The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-04-27
70 rHE HON, ISAAC HIT,

70 THE HON, ISAAC Hit
have read. in the Madisonan. your two let
ters TO MIR. Francis Y. Blair, and knowing hi
and amisble disposition, did moi think tina,
person could be found capable of treating him
as you have done. protest against such woll
Of destruction
that you have chosen TO chastise him with, arr
the weapons that may XIII him.
Now, sir, you must know that dear Mr.. Blaii
is great favorte with our society here, popular
with all classes, and the beau ideal of the ladies,
His gentleness, bland manners, and iDsinuating
ways, have place him at the head OF the beau
| monde, and there is not blow that you intiel
on him that is not felt by hundreds Of US ladies
Mr. Blair is nece sary to our society he
gives such elegant parties aud so many Of them
he sports his splendid equpages aud equestrian
troop his superb mansion and magnlf cent con-
seryalory, redolent with every rare indigenous
and costly exotic; his tasteful villa, gem set
10 groves and lawns, and towering from. the
lege; and, though last, MT l. asst, his costly farm,
Ca sweet hours ride from the city,) where pom
derous crops are garnered up, aud where science
has exhausted It's resources in the wide range OF
horticulture, (.clipsing even Mr.. Nick Biddle's
great outlay on the Delaware) 10 produce every
| thing that can pamper the appetite and that
ministers SO largely TO the prousion of his many
dinner parties The tout ensemble reminds one
of the nobility of England. These appliances
of wealth, taste and fashion, sustained as they
are by large stock investments and a lille pub
lie printing, make Mr.. Blair the great ioeal
ion, and endear him to every palrician heart,
and the elite Of our noble District.
Ii is not matter of astonishmeat TO us, that
you should not appreciate the value and abso-
ciety. Your origin, habits, and character, are
too much like poor old Benjamin Franklln's, to
give you taste for the luxuies Of life and the
elegancies OF society. We therefore put you
down a, boor, and say to you, in no equivoca
language, that if il is your intention 10 continue
this attack upon Mr.. Blair, because he has
thought proper to notice you in his la belle jour
| nal, he shall not be without his shield. We
will cover his l,anness with our cardinals and
camel,' hair, as thick as the grave-digger in
Hamlet with jackels and, if necessary, we
will multiply them until we enlarge his dimen-
sions to the capacity of Falstaf, rather than he
shall be made to feel one blow lr4m your unset.
entfc hand.
This much have thought j, proper to say in
| behalf of injured innocence and the rights Of
fashionable society.
EsTELLR.
P.S.-Your vile insinuaiion about Mr. Bai
and the Bank of The United States, is U,opian
he can prove an alibi, being out of the country
before the incorporation Of the Bank, and unit
the election of General Jackson, when Genera
Duff Green invited him to return, and became
his patron for many years. The charge lha
Mr. Blair once lived in Kentucky, i, not les.
apocryphal. He is native OF Connecticut, ant
is descendant Of one of the authors Of the eel
ebrated code Of blue laws. He resided in hi,
war, when he sailed from the United Stale.
with hi, coed friend Admiral Cockburn, OF
board his flag ship and went to England, wher,
he remained for some time, enjoying the hosp
tally of the nobility. He then went on a vis
TO Ireland, and in Sligo he made the acquaint
ance of, and married lady from the interior
Immediately alter this event he proceeded with
his bride TO the Continent, where they travelled
for several years, aud came TO Paris To reside
which was his home until he came to this Dis
trict. This will explain his prepossessons for
England and her nobility, and his aversion to
the Irish. IL will a. so account for his taste for
the fine arts, for fashionable society," foreign air.
and fondn,ss for frogs. E.
THE HUGHES FAMILY.