The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-03-28

\ A Washington correspondent Of the New York
journal Of Commerce" mot its regular eorrespOn.
dent, but most probably the seribber Of the last
summer,) among other crude and absurd spec,.
laons upon the Baltimore convention, the compost.
ton Of the present cabinet, and its views in re.
gard to Mr.. Calhoun, &C., repeats that we were
pledged to his friends in Virginia to Cooperate
with them in the support Of Mr.. Calhoun in l5ls.n
We had hoped that had twice put this ghost at rest
in the Red Sea. lis entirely false. We are under
pledges 10 no man for the succession; and what il
more, We mean to remain uneommittsd for a long
time To come. Why any man should desire 10 be.
come the President Of the United States, appears to
US almost species Of infatuation. A wise and con-
seisntioas man would scarcely aspire TO an Office
which ia fuller Of cares than Of honors and abounds
more with horns than with roses But be It's attain.
msnt desirable not To us almost certain that
preeocious ambition would defeat itself and that
the only safe road to reach the summit is To do your
duty TO your country, without ever dreaming, il
possible, Of the presidency. Such is the "seEdeny
ing ordinance" which we would recommend al hi,
time to every aspirant
We Seom TO complain Of the terms in which the
correspondent is pleased to speak Of the motives
which he asebes TO u.s. but positively assert that
the whole tone and statement Of this correspondent
are unjust To the administration-to ''the combina.
ton las he is pleased to call D Of which I'VE srs the
orgsn''-snd unjust TO ourselves. There is no hos.
Utility To Mr.. Calhoun or his friends in them or in
US. We undertake to say the administration
earnestly desire to promote the union Of the repub.
can party. How can we preserve il by violent
denuneiation, or by ungenerous prescription There
is the slightest foundation for any suspicion OF any
unkindness towards the distinguished man, whose
services, talents, and principles we highly appre.
eiste. There Is not the slightest shadow Of truth
in the declaration which this correspondent ascrbeu
TO us, that "they did not wish to give offence to the
friends Of Mr.. Calhoun, because their support will
be required to defeat the whg candidate and secure
the election Of Mr.. Folks successor" Not only did
not these words ever escape from our lips, but the
sentiment which they express is altogether foreign
to our feelings. The whole course Of measures Us.
cribed TO the administration in regard to Mr.. Cal.
houn, have no existence but in the Imagination Of
the writer.
We do not complain Of the attacks in the news
papers. We have served long probation to our
profession, and when We came to Washington we
expected these attacks would multiply upon US.
But we confess are somewhat surprised, that any
respectable editor like him Of the "New York Jour.
nal of Commerce, should suffer any correspondence
abuse the urbanity Of his columns and to repeat dull
calumnies which have been some time since distinct
ly eontradicted, and confuted by the evidence Of
the very witnesses who referred to in the wing
papers to establish them. The repetition only ar
CUES paucity Of nventien which, for the honor Of
the Journal should never have been exhibited. We
appeal to its editor, for his sake, if not justice
to ourselves, to keep stricter eye of its
correspondents.