Washington telegraph., 1849-10-10
FRAUDS.


Our pious neighbors of the ex-offfcial
organ base their opposition to President
Taylor on the sole ground that, after hav>
ing promised to. be a President OF the peo-
ple, he has eountepanced the removal of
Locofocos from office-not even reservlng
Virginia office-holtlers from the common
doom. 1t is not the removals they object
to-these are all right; but it is the inn
morality of understanding his promise in a
sense that will admit of the Presidents
disturbing Locofocos in their tenure OF
Office
Well, what becomes af the morality OF
Mr.. Poik's promise TO be a President OF
the people and then excluding Wings
from office? This promise MIR. Polk
made in the very words attributed to Pres
ident Taylor. The official organ went
through four years very comfortable,
without finding any fault with MIR. Polk
on this score. Now, we wish to know
wherein the distinction between the two
cases? The country would like to know.
We want a categorical answer from the
Union, We know this mode of putting
questions is not exactly the civil thing
but it is a favorite mode of Argument with
our neighbors over the way. The Union
has beep wagiug a sanguinary war against
President Taylor, because he promised
just as Mr.. Polk promised; and has re-
moved a comparatively small number OF
Locos-and a; least three Virgiuians-
from office. We shall repeat our inter-
rogatory from time to time, till we bring
our venerable contemporary TO the scratch.
Once more. While we are on the
fruitful subject of frauds-what says the
Union TO the greatest of all political
frauds Oh record, by which the vote OF
Pennsylvania was secured to Mr. Polk in
1914! 1t is in proof that Mr.. Buchanan
told the people of Pennsylvania that MIR.
Polk was as good tariff man as Mr..
Clay. To characterize this statement
properly. we should have to borrow an
expression of pr. Johnson, which we
avoid applying on account of its rudeness.
The doctor was in the habit of saying OF
a man who spoke falsely with knowledge
1.-THE dog lies-and he knows he lies"
This only shows that the doctor did not
remember his own dictionary, which
would have taught him that the second
clause of the sentence was superfluouS.
But this depression. Not only did MIR.
Buchanan in his white cravat, looking
for all the world like a saint in black
coat and pantaloons-not only did this
sold Federalist" tib in this manner-but
every where, through the whole length
and breadth Of the State, the battle was
fought on the cry of Polk Dallas, and
the Tariff of 1S42." Was ever SO base
fraud practised upon electors? And yet
we have no recollection of any indigna-
ton excited in the breast Of the ex.organ
by this ahominable cheat.
There is one more fraud we should like
to have explained. What does the ex.
organ think of telling the people that the
Sub Treasury was all arrangement by
which the public money was TO be kept
safely, with no chance of defalcation!-
What does it think of there being an as
certainad and hopeless defalcation of
S155,OOO, and communication 10 Con-
gress, in the teeth of this fact, stating
that no money has been lost, even in effect
ing rdistant transfers." Was there any
fraud in this? ii so, who was the agent
of it? And why does not the Union visit
it with few of its "infernal' epithets!
Wash. Republic.