The daily union., 1852-08-15
The Excuse for the Fraud,

managers have attempted 10 perpetae, by getting up.
letter sheet and circulating from Washington. ands,
NE frank Of Us sgnsrs, a card signed by nine wings
all but one members OF Congress- (and be- Mr. Warren,
an active member OF the whig committee) who state in
lhe card, over their signatures that they are demo.
Gratis" but that they must withhold their support from
Gen Pierce upon alleged special reasons inde-
pendent OF bis being the nominee of the democratic
party. and which special reasons are mainly fragrant un-
truths.
The precise and grave charge which we make in
this matter, and for which we hold the whig man
ayers and all parties concerned in il responsible be-
lore The people, is that this card. however or by
whomsoeyer written. and for whatsoever purpose,
bearing on its face and in its tissue of gross false
hoods against General Pierce, certified over the sigma
lures OF whg members of Congress, who represent them
selves 10 be democrats has, long after its first appearance
IN The New York Tribune been republshed and circulated
as an electoneeng document from Washington 10 dis
tan parts OF the country, letter Sheet under the frank
OF lis sgnrS of them. One OF the cards 80 cir
culated we have seen The frank upon it is the ad-
med genuine frank OF of the members OF Congress
whose name is appended 10 the card OF its signers
The direction upon the card appears be in the same
the frank Both the frank and the direc-
ton written on the card itself, and on an en-
velope, showing that the member OF Congress must have
known what he franking and directing and
the card thus authenticated was directed and sent TO
locality which is at least a thousand miles from, The place
of residence of The gentleman who thus fanked and d.
rec,ed il, and in which many of The inhabitants may
be fairly presumed not to be familiar either with his name
his partisan character. There is shadow of ground
for beleying-and, SO far we know, there is pre-.
tenceiha this particular card which has been returned
to Washington, and which we have seen is an excep-
tonal of circulation On the contrary appears to
have been circulated in all respects in the usual mode
of elecloneeng business by those who have resored TO
this mode of elecioneering.
Upon these facts, charge that such use OF such
document for electioneeng purposes by the whg man.
ayers gross and unexampled fraud upon the people,
which rouse, wherever is detected the just ndg
nation of the people against its perpetrators and must
bring home TO the popular mind the conviction that TO an
extent, the present whg canvass is
OF frauds, designed by every arfce of deception
to cheat the people OF their right of intelligent suf
frage
Now mark the wretchsd excuse which the two whig
journals have put forth against this charge We shall
quote their language; for we wish the country 10
Some waggish fellow, IL seems has taken IL into his
head buresque circular issued long by Mess
Stephens, Toombs, c. j. Faulkner, and other
and has had the hardhood to afx the Of certain
well-known wings to this mock performance with the
vew presume OF showing that several of the sxner of
the real card iie entitled to the appeIaon of
wings the Purported sgne of the buresaue card are
that OF democrats
The circular in question is only remarkable, 10 those
who will take the trouble H. as an ingenious para
n.
or blame and yet 1t has suced excite a terrible per.
turbation in the morbid imagination of our neighbor
With the view oil showing how lndcrouy absurd are the
wraful expressions which the Union has against it,
and how e exists for such overflow of yTuous
indignation, the serious and the buresque docu
in parallel coumnsaking occasion merely TO re-
mark Of the latter that do ,ohos
bsars kas1 aHyihins Of its sisor that they
dreamed OF any taking production rs
thing else than satrical fling the movement Of the
sgncrs of the first manifesto"
The National IatelHgencer says:
The card Is piece of wsggery, by person or per-
unknown, in the form OF address our constu
ens &c, TO which annexed the of nine of the
in Congress, REPRESENTED As ASSIGNING
why they cannot, and will not 50 pport
Pierce for the presidency, &c. The reader will perceive
at from this brief ausion the article that il is
nothing but upon the address, by the same mum.
Der Of gentlemen, some weeks ago. assigning the
why they for Cen Scott for the presidency Ii
Is an ingenious hoax OF which the whg gentlemen WHOSE
sAAEs ARE MADE FREE IT, have more right than
nybody else TO complains and they be exceedingly
green, would think, who could mistake il for anything
else. The funniest thing by far about this hoax however
is the 'Union's' taking II seriously, and pronou ncng
grave homy upon the sin of such dro doings as this
"But, seriously, In turn, think it very doubtful
whether this hoax perpetrated by whg or democrat
We know OF among the democrats capable of more
ingenious diu0titssuts than this, and very capable Of
making merry them If done by other hands theirs
One thing conceive ourselves AUTHORIZED TO STATE As
WHO'S WHOSE NAMES ARR
BORROWED THIS Jeu dorii AGENCY IN THE MAT
rKR, IS ~ ANY WAY RKsPoSsIBLk IT."
or this defence, readers will remark
lst II s exactly the in both journals; both Of
which plainly TO convey the idea that they speak
BY s authority Of the sgnes OF the card, though neither
OF them ventures 10 terms which fully commit those
gentlemen 10 their assertions.
I'd. Both journals, in their excuse omit every main
point in our charge Of fraud. They poinedy omit to
mention that the card expressly a6ms lis sgnes 10 Be
"dsmoerafs" They omit TO mention the republication Of
the card circular letter Sheet and its circulation
for eectioneering purposes from Washington.
3D. Bot the whole gid OF the is, that the men
whose are signed TO the card knep nothing of
Us emission "hsd any agency in The matter in any
usy responsible for h."
This clearly implies the admission OF the signers
themselves through the journals which speak for tbem
that II they did know anything OF the emission Of the
card, or had any agency responsibility in H. then,
that extent, they implicated in fraud
Then we beg 10 ask few plain questions:
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