Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1849-04-04
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FtaB Henry warren SoE iowa"
.F. II. WAaars.-The Nationsl Wing,
4 Washington, does no more than justice
to Col. WARaEs, the new Second Assis-
tant Postmaster General, in what he says
Of him in the following paragraph"
s'He is a gentleman Of known abilities,
has sound judgment Of men and things,
Is quick and sure in the execution Of busi-
ness, has pleasing demeanSr, and is
courteous to all, and brings to his arduous
labors 4 mind well stored with useful in
formation and thoroughly alive to the in
terests Of the whole Union"
The people of Iowa need not to be in
formed in relation to the notorious charac-
ter Of this man Warren. The above para
graph, however, has been going the rounds
at the East; and it is for the purpose Of
enlightening that dsrkened portion Of the
moral vineyard, that we wish 10 correct
public opinion abroad as to the character
Of an individual who has become retain
e. Of the new administration at Washing
ton and pensioner upon government.
Fitz Henry Warren came 10 Iowa some
two or three years ago, as political mis-
sionary, under pension from the National
Wing Executive Committee at Washing
ton, being poor, and having then and since
no visible means Of support, but always a
pocket full Of rocks, which he freely used
in marshalling the whig forces Of Iowa
He engaged Immediately and actively in
politics and the wings soon conceded 10
him the place of Chairman of the Wing
State Central Committee. and at the late
Presidential election he stumped the State
as candidate for Presidential elec,or up
on the wing ,icke,-he having previously
acted behind the scenes, as a secret ira
Yelling emissary. whose scavenger labors
were too mean and contemplate either TO
be fa,hered or rewarded openly, even by
the wing party Of Iowa. Even now the
more decent portion Of them blush at his
appointment, and refuse 10 acknowledge il
in the light OF compliment extended to
The wing party Of Iowa. But to return
The task Of ske;ching the life of politi
cal land pirate, having 10 settled city OF
habita,ion. is about as difficult as that of
describing Paddy's flea. When you pu,
your finger upon him. he is n, there. So
with the subject Of our sketch, although
:raeeable from the slime which marked his
snaky course, he possessed the skill OF
always rendering himself perfectly in,an-
gibse. At one time we find him engaged
in the celebrated "Hog-drivins" specula-
ton, by which democrats were deprived
OF their votes by being sent from their own
into other counties day or two prior to
the election TO drive hogs 10 market. At
another we hear Of him beyond the bor-
aers Of organized Iewa, subornine rene
gade Mormons 10 march. ri ct crnsis to
vote the wing ticket $, defencele<s cleo
ton preeincis on our western frontier
Anon he is in the Mormon camp on the
Missouri, armed with the authority of a
sub-ecclesiassie, having in his pocket a
commission from their then absen, High
Priest, telling the pcor deluded Mormons
that. in the absence Of their spiritual ad-
wiser, she Warrenl would tell them how
and where to ac," in the matter of the
election.
No one man in Iowa doubt, these things:
for the men who were sent out to drive
the hsgs were paid for their services, and
there were no, wanting wings a, the time
10 claim il as fair. bona fde business
Transaction The armed Mormons also
who travelled over a hundred miles to vote
upon our frontier, were paid s.,wo dollars
day. and although j, wa. generally IN
ders.ood that the sarcas<es of ere or two
Of them were made food for the vul.ures
Of the air.as reward for their unlawful at
tempss toextort from the settler, the ssroast
beef portion Of their per diem, still that
was their lockout; and tina, also was fair
business transaction. The elders of the
Mormon church likewise received two
thousand dollars and q printing establish
men, from this deputy high priest, War
ren; and although their votes were not
counted BY the authorities of Iowa. they
viii doubtless be brought before whis
House of Representatives. and an effort
will there be made to use them in depri-
wing democrat Of his seat in Congress.
But these were all fair business sranxac-
tons; and the nefarious agent in the whole
Of m.having been faithful in few things
10 the great wing party, is called as re-
ward fer his services to place at the CAP
Isai Of the nation TO turn the main crank OF
the whis guillotine. one which is expect
Ell TO cut OF more heads than all the rest
combined. to-wit; the pos, of Second As
sissans Postmaster General.