New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-06-14
The Writer Of "The Mystery Of Iniqsify, - IN
reply to the Calumnies Of the Courier q hh'
uuirer.

M,s.rs. Greeiey 5McElrash'
In seeking the favor Of place in The Tribune '''
certain matters Of public importance II i 'ne WI
ter's wish 70 avoid encuInbering your cro"oeo o'''
unns with anything Of merely private in'ere'''
knowing well hat there il nothing Of which an III
,.,;en, public 80 soon weary the details OF per'o
nal conroversy--the complaints accusauons an
DENOMINATIONS Of individuals who desire 70 '''1A'
the world spectators Of their disputes. II L cry
i., ,,;.ance Of the American Press. tna' hoiio'-
fbo.e cuarrels are Of no more consequence ma
,ho.e n any other persons in private c'j continual
~ annoy and disgust their readers Win thcf 'aiou'
nriva,e souabbes and with the utteranoe Oh u'ei
s.veral personal grievances and preIudice-' auc"
more then should one whose approach 10 ine puohc
,hro,cb the columns Of a newspapers obtained on
matter offsvor. beware Of abusing the priv
lece Of publishing the truth to the word ana CAM
ing justice OF II
THE omission OF any prolonged notice OF those
,o,,;ons os the comments Of the Courier and En-
ou;rer. which consist OF nothing bat ungenilemaniy
irooeripeuce and scandalous salsehoods against the
private character and position OF the object OIL mos
backguard assaults, will therefore DC assigned !"
The proper csuse-a doubt Of the willingness OF inc
public at large TO hear many particulars OF the per
.or.l b;sor affairs prospects or Intellectual comb
ton of an individual whose situation can m'ereS'
none bui those friends with whom ne na' o''''
abundant means OF communication
No man in the community has 40 oi'eh o"""s''
nroprie,y in this respect or 50 completely oss so"
the nubic with the repeated exposure oil MS pfVa''
,r,dges domestic difficulties and family quarres a.
tho no,,appv editor Of the Courier and Enquirer
..ho deal. az barshly with himself in displaying hi
own personal and social ms'oriunes to the vulgar
osze rs he does with the various individuals VINO
have inierfered with his plans of gain wounded ms
vanity. humbled his ilsolence- or brought upon nm
,plIic condemnation for his numerous fasran'
violations Of truth, honesty and decency Posses-e"
Of most absurd and inordinate conccn OF the IN
por,ance OF his huge numbering journal, whose rea
value il derived from It's many square iee' OF ad'e'
,isements. presenting good daily exhibition oil 'he
markets. and saleable commodities OF New-fo rk'l
and ignorant Of the fac, that his tedious prosy ed
lorals migh be written and printed IN CheroKee III
stead of English, without diminishing the usefulness
of his paper to those subscribers who actually sup
mort il he makes It vehicle for his own piiliul spite
and unprincpled ic;ons and libcs, designed soie's
for his own personal qualification gain. without
regard TO the interests OF the community or OF 'ho
party which is, at this time dsgraced by his NOM
nal connexion with it, Varying in political assoca'
tion with every moments notion as to his pccunlary
Interest, he has alike defcd by his praise and hon
ored by his abuse, in turn, almost every man VINO
has been eminent ia the City, State or Nation with
! in the last sixteen years. From Henry oiay' John
| Quincy Adams and Daniel Webster down TO the
mos, obscure citizen, male or female who may nave
| hopnencd TO offend his malice or mortiiy his PRIDE
there is hardly person that Inc now iavors' whom
| he has not vielv iraduced and beed,-hardly one
tina, he now abuses whom he has not battered ana
fawned upon. when he deemed il for his interest to
do so Tor a moment His name has for many years
been very by.word for shameless regeneration,
chapgclinc profiigacy and rank venality. There Is
NOT horse in the city that has been bought and sold
50 often or for prices under the most successful
ockcyngl so mons,rously disproportioned to the
! real value OF the anlfaal.
There are few who within the past two years,
have 80 thoroughly aroused the vindictive hate OF
the Editor of the Courier X Enquirer, so completely
thwartcd his wicked plans, dehcd his power secuted
/
his prctensions exposed his absurdities and so often
convicted him OF falsehood as the writer of The
MYSTERIES of Iniquiiy" No one has more willing y
| faced him, or more cOntemptuousy humblcd INN
No one knows him better or desPiscs him more
heartily or more periinaciously conironis him IL
every new device of his reckless magniy. TC
| silence his calumncs has been 10 that writer IRE
qucni task partly pleasing and partly painful To
| renew the successful conics, with him under Tho
present proyocation is duty, disgusting only from
the revolving character OF such OF corruption
and tedious only from the difficulty # experiencing
suifcien, irritation under the assaults of an adver
sarv so contemplate TO furnish the neediul excite
| ment and interest in the undertaking One can no
but feel dread of the contagion OF dulness ant
vulgarly in approaching such subject, ASSOCIATED
thus with q want OF interest in " ihricc,od tale
The reader OF the Courier and Enquircrs article
cannot fail 10 be struck with the unconscious impu
dcnce and absurdty OF the editors implied assump
ton of dignity of character and station in society
and with the ridiculous nature OF the compara'iv
position which he assigns to the person whom b
attacks OF that person il is enough 10 say, that b
Is what no intelligent man would like 10 pronounc
| The ENlM az tic NOuilti - u.s..
cultivation pursuits tastes and habits rcspecabl
and educated man. His associations have ever bee
with men TO whose companonship tina, editor coul
never aspirc.-with gentlemen and schoars,-wit
the mos, eminent, learned. revcred and honored {
this and even OF other countres-wth those who's
conversation and pursuits would be altogether abov
the capacity and information of that editors vulsa
-ordid mind-wiih society from which he would
excluded not only by his ignorant and unmannerl
coarscness but by his personal depraviiy and IL
fanny That editor has often been tolerated anon
his betters from simple dread of his vindciive ab'
| sivencss; and political HE. which forces many mi
4 novel and prcposIerous associations has sometime
. | brought him in contact with distinguished me
| who have suppressed their natural loathing an
| contempt for such Il being. out OF vain regard
his supposed temporary uses
No gentleman compelled TO endure his sociei
| could ever forge, for moment that he Was dealin
n with vulgar ignorant and impudenI mana br
II tai soldier whose education had been among mel