Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1852-09-08
From the Burlington Gazette.
News for the People !-EitZ Hen
ry Warren a Democrat

Int the Washington Union Of the 18th August,
is circular signed by eight Whig members Of
Congress. in company with Fitz Henry Warren,
calling themselves democrats and republicans,
and assigning reasons for refusing to support
Pierce and King. This is the same Fitz Henry
Warren who. as the distributing agent of the
whig corruption fund in lS46,used it as means
Of hiring democrats to 60 TO distant counties to
drive hogs, when there was none to drive, so
as to be absent on the day Of election; and who
imported wings from whig to democr ratio couE-
ties to vote. This is the same Fitz Henry War
ren who acted the part Of political scavenger
for the wings during the memorable session of
the Legislature of 1867 ,and who was the pivot
on which all the wings of Iowa turned; most
conspicuous by his buzzard like appearance !
This is the same Fitz Henry Warren who in the
ever memorable contest Of ls4s-still the dis
tributing agent of the wing corruption fund ( Of
which Truman Smith was the great a.moner.
also one of the signers of the repudating cir
cular,) purchased the Mormon vote in Potta-
wattamie county of Hyde, Picket d Co., for a
printing press.
This is the same Fitz Henry Warren who in
the same canvass made such extensive arrange
ments fer the importation Of voters with view
of carrying the state for the wings. and per-
haps only failing for the want of funds, SO un
scrnpulous was this same whig scavenger.
Fitz Henry Warren Democrat! ! was any
thing ever heard Of so preposterous
whig Elector in le4e. a recipient Of office
under the present whig administration and ono
of the under ground prime movers in the Scott
nomination. This is the same Ftz Henry War.
rem who has in the Post Office Department done
the dirty work of whggery until he became too
foul forever whggcry itself; and had to resign
to prevent his own removal.
This Is but a faint picture of one of the sign
ers Of the circular, but it will be readily recog-
mixed BY the people of Iowa; great democrat.
truly!
tits by such fraud that the wings expect to
succeed in the present contest. Democrats be.
ware of such. HISTORY.
The circular alluded to by our correspondent
History, was printed in Washington, in letter
form, and is circulated to the rcmotest parts OF
the country under the frank of members of con.
gress whose names are signed to it; the con.
tents are series Of false charges against Mr.
Pierce, and an announcement that in consc-
quence thereof, the signers, as Democrats, re.
pudiate him. and go for Scott. Even the whig
papers in Washington, confess that the whole
thing is a falsehood and forgery; that although
it is circulated by members of congress whose
names are attached to it, it W never in reali.
ty signed by them; but that it Is intended as
joke! Oh,avery pretty joke indeed !only there
is some difficulty in finding out the wit of it
1t may be new fashioned joke, but it look.
very much like old fashioned rasca!ity. We
heard fellow once; who under trial for horse
stealing, tried to get out of the scrape by say
ing that he did it by way of joke; but it tur
ned cut poor joke for him, for he got sent to
the pententiary by it. Jeu de main Jjeu de ua
lain, is true proverb. No doubt we shall
have some more jokes of the same kind played
off during the canvass, SO look out for them
Mr. Warren is an old practical joker in politics;
and they tell some funny stories Of him about
here; AS when he sent man out Of the way at
the time of an election, thinking that he was a
democrat, and it turned out that the man was
a whiy.
Some Of our voters have probably heard some.
thing about coffin hand bills; well, if they see
tsomsthing Of the same kind coming out about
IN tyenth hour, let them set them down as
wf peactical jokes
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