The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-03-15

is an orthodox and influential Democratic jour
nal we presume peitheri The Globe noe the Penn
sylvanian will venture 10 deny.
Fom tAs PhiisdslpAis spi,ii Of the Times
THE PENNSYLVANIA AND THE Sc
CRETARY AT WAR.
We take some credit to ourself for being the
first TO point out 10 the people the aposlacy oil
the Pennsylvania" from the Democratic
faith. To the very first article which appeared
in lis columns, after il was refused The Sherlii's
printing, we took care to call atention, and 10
declare boldly where that whole establishment
would land, TO wit, in the very centre oil me re
derll ranks. It's well known servility aud We
naliIy-its vacillalng political course-and 'he
despicable and abandoned characters OF the poll
ticians who control il, all pointed out Tins result
and the event shows that we were not mista-
ken.
But, notwithstanding the knowledge we pos
sessed Of The characters of those political wire
workers who direct the movements Of that es-
Enlistment, their self ,hness, meanness and cor
ruption, we confess We were not prepared TO-
the appearance Of their article on Saturday, in
relation 10 the new Secretary at War, the Hon.
James M Porter Without protesting any friend
ship for James M. Porter, or any particular at
iachmeni 10 The Administration party IN Penn
sylvania, further than as we think they are right
much less any friendship for President Tvlr,
we think we may say with safety, that IN al
our exp rience in newspaper warfare, we have
never read u more base, scurrous, vlndlctlvt,
malicious, false and infamous production, than
the article TO which we allude.
II that article, instead of being the joint pro-
duciion Of three or four disappointed, Office
seeking, thirdrat Federal lawyers who DIS
grace this cty-whose work il is ell known 4
be--had emanated from the coal beavers, dock
sweepers, car-greasers, and Fl hmongers VITO,
in comparison with the above named gentleman,
honor US with tn ir presence, il could not have
outraged more or 'ssly the sense OF propriely
and decency If our community
While we repeat The fact, that we have no
connec ion whatever with The Tyler party, nor
any interest 10 the individual himself greater
Than has ~ ry Other ctiizrn of Pennsy lvania,
who, let US inquIr., is james Madison Porter
his wore Iban cat throat IN The ewes Of The
NINA. u ate Pennsylvania, and what is h.
charact 7?
F,om we have been able to learn Of hin,
We doubt u that if this que lion were put in
discrlmlna ely to all who e. " his acquaintan ce,
II c, ud meet W ia but one repy. He Is the
son Of a warrior Of the Revolui N, of iried
courage, OF high honor, AID INSULT repu auon.
He j. the son Of man who fou ,hl the ia lies Of
his country. when the fathers OF lhuse who
abuse hrs IN, were clad in red-codts and ,kuk-
ed behi.d Bril- h baggage wag 'ns He is III
son OF ID, IN cratic II, publican who e' joy, d
The confidence of J fr-on and Madi "I, and
who din. cied the Whole admlust alton Of III
g cal and good Simon Snyder. II, AIRED Ly sucu
hands, and NH, ritIng such principles, we have
yet 10 learn thai James Madison Porter ever did
an act of private or public character unwoi-
thy Of either.
We have heard, that, left an orphan al an
early age, and with a palrmony hardly sufh
cIent to support him, he cuntrv, d 10 acquire
excellent English and classical education and
afterwards TO study aud to enter upon, the ar
duous prof ssion of The law. We have heard
that when yet youth, he marched 10 he de-
fence of his country VIII attacked by a for IGN
Toe, and was honored by almost immediate pro-
motion in the ranks of her sold RS That he
entered upon his professional career, in a coun-
" which contained at that time the strongest
Bar In the State, out OF the city of Philadelphia
without a lriend-wiihout money-withuu
books-and without The benefit Of collegiate
education. That but few years elapsed be-
fore he reached the highes, professional rank in
the Judicial District IN which he had settled
and reputation thai has been continually ex-
allied BY practice of thirty years, 81 that he is
now regarded as one of the most eminent law
yers In his native Stale.
We have heard, too, from those who know
his character, that there are few men of more
varied or more extensive literary and scientific
attalnments. We have heard that as a Judicial
Magistrate, he had no superior while on the
bench; and that h. has left reputation behind
him, H. the 18th Judicial District IN this Stale,
which VIII live when the worm shall have eaten
up The dead bodies Of his revilers We have
been informed by his intimate friends that al
though he may be hrm and unyielding oppu-
neni, here Is not a more kind hearted gentle
and attectlonate man that he is generous TO all,
liberal to fault, sympathsing with every mans
sUrrows.
We know, too, that there has never been
phanhropIc or benevolent measure set on fool
IN his own county, or throughout the State, but
has met with his counlenance and his support
the later TO such an extent thar, although he
has for over quarter of a century bad n prac-
lice al The bar worth several thousand dollars a
year, aud although h has led frugal life, he
remains a poor man still. We hear also from
a wbo know him, lha, his private character is
without spot or bleluisb that he is now and has
long been a member Of The Pre- shy trrlan chu CHI,
Of The highest character aud standing, aud thai
In all his relations ia HE, he is the model of
g n l,man and Christian.
Yet thi> Is the mao whom paper pretend
Ing TO be ruLlish,d BY CONSCIENTIOUS men, aud
Id ed by hlred F,d,,sl Lasy,rs, and bruk n
down Federal ofiice-hUnters, must trsd,c.-
And way al tbs abu,e7 Why must a man.
who has always lived a straighlivrw ard, homes
, KEN lary and consistent lie be thus ydi6,d I
Why es the Pennsylvania, a aper which
has Tine after time ,poken Of James M. Porter
IN lar different tpne, now di ectIy turn about.
and with romahank 10 one hand, and scaIping-
knife IN The otner thus pounce down upon him
with more than savage ieroclly, and thai, TOO, al
a time wh II no personal offence could have
been giyen2 II Tue reader does not already
know, we can inform bm.
/ l. The Penn,yiyani applied 10 the Sheriff
OF THIS city and county Tor his advertising. That
othctr knowing, we presume, that that paper
onl, circulated about four hundred copies daily,
v,ry properly rcius,d It hts printing. Hence