The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-08-21


chased expense d nroad, upon the true theory
Of government, and such appeals 10 the lower passions
Of he people We lhiSs ony with digaaton Of such
noble organisation as The whx parsy-a party that has
been fsaaisd by the abots Of great s,aesmenha has
been renowned for maintenance OF principles OF vast
pabe importance and has produced OF the greatest
Pnbc OF the agehrowing aside all lis talent all lis
siaesmanship all s civil glory and all its ovI achieve.
ment, and hnging caps iof Chepulcpec aud Lundy
Lane, Niagara and Mexico"
The Debate In the senate ON the Fraudulent
whig Circular.
In due OF publication Of the debates in the
Senate give to-day the debate which took place in
that body Tuesday last in relation 10 the circulation,
for eeconeerng purposes Of circular purportng to be
signed by nine wing members OF Congress- whom the card
bearing their frs, represents TO be democrats"
and then sets forth certain false allegations upon which,
as !" democrats" they compelled to withhold their
support OF General Pierce.
The circulation OF this document for electioneerng
purposes, under the frank OF the men whose names APP
pear TO be signed to il, under other wing franks we
have branded gross and inexeusabe fraud upon the
people.
The wing organs have replied, in substance that there
is fraud in the case, and that the whole thing
hoax.
Let Then. why the card repu bshed aad crcula ted
six weeks after its first appearance in the TT bune
Id Why did the pioims OF the boar. IL il be onethe
whose were forged by the hoara--yraak the
card for eireulaiionl
ID Did they not By so doing abandon and repudiate
the whole boar theory. and make themselves and their
party directly responsible for all the error deception. and
fraud which the circulation OF the card might occasion or
impyi
4th. Surprising the whole thing 10 be a boar wss
!, no, very discreditable hoax well fitted to show the
sort OF eectoneerng action 10 which the wings
resorting We put this question TO any candid Is
the card have printed il, document which any fair
politician with proprs,y have anything to do with,
save 10 denounce aud expose i, as fraud
5,h. Was not the card, in its whole conception and
character, gross personal and political outrage upon the
nine southern whg members Of Congress who signed in
bitter earnest, the manifesto epudang General Scott
In view OF these points, ask our readers 10 note
the admissions in relation 10 the card made BY Senator
Jones II we understand him, he admits that when Ne
fra The card he did NOT knog 1hoi make Of a. and did
not come TO he conclusion that hosr ania he faked
nth Of his Colleagues about a. He thought IL very
strange, but il did not strike him being heaI Then
it fair infer il the card had reached the senator at his
home in Tennessee-he not having been at Washington
and Baltimore TO see what going both before and
behind the cursin-the card received BY him would
have puzzled him sadly This being So can the senator
answer for il that II Is not deceptive and dangerous
document to send out among the people, who keep the
run OF politics and politicians much less than himself
Senator Joness opening remarks, TO the view be
fret took OF the card 10 candid and manly and
when little further he speaks OF the impossbily
OF any regarding the card anything but hoax
submit that the latter end Of his speech quite iorses
its beginning.
Again we invite the special attention OF our readers TO
what the Hon Truman Smith said about IT, and TO what
he refused TO say. lie cried out "base bsckguardism "
II is not clear nor is il very material inQuire, whether
he meant to say Senator Walker appears TO have un-
dersood him. that the card itself was base blaekguard
ISM" whether the circulation Of the card was base
back gusriism,n or whether notice in public journals
that such card was in circulation is TO be regarded
"bsse blackguardism."
Upon these three several points the remark. Of the on
Truman Smith require calculation and this being II
seems unfortunate the Of senatorial decorum and
dignity that part Of hs language s no, 10 be found in
the better OF dictionaries Yet the main fact in the
case is. that the Hon. Truman Smith, with his name
appearing signed TO the document utterly refused 10
say that the signature not genuine, OF 10 deny that
he had taken part in the circulation OF the card and
this, 100, when he bad been specially challenged By
other senators upon both these points. The well.
known position OF Senator Smith, the active head
OF the wing eectioneerng committee, makes this re-
fusal OF his to disayow the thing either most SIC.
ni6eant or most extraordinary His refusal to dsavow
Il is either very easily and obviously explained, or el'e
appears wholly incapable Of explanation. We con-
mend his brief remarks to the attention OF readers,
and are quite willing to leave them 10 their con
| illusions,
Our readers will also note the clear and eogent re-
marks upon the subject OF Senators Douglas and Walker
and the adroit defence OF Senator Badger. With due
Difference it appears to that the remarks OF Senator
Badger clash badly with the remarks OF Senator Jones'
Of Tennessee and the positions OF both these senators
appear 10 be drsadfuy damaged by the stubborn
facts stated by Senator Douglas.
1 On the whole, we think that every candid man viii
| admit that this matter now stands worse for The
wings than il did before it was made the subject
of senatorial explanation and discussion. u was one
OF those in which prudence seemed to dictate that
little should be said, Senator's Smiths judgment and En-