The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-07-22

the patriotic portion OF the American people, who value
the purity and integrity Of the elective franchise These
developments show that he is the man Of all work in the
service Of the administration ready all times and on
all occasions TO do its disgracefu business He is in its
confidence and acts by its authority His acts. therefore.
should be regarded as the Of the cabinet and that
body should be held responsible for them well him
self
Acting as the agent OF the administration, in what
pacy does he show himself his temperance upon
this scene Of his abos In the character Of agent to
procure subscriptions for the Republic the organ OF Gen
Taylor and the cabinet He descends from the high po
son Of Of the United States and engages in the
humble capacity of procurer Of newspaper subscriptions,
and the drummerup and whippen OF the administration
forces.
We next see him interfering in elections evidently act
ing under the advice OF the cabinet He first writes
secret circular TO the South denouncng the union of the
two branches oil the democratic party in New York
dangerous the interests OF that section of the confede
racy and setting il forth as reason why the South
should send representatives TO Congress favorable an
administration made up OF aboltioniss and shareholders
AT the nstgaion of the cabne, he also addresses &c
cret letter to the people Of Indiana assuring them that il
they do not elect members Of Congress favorable to the
administration the administration will give them no more
oces-thus suffering himself to be the degraded instru.
ment through which the administration makes an infa.
nous and base proposition Of political bribery to the peo-
pie Of Indiana.
We are also informed that he pad for his serves al
The rate Of eight dollars day; OF which have not the
least doubt for his private circumstances will admit
of his spending his time for nothing. Nor would he be
here enduring sultry heat in the midst Of the choe
ra, if he were not well paid for his services.
And we also understand that he has undertaken the
business Of brokerage And we are sure that il
will not be denied that Office seekers hrong his ROOM and
that his voice is potential with the cabinet who by graf
flying his wishes in these respects are enabled TO use
him more easily their tool and instrument for the work
which they dare not undertake in their own proper per-
sons g
We have said that the shameless practices in which this
Connecticut senator has been recently detected justify
making full exposure Of his conduct and charac
ter We shall not forbear Truman Smith has acquired
noloriety in the country but il is not for any real tai
ent which he possesses We know him we'll We
have seen him in Congress and out of il. He has
none Of the talents or qualifications of states
man. He never made speech worth listening TO,
or worth circulating He cannot make one. Where
are the evidences OF his talents, his capacity
orator, legislator, or statesman He has none. He has
become notorious only as an inscriptions political buck
ser and he has acquired his noorety by being at the
head OF the corruption unto in this city, which has
listed for years past and is the secret instrument by
which all the base frauds Iowa and other States have
been attempted The kind OF talent required for the head
of that juno, Truman Smith possesseshat is, low cum
ming, and dexterity in trckery and deception. Truman
Smith has exhibited these; and these traits enjoyed
by him in with many OF the shrewd tin pedlars
of his State-some Of whom, we have no doubt, would
be dexterous in the business in which he is engaged
These moral and mental traits of character enabled him TO
devise the fraud in Iowa which Fiiz Henry Warren
lscted the tagen to accomplish; and although abo-
itions himself having voted Congress for euey abol
Zionist proposition, he had the shamelessness to repre-
General Taylor at the North free soier, and to
pledge him in favor of the passage OF the Wmot Provso
He pretended to have private letter from General
Taylor to that effect which few, however, believe
At the South he misrepresened General Cass also He
is now attempting to corrupt the purity Of the baotbox
in Indiana, by promising the people Offices II they will
support The present administration Such man, holding
the Office OF senator OF the United States after being
guilty Of such trckery fraud, and deception. dares to
hold his head up among honorable men. Can men be
guilty Of such baseness in politics and maintain their
characters as honest men' Will the Senate OF the
United States permit 10 hold seat in that body
who is avowedly the agent Of the administration in
interfering with elections, and in whose he holds
out corrupt proposition 70 the people Of one OF the
sovereign States OF this Union and thus ampe with the
freedom and purity Of the ballotbox What other
tor would degrade himself by engaging in such dscedt