from Jefferson, Jackson, and Harrison, Gen Jackson
having in view the corrupt of the government money
by Office holders under the administration of the last
Adams,) and winds up with OF oracular intmaon
that these offending Office holders have all got to swing
upon the gbbet when its favorte candidate who is not
"uta" wing, and who will not be the president of
a party" ascends the presidential chair.
But let with what grace such charge proceeds
from such source.
Almost from the foundation of this government, the
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tents of large of money from the general gov
eminent good share of the time they have been print
ers Congress- and therefore office holders under the
general government Itwoud not probably be out of the
way say that they have received in all the time they
have published the Intelligencer, from millions
of dollars. They the recipients of considerable
patronage from the government every year. And yet
they have constantly nterered in elections and are now
interfering in one
The editors of the Intelligencer have done more than
to interfere in elections While enjoying these benefits
from the of the country from which they have
received protection, well immense pecunia y favors
they have ungra,efuy opposed their countyn all foreign
controversies, aayng themselves the side of their
country's enemies.
In the quarrel with France growing out of claim
for indemnity for spoiations upon our commerce, the
editors of the Inelgencer espoused the of France
In the difficulty growing out of the northeastern bound
AIRY, and again in the controversy in relation Oregon
they were found the side of Great Britain arguing the
British side of the question with ingenuity and tact
than the British minister himself
And in the Mexican war, from the very origin of hos
tes, they found the side of their country's
enemies giving them "aid and comfort" 80 far as the
columns of their paper could do it. To go little way
back in the history of the editors of the Integencer,
they sustained all the outrages and corupons of the
United States Bank. They justified it in its gross and
Infamous interference in elections, in all its wanton
saus upon the government of their country, then admin
steed by Andrew Jackson, and in its base bribery of
politicians and editors.
And yet these very editors who raising this clamor
about the interference of democratic office holders in
elections were, while they exhibiting this hostil
y against the interests of their country, and endea-
voring-n fact "eleconeering" through the columns
of the Integencer, with the American people, to induce
them to turn out the democratic party who power
and upholding the interests and honor of the country
while they doing these things, say they were
the recipients of thousands upon thousands of govern
ment patronage every year. To hear such men exclam
ing against the interference of Office holders in elections
sounds very much like Satan rebuking sin.
But do not wing office holders interfere in elections
Are not members OF Congress office holders under the
general governmert' Are they not paid out of its
And