The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-09-15
WING ElectiOncering.

At the late abolition convention in Pltsburg,
a fellow, reporting himself as Coi Wa,son G
Haynse, Of Illinois, made flaming speech, to a
full convention, by permission, in which he ur-
ged the nomination Of Gen. PIERCE (D by the
abolition party-abused Hale and Scott, and de
Tended the New Hampshire religious test-pra.
ting about the "great protestant democratic par
tyr OF course the speech created a sensation
1t WAS Immediately seized upon 10 be printed
and ranked over the ceuntry BY the wing exc
cutive commitiee-but b-f re the thing was
fairly started, the facts Of the case were blurted
out by Col Watson q. Haynes. He was tool
Of the "all the-dtcency'' why party, was paid
$1,000 to play his part, and his speech was
written for him by Horace Greeley This
Horace denies, but Horace would deny his
mother for less than thirty pieces Of silver.
Here, fellow voters is a specimen Of wing hon
or. of wing electioneering, and whig despara
tion and recklessness. Comment would only
serve to screen the Nervousness of the deedi
We place it before our readers in it's naked, hi
deous, hellish deforniy-a browning act Of
black and damning fraud, such none but des-
perate politicians, could conceive or execute, in
last desparing, frenzied effort 10 injure Gen
PIERCE at the South. This peace of electio-
neering villainly is the climax If that system
begun in br.bing the renegade Robinson to de-
claim and father that issue of lies and folly,
being franked by the wing executive committee
over the country, which was laid, Matched and
1edged in the filthy hot bed Of Seward, Gree
ley & Co., and which was followed up in that
fraudulent circular" written and signed by
Truman Smith, Fitz Henry Warren & Co..
(iorging the names OF one or two r spectacle
men, calling themselves democrats, and grav-
ely giving the reasons why they, as democrats,
BOLT the nomination OF Pierce, and intend to
support Scott
After all this, has any honest man doubt Of
the Election Of Pierce and King, What but
despair drive MEN, not already doomed to the
prisons of Tophet, to commit acts of such das
tardy meanness. 50 utterly and incomparably
infamous.
We place Haynes, Warren, Robinson, Smith
& Co. in the same category, of men outlawed
by every sentiment Of truth, honor or manliness,
who would be infinitely hon orediby the associa-
ton Of the lowest cut fhroats, pick pockets,
grave fobbers, and bawdy-house bullies, that
ever polluted the atmosphere Of Beelzebub's
back kitchen.
The editor Of the Tribune struggles and floun-
ders in more than column Of editorial, to
prove that Gen. Pierce is Frcesoiler, because
b. Butler, M. and John Van Buren,, who are
Fresoiiers support him for the Presidency
Had the Frsesoil party, as a party, agreed TO
supp4r Gen Pierce there might be some excuse
for the charge Of the Tribune. But to hold
candidate responsible for the peculiar notions
of every man who supports him. is certainly
new and starteing theory in politics.
With equal propriety might you hold Gen.
Pierce or Scott, responsible for the character Of
every man who votes for them. No doubt a
great many rery bad in the country will
vote for Gen. Scott II is their privilege to vote
at elections. But would our neighbor agree
that we should hold Gen. Scott individually
for every mean act they ever com.
mitted, or are likely to commit Arnold. had
he been q citizen Of the United States, at the
time Washington was candidate, no doubt
would have voted for him, but would our
istute neighbor have held Gen. Washing
ION responsible tofthe treason Of Arnold? "A
ron Burr run on the Presidential ticket with
Thomas Jefferson but would our neighbor have
held MI. Jefferson responsible for the subsequent
seditious conduct Of Burr, A number If sol