The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-10-29
Deep and Damning Grimes in the
r a, Post Offices. -

l.pHtS, ~ ufo Cftl idH-fhCctitul NeTIndu Oe0l-
ocalic paprr, had been taken by he whie
Post masters, and in violation Of law, and
1toinmoh decency and honesty, opened, and
a Scott document enclosed and handed oui
10 the subscribers ol that paper. Men who
would do this would rob letters of the mon.
ley in them, as Cen Hinton, the whig STUN
Eper, was IN the habit OF doing.
I From the following from the Boston ri
lot, 1t will be seen that this base and crimi-
nalconduct has been practised all over the
Union. Post-masters guilty of this viola
ton Of the Post Office laws, should be sent to
the Penilentiary, every one Of them. Shame
lona party that would thus seek power
,,4 Statesmen
tricks OF TRADE.--Did we not alwal say
that no trade, not even that of thieving, is
50 mean as that Of the politician During
these electioneering seasons one is enabled
toecollecl proof enough io,6A yolumes.--
! Not a day passes without the occurrence Of
some fact tending to make men pray that
they mly become chimney sweeps, or rag
pickers, or even to be sent TO the Slate pris-
on, rather than become party hacks.
One OF the meanest jokes of these polite
ians has just BEEN exposed. II seems that
they are growing desperate, and their love OF
what they call the Irish vote" is such that
they would sell what they carry about with
Them in the place Of soul, to catch the said
vote. The great effort of the campaign has
been TO make adopted citizens believe lie
about Gen. Pierce, and, upon the strength Of
that lie, TO win their votes. The Catholic
Press-the natural adviser Of adopted citi-
zens in these matters, promptly met the false
hood, and hurled ii back upon its authors
The papers which got it up have abandoned
their ground in despair. They have descen-
ded TO lower depth. They have bribed the
2oslmasters in many places. 1t seems that
at several post offices-we fear in very MI
ny, the Catholic papers are stopped, their
wrappers broken off, :he Robinson, or some
other equally vile sheet folded in the papers,
when the whole is remailed or distributed to
subscribers. So that paper that contains q
denunciation of the Robinson speech may
have that very speech wrapped in It's folds.
We copy the following from the Catholic In
struc!or
"To OUR NoRRIsTowE SUBSCRIBERS. s.--We
were not little astounded when we received
from our respected agent, John McKibbin,
Jr., the grievous intelligence in regard to
some pamphlets, purporing TO have been
sent by some persons connected with the Of
flee of the Catholic Instructor, for the pur-
pose ofinfuencing Catholic votes. We state
candidly that this base and deceiying trans
action has been perperated and circulated
without our knowledge or consent, by some
mean unprincipled creature, for the benefit
of his own vile practices. We shall endeav-
or TO ferret out the "wolf in sleeps cloth
ing" and give publicity to his name.
In regard to politics, our principles are en-
dorsed in Archbishop Hughes letter, pub
lished incur paper Of this week.
The following is from Danville paper:
DAEvILLE. Pa, Oct. 5lb, 1852.
WIN. II. HoPE, Esq. Dear Sir: There
are number of Catholic citizens residing in
this place, who are subscribers to the Boston
Pilot. All the copies Of that paper which
came "a the address of its subscribers here,
on last Saturday, contained inside Of the pa
per, on aseparate printed sheet, the speech
Of VIM. 3. Robinson, on Catholic emancipa-
ton. AS the opinion heretofore expressed by
the Pilot, in reference TO this speech, render
ed il highly improbable that the speech could
have beenput In the papers before they were
mailed, ielegraphic despatch was yesterday
sent 10 the publisher, to ascertain whether
such was the case. The despatch and reply,
which are given below, leave no doubt tina
the wrappers have been taken off the papers
in the post Office here, and the speech Of Rob-
inson put into the papers. give you this
early information that you may put our
friends on their guard, The same game may
be playing elsewhere.
e.1' Very respectfully yours, E. H. B.
DESPATCH.
......... ..s.. DANvILLE, Oct. 4th.
Patrick Donahoe, Publisher of the ''BoStoa
Pilot" Boston.
The copies of the Boston Pilot, Of 0cto-
Der I'd, which came TO this place, contained
inside Of the papers. on separate printed
sheet, the speech of VIM. E. Robinson, on
Catholic Emancipation, supposed 10 be put
in at the post office here. Telegraph and
write Immediately il done at the publication
Office. Send despatch and letter to E. H.
Badly, Danville, Penn.
~ M " A. CATHOLIC READER.
REPLY.
BosToN, Oct. 9th, 1852.
e. H. BALDLY.-Robinson's speech was
not put into Pilot at publication Office
Must have been done in post office at Dam
vile. .t ...,.
The same game is PLAYED elsewhere. We
have just learned that some one has imposed
upon our subscribers at Bridgewater, in this
State, in a similar way. p.
| When this thing is done, the people may
generally rely upon it that the imposition is
praclised in the post office where the papers
are distributed. ~
We know that with post masters ii is a
matter Of political life or death. If fScott be
not elected, they may lose their Offices. We
know, 100, that the Presidential vote may be
close, in which case the new Prest! viii
be elected by, the votes of citizens recently
adopted, This explains The anxiety ofpoli-
ticians, and their extraordinarily dishonest
efforts to secure those votes. One hundred
Of them MAY turn the scale. Yet all this doe;
not justify the conduct OF these party hacks
Let our readers be on their guard agains
these tricks The partisan documents Of the
season are so numerous that we can only give
genelal directions about them. II they read
the Pilot regularly, they need not be deceived
Dy politicians. When we notice docunnen
lavorably, they may regard it as trustworthy -
They should spit upon every document calcu-
lated TO trick them out OF their votes on The
strength Of the New Hampshire lie, They
should throw into the fire each and every doc
unent coming from Greelys Tribune Office
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