The daily union., 1852-10-03
For the Union.
7 he Last Card.


The Last Card.
Reader, if you whis, player you have doubtless
seen excited gentleman, against whom the laes
seemed to have eaguel themselves through the game,
and who in his excitement had lost the of the cards.
slam down, il he intended split the table, what he
supposed 10 be the last trump, and consequently
card and then you have witnessed his perfectly blank
and fallen look his antagonist quietly laid upon
trump spot higher, and deposited the trick upon
his own And you have laughed your sleeve if
not audiby, that man should let his passion far
outrun his calculation feel of winning trick
Ggaina The best card out!
Just so is it with the crestfalIen wings The
cards manifestIy against them They have Snuff ID
the pack all sorts of ways. Seward has gwen 1t The
abolition shutls; Sany The pro-sidrelv stuWs Parson
Foss and his worthy coadu,or, Robinson, endeavored
70 stock the pack for abolition ana anti, Catholic deal
and the foxy Truman gave regular gamblers 0hir
by swapping the together but all would not do
the has been steadily against them, and they now
beginning 10 whistle by the way OF keeping up their
courage
One of their last cards is now in process of being
play ed They have commenced a system of causing let
ers TO be written from different parts OF the Unon and
published in the newspapers of this city, TO have an effect
or other portions OF the Union They have, OF course,
selected The democratic stronghods 10 Urite from well
knowing that letters written from doubtful places would
have no effect So you find letters from Vermont, or
DeaGITc or Riode ISaHd, Wblle you ma tnem IRON
those sterling democratic Staies-New Hampshire, Vr-
ginia Ohio Indiana Iowa, &c-S,a,es as sure 10 cast
their for Pierce and Kag the 81 day OF Novem.
Der next as the sun is TO rise on that day The whg
papers parade whole columns OF these letters, with The
manifest intention OF having them opera'e such States
considered debatabie But the film is too thin
sensible will through il, and this card will prove
TO be either not trump or one TOO tog 10 take The irck
Even HE slad aud dignfcd lntelligepcer, which has
h.on hat roll in liza nf he
course pursued by the leaders OF the whg party aud in.
ventors The present degraded and odious whg system
OF partisan warfare has been coaxed, driven, bought
in and for the week past has lent its columns 10 the base
purposes OF deception.
Let US take yesterdays ntegencer a sample OF the
game that has been pursued Tor week or sopast We
have therein somewhat than column OF brewer,
| headed the "Tbe Campaign" And first, we have a
letter, pupoftns 10 be IRON "Concord New Hampshire" !"
bot U ho4l duh This letter does not pretend 10 say
that New II gnpshe viii 20 fJr Scolt-al would be a
liule too barela laced, although we knoy a burly and
Dragging whig bully in Coaeord, who would not hes.
tate, il il necessary to make oath thatNew Hanp
shire had always been a whig State. He il was who
wrote the famous Tribune Concord falsehood and.
doubtless the extract alluded to was from genuine let.
ter he was its author. Il carries, however, its own
falls hood on its face New Hampshire "ocos" are not
the men to admit defeat under any circumstances. and
certainly not when everything promises victory as does
now; and the idea that the General himself looks bad"
ha, che appears II he lad lost all hi. rend"is lit
tie ridiculous TO gain credence, even with the most
gullibe OF the wings themselves We met gentleman
within week, who had just returned from New Hamp-
shire, and had General Pierce. His remark TO US
was in substance "WelL | saw the General, and no
one would misrust that he the democratic
nominee for the presidency Of the United States from bis
appearance lie is the same urbape, genemanlg, good
natured, and happy footing fnns Pierce that he has
been all his ie and expresses no anxiety whatever as
to the result Of the election" This doubt not is
the true picture OF the at this moment
We would advise the lnelligeneef 10 select ihelr Ok.
tracts from New Hampshire letters more judoiousy in
future
Next we have an extract or what purporls TO be
extract from letter from Massachusetts, also without
date, saying " all is right in Massachusetts, no matter
what Mr.. Webster does or omils 10 do.n We are half
inclined TO believe that our neghbors have been imposed
upon by democratic friend for haveseen letters
from Massachusetts, recently from democrats to their
friends here, almost word for word like the foregoing
and we the inclined to this belief from the fact
that the lnteligencer speaks of the letter from an
observing and reliable mIn." not ehig Wings are not
very reliable nowadays.
We are modest, and do not clam Massachusetts but
we should not be su rprisei by any il her vote
should be cast for Pierce and King By small plurality.
MARY land next comes in with her correspondence
her ds,eess correspondence we may well remark
here that all this correspondence Is without date and we
are told with pretty emphatic ", that Maryland safe
for 5000 majority But most fortunately for this wise
soolhsayer, he fotgets to tell US for whom this 1900
majority s 10 be given WE have no doubt he will turn
opt to b. true prophet and when Pierce and King carry
the State by Just about that majority, he will claim his
reward
virsmia--Old Democratic yfgiqia-oomes next but
although letters are given from three different points,
the writers are no, quite Bosy enough TO claim that
State for Scott The prospect is bdgh,ening" is
ALL and so 1t up the day Of The last guoerna'oal
election in the eyes Of the wings, when Johnson swept