The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-10-29
,ors.nadov.ins OF what tho United wing Party IL
to- be.
TRUMAN SMITH, abotonist and wing,
m. r GrppISes, abolitionist and wing.

a., manager in general before his eyes, did, at place
ma Newark in the State of Ohio, the 18th day OF
- in the wear of our Lord ls4s with malice afore-
Aoogb speak, utter, publish and make known that the
a Truman Smith, United States senator and wing
80, in general and particularly sly old fox as aforesaid,
"a some time in the spring of the year 1913, in conunc
a with one John j. Cntenden, of the State of Ken.
,y the former friend of Henry Clay, cause one Zach
= rovor brave old general of the army OF the United
S,es 10 publish to the American people certain letter.
writing stating certain principles and beliefs, purport
a. 70 be the principles and beliefs of the said Zachary
rlor Int which, in truth and in fact, only the
and beliefs of the said Truman Smith, sly old
~ aforesaid and John j. Crttenden. former friend OF
CLAW as aforesaid the great scandal of the wing
,r,v the Great Embodiment, and the said Joshua h.
cilings. as he then and there declared and said.
Which proceeding of the said Joshua r. Giddings the
said Truman Smith alleges is untrue, slanderous, and
bseaganst the dignity of the wing party, the Rough
,oI Ready Club the Wing Committee, and particularly
be said Truman Smith, and calculated to bring them into
srepute and bad odor with the people of these United
States in general and the people of the State of Ohio in
particular,
| ALI of which the said Truman prays may be inquired
Of by the country.
We believe we have set forth the Indictment with toll
sab accuracy and echnicaity, and have idea that
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS we should say criminals" for
il is crime in the plaintiffs view for any wing to go
against General Tayor-will plead "not guilty
as he can get an opportunity!
Bpt the plant-dexterous diplomatst as he s-knowing
that Mr. Gddngs cannot have an opportunity to reply be-
fore the 9TH day of November next which is the last day Of
the term waits for answer but goes with his argu
men to prejudice the jury against the defendant before
he can possibly be heard in his defence.
We have few words to say relative to that defence
and for once will undertake to convince those who will
take the trouble to read this article, that Joshua r. Gid
dings, mg has not made the charges specified with
out some foundation to support them, by the show
ing of that sly dpomatis and wing manager in general
Truman Smith.
In April last, on his return from Connecticut, Mr.
Smith says while in the city of Philadelphia that he
opened morning paper, and his eyes for the first time
fell on the Allison letter No l. Had Mr.. Smith stopped
here no one.woud have suspected perhaps that he had
any agency in concocng that letter. But then he goes
on to say, 81 had made several strong and almost vehe
son OF his views and principles, such as would disam
his opponents and satisfy the wings of the country,
was not at oil surprised at the contents Of that letter"
Here we have precious confession from Mr.. Truman
Smith, who, with all his dexterty has "et the cat out
Of the bag"
He had written to General Taylor several times. He
had made strong and almost vehement appeals to him to
make exposition of his views and principles, "sUcH
AS DIsARM HIS OPPONENTS SATISFY WHO'S
OF COUNTRY" Now, placing ourselves in the atti-
e of counsel for Mr. Giddings we will ask Mr. Smith
10 let copies of those letters He will not do it
not he And does he suppose that the friends of Mr..
Gddings are SO green-so little versed in political Chi
canery-such natural born fools-as to believe that Mr.
Truman Smith, one of the most adroit men within our
knowledge, would write to such simple minded old gen
tman 1--WE the term rather in audaton than reproach)
General Taylor and state to him again and again the
mere fact that he wished him to make an exposition of
his views and principles If Mr. Smith supposes any
such thing he is egregousy mistaken. He undoubtedly
wrote to General Taylor giving the outlines OF what he
desired him to say, if not actually debating to him exactly
what he wished to have said in form And there is
doubt that his ideas adopted by General Taylor; SC
that after all, the public has, in the famous letter of Gen
Taylor Mr. Allison, the principles, opinions, and views
of Truman Smith, esq., instead of those of Gen Taylor
BY Mr. Smiths own showing.
The other letter alluded to by Mr.. Smith was his own
also, but to it added the signatures of members OF
Congress. How unfortunate it is that Mr. Smith kept
no copy OF that letter And it is still more unfortunate
that he kept copy of the letter he sent with his
own responsibility! We should probably find in the lat
Ter, could we see it, something like the following:
DEAR GENERAL Whatever you may say in reply to the
accompanying letter. you must recolect it is intended for
lac free States therefore be careful to add in some shape
mat must not be published
We have no more esteem for Mr.. Giddings than for
Mr. Smith; nor do wish to defend one 1uig and abo-
Non'St against the attacks OF another We can truly
say as the man said upon seeing fight between skunk
and woodchuck, perhaps the story is to be found in
tsops Fables,) eight on, devils don't care which
cks' But we have thought it proper in this case to
give our views OF this matter for the benefit of those who
choose to examine them
Inc SIX points of addenla which Mr.. Smith has ap-
pended TO his famous argument shall not now under
ake to examine seriatm They are the common federal
slang that we have heard any time for the past twenty
sears-oplnons expressed of Office to be disregarded
Oh ne rst possible opportunity just as the professions
maze IN $780, during the election were shamefully dis
regarded by the wing party after their victory
we WILL however, allude to the 5th statement, which
runs thus:
o'h' ihathe (Gen. Taylor would endeavor to mitigate
IN some degree the violence party spirit and would Sc
W ce against the accused system of spoilsthe source
VI numoeress calamities to country-which Martin
ap puen NOW the political idol of Mr. Giddngs) in an
transferred from Albany the seat of our nation
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