Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-10-28

pases-and forwarded ranked, and directed any part Of
the Union.
We would therefore, respectfully suggest the expedency
Of forming clubs for the purpose Of disseminating political
intelligence among the people, Money intended for this OBJ
ject should be transmitted post paid to Major b. B. French
treasurer Of this city, which shall be faithfully applied
cording 10 directions.
The Wings have nominated their candidates without the
avowa Of any pncples becomes important to detect and
expose false issues intended operate different sections Of
the Union. We should therefore, be glad TO be specially
formed Of the grounds which opponents wage the con-
every part of the country. Should the Wings the
North aernize with the Aboonists, that fact should be
posed the South TO prevent them representing TO the people
that they the only safeguards OF her peculiar interest
Letters and papers showing the progress Of the canvass and
exposing the of the Wings in different sections Of
the Union, should be directed to Henry s. Fooe, at ash
ngon Of the undersigned who is entitled to receive
them free also, names Of persons to whom documents
should be sent Relying your faithful cooperation in our
cause have the honor TO be very respectfully,
your obedient servants, II. 5. FOOTE,
EDMUND BURKE,
w. ]. BROWN.
As Mr. FooTE left this city very shortly after the
adjournment Of Congress, the partisan abors of The
committee have fallen altogether on his colleagues,
the Commissioners of the Patent Office and the
Second Assistant Postmaster General, Indeed, it
seems probable that this was the calculation at the
outset, and that Mr.. FooTE was only put on the
committee to secure the advantage of his more eX-
tensive franking privilege. The labors Of the Sc
cond Assistant Postmaster General must have been
especially onerous for, in addition to those de-
volved on him by the National Democratic Com
mittee at the Baltimore Convention" he has per-
formed another part in the drama of g smothering"
the freedom Of elections by making speeches at
Cass meetings. On these occasions the bills an
nounce him, indeed, as WILLIAM ]. Brown, OF
INDIANA" but every one knows that the orator is
the Second Assistant Postmaster General, just as
well as, when the play of RICHARD Ill. is perform
ed the audience know who is the BUcKINGHAM that
is pleading for the elevation Of his patron to the
throne.
The instance just noticed is an all-sufcient illus
tration of the " conflict between !" the patronage
of the Federal Government" and /" the freedom Of
elections" which is witnessed every day and in every
part of the Union. The "enlsted soldiers of the Adj
minisraton," wherever they may be, whether in the
highest departments of the Government in bureaus,
incustom houses, post offices, at clerks desks &C.,
or even among the officers of the penitentiary, are
found not only engaged in this unholy conflict, but
fighting with poisoned weapons. In one event,
they hope for impunity from the magnanmy Of
the great and viruous man whom they calumniae.
In another event. they know that they will be tried
by code Of which it is the cardinal principle that
party services are the only titles TO public Offices
of which il is maxim that " to the victors belong
the spoiIs y and which is administered 10 the van
pushed and to non-combatants in the spirit Of one
Of lis earliest sentences, "root hog or die.' Con
tding in the correctness of this estimate of I" cir
cumstances," they interfere in elections without
stint or decency and on one occasion, in noticing
the indignant rebuke which such proceedings had
provoked, an assembly of Gen. CAsss partisans
were not ashamed TO burt out their sycophancy in
the following frantic libel on the Hero whose name
ought to be dear to every man calling himself an
American:
Resolved That we treat with contempt and the
impo,ent and ridiculous threats of the mnons Of Tayorsn
towards those officers Of the Government who choose to
ercse their rights citizens; that neither The threatened
lash of their MASTER the glitter Of his bayones the bayng
OF bis bloodhounds, the bullying Of his whppes-n
frighten or intmidate freemen."
The foregoing resolution was adopted at "De-
mocratic" meeting in this city, held on the 9th
utimo, of which meeting the President, three Vice
Presidents, Secretary, and the three principal
orators, were persons holding Offices, of different
grades, under the Federal Government; and the
resolution itself was offered by one Of these same
oficeholders. The proceedings of the meeting
were published in the official journal Of that
Federal Government See "Uaion" Of Septem-
Der 29.1 This last fact may not, in the opinion of
our readers deserve particular notice. for except the
mere difference in the subordinate respects Of taste
and style, Gen. TAYLOR is treated about well in
the resolution as he generally is in the columns of
the official Indeed, TO ascend, or at least to pass
from the official TO its employers, neither in the re-
solution nor the official is there more substantial
libel against Gen. TAYLOR than is conveyed in the
whole course Of the Administration, and Of some
of lis chief parisans in both Houses Of Congress
towards him, ever since his country connected his
name with the Presidency beginning with the
Presidents message Of December, 1876, in which
any mention of Gen. TAYLoR's name was studious-
ly omitted and continuing with the speeches Of
Messrs. FIcKLN, THOMPSON, &c. in the House of
Representatives the successful effort there to con-
vert vote Of thanks to him into vote Of censure
the similar effort of Messrs. SEWER BAGBY, (both
of whom have since received foreign MISSIONS, and
Others in the Senate; the attempt TO supersede him