Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-05-28

rsady 10 plunge in the abyss ofcosruaoa. to hnJ
la sting that esuid reach the sensibility Of thoss
! whom thus nc ~on'd have inundated. Ia the blsek
Catalogue Of crime and jeuaction, with which the
elohe has been redundant and characterized. nc
PARALLEL has been exhib tod To the pslTy eoward
aud lying allegations agsiust the Hon. w. G. Pres
,an OF south Carolina. The i6elling eihor OF a,
shee knew well that his responsibility was without
"a shadow, and his without pretence to COZ.
sderaie regard, or he would have quaile before the
very fluid which indicted such charges rather than
have submitted them to the gaze OF any commune
Ity. .r SO.
The Globe, d ia oplas genus, have day after day
teemcd with bitter nvectve against "proscripton,"
AID according IN the Calhoun diciation, attempted
to array IN hostility the professions and practice OF
CoL Preston, IN relation IN removals from office.
The only example which the siric,est research and
ingenuity OF those, who, without the instance OF an
| authority, were prepared To manufacture one, has
been paraded IN tho case Of Benjamin Rawls, late
postmaster at Columbia. s. G. Let US cursorily
examine this matter, and "pain and unvarnished
tate" develope, the @ lobe but to the common
sense OF those who desire to understand the truth,
the circumstances and Facts connected with his re-
| novaL Rnwis, so far f,om possessing the conf
| dence and esteem Of the community of Columbia,
las the Globe statrs,) has been, publicly arraiened
Tor palpabe and unprinciped violation OF the OF
hce OF Postmaster, and to this moment remains Gull
pa1'y charged with the crime Of using ovcry Gle
ment OF that position 70 suhserve the designs OF
reckless administration. IL we'll established in the
South, and should lie proclaimed throughout the
Union, that important private letters, from gentle
men politically opposite, mailed in the town Of Co
umoia, IN the presence of dsinterested witnesses,
have never reached their destination and the pre-
sumption that they were distracted in that offer,
10y whom let this official answer,l has been sux-
tanned by the fact, that those pes compel
led TO enclose their correspondence, under enve-
iope, TO others, that 1t might lie placed in the hands
oil those Tor whom II intended Regardless of
admonuon and destitute OF conscientious rectitude
he has openly ard barcfacedIy advocated the vest
screenings OF the Kendall clique, 10 accomplish It's
purposes, and seconded by the strong arm of the
powers at Washington lent himself TO tire dicta,
that emanaied from his department, TO overthrow
and destroy the exertions OF those con,euding for
their sacred and inaeneble rights" sworn al
~ OF the Van Buren, dynasty, and irreconcileabiy
hostile to every opposite belief he babe defiance to
the expressed will of the citizens OF Columbia and
wared "to the knife" against every reeogniz- !
ed as Wing" In the face OF such condemning and |
conVlctlng testimony, with the illustration OF such /
high handed and abusive authority combined ms
they are with his rabid, Italian bravo politics. we
ASK where Is the pretext for lenency, the claim for
generous consideration II the Van Buren, party
had possessed one redeeming trait, he would have
been hurled, To seek sus,enance with the veImin,
with whom he was only ht 10 associate. And, now
at whose solicitation was this Rawls disehargedl
by Col Preston, says the Globe. The assertion is
FALSE, SLANDEROUS, and FABRIC ATED.
The records and files OF the Postmaster Generals
once, gives 1t a direct and unequivocaI denial
ana tins low dependant is made To swallow in
one breath the charge and the refutation-But
when we tear the mask from the tainted visase
OF this BLAIR, and seek for the handspring of this
pretended affection for others, DO find one action
prompted by an impulse of genuine sympathy or
sustained by single thread OF una loyed riendship2
NO. IL Is the utter prosiration of plans matured
Tor personal aggrandizemeni. The complete down
Tall oil hopes erected the foundation of party that
now rankles in his breast Ii because the Senate
OF the United States has stricken from its rolls the
h!thy association OF this Sheet and turned n deaf
ear TO the winnings Of Its party for protection that
we hear this cantng cry OF "proscrpton, proscrip-
ton" Can't be believed by the intelligence of this
country mat Bar, or any of that kind, could be
animated TO dlslnterested Kindness or prompted to
'erye friends before sef7 As well might ATTEMPT
20 break down the safeguards and pillars OF Chris
lanity, and erect on their ruins the most visionary
'no absurd system of hostile worship as to preach
'ueh doctrine for orthodox faith. The "Demo.
,ratic' shoe pnches where its interests have been
and so much are impressed with the
selfish meanneSs and fawnns, creeping seryIty Of
TINS creature" that Tomorrow, IL guaranteed in has
ate once, we conscientiously believe he would
ShHng'y renounce every intimacy formerly profess
u ay, ne would like Judus, not only sell his God,
'ut his country for silver a
Having already treated this theme with more no. .
ice and respect, than It or the community had any
,sht 10 anticipate. We now take our leave of the
Iooe and its Editor. Let him not suppose, that s
PC 'uPerahon abuse or seurrlity Of his disgusting
' Oouiu nave ever induced the author Of this COM
iumcAuoh IN reply. He has only appeared 10 :
I'VE the he to the declarations made in the article of
nc ON inst IN the Globe, and 10 renew The brand
men has always marked the countenante Of its
1oNUi' again we repeat that, with such "crea-
lfes' we could never conflict There is but one
80 Ielchhs their feelings, and that is casliga-
on' IL we are 10 fall let II DO by the paw of the {
on not the sting OF the viper by the sword of ho-
or, not the stile,tO Of the hireling assassin.
TOUCHSTONE.