Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-08-06
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Gross attempt Of the Cabinet to Corrupt
the Purity Of Elections Sc
Cret Circular from Truman SHiiih.


Cret Circular from Truman Ssiiih.
The National Era publishes the follow
ing extracts from circular issued by Tru-
man Smith, and secretly circulated in Indi-
ana. 1t originally appeared in the .Ssnti.
mel, published in Wayne county, Of that
State. $50
Extracts from tie Circular. :.
"Ihave understood that some disafec~
tion has been Jslt an your State By reason
le the aalapfessio,s, more oTs less preralssit
thai tss nsf0 dnss,sf - dfjoS box1so t0s.s :
Justice to Indiana. l beg TO assurs yoss,
|ythere is any Foundation ] Tor such an idea,
at as not my fault was anxious that In
diana should, under the aspices Of General
Tay ylor, take lead in administering our
government; or, in other words, that dis
tinguished citizen Of your state should have
a seat in his cabinet; and at one time sup
posed had secured the object, but other
counsels prevailed. l am confident that In !
diana aViH yet recesre q proper. and Just
consideration at the hands Of General
Taylor.-He is truly just man, and yer-
lily believe means to be impartial as between
the different States Of the Union.
"The country is so large, and the States
so numerous, it is quite difficult at the very
outset of an administration to make satis-
factory arrangements for all; besides, it
should be remembered that the number of
Offices and amount Of patronage has not in
crea sed in proportion to the number of States
and of the people. But the wings Of Indi-
ana must endeayor TO strengthen the hands
of their fiends here by giving us satisfac-
tory results at the Cong elections,
| MI position ,couid be sOmeaohat emb0r-
raising in mrging a tauorabts cossidsra-
tiom OF your claims, If yo,1r State shall
return a delegation mainly hostile to the
nev administrator Ii the wings of In
diana shall act in their usual lofty aud pat
riotic spirit, am confident the result Of the
elections will be alike creditable to the state
and auspicious to the whole country. ::
with sentiments Of high respect, believe
me to be truly and faithfully your friend.
81 TRUMAN SMITH. +,
@Washington City, June 81, lS49. -
This circular, says the Washington Un-
ion, is unique and rich in more respects
than one.. 1t not only is one Of the many
proofs OF the fact that the administration
have secret club in this city, provided with
ample funds to operate on the elections in
the several States, and that Truman Smith,
the wooden-nutmeg senator from Connects
cut, who has never shown a capacity for
anything,else but such low, uhpiincipled,
and shameless intriegues, is tie head OF this
club, and the manager OF its corrupt fund
but it also shows that Truman is the princi-
pal adviser OF the cabinet in the disposition
Of public Offices. He holds out tLis very
idea to the people Of Indiana. He tells them,
in the most paternal tone, that he has learn
ed that they are dissatisfied because Mr..
Caleb B smith was not appointed Postmas-
ter General; that it was not his fault, for
he did every thing he could to accomplish
the object, but for once LIE failed and that
Gen. Ia, lor will yet do justice to Indiana
| by giving her wing politicians more Offices.
But, says Truman, cannot help you "f
your State sAaH return, q delegation MAIN
ly hostile to the neao administration"
Was there ever more shameful propo-
sit:on made to an intelligen. AID patriotic
people than this? Here Is a. direct offer to
brlbe the people Of Indiana into more
unscrupulous support ot GEM lay lur's adj
ministration by promising them more ffices.
Mr.. Smith says, "Send nore whig delegates
to support the administI alton, and the ad-
minisiratIon will give You more Cfices."
And who can doubt that Truman Smith is
in the confidence OF the cabinet; that he
acts by their suggestion; and that he is au-
thorized by the cabinet to submit to the
people of Indiana this base and shameful
proposition ior political liberty? And was
ever such infamous intermeddling with E.
! lectlons before practiced by an admlistra-
ton? And what shadow OF apology can be
made for such criminal interference with e.
lecuons! When such acts as these are per-
petrated, under the cover OF secrecy and 81.
lence, by an administration processing to
hold its power from the people, and to be
governed by their will fairly expressed by
their representatives in Congress-, through
instrumentallty OF its corrupt, degraded,
and base agents, it is time for the people to
take the alarm. and rush 10 the rescue.
This last disclosure shows that this ad-
miuistratlon, which processes So much re-
lard for the freedom and purity Of elec.
tlous, and is every day removing dem ocrats
for the alleged offence oi interfering with
politics, is guilty Of the grossest oat age up
ON the purity Of the ballot-box that has as
vet been committed. it has set on foot a
: gigantic scheme to operate secretely and
and ultively upon the elections in every
, State OF the Union, promising Offices for po-
litical support, and thus attempting to un-
: dermine The integrity and morals of the peo.
pe And Truman smith, Senator from
Connecticut, is the degraded and shameless
, instrument by which this stupendous sy stem
t of fraud upon popular suffrage is to be call
E ed out. What offence is more criminal,
what more reasonable against the very spir-
), 1t and principles of our institutions, than
: this! Strange, Indeed, it will be, ifthe Uni
! ted States Senate shall tolerate among lts
members man who thus unblushingly y en-
j. cages in criminal and secret conspiracy
< az alnst the freedom and purity of popular
!, elections, and thus degrades the bigh char.
b acter Of an American senator.