Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-10-31
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
sINUosITIEs OF THE OFFICIAL PAPER.

The persisency OF the Presidents paper in its
absurd assertions is amazing as to puzzle one to
account for it, Little studious apparently of either
character or consistency, why should it so despe-
ratey plunge on into that slough Of Respondent in
ventions in which il had SO nearly stuck at the
first step! Or nave imagined obligations of official
duty compelled it to persevere, having already
got in SO far that it is cheap go forward as to
return Possibly it thinks that, to hurt u.s. the best
way is to let off its weak ISLANDERS in big charges !;
for, shooting blunderbuss which carries wide but
not far the only chance is to ram it to the muzzle
with small shot and old nails Possibly the Union
thinks that foolish things will cease to shock, and
false ones to offend its readers, by familiarity or
that, if it cannot by repetition, make the country
believe its gross ictons it will at least come to be-
lleve them ITSELF and so recover the comfort of that
tender conscience which, the other day, for little
slip, gave it such pang AT any event. il seems
TO think that iteration is invncibe, and that
its triumphant tautoogy of style should be backed
with equal tautology of the same false facts and
ungenlemanly epithets.
On Wednesday night, faithful to the sort of pro-
mise in which the Union can be relied upon, it as
sailed us at great length, in Of Encyclopedia
OF all its previous trumperies, produced on
raj occasions, and in smaller bodies. To these the
new attack bears much such relation as the collec-
tive Koran to the single chapters in which the Ara
bian impostor first published it.
The method which it takes would be altogether
odious, if it were not saved from that by its anus
ing imbeciity for wicked design may be frustrated,
if not redeemed by impotence in the execution. In
It's perversons and misrepresentation of what we
have said, and especially in its utter failure to NEE
the manner in which we have acted, by re-printing
the article which it at first SO illuminated, il has
told, with planness beyond any body's msta-
king, its entire consciousness that it must be con-
demned, even by the most purbnd readers, the in
slant it gives them the means of comparing what
have really said with what it has attributed to
US. So well convinced were we of this, that las
our readers will remember) we went the seemingly
bold length Of directly affirming that the Union
dare not take that method of proving that it put the
slightest faith In It's own accusations. On our part,
has there been any such guilty shrinking? Have
zee feared to let readers compare the charges
against us with our justification Have zoe, dared
10 the proof, skulked away from our charges
Have ce sneaked off and ANONYMOUSLY relied upon
Tor, by not only having packed jury of our own
subscribers, bat refusing to let them look at or lis
ten to the accused Now, apart from all other
proofs, all other arguments, who needs any thing
but this comparison of conduct to tell him on which
side stands confident rectitude, on which self-con-
victed SANDER!
Such is the course still pursued by the Union
such the only Course it can pursue as witness
once more, IN It's new article, how il answers our
example and our challenge, by making It's proofs,
not of our lpated publication but out of its
own forged representation of it. 1t begins as
follows
i" The LptelRgencer and The Uhig .9boltionists.
In reply the National ntegencers article Of yeser-
day, charging with having, in paper OF Friday last
grossly as6ed its position and the abol
ZIONIST proceedngsin Massachusetts,, undertake
LIST TOPrOve conclusivey that the statements respecting
the ntegencer made by Us article Of Friday last and
copied by the Intellgencer strictly
I'd To show that the Intellgence has, in its article
feued to by Friday last most grossly illuminated Mr.
Jaferson and entirely misepesened his opinions and pur-
poses in relation 10 the abolition Of slavery and
3d. Having settled these two issues, which the Intelligent
has evidently raised to avoid the main point question
tsfoe u.s. that point and present in its
light ntelgencer endorsement and encouragement
the recent aboonist proceedings Of the Wings Of New
England"
And now, to do any part Of what's here promised
or threatened, who, with any idea but Of fraud,
would fail to begin by producing and proving the
body Of the crime, as lawyers call it, article IL
SELF asthe only thing out of which our guilt or in
nocence and its own could be made to appear! In
stead of this, what does the Union bring forward
Why. by the merest shallowness of imposture that
was ever seen, it solemny proceeds to call Itself,
US, into court the grand witness Of the afro
cities which Itself has feigned. Itgoes directly on,
after what we last cited, as follows:
To show that have msrepresened the course and
purposes Of the Intelgence charged against u.s.
copy from article Of Friday last the whole passage
which the nteigencers position and the
question defined"
1t then copies about tVo,ftfhs of its own piece
in question, given entire by Friday last, and
containing in the part omitted the last four para
graphs-the two first only being given much abuse
Of US, and whole rigmarole of charges against us
and the Wing party, either inferred to US, from
our article then commented on, or inferred from
nothing.
Well, having thus called itself in ludicrously to
subsanate its SANDERS by themselves, it proceeds
will be observed that this passage contains many dis
iinc statements They drawn with They
all these rha