The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1842-07-23

THAI PLAIN MAN, yet HSdlH-Dy tle
Eastern Shore Star oflast week, we observe that
that redoubtble "Plain Man." after a breathing
spell of month, is out upon US again.
His last article like those which preceded it,
while it distorts and perverts every fact it touch
cs, while it abounds in unfarness and vtupera-
ton, and deals out sophistry and falsehood in
every sentence, also perfect reflection of bl GA
ted conceit, worthy of the man, who after having
indited a column of SANDER, noticeable only for
its Righteousness, against Mr.. Clay, had vanity
enough in his shalowncss, to call on the friends
Of that statesman to stand by him in the hour Of
trial: Din the frightful danger in which he had
been placed by the "Plan Man" In any dis
pute that We may have with an anonymous wri-
ter, cspeca lily when he harshly condemns any
measure We advocate, or deals out unqualified
abuse upon any man to whom wo arc procssedly
friendly, we do not feel bound to extend that
courtesy, which We shall always hold to be due
to an open. honorable, and fair combatant and
to the complaint tho 'Pain Man. that we
have instituted an lnvidious comparison, be-
tween him and Mr.. Clay, We reply, that that
comparison was warranted not Oil, ny the iies
which he uttered from his conccalmcnt, but by
the dsrespect, impcrtincnce, and mockery, Of his
remarks upon our defence of MIR. Clay when We
noticed his first communication in the Star. We
do not deny that American citizens have the "hal-
lowed right" to canvass the patriotism Of candi-
dates for public Office" but wo deny tn at the
"Plain Man" is governed by political honesty in
his announcement of Mr.. Clay. After having
stated in former communication that he was
an ardent and devoted follower of that great man
up to very late period, i'll his last no brings for
ward charges against his political course in years
gono by Surprising these charges to have
weight, and to be true, (but some Of them are
the essence of falsehood, while others add to rat
or than detract from his morit why, if the
"Plan NAM WIS an honest man, did he not
thcn forsako hm' Why, if he possessed par
ticlc of patriotism, of common honesty, or OF
common sense, did he continue ardcntly to fol-
low nan whom he knew to be unsta-
BILE as the wind, All! could we pierce the Sc
crct, we mayhap would find the groundwork of
the "Plan Mans" ne,r patriotism in the fact,
that he is gnawng bone from the government
kitchens that he has been favored by Tyler with
an office, which has acted like "spittc and clay
upon his eyes, and made him to see nothing but
deformity in what he before gazed on with admit
alton, or else seeking for "loaf and fish, he
"crooks the pregnant hinges Of tho knee, that
thrift may follow flwning," and resorts to sbus-
ing Mr.. Clay knowing that it is "swect music
in tho ears of John tyler. Perhaps seeking the
bonds ofoffcial servitude, or chaincd to its car"
tho ptiful and puny "Plain Man" raises his
ncrveloes arm, to strike at tho reputation of
Henry Clay, to please the almost equally puny
and weak pcrsonifcution Of vanity and incon-
sistency who accidentally acts "a President
We have not time to devote as many minutes
to the notice of the "Pan Mans" last COM
munication as he spent days in preparing it, but
notwithstanding he llbourcd 4 moon to raise
tempest, he failed to give it fierce sufficient to
wait feather, or to drown fiy''
Instead of being "unhappy'' in the smile we
drew between him and the sceptc we think we
were "cxccedingy'' happy; both are eminent
instances Of the vanity ofcontolnptible scribblcrs
who malcyolcntly aim their weightlcss dlschar-
ges at Objects upheld and supported by tho wise
and the good, and boast that they have placed
them in "hours of trial, ~ while like the asp that
cssayed TO sting the colossus, they have wasted
their poison in vain, and left the intended VIC
tim of their malignancy unframed by, and ui.-
conscious Of their weak and presump,uous ell 'rts
We will dismiss the "Pain Man." proit,r'ng
this advice, Which however will be repealed we
doubt not, by his concotcd and contracted mind;
that when he next wishes to make demon
stration, let him pass by MIR. Clay, and choose
an object more lowly-more proporlionate to his
petty powers of attack; he then may not haVo
the modification to find, that he has taxed lib
feeble brain, and wasted his time to no purpose.