The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-05-19
Correspondence Of the Madisonian.

nication, in which took occasion to express TO 20,
somewhat at length my views Of the conduct OF Pre-
sident Tyler thus far during his Administration die
not intend To trouble you again, for the tina
as am an humble individual, supposed my thoughts
and opinions could be Of interest TO you or TO thu
public, and therefore should have abstained from
farther newspaper publication, had not certain far
famed Barber, Of Otsego, who, for some unaccount
able reason, has left the trade for which he was IN
tended judging from the nature and fitness of things
and by accident, become the editor of county
newspaper, brought 10 bear the instruments of hi
profession and even now l would endure II with I
Job-like patience had he used the keenedged insru
ments Of sarcasm or argument Of which the respect
able members Of his profession accustomed to avail
| themselves But to be gashed and haggled with the
dull oysterknife of personal abuse and viIying i'm
pcachment Of my motives, and TO remain silent would
| be forbearance in which there is virtue. And
now to this Barber. ! would take this occasion to
say, that should his language be somewhat more
chaste and his composition (see the Otsego Repub-
lcan Of May Is, lS43) somewhat less redolent Of
the odor of the vicinity in which he is a cusomed TO
move, he would render himself much more agreeable
to his customers. Certain it is however, that there
members of all trades, who, at the time that
they despair of reaching any responsibility in their
intercourse with their fellow men, plunge into the
deepest soughs Of vugarty, and spend their time in
walowing in the dirt and mre which they themselves
| cast up. When wrote my opinions concerning the
course of President Tyler, l supposed was exer-
cising the undoubted right Of freeman But where
is the liberty Of opinion of which we boast in this
country if the expression Of that opinion to subject
to personal abuse-f il is to be withheld from the
dread Of Bm6erous puns and Of the menias
tached to any sect or any party Had this celebrated
Barber attempted any thing like refutation Of the
truth of my positions or opinions, | should have
been open 10 conviction or had he abslained
from accusing me Of dishonesty in the express
sion Of my views, | should have remained ST.
lent. But he has done neither He has, however,
brought the scathingknie Of criticism from his
rae and profound knowledge Of geography to bear
upon me, and has gone far TO intimate,
bat TO my astonishment confess that be does
know the accurate locality Of Delhi and more than
this, his investigations have been so very minute in
iha, interesting science and be is perfectly fami-
liar with all lis phra.eology that he has reached the
astounding conclusion that the phrase 'une Of our
Counties of necessity must designate Otsego in par
ticuar and that the phrase, onc of our country pa
pers," by the necessity must desg na,e the OF
sego Republican, (see the Otsego Republican Of
May, 6th lS43) for the reason doubtless that as he
is the editor Of that notorious paper, this kiddy
| swell supposes himself TO be all and in ALL But for
one, am not surprised at the toruous writings that
ticular ard in that Of the Wing ranks generally
The deep political condemnation into which they
have plunged themselves by their duplcity and
fraud is the necessary result Of that course of ac-
ton; that the time for reflection has come the
duplicty Of the Clay Wings in the political contest
of 1910, is more and more apparent, and nowhere
have seen more striking exemplifcaton Of that
duplcity than In a recent letter written by one who
claims TO have been prominent acting member of
the Harrisburg Convention who says 81 bad served
with him (ths Presidency in Congress in years gone
by, and then deemed him an honorable man. and a.
Virginia was nearly balanced, hoped the nomina.
ton Of my amiabie friend might incline the scale in
our favor" The writer Of this paragraph knew
very well what opinion was entertained by a great
majority Of the People Of Virginia in regard to n
United States Bank. tie knew very well that the
contest could not be carried on successfully on that
hallowed ground in favor Of such an institution. He
also knew what had been the course of President
Tyler-for "he had served with him in Congress in
years gone by" and what opinions he had publicly
avowed IN Congress, and reiterated in private He
also knew very well that the People Of Virginia re-
membered the arduous labors of their devoted SER
van, and therefore he supposed, that could a ma
Joriiy be secured from that democratic State, under
n Of rot rd fo bor
with his worthy compcers, could disort such an ex
preston oil gratitude into decision Of that State in
iavr OF United States Bank. But now that their
dupicy is exposed in all its naked deformity and the
People are expressing every election their utter
detestation OF their conduct and prime pies il is NOT
surprising that they write under their severe lint
just castgation; and now that President TYLER has
pursued the course which he told his constituents in
October, 1870, he would pursue il ever called TO act
oihcaiiy IN regard to Bank, when at the very mo-
ment the Clay Wings were shouting ''ryler too y and
without any why or wherefore" it is not surpris.
ing that there is great "wailing and gnasbing of
teeth" among them. But from them the President
has nothing to fear, while at the same time the De-
moerscy OF The country will sustain him in the course
he mas taken and when he shall have closed his long
public and eseniful life, he will be able to review /,
with patriotic pride; and every succeeding age will
entwine fresh garlands of glory around his name and
memory, while at the time all his vili6ers in
general, and our otsego Barber in particular. will
rest in that complete obscurity which the odor of
their Disgrace will not now perm them to occupy
For The present. however, should the Otsego Barber,
popularity farther move him to the exercise of his
calling we hope he will avail himself of insfr,,,,
Of kcener edge and s,crner stuff, than he b,. h,h
er'o oeen accustomed to use, especially while he is
70 much gwen TO euifing-and by doing ~ have no
doubt he would greatly oblige hi. customers gene
rally, as am certain he would confer great favo,
upon me whom he has recently hagyled most Barrier.
ously Meanwhile, am yours with respect