The native American., 1837-12-09

ANONYMOUS SCRIBBLERs.-ln no situation is
the coacard more apparent than in that of an
anonymous scribbler. The slanderer, who breathes
his envy, his malice, or his revenge, orally, NAV
be confronted with the victim of his guile, and
Frustrated before the strong arm of Law. His
escape, in this province, and in this peculiar posi-
tion is impossible. He is the source of the evil:
and on him, and him, only, will the culpability of
its falsity, be eventually fastened He will stand
out IN spite OF all evasion, mark for the finger
OF scorn, and telegraph to guide the virtuous
and the good from the path of his wickedness.
The only credit, if such it can be called, that is
connected with this villainy, is, that he is not
wholly destitute of courage, if he be of every other
inner feeling inherent to Human Nature. The
difference between the clandestine villifer and
him who ISLANDERS verbally, is--that the first il
entirely destitute of the courage of the last and
consequently stranger to the best motives of the
man-I.he letter that contains a charge against
the member OF a family, is, frequently, poisoned
missile, that wounds the vitality of all moral and
religious existence; the victim dies and the ap
gressor roams, without suffering that punishment.
which IS, rlghtiully, the slanderer's due: He. i
may be- who first gave wings to the tale of defa-
nation against the fair and righteous of his sex-
tale, without discernible parent-a lie. without
a source. It goes forth to the world fatherless
but often, very often, leaves its impress upon the
credulous and good.
We might adduce hundreds of instances n
verify the truth Of our position. The history of
the world teens with them every descriptive
volume has It's moiety; and, there is not COM
munity in existence, that has never felt the midaw
OF their inveteracy. In this City, we could point
to numerous lnstances.-One, in particular has
left its stamp upon our heart. 1t was the seyer;no
OF two congenial hearts-t was the shatterinp &c
the bowl that held the nectar of anticipaton
succession OF anonymous letters ACCOMPLISHED tho
hendish purpose; and the assimilating shirt
which God had given to two Of his creatures
alike, was left to weep out existence companion
less.-W ashngton, whose name has extorted
praise from the sternest enmty-even he--bas
been subject to the coward imputations Of anony.
nous writers And if any other person, save
himself, had been assailed, the innocent bo.d
might nave been laid in its grave covered with
conectural guilt: But there was repulsiye v;rn.
in the character of the Father of his Country tb,,
put to the blush the whispered suspicious of the
enemies, which, as inevitably as that rank weeds
will spring up around the noblest oak, were born
out OF Envy OF his greatness. Beside all this. he
was an extraordinary man: His morality wac
SO pure that his most important service are mbued
with 1t: Ills Religion, SO unaffected and 81 no
tural, that vice, in seeming intuition. would how,
its head before his piety His countrymen to-
the mass Of the People-as if instructed hv tbo;r
Maker, would credit no evil to their beloved
Westinghouse least none, that could oyersb,do,.
his immaculate and superior rectude in their eves
We all remember the thunderbolt that scattered i.
vengeance around the home of the venera,eJ
Jackson, and left him scathed and eaaess trea
while the companion of his life, was smtten -
the earth. We cite these few instances ha
cause they are prominent, aud wildly familiar
These remarks have been suggested to rs bv
reading notice OF an anonymous transaction IN
ielauon 10 the LADIES' of Washington. We had
intended frequently, before, to expose the ex-
len' 81 an influence which embraces, within its
power' ,he word-and IS capable Of dealing death
its ornaments-Carlislc haeHgenccy. =