Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-08-10
RICHMOND, VA.
wednesday Morning, August g. is4o.
THE ABOLITION AGENT OF THE AD-
MINISTRATION.


day with regard to the Taylor party, nothing
strikes us as more rsprehensible than The con-
duct and position of Truman Smith, Senator
elect from the State Of Connecticut
This man, 10 aiding the Cabinet and General
Taylor in their attempts TO control tho cleo
lions in the Southern States, has totally forgot
ten the fact, that the course which ne puisues
is as disgraceful to himself, as it is certainly cal
culated TO bring dishonor upon the digniheu
body to which no has been elected There was
lime when Senators of the United States
would have shrunk from the miserable task, the
duties OF which afford this man SO much plea
sure
The people of the South will mol fail to re-
member Truman Smith, as the unprinciPieo
manager of the bribery and corruption fund,
used so literally by Fitz Henry Warren and
others, in controlling the political matters OF the
Western States, and as the abolition coadlutor
of CoIlamer, Glddings and Root, 10 the lower
house Of Congress.
Nor will i. be forgotten that during the Con-
gress Of l848 he was the principal agent IN
scattering throughout the Union documents
leeming with ialsehood and peratlon-pleds'
ing General Taylor in The South 10 possess one
sci OF opinions, and ia The North another Wi.
ting letters 10 Virginia Wings, and forwarding,
at The same lime, epslles satisfactory TO me
AboIilionisls OF the Wtsern Reserve. The po-
lilical history of our country does not iufnish Us
with an instance oil more corrupt and dishonest
man than This same Truman Smith. Men VINO
are inlrsuers, VINO resort 10 corrupt practices 10
accomplish parry ends, feel generally conscious
of the uncleanliness Of their work, aud desire
not reputation, however we'll merited, Tor iox-
like cunning and viIlainy. A sense oil shame is
generally connected with the comml:tal oil
vile acl.
The tool of vicious party shrinks from OBJ
servaiop; for, however, as general lhlng'
lreachery may be admired when employed 10 &c
feat every one holds 10 delestalion The traitor.
MOI so with Truman Smith. His forte is 10
tdgue, and he really seems TO glory in it.
lie occupies the position of regularly saIa-
riei agen. Of the Wing party, who, under The
eyes OF the Administration, resorts TO under
handed means 10 control the elections which arc
to b. held for Congressman during This and The
succeeding months.
The people OF North Carolina, Alabama, Mis-
si.sippi, and other Southern States. are no! per-
nilled to exercise the right OF suffrage without
the interference OF an abolition friend OF General
Taylor. The people Of The South, al period
most critical, in the history OF slavery, when they
should be permusd TO ponder and r,decs on
question of so momcnous character, have, u
we are 10 believe The assertions OF nearly all the
Democratic presses, agents OF Truman Smith,
scattered around Them, Wills! the mai's carry 10
every section oil The South the addresses OF Smith
and his coadjulurs in The work OF deception and
oil fraud.
politician of the Hartford School Ct Fed
efaliss, OF all ether men, has been selected 10 d.
the dirty work OF Taylorism. We do not, from
The evidence before u, hesitate 10 assert that Tfu.
man Smith is either the agent Of Taylor, and bis
Cabinet, employed TO control the approaching
elections, or that his course meets with their en-
ire appreciation. The circumstanial evidence
,pon this point is conclusive. lie is layoIite
II Taylor, and, as worthy Of "any office in his
,iti," was offered seat in his Cabinet He con.
!uc.ed with admirable cuaans, The campaign OF
Ls43, giving 10 Taylor all SORTS Of opinions and
views upjn every impodan, question. We say
hat he did SO, because large majority OF The
documents sent from Washington during The
Residential question, were iran ked ty him, and
hey were suned 10 the portions Of the Uuion 10
which they were sent.
The very place which he has selected for his
operations, proves hat he is aided and cnconr
lgcd by The Cabinc, OF Taylor. The character
II the members Of that Cabinet renders il al |
most certain. Preston, Ewing, Clayton and |
!ollamer, are known 10 DO The most consum-
male inlrisuers in this country. The people al
Virginia are perfectly familiar with the course
II Preston 10 the Wing Convention, when tie |
friends OF Clay and Taylor were marnlvTins
N this State The pledges put forth BY Clayton,
.elarive to General Tayor's abhorreace OF pro
,criplion, all OF which have been violated, prove
him 10 be man like Truman Smith, willing TO
practice low cunning, for The purpose OF Sc.
curing party ends.
No one can be so stupid as 10 imagine that
his Connecticut Aboiiionist would unblushing
e ufac,ice his frauds under The very eyes OF the
Administration did he hot know thai his course
meets with their appreciation. tle is wlrsihg
o promote The interests OF The President an his |
cabirel, and where they have the m 81 ample |
means OF observing his course, and not one VOC |
If censure has been heard from the organs o
President Taylor and his Secretary ol Sale.
But whenever he has been held up 10 view
ragged from his hiding place, and exposed by
he Democratic press, The organ OF The Junior |
Washington has been loud, lerocious, and mos
abusive in yindicalion OF Truman Smith, and In |
OF those who have earlcSsy expo
;ed his in,rieues and his secret interference with
he pecp,e OF the Southern States.
IF il is true that this man receives encourage
ncnt from General Tayl or and his cabinet; thu,
he is the hired agent 10 deceive the people now
"a he did DelOre fTcSlucHl AaJioi oiSSs'ohI
wa can find no terms sufficiently strong 10 ex'
press our indignation. But, even should the
violence not be sufficient TO establish this con
,ec,ion with General Taylor and his cabinet,
here cannot be shadow of doubt that
lis course meets with their appreciation Did it
,ot, how easily could his Interference with these
matters be checked.
We have asserted that his work is dishonest
hat he resorts TO falsehood and corruption, in all
probability, TO accomplish his ends.
The clearly established dishonesty oil this man,
Turing the late Presidential campaign, proves
hat he is capable of almost any piece OF politi-
ical vilainy The strongest evidence is that
10 works in the dark. His measures are secret,
,e shuns the light, dealing in secret addresses
md midnight circulars. He dsres not trust his
chemes even 10 the Wing press, but. by ennis