The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-17
TO THE EDITOR or THE NATIONAL WING
The Union--Fit1 Henry Warren, c. B. PEN
rose, Esq.

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Mn. EDiToA The Union of Sunday morning con-
tains three columns editorial and extracts upon
the subject Of removals, in which the usual viupera
tive epihets employed, that make up in the main
the vocabulary Of Locofoco argument Since the adj
vent Of General Taylor TO the Presidency, our oppo-
nents have grown exceedingly tenacious upon the
subject of pscunidry delinquency on the part Of any
Of those who may have been selected by this admins
traton to fill places Of public trust. Pecuniary
barrassments were made the excuse for TRADE Of
unmitigated scandal and abuse that for weeks oge-
ther were poured forth by the JErFRIEa" OF the
Washington Union upon Col Warren the diligent
and indefatigable I'd Assistant Postmaster General
And now that the malignancy Of Mr.. Richie has
bssn exhausted upon him, new victim is sought
In the psrson Of Mr.. Penrose.
Among tho extracts published in the Union of
Sunday and endorsed by the editor who PROCESSES 10
begoverned In his intercourse with mankind by those
principles Of christian charity which those profess
sions in culcats, find the following, which de-
sire 10 make the text of q few suggestions:
" Honesty, capacity, and fidelity indispensable
pysreoa,ifrs for the 1xsto,cni of office" as winesseth
the appointment of Eitz Henry Warren, Charles B.
penrose, and host of other political delinquentsP
III correctly understand the above quotation, OBJ
lection Is taken by the Union well Ms the political
party In whose behalf IL speaks, 10 the appointment
Of both Col. Warren and Mr. Penrose entirely upon
the ground that in some pecuniary transactions they
have been unfortunate and in consequence thereof
become embarrassed AT the distorted vision both
Of tho writer of the above and the editor of the I'm
ion, upon the subject Of" Delinquency am not Mr..
Editor, ut all surprised. We are taught in the book
Of Inspiration, that when hypocrte was rebuking
another for faults Of which he himself was guilty in
greater degree the wholesome admonition was
given 10 the hypocrite-" first take The beam out Of
thine o,rn eye, that thou mdyest sec more readily 10
pluck He mote out ofLay brothers eye" And had Mr..
Richie have remembered this precept, and taken a
retrospective view Of the past administrations, am
confident npon the charge of deiiaqueneies in
those appointed to Office, he would have remained,
IS sheep, dumb before his shedrer.",
Can II be true that Mr. Richie has overlooked The
days of public defaeation OF the Inns of Illinois
the Gwynns, Of Mississippi, and their associates in
peculation, but who were notwithstanding such as
abiished defacations receivers Of the public mon
eys reappontcd to Office by Locofoco administra-
lion, and such appointments advocated and sustain
cd by this very Mr.. Richie! Has the case Of Eli
Moore, Of New York, known at the time Of his ap-
pontment by Mr.. Polk TO have been bankrupt in
politics and pecuniary affairs escaped the recoLec-
lion Of Mr.. Richie and the fact forgotten that so
low was his credit that in order to give security he
was compelled TO sell out the Office Of United States
Marshal to third person. Are all these instances
70 weigh nothing in the balance, against the cant
and deceitfulness Of the Union In the holy horror II
expresses for the rnisfortunes ofCo Warren? should
hsve thought, that the remembrance OF these things
would forever have sealed the lips OF Mr.. Richie
had not half century political vascilation lncon-
sisfency and corruption have hardened his heart en-
trely against doing axythne ie justice 10 his POI
lifical opponents.
So far % Col. Warren Is concerned kno,v ito BE-
fact from pernsal Of The letter. that the counsel
In Virginia who conducted the legal proceedings
against A. Camp & Co., which was the firm BY
whom the frauds were alleged to have been commit.
ted, has addressed letter TO Col Warren stating
that to his Col. Wdrrsn's ersyiions alone are the
creditors indebted for having succeeded at all, In
those proceedings. That 10 Col Warren he was
entirely indebted for the partial success he had met
with, and that valuable were those services that
he bad unsolicited sdyised his clients that II would
be no more than act Of justice on their part, to
give Col Warren q release. This attorney Is VI
olsnt Democrat, but could not remain silent AMI
see Col. Warren thus basely AMI malIciously ira
ducsd BY the Washington Union md Its kindred
spirits, and not furnish him the evidence wherewith
he could successfully silence these calumnes circu-
culstcd by the Union for political purposes alone.
Thus far the barbed arrows Of the Union though
hurled with the experience and practice Of polti-
cal gladiator Of near half century, have fallen
harmless at the feet Of the ID Assistant Post Mas
ter General, and ho has pursued the even tenor Of
his way In clearing the bye-paths and meander.
ines Of the Post Office Department Of the rubbish
and offsl that had made IL offensive to the vast
body Of the peopls Of this confederacy.
In what respect Mr.. Penrose IL a 0dsiinguent,n
neither the paper from which the sbovc extract s ia
hen, nor the Union who spprovingly rspubIshes and
endorses H. vouchssfcsto enlshten their readers
But we venture the ssssertion, when the Indictment
70 ySsssnssd BY sifhsr the Union Or the Lyeoming