Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-06-19

satire, but twas not tr0e, and was in like mapue
nailed to the counter. The last Charge was that NJ
Wstterston was sppcrciiious in his manners. ~.
petty malice Of the Telegraph has at las, provoke
Mr.. Watterston to reply, and, if Daft has m
'eehnG--a reply that must make him wish iimsc
still cow-deiver.
| From tie National .Jol5not
The low scurrity of the vulgar conductor of
priAt that has becone Infamous for its tlisehoods nm
magnity, would scarcely deserve attention if some
the charges winch this pensioned tool with his cha,
acteristic eftrontery and impudence, has thrown Oh
against did not demand some notice. II s no,o
rlous to every one that this man has labored in h;
dirty vocation Till all sense of decency and eyer
feefng OF honor, entirely annibated or
ueds Tic has MaI,,anly and n.alicousy assalei a
that Is virnos respectable or honorable in the nnn
try and has rendered himself by his deliberate false
hoods and low biingsgate, infamous that deiicac
almost shoulders ut the name OF tile receptacle a
BIS NTH. Every where has he been stamped with tn
| Character of blackguard and liar.
1t Is surely not for such man TO prate about tb
manners OF another; he is incompetent to iadre q
Them as the rude savage would be tn form correct
estimate Or tile polish Of French cuur,er IF M
manners were Ut any time "superclious" it wa tun
necessary to assume them to ret rid of such spert
ueDt and vulgar intruders rs he and his sattc},es
and to save the books from being purtoined
1t is false that the Library has ever been in n s;ot
OF arrangement, md If it be sin conElsioz as
ne asserts the confusion Inns been produced bv the
person who has been thrust into the office contrary T,
law. hat 1t will require the labor OF manv months
before he can even understand the arrangement j.
unqiestionaby true for the arrangement is scien
thc one, an ignorant and uneducated man like the
vulgar slang whanger OF the Telegraph and his aren't
would be utterly at loss to comprehend it, TO an,
man OF ordinary capacity, information an tos,e tb
Library, schen ett by nue. must have apucsred as il
actually was, III state OF order and beauty II m,
pr'de 70 say, and the fact is known to every one
who has been in the habit of visiting this literary
establishment, that have atored foi years to perfect
tie arrangement, and TO render the Library an oh.
ect OF utility and beauty, and have every reason tc
oeieVe that my efforts have met with the entire en-
PROBATION OF all who are capable of Judging and
espccially ofthosc for whose exclusive convenience
anu benefit it was established have SO arranged
und catalogned every volume, that there il, no book
that could not find instantly and without difficulty
and with the contents OF which was not Obliged 10
be IN some manner acquainted.
, very lew books have been lost, III tile course ofmy
long superintendent, that have not been or that ca
nor Tor Except one taken out by the very
man who makes this hazardous assertion and t!ey
cnhnot be found according the catalogues is not
my iant nm not to be aswerable for the ignorance
or stupidity OF those who have been put into situa
t'nn for which they may be wholly unfit
the next charge which, shall notice, is ose that
If true,I should care very little abm.. hut !, f'.n,
pens 70 have the Geographic eVrsuPur IT, atsetopf
That was one OF the main pronptera If not contrI
bntorsto 1--WE the People,, has been proved by the
wften declaration of the publisher of that sheet e
of impudcnce and effrontery OF the vulgar and pen
stoned Telegraph again to reiterate it.
If solicitations we're made to the Executive in my
behalf, they were made by his and my friends in Con
gress who were appraised Of the base and unDrihci
pied efforts which the hungry clfician sentiu,i, win
were nundntiug the city. would make 10 displace al
the most useful and efficient officers Of the Govern
ment, no matter by wha, means. This was one O
the fabrcatioDs got mp by Duff Green and his
to innre me: and, like the lnqusitiou il WAS onl,
necessary to lodge secret information to consicn t
victim to the stake, to lead him out to the ant
de {e. Such IS the present dcplorablc condition oil
our country, condition which every patriot must la
ment ard resist, he wishes to save It's fair fame
from pollution and its liberties from destruction Bu
it would that against the express desire of those
for whose special benefit the Library WAS created
the Executive has undertaken. upon the gross msre
presentation and falsohoods OF. suc, creature q
Green to put OF his foremen into an Office owe
which the President ought not To have, if deicacr
did not prevent him from having. any possible
control.
deem it unnecessary to notice the pal'rv ord con
temptible bubble about my bond. il ison par witt
every thing he has asserted, and shows TO what dos
perate efforts the slanderer is driven when pushed
and deserves no further remark thnn that is
steal and absurd. The perfectly ''unexceptionab
bond, as he terms 1t, which has been given by MIR
5leehan, is, In fact, no bond at all; because
has not the necessary legal lcrmaliteshas not thu
sanction OF either the President of the Senate or Tn
Speaker of the House Of Representatives, and j.
therefore. Of mo- validity than piece Of blan
paper. The amount CT his security, if security
can be called, Is the which gave WREN the J.,
brary was estimated at $4,000 and yet property t
the amount of $4,000 has been illegally pnt undo
the charge OF man wholly Irresponsible ON the bar
word Of pcnsoned caluInniator, without decenc
and without truth
Another power will yet determine upon the lega
ty of this proceeding, and doubt take such ster
MS their insnIted rights demand. 7 am my self indi
erent rs to the result, and should not now have OF
truded on the public attention with these remarks
the nsuferable arrogance and falsehood of the mil
ION who has assaed me, had not rendered it ndispcr
ksaoc. Every one who knows hin must know, The
3 Il n await pas CERT il auraii etc assassin"
GEORGE WATTERSTON
TIE Outrage at Kfy UTcst.We find the follow
ing new version of Mr.. McRea's and Mr.. Hawkiu
affair at Kew West, in the Charleston C,o1effe ,