Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1849-01-10
From the Pennsylvania.
Wing Frauds upon the People
expOscdi

Wing Frauds upon the People
exp0scdi
GIDDING's sTATEMENT.-A1ik know that
most bitter controversy has been going
on between Truman Smith, senator elect
from Connecticut, and chairman Of the
Wing Executive Committee, and the Hon.
J. R. Giddings. Smith charges Giddings
with falsehood in charging him with wri-
ting the "Allison Letter." to which Gid
dings replies;
You, however, possess the undoubted
right to know what | said concerning your
self,and to understand clearly the evidence
on which based my statements. So far
as you refer to the letter. of Gen. Taylor
to Capt. Allison, l will only remark that |
distinctly informed the audience of the
facts on which / based my opinion, that
that letter was written at Willard's Hotel
in Washington city-and then left them to
Judge for themselves. did not understand
that you wrote that letter. 1t was said
at the time that you and Mr.. Crhtenden Of
Kentucky wrote it. The very cautious
language in which you merely deny that
you wrote it, and the careful manner in
which you evade all denial of your know-
ledge that 1t ,ras writteu by Mr.. Cyitenden
or by others, can leave no doubt OF the real
state of facts. If further evidence were
necessarily would refer you to your own
cypress declaration to the Hon. d. r. Til
den, a delegate to the Philadelphia Conven-
ton, that such lethr ,cas written and sent
to Gen. Taylor, and that he signed it."
There it is, freemen of the North! Gen.
Taylor did not acrite the ".4Nison Letter, y
as the American people have been made
to believe; but Truman Smith SAYS {" it
was written in Washington city, and sent
10 General Taylor to signw Proof-the
Hon. D. R. Tilden.
Here is a pretty confession, indeed.
After the old General trying some twenty
times to write letter that would hit the
point, and failing, committee in Wash
ington city write letter, send it to Tay-
lor, he signs it, and it is put forth to the
world as his own voluntary production.
This is wing honesty. There is fearful
account yet to settle with the people. OF
course, if old Zach could not write pro-
per letter, he cannot write proper mes
sage. He cannot write anything proper.
Somebody not elected has got to be the
President de facto after all. The Ameri-
can people do not know who they have
chosen for President. Now about s:iunds, :"
and the way Truman Smith raised the
wind.
Smith charged Giddinss with being alb
sent from his seat electitneering for Van
Buren,. Giddings thus retorts:
81 have not the journal of the House of
Representatives before me, nor can get
it short Of Washington city; bat l will ha-
zard the opinions that you were absent du-
ring the session a far greater number of
days than l was. You were frequently
gone, as it was said, to raise funds to pro-
mote the election of General Taylor. And
you were also in attendance at Phila-
delphia. But in this attempt to stigmatize
me, and to hold yourself up as pattern Of
official industry, you have provoked scru-
tiny. You were not only absent yourself
on political errands, but you were instru-
mental in getting others ,oleave Congress
for the same purpose. l Go not wish to
name other gentlemen, but will make Won
this proposition: if you, through the Ma
honal lnteIligeneer, will deny that you, as
chairman Of tie uhig erecutire committee,
did not pay The expenses Of other members of
Congress, who were absent from their
seats for political purposes, to the amount
Of fire times the number Of days that was,
| will endeavor to show your error by ma
king out an account current for you, show
ing how many days expenses you paid to
each member rho stumped ii for General
Taylor during the session. Yetyou seem
to regard my absence at Buffalo and Mas
sachusetts as dereliction of duty. 1t is
true that l went TO Massachusetts, and was
absent seven or eight days. 1t is also true,
that in 1874! l went to Maine at your re-
quest, and was absent twice as long as
was in Massachusetts,, promulgating the
same doctrines. You then approved Of my
absence, and paid my expenses"
There it is again. Smith did actually
pay Gidding's expenses when sent to Maine,
where his efforts were to distract the de-
mocrncy; but when Giddings, on his own
account, goes into wing State, like Mas
sachusetts, where he breaches the same
doctrine, but where distraction results to
the wings, oh then he is traitor to his
constituents
Enough-enough! Who is not sick
ened at such bold scality-such dalnning
pertiGy to the people.