The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-10-21
TO THE EDITOR OF THE BOSTON ATLAS

SIR: congratulate YOU upon the great political
discovery which you, IN common with some other of
your Wing contemporaries, have latel, made. You
have found out, it seems last that there is such
party In the United States the liberty party and
such candidate for the Presidency as James G.
Blrney. Having made this discovery, you proceed
10 turn against that party and its candidate the only
weapons of political warfare which you know how
to INSTRUMENTATION, faIsehood, and slanderou,
abuse.
Hopeless of obtaining place in your columns, or
in those of any other Wing paper, for a reply TO
those bitter AMI violent attacks, have sought and
obtained from the editor Of the Post the publication
Of this letter Do not me on that scco cunt of
| being Iocofoco-for | believe the Post has more
wing readers, II not subscribers, TO say nothing OF
| those OF ITS own party, than even of the Atlas
| itself
Humbly reading in the footsteps of the Daily AID.
vertiser, that Rip Van W inkle Of The Wing party
| VIII CHI the Atlas of other days used 10 precede-and
not 10 follow, you have come out with a flaming de-
nuncialion 10 big capitals Of James q. Birney the
| liberty candidate, as a LOCOFOCO, "a smooth
faced, csnt'ng hyPocrite," Of ~bom you caution all
Wings 10 beware.
The evidence upon which this charge rests i, OF
the same sort as that upon which tie Atlas is sccus-
TONED to base its election predictions and IFS election
Interpretations and returns which the Atlas
| itself Is generally obliged to falsify-wih no We
| ry hattering reflections upon the culpsble care
| less, and drgraceluI ignorance OF its cores.
pondents. This charge of LocorocorsM against
hir. Birneh-s charge which, doubt, in the
estima ION OF The Atas includes the seven deadly
| sins, besides other envrmties without nu,nber-thls
! charge against respectable cit Gen. who love OF
justice, aud whose adhesion TO principle have made
hun known througf ouI the Unon-of being "a smooth
laced hypocrile," Is founded upon three ANONYMOUS
for susht know, three Observation-Disclosures. Oh
these letters, one alleged by the Atlas TO be from
gentleman Of the very highest respectabtyn il the
STATE oil Michigan another TO be from a respecta.
BILE and Intelligent citizen Of New Englandr now so.
JourDing 10 That Stale and the third from gentle
man belonging 10 the 5 ate OF Michigan now IN this
city," for whose responsibility not even the Atlas
hi TO youch. IL Is The opinion Of these three anony.
nous letter writer's endorsed by the Atlas that Mr.
| bIrney IS Locofoco.
J II 10y bocoioco he me mt person who adheres 10
the Democratic principles OF the Declaration of In
dependence and the Constitution Of the United States
who goes for the liberty and equal rights of all
Without discrminst on or di-tincton-there are
hope, not lew mempers Of the Whig party IN TIN.
| Slate TO whom such charge would be rather a re
commenda ion than othcrsi-e Ii il for his well
known Opinions upon these points that Mr. Birney is
proposed as the candidate Of the l. berty Party-oo,
for his opinion. about National Banks or distriboton.
OF the proceeds Of the public Iands-matters which
may serve as political hobby horses for the Atlas and
| the Wing leaders 10 ride themselves into office an
| but which The good people Of tins common wealth
care IN tact very lItile about.
| but u the Aua> and It's correspondents intend 10
imply that Mr.. Blrney Is Polk man. or that he and
hs lIlenus are playing part T. promote the election
Of Mr.. Polk aud by thai means to bring abou, tho
| repeal Of the tarih or the annexation of Texas
have ony TO say that this assertion backed though il
be by The Allas Itself, base and pratuous false
hood, contrsdicted by the whole ten of Mr. Bir.
| beys hle, political speeches and letters. If any
wing, inclined to vote the liberty ticket has ans
DOUBTS upon this point, let bun 20 and ar Mr. Brr-
ney who l. nov IN TIN. part Of the country add who
perhaps KNOWS MS own opinions and aims quite as
wei as he Atias or IT'S anonymous correspondents.
| But II seems tina, Mr.. Brney has been nominated
CANDIDATE for the house Of representative Of
Michigan by loco ioco convention, and this the At
las thinks, IS proof positive that he must lie loco
| loco lTu here Is a new way Of making political
| converts snd strengthening parry The liberty
county committee for Suffolk has dolly to nominate
The editor OF the Atlas their ticket for the eeisa
| ture, and MISREPRESENTATION transformation =
he be, ONES thorough liberty man 1.-THE Atlas gives
such importance to the political opinions Of Mr. r.
ney, why not manufacture him into a wing by the
same easy process, and 50 save the necessity of so
much Islander and sbusel
! hesc efforts Of the ALA, and is whig ,lIie, ar.
all in vain. Their "iptere.t in The condition az ~.
| slave where IS the smooth-faced osn,ing hvpo-
crite noWf-whl not avail them. An tbs is seen
through and understood. This liberty ,srly in this
accent commonwealth, IL fast increasing and is
destined 10 increases will they be deferred from
thet purpose by any bug-besrs which the Atlss NAV
call up hom the Vastly deep Of Wing forgeres false
hoods and msrepresentstions As little will thew be
iored from Their purpose by batteries and .ntres,es
he birds have grown too old 10 be snv longer
frightened BY scarecross or caught with chat.
Orcs WIG, row
Liprsrr PAsrY MAs.