The daily union., 1852-10-31
Yhe Frauds or the Canvass.

The Republic seems at last to have awakened to some
Of the gnomnious position which il occupies as
the central and special organ of this whg canvass Of
frauds" which has reached its close That jouna
in its issue of yesterday. not daring deny that the whg
canvass has been in its general management long
tempt to defraud the people, pleads offset, and
meraes certain alleged frauds of democrats and demo-
cratic journals.
/ Wilt be believed that at the head OF this enumera
ton, and the chief part OF it, the Republic looking back
the whole canvass is by OF MATERIAL forced
name. democratic frauds the signal refu.ation OF the
two principal atrocous calumnies against Gen. Pierce
rst that he is the friend Of abotonism and secondly
that he is the friend Of religious bgotry and intolerance
/ The Republic knows that these two base ISLANDERS,
though falsely certified and falsely sworn TO by the
wings and their abolition allies, have been 80 utterly
exploded that decent wings are ashamed to hear them
mentioned. But this is not the chief point 10 the
case. The Republic itself, at the outset of the can
vass, "on full investigation recorded its acknowl-
edgment, in explicit terms, that both these charges
calamnies of the basest AT the outset OF the
canvass the Republic, like the New York Tribune, pro-
claimed that General Pierce an ultra pro slavery
democrat and also ID that the record proved him
the fast friend and champion of religious freedom and
equality Afterwards in the hands of wicked men, that
journal lent itself to the dirty work of disseminating
both these ealumnies and accrsditng them to the
try and turns round and enumerates the signal
refuiation OF them by democrats democratic fraud
This is enough TO show the nature of the Republics
Offset, and we dismiss it without further comment.
And now, by way OF closing notice of topic which
the defeat OF the whig candidate on Tuesday next
will make unnecessary to be again noticed, until il shall
up earning 10 the managers OF the pres-
Dental lei briefly review OF the capital
methods Of fraud which, the part OF the whgs have
made this TO them alike memorable and dias-
trous.
First and chief among these frauds stands the preience
that the Scott whig organic alton is in any just sense
national party. From the hrst sectionasm seen 10
be the whole soul Of the From the first, lead
ing whig ournalsScoit journals and anti. Scott jour.
nals--,he NewYork Times and the New York Courier
announced that the platform which put forward
a badge OF nationality only bargain, and cor
rupt bargain" by which to accomplish the nomination
Here is the primary fundamental fraud of the canvass,
and the whg managers stand ssy.eonvietsd Of it,
Close upon this followed the fraudulent circulation OF
tuo versions Of the platform thus adopted.
Then came the presentmen the special friend OF the
adopted citizen OF candidate who claimed to be the
originator and for thirteen years the leader and
champion of the nativist party As such he had been
laid aside by his friends in the Whig Convention OF
ls4s and the New York Courier which tells us of this
fact upon its knowledge. tells al the time
that General Scott in his letter 10 Robinson of ls4s,
/" repudiaed his convictions" for party purposes.
Then came the fraudulent claim OF the Scott t-whig
party to be the conservative party OF the country To
give such TO party rallied sectional grounds
under the banner OF the commander chief Of the reg
uar army--a whose entire life has been military
more than folly; it is gross fraud II is false pre-
tence 10 get power.
These four capital frauds, readers will perceive
constitute the OF the present OF the Scott wings
before the people-,he entire position in its ayowed
scope and outline Of the Scou-whig party.
We turn now to the whg representations OF the posi-
uon and character Of the democratic pary and here the
whole whg statement has been one long fraud We do
not remember now single point which the wings
have fairly stated and fairly met the issue between the
two candidates and the two parties which respectively
sustain them In this respect, this the part
OF the wings has been entirely without parallel That
General Pierce is not the candidate OF the united democ-
racy but of particular sections Of the democracy
that his election will bring foreign along with il
that his election will be popular verdict in favor OF
breaking laws and treaties, and in favor oil 6buser
inxv expeditions that be is ultra pro slavery
that he favors aboionsm that he is the friend Of
gious intolerance; that he is not OF ability or
courage these charges and others, multiplied in thou
sand FORMS and resting upon Infamous testimony, and
equally false and base. have been the whole staple Of
the whg opposition TO Franklin Pierce We do not call
10 mind single instance in which the policy which bis
name represents has been clearly fairly stated 10 the
people in any whig speech journal. With con.
sent the whig leaders have frauiucnty lodged the
issue.
In thus demonstrating for the last time this whg can
vass 10 have been Of Fraud readers will perceive
that we leave out of view the minor instances and agen-
cies Of imposiure We omit the OF the calumna-
tors from Fogg to Robinson We omit the forgeres and
the forgers We omit the miserable falsehoods against
private and social character These would hl volume.
We omit. too. too well known to need comment. the
fraudulent tactics OF the Wing Central Committee in
flooding the different sections Of the country with docu-
ments which give the loud lie to each other. All this
infamous machinery Of fraud ia noticeable now only as
showing that the entire spirit Of the canvass of the whg
leaders was fraudulent from the first.
One other whix fraud remains to be noticed II is the
allegation everywhere put forth that the democratic party
in this canvass has treated Gen. Scott personally with
unfarness or injustice. Asagenera charge this
ton is a fraud, Doubtless journals have used