Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1852-10-19
AN INFAMOUS ELEcTIONEERIN0
TRICK OF THE ScOT-T LEADEHS.

The history Of AmeEieaa politics (Wei says
the Unionl furnishes no PNgaIei 10 the practices
| which the Scott leaders have resorted 70 during
the present contest. The triumph Of the Seward
portion Of the Wing party has caused the rePu-
! diation of the men of chaIaGter who have here
| ,ofore directed Wing movements, and the eleYa-
| ton of desperate politicians, who resort 70 traud
! without tear, for they have nothing TO lose By
detection and exposure. Under such auspices
the Scott party is pursuing system OF tactics
which needs only 10 be understood to excite tho
| Indignation OF the people, and COnsgH the Scott
parlS to infamy so that meH will avoid all con-
| nexiou with it as they avoid pestilence.
Through the newspapers, and BY the means OF
printed Iocuuents the Scott managers have cir.
culated the vilesl calumnies against Gen. Pierce.
In The North ther have denounced HIM pro-
slavery proPagandtst, and ia the South they have
asserted that fa WAS an abostlOnlst. They haF0
forged facts and i1lsi6el history Ia array ouI
Catholic cit,zeus against him. They have de-
nOnncsd hun "a coward, lIseItint, and drunk
ard aud with uuscr0Putous eHrontefys they
have proslituled the postal arrangements and VI0-
lated the post Office laws tn carry out their pufc
poses Bur recently they have reached 4 lower
deep Of inamy, and have FesoEted 70 = system Of
SlGpdeF SO base and iafAmOaS as 10 Be almost be-
You'd belief. notwithstanding The character OF
the men who thYe been put at the head OF tho
Scott Party--nOtwth hstanding the total and COM
pleIe reputation Of re manlinsss ri the Whig
party, since The nomination of Gen. ScOIt-yee
nothing except according testimony, supported
by according facts, could induce Us to believe
that in this enlightened age meA aspiring to tha
control Of the goveTnm ttwOuld TOoP to Glow
arts to which the Scott managers have resoried.
The Scott managers have sent through the
country pedlers of clocks, dry goods, and fancy
articles, who have been previously trained and
instructed to circulate the most vile slandeFs
with relation TO the private character of General
Pierce, These itinerant i'm posters are SchOOIed
in the part they are to play. They enter into
with the farmers, and, after repre-.
senIiug themselves as ncghbors or schoOlmates
of General Pierce, they say that they have known
him from his youth up; then they slander his
private character in the toulest manner by TeIGts
ing coined anecdotes representing him as COW.
ard, a gambler, or a libsrtne
While THE secret system OF electoneeTing tS
being pursued, the Scott organs assRil with Vo'
ciGerOus abuse any one who has the andaciiy 70
correct their false narratives ofimpOrtant events,
Or to insist that brave and patriotic men OSall not
be robbed OF their well earned lSUrelS in order I"
deck the brow Of Winfield Scott. The Wing
candidate stands before the country distinguish
ID by eminent disqualifcatiOns for civil prefer.
nent For thirty years he has been exhibiting
o the people his inflated vanity, his jealous,
lauGhlv aud iFrascible disposition and every
Democrat is expected to sit quietly and refrain
rom comment, while Wing leaders present to
he people their false pictures OF the Whig can
daIe and magn Gen. Pierce, and resort TO the
most despicabe expCdientb to blaCken his private
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