New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-09-26
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sThe Book of the Day.
The Erening Post is quite mistaken II 1t snip
poses that sce wish il to stop talking about ihe hoy'
and Butler exposure. On the contrary we moch
desire that il shall keep talking daily until It's party
have ali read the Book and we shall do what we
can TO further that epd. Neither VIII the fos'
aid the cause Of its clients, in this day OF 'heH
humiliation by dischargng hard words and raining
accusations al u.s. We have done nothing IN the
o,s,ises that we do not heartily rejoice in, and
wonld not do again il we were at the beginning OF
This business The Post asks if we did not know
that these letters were surrepiitiously obtained we
answer certainly not and we do not believe II now.
We believe Mr. Mackenzies statement. IL asks
we did not publish our extracts with 10" mot'e
OF traducing political opponents we answer
certainly not II has long been our ilrm convc'loh
thu, Martin Van Buren, and his leading personal ad
hsren,s we're corrupt and heariess gamblers IN poll
tics, false pretenders TO Democracy, and every way
unworthy of public trust. On that faith we nave
steadily acted and have endeavored TO bring others
10 embrace it, The hcreduty OF many has COST
this People countless millions in their Prosperity and
and their Revenues and far more In character ana
,norsls AT last, inconestibe evidence OF the cor
rectness Of our opinion of these men is placed before
the public We lay apart OF tins evidence before
our readers that they may herewith convince even
the most stubborn unbeeyers We trust thata srea'
public good will result from this exposure, and we De
eve that 1, is our dutyto aid in rendering reflective
In all this we are clear that the right is ON our side
Aesseurs. OF the Post have not plainly and IN
eouivocay answered your two questions NO"
YOU think il discreet in view OF your clients posi-
ton, TO talk OF unhappy consciousness oil III de
sen," melancholy position before the pubic
"blaze of general Indignation" &c go ahead Only
don't say that il il ere who have been stirring them
up 90 cruelty
The Post un,ruly I'VE ought to use a harsher word
.sserts that we might have suppressed the reveal
t,on of private correspondence, had we chosen to do
90 That whether right or wrong was never IN our
power We made our extracts entirely from PRINT
ed book over whose publication we had not control
Our only fault according to the Posts logic was III
publishing them a day or two earlier than 1t would
deem jusiifable. If il might publish Mr. VIM
Reeds private letter, after several other papers OF
its own party had done so. we insist that ii might
have a. correctly copied ii at second hand, as we
did Butler Co.'S
The Post takes airs unduly in regard 10 lis
early refusal to publish Mr. Clays stolen letter
10 Cassius NJ Clay. We say now, as ever, that
the receiver first publisherl OF that letter was as
bad az the thief but not Of the re- publishers, Tor
we are inolnded in that categoryl In the first
pace we think it's columns will show that IL doubted
the authenticity of that letter In the next place
all know that the publication of that letter by Mr.
n ocf
though strictly confidential and written without sus
oicon that i, could ever before the public, was
in the highes, degree honorable TO the writer Had
l, been otherwise, Mr.. c. NJ Clay would not have
promptly claimed it. nor would the Wing papers
have widely published it as genuine We do not
believe that one man in this wide Union respects
Mr. CLAY tho ie~~ ~-sa..s os sAs~s hotter. W.
know that some Of the most ardent and shrcwdcst
Wings in the land reioiced that it had been stolen
and believed that its publication would aid MIR. Clay
in the canvass We are confident he never lost a
friend or a vote ON account OF IT, Ii was act OF
the sheerest worldly wisdom in the Post to counsel
it's friends no, TO publish that letter. Jesse Hoyt
would have done the same.
The Post falsely accuses us of publishing the let.
tiers of vomen, crushing into the bed-chambers OF
families &c. We have done nothing of the sort,
but il we have room tomorrow we ciH publish the
two feminine letters given in the Book Ito which
we have never till now alluded and let readers
howfar the plea Of ooverture avails il their be
half We think they evince great cleverness in the
English sense
The downright, lies of the Post that we cry out
and "supplicate tits mercy we treat with con
tempt. Its assertion that Mr. VIM h. Reeds pri
vste letter which it published given in our last
disclosed projected sRiqWity of the Wings, our
readers will stamp rs il deserves
Now neighbor walk up to the bulring When
YOU Published the Annexation Treaty you knew
very well tina, Senator Tappan had no more right to
send il to you for publication than the smacs, page
in the Senate. You knew that his misdeed gave
you no shadow of right TO publish an important
public document covered by the Senaics injunction
Of secrecy lfyou had not published this, il would
flor aught that you knew or now appearsl have re
manned secret ~ the Constitution and laws require
You therefore have been guilty OF that very inya-
s,on OF confidence and secrecy which you falsely
charge upon US We copied from printed book,
sure to be in every bodys hands with or without
our notice OF ii you from Treaty yelled in secrecy
BY the Government. on high public considerations.
and which was unseasonably given to the public
only through your fundamentally. Where is your
ioop-hole Of escape
II The Globe, Secretary Walkers new Organ
In our City is afflicted with Negrophobia, and raves
wildly o. the prospect of Negro Governor and
perhaps a Negro Presidcnt-Nesroes to be our
masters and White men 10 be degraded-all on ac
count Of the approaching Convention and the prob
ability tina, Amesican Citizens will be permitted to
vote by the Reformed Constitution without refer
n their ownins, NOT ovpiny $3.50 worth of