Mobile register and journal., 1845-10-04

We shall not quarrel with contemporary in re-
gard to the Macke 1zie Pamphlet. If he chooses
deliberat ), to make himself party TO The pubca
ton of private and confidential letters feIoaiousy
obtained, it Is in truth concern of ours, and we
| stand corrected. gross and dsgracefnl outrage
upon the sancties of private life, has been peIpe.
| trated-a dirty felony that an honorable mind in
stinclivey shrnks from, and shuns with oaihing
and disgust, has been committeeman our high
toned contemporary, while denouncing ''lhe act OF
publication in the highest degree reprehensble, .
announces his determination 10 spread the polluted
dish before his readers; aud that with gusto, that
the strong Of duty to ''rulh and common
honesty" under which he Processes to act, scarcely
accounts Tor. If the act of publication he reprehen-
sbIe." what is relieve the act Of republication oil
the odiuml If the one be offence against morals
how is 1t that the other is whitened into patriotic
duty, and made advance the cause Of s'truth and
honestly" We confess ourselves incompetent 10
the solution Of the problem, and are content tina
others, better skilled in iesuitica casuis'ry, may
carry off the palm Oar morals were inbibud from
purer fountain.
In regard TO the letters themseye we are ndebt-
ei To the Advertiser for all that we know from a
perusal of them No "sood whis" has favored us
with copy of The pamphlet. but unless our conteln-
porary is enabled to strike little harder than he
did yesterday by his ''extracs." we are in no dan
ger OF being hun much Ii will be rather an uphill
business 10 establish the accountability of the Dem.
ocratc party of The United Smtes for private let
ter OF Benjamin F, Butler, written more than lwen-
E-six years ago about Bank transactions :-er
for that Of Stephen lien, or Thad. Phelps, on some
wild specializing schemes of their own, at IA little
later period. But probably amIabe regard for
our "tender senSlbillies" induced him to hold bick
his strong battery, that we may be the better pre-
pared for the shock. He need not be alarmed. We
think we shall be able to stand it.
We must correct our neighbor in one particular
before we take fna leave of this subject He says
the author of the pamphlet Mackenzie-"s, and
ever has been, democrat of the most approved,
ultra and radical order--a chosen confdante of the
party" etc. Now this declaration happens to be
nnocently, enthusiastically the reverse of tue
truth. The following, from the New York Globe,
confirms what we have long known of Mackenzie
and his
ain lS4i he published violent paper in this city,
IN which, without rhyme reason he denounced
the Democratic candidate for the Presidency. and
was OF great service to the Federal party, Since he
fled from Canada, he has taken especial pains 10
njure the party which most svmpalhized with the
revolutionary movement there, and has ever been
the ready Instrument since he has soourned among
us, of any faction or clique opposed TO the Demo-
cratic party. He is violent abotionist, and "A
most industrious IN the collection of scandal,
when he can make it bear the injury OF the party
he opposes"
He went into the New York Custom House under
Mr.. Tyler's Collector, Mr. Van Ness, and left il
when his patron retired.