The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-09-06
YORK HERALD.
New York, Tuesday, september Q, Is4a.


evening. the toHoWing letters, apOoSlsing LOT the
late insult to the President, at the Ashburton
Dinner
To the Editors of the Ersning Post -
| GENTLEMES-I not surprised at the indignant CON-
mens OF the press the neglect TO pay honor to the
OF the President at the recent dinner to Lord Ash
burton
As one the Committee of Arrangements and also as
Of the company on that OCCASION feel to be due to
ing participant in this slight of the Chief Magistrate
Twas both shocked and greved at the occurrence and
so expressed myself at the moment 1t did not occur to
mo, however that fit person propose remedy.
therefore simply expressed to those near me, my deep
lean say, in all frankness, that should have joined
with pleasure in paying due honor to the toast to the Pre-
dent as public functionary and also from the respect
bear to the incumbent of the Presidential chair
"''pf PRosfE ySf NJ wErMoRE.
To the Editors of the Evening Post -
NEW YoRK, Sept. 8, ls49.
| SR:-I perceive that the Tribune mentions my name
as one OF those who responsible for the omission OF
the usual demonstrations the toast of the Pre-
sident, at the recent Ashburton Dinner.
was not present at that dinner having been obliged
to leave the city the day previous account of illness in
my family
acceded the wish of one or two friends who desired
me to serve on the Committee of Arrangements because
thought peace between England and this country dera
BILE for the progress of the world and that Lord Ahbur
ton had manifested conciliatory disposition but can
not now regret that was absent from festival at which
so gross ndgnity offered merely the
who fills the Presidential chair but that great and free
| people ofwhich he is the representative.
|
| THEODORE SEDGWICK.
The letter of Mr.. Sedgw lex under certain crcum-
stances, and to certain extent, might be deemed
sufficient but still, when he allowed his to be
used on the Committee of Arrangements, we think
1t was his duty, gentleman and an American, to
have had proper understanding with his brother
committee men,so as to have prevented, by any pos
sibility, so fragrant an outrage as that which was
committed on the occasion. AS to the letter and re-
marks OF Mr.. Wetmore, they form but poor apollo
gy even as gentleman, and still worse one as an
American He indirectly countenanced it,
Now, let us relate different line Of conduct on
an almost parallel case in England. There was a
large public dinner given in London, soon after Will
liam the 4th had appointed the Duke of Wellington
Prime Minister. The wings felt insulted by the ap-
pointment, and the violence of their indignation
against King William was so tremendous as even to
exceed that now felt by the wings toward President
Tyler.
AT this dinner as matter of course, " The King
was the first toast given. There were many wings
present; but all in the assembly rose to their feet as
mark of respect to their Chief Magistrate, except
one individual, who being violentp party man, declar-
ed that he would not drink the health of the King
This ungentlemanly and unpatriotc conduct was
considered so dlsgraceu and atrocious by his bro
ther wings, that even they elected him from the
room In less than three minutes. And they alleged
as their principal reason, that they were gentemen
and that as such, they could not and would tolerate
any conduct that was ungentlemanly or unpariotic
And this was the simple ground on which they put
it.
Now, this is an evidence of the sense in which |
such things are received on the other side of the
water But the get becomes still more ungentle-
manly, ruffianly, BLACKBOARD and atrocous, when
perpetrated by men ofths country, men claiming to
be gentlemen of the first standing-men of family,
character and inhuence-men of education and ex-
perience, and who claim to give tone to society,
and to be held up as patterns to the community at
large-when perpetrated towards the Chief Magis-
trate OF the sovereign people this great country
As yet the only persons who have exhibited the |
feelings of true gentlemen, are Preserved Fish and
the Reporters. The apologies above may be taken |
az they are given, and so far go for what they are
worth
For our own part, we consider this only speci-
men Of the insufferable arrogance, impudence and
coarse vugarity of that class of society in this city
that lays claim to all the attributes of gentlemen
The very men who were guilty of this UNANIMOUSLY
low and BLACKBOARD conduct, are those who exclu-
slvely claim to be gentemen-but who by their con-
duct on this occasion, proved themselves to be low
ignorant ruffians and blackguards. And the self
same men who thus dsgraced the country, would
also defend and subserve the revolutionary scheme
OF Peasants of Virginia, if it should become neces-
sary to put the same in operation
GLORY AND FLANNEL.-Webb and his celebrated
lett leg are still at Sharon Springs. Webb has 80