New-York daily tribune., 1844-11-22

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To tie Editor 81 7ae TrbeHs; .,,,-,,,
;, i,en an .nofFendug citizen Is TTlthlessy
dragged IRON the retirement Of PTlv4te lIfe-af-
raigred at the oar of pablo p nion' ana hes "s'
him ere preferred charges repugnapt to every sen
.i,nent ne ever chcrishcd-.n conflict with every
opinion he ever utteIed--a decent regard III 'ne
sood opinion of that public. iEstincuvely prompts
nun to rebut the calumny. and at the risk OF
violating his own sense ofsef respect, to denounce
the calumnIaio!.
Tn. truculep, assault OF Sarsfeld has placed
tha, p4;souage .nd the writer OF these lines IN
h. p,siron.. respee tlveiy, OF defamsr and d.
;smsd. By m : ASA liant have been stigmeJlzed
IS an Orange Catholic. or Catholic Orange
man, an opponent OF Repeal, and an enemyto
Ireiands illust,ious Iiberator. Than these, TO
an Irishman imbued with particle OF patriotism,
no imputaions could be more loathsome, and the
vile wretch who dared 10 tarnish the fair fame CT
countyman by aspe's;ons 80 foul, is justly dts
entitled 10 the conventional courtesy usually
observed between gentlemen. Impellec by
sense of conscious rectitude pronoucced the &C
cusations of Sa,sield Inadvertently false. Tins
parsonage, whom, until MS recent assault upon
me, had never knowingly offended, and against
whom q wo,d inconsistent with christian charity,
never escaped my hps, has, IN late number OF
his exclusive orgsn, renewed his attacks win
the superaddition Of new charge, false and un-
founded, as the former He has araiened me as
"the head OF modey crew, for some years en-
gaged in furtive warfare against him." Poor
creature, he must fancy hmselfa very import
ant pe.sonage. Unwilling 10 engage in the vain
task Of analysing the characteristic rigmarUle In
which ihis new charge has been preferred, desy
in toto It's truth. Ii the silly abrcatOr lay claim
to shred OF honesty-if he cherish the least re.
gard for the sublime morality of the religion Of
whics he prates SO fiippantly, but whose precepts
he has utterly outraged IN the vlndiciively fdise
charges concocted against yre-1 demand of him
either TO retract than or prove their truth. Per-
suaded tha, one viruous Irishman cannot bo
found in this city 20 yield credence to his
ca!umnies, the request IS made, solely In pity
to his own damaged reputation.
With Sarsdeld l seek not a literary, or any
other sort Of war. profess to be a man OF peace.
Besides-his bellipotent prowess, in the vitupera-
tive species Of logomachy, technically known By
the name OF BililDgsgate, is so notorious that ne
is welcome to wreath his brow with all the pisca-
toriai fiilets he might hope to acquire in the en-
counter. Though pacifcally inclined and utter
ly aversc to aggressive warfare, |, for the nonce,
assume the Scotch motto-and as Sarsfeld loves
GfAe loues any thing earth or beneath it scraps
of Latin, he shall have it in the original Memo
me impune lacesslt."
For pronounciDg Sarsfield an "obdurate ty-
rant"-lo him owe no apology. The strocious
and unprovoked attacks which he had made on
ME, justified the severest castigaton that could
he inflicted. But, to those OF my countrymen
who may have repgsed an unmerlted confidence
in that wretched specimen Of humanity, would
say, that his domestic privacy has NOT been out
ragged by NE. He himself, as every body knows,
blazoned abroad the alleged iAsubordination TO
which he refers. He trumpeted tho intelligence
with the most shameless indecency in the Press
of this city, and the scandal has been reechoed
from distant State. Even in his last bulletin
consummate lnsensibility on the subject is mani.
tested in his inumatoo, that further rebellion
and disobedience are apprehended. Instead of
endeavoring to play the part Of an impertinent
Dictator, he had better correct the causes of the
iniraction of order, that occasioned him so much
annoyance. If he honestly desire to do so, he is
kindly advised tc dilute with little OF the milk
of human kindness the nitric acid that courses
through his veins Let him adopt the prescrip.
ton, and guarantee that he will find the black
spirits and the grey the Brigands, Swiss mercen
aries and Anlhropophag, the tigers and cultures,
whose fantastic pranks have so rUt1ed a temper
naturally serene and amiabic exlsted-only in his
do. hon
visit his troubled breast, and strife and contention
will then vanish from his now cherries hearth.
Sarsfeld, in the plenitude Of afran, egotsm,
sputtets about :" his unflioching adherence ~ the
plans and policy ot the Lirerator." Pay, has
TINS adherence been exhibited IN ma,ring every
project Ia nich be had ever eogaged Tor III
showing himself on all occasions an incarnatn n
of discord, ever rann'ng coun'er 20 the sor.t OF
oerance with which O'Coonel sought to con-
ella even the bitterest OF LeIand's foes All
his countrymen snow The character of that great
man, and appreciate The course no has on this
point adopted.
Charity incines rae TO the opinion that poor
Sarsfied is sfficted with rabid monomania DE
this my apology Tor not accompanying him IN
his frantic saltations through the Polka. More
over, his gentle soul is so deeply imbued with
harmony, 1t would be cruel to interfere with the
edifyng spectacle the saltatory gentleman pre-
sents, while tripping solo on fantastic toe, TO
the measure of his own sweet music.
There is in my possession fulsome panegyric,
from the pen Of the same scribe who has SO ruth
essly assailed me. Though revolving it would
be to my feelings to give it a renewed publicity,
should his abuse be continued, it shall be pub
Ished, merely to exhibit the exquisite consistency
of Sarsfield, in chanting at one lime peans in
praise of the man against whom he subsequently,
in rufianly denunciation, exhausted vocabulary
Of blsckguardism.
Sarsfeld, with crooked ingenuity, perverted the
application of the expression blameless victim
in my former letter. did not in any sense re-
gard myself as victim. Neither he, nor the
whole bevy of anonymous vipe,s that nestle in
the Editorial stye of the Truth Teller shall vic
timize me, SO long as | can WELD pen 10 rcpel
calumny vindicate truth, and defend reputa-
tisn that value more than life itself.
In conclusion, ask my fellow citizens of 20
reign birth to read in The Tribune of 26th Oc-
tober, the letter signed An American Citizen
That letter Sarsfeld has made the p,etext of his
ferocious attack. Ii he will assent, can produce
q letter addressed To me by the nCiyidua he is