The daily union., 1852-09-29
The whls Candidates Political Campaign

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are capable Of appfecatng the ridiculous and contempt
ibe, should be heartily ashamed Of the slseionssnnx
arts and speeches OF their candidate is all suprs.
ing Neither is il be marvelled at ii their disgust oc
casonaIly manifest itself despite their efforts 10 suppress
and conceal il for in truth the manner in which Gen
Scott has conducted himself in the progress Of his tour
Is not less painfully disgusting than iesstbly iarcisa
| That the Commander-n.chief OF the army OF the Uni.
ted States should make some duty pertaining TO his Of
nee the pretext Of an eleconeering campagn-thai a
candidate for the presidency Of the United States should
90 about the country blarneyinx the Irsh haterins
The Germans haanguing mass meetings. and shooting him
self at water stationss. in the general conception. sad
reproach TO the country while in some OF its incidents
his tour is ludcroas and amusing than the happ
est fances Of the play wright Witness for instance the
piteous lamentations Of the whig candidate over the
melancholy spectacle of his beloved fellow citizens ma
live. adopted and TO be adopted foundering in The
mud, and drenched by the ran himself meanwhile riding
in carriage Witness again. the solemn and vehement
asseveraons in his speech about the Germans that he
was mad-very mad, and had right TO be mad--,hat
privilege being of the inaenabe franchises OF free.
men. The mingled enomity and absnrdity Of General
Scos political progress through the West. ito original
design and its details only shocks the feelings Of all
but his biased partsans see the necessity Of
making some sort OF an apology for the outrage upon The
dignity Of the country Of which their candidate is gully
The Philadelphia North American pleads in his defence
as follows
General Sootts official visit the Wes in connexioa
with object Of public charity the selection Of asylum
for the sick and disabled soldier has invoked popular
feeling and enthusiasm which is almost without parallel
He left Washington WITHOUT ANY PREVIOUS and
became known that he the way thousands
poured point the route TO welcome the gal
ant old soldier whose life had been often exposed the
service of the country and whose achievements have
ected much honor the national reputation, Fsom
Baltimore Columbus, throughout, the interior Of Pcnny.
vana and Ohio, IL has been continued ovation Of pa.
totic and afeciionate regard AND pEMoN
srRATIoSs pRooEEnEn ARRANGEMENT or
PARTISAN The honest and upright people
INnErENnEsr TIES rushed from their home.
steads greet whom they had long admired and
shed and oer him the onal evidence Of their
spect and gratitude"
Now, every material allegation in this paragraph is u
terly groundIess Gen era Scott did not leave Wash
ngton "wthou any previous notice !" for the day and
hour OF his departure had been announced in advance
and on arriving at Baltimore he formally received
by depuation appointed for the purpose. Nor did
he manifest entertain any disposition to avoid
observation" why did he telegraph to the de.
pois and villages his route the hour at which he
would reach them' and why did he give formal notice
that he would consent to public receplonss' Nor is
true that these popular demonstrations did not proceed
from any organized arrangement partisan coniri
vance, On the contrary he arranged the programme Of
his progress to be present at whig meetings.
and none but his parsans allowed to participate in
the ceremonies Of his various receptions.
That mans impudence is more TO be admired than his
ver4ciiy who say that he does not believe that
Gen Sco,ts tour was not, in conception well
cuton, political eectioneerng partisan device. INTENDED
influence the result Of the present esidenta canvAA
and they who labor TO represent the affair innocent
excursion Of pleasure business. will incur the guilt
without reaping he profit Of deliberate attempt topropa
gate alschoo1, which everybody knows to be false
hood, and nothing but falsshood.
Misma ma GENE mt Of the Post Onice.-FrauduIsnt
Detention Of Democratic Documents.
The whg lead ers aware that mai niy Of the peo
pie agains, them; hence they to cunning STRAIT
agems direct fraud TO accomplish their ends. They
obtained possession Of the executive branch OF the gov
ernment by false pretences, and in their administration
they do not hesitate violate the laws OF The land when
they W ish to reward partisan ,mplish party
purpose.
Since the present campaign commenced the post office
arrangements have been deliberately prosuted TO party
purposes In all quarters OF the country there are
plants that documents mailed in washington do not
reach their destination in due season. and sometimes not
al all.
We learn that whiy posmasters in places do NOT
deliver documents persons calling their Offices unless
they specially callel Tor. person accustomed to
receive letters aad papers by mail inquiries a, whig
post office for his letters and papers, and II he does not
think 10 call for documents the postmaster withhods
them, although he knows that they are in the office
Such tricks, we are informed have been resorted TO-
They fraudulent and the officers who to them
would need but slight temptation to commit forgery OF
rob the mail
Wing members OF Congress send packages of franked
envelopes to persons in distant towns and Cities and
these persons permitted to send documents in them
throughout the couary, although the postmaster knows
that the member whose frank is thus used at distance
and that deliberate and acknowledged fraud is com.
mited the laws which he has taken an oath TO execute
imparslly
The Wing Committee in this city is permitted to send
packages of documents franked but directed through
the mail. number OF franked documents are made up
into bundle The two the outside are directed bat
the others not and in that condition the bundle
sent 10 s destination to be again distributed through the
mail after they have been directed TO proper persons