The daily union., 1846-10-23
A SPECIMEN OF THE INTELLIGENcER's
TRIUMPHS. H


A SPECIMEN OF. THE INTELLIGENCER's
TRlUMPHS.
Our readers will recolect that, two or three day,
ago, the lntegencer charged us, in the most solemn
and formal manner, with Justification Of It's opin
ions and course in respect TO the whig abolition
movement, so gross as to amount substantially to .
"toyyuy I" As the Intelligencer seemed to pledge
its character as public journal to this, its solemn
assertion, we took the matter up. We cited the
material part Of our own article together with tho
Integencers specifications of the points OF our al
legged Misrepresentation. We thus showed that
upon the substantial admission of the Intelligencer
itself, there was, our part, no misrepresentation
at all. Atthe same time, we proved the Inteligen-
Ger to have grossly illuminated Mr.. Jefferson in
denouncing him as the advocate of modern aboli.
tionism upon garbled citation from his writings,
leaving out of Wow passages Of the i--asdists con-
sri, which most clearly showed Mr.. Jefferson to
have held opinions Numerically opposite to those
which the Intelligencer charged upon him. These
passages we cited.
Upon these indisputable proofs, we have charged
that the Intelligencer pursued this course in
to shield behind the respectability Of Mr.. JEFF
ferson's example, its whig allies in Massachu-
sets from the just odium Of their recent abo-
litionist proceedings. To oil this the Intelli-
gsncer has as yet made no answer. We wait
to see what answer il will have the face to attempt
to make, But, meantime, in order that our readers
may see how much importance ought to be
attached to the Intelligencer's most serious
charges Of Misrepresentation against US, we will
lay before them the gist Of its article of this
morning upon the subject. The Intelligencer
has vivid fancy and an apt memory of its own.
Some days ago we found that journal venturing to
lisp out hypocritica admissions of the proba-
bic sincerity of our government in its ovcrtures Of
negotiation to Mexico. This reminded US ofMrs
Candour's method of defamation in the School for
Scanda and we presented the parallel of the cases
in detail. This idea Of ours, the Inteligencer
has paid us the compliment Of appropriating; and
we trust that journal may turn the moral Of to
a profit.
In the following extract, the Intelligcncer is sd-
dressing under the so6rquei of Mrs. .Candour in Or
der to sustain its charge Of representation against
us. In this view, the extract is gem:
But thirdly, most Ingenious of matrons you
have made decided apsus in the main matter of fact
Of your excuse. Let her do her best, insineeriiy
hardly ever fails to forget some ear-mark Of the
truth, to betray herself by. Now, you say, speak
ing of your remarks; "When we wrote them, the
Inrelgencer's article of the 18th instant was not at
the moment before US. On referring TO IL, zoe find
that the National Integencer atler citing some re-
marks which it made several years ago, respecting
the abolition of slavery, declares that the sentiments
then expressed remain unchspged.'n Now dear
madam, while speaking an ii af that moment read
ing it, you either had not referred 10 IT, or else you
ARE incapable Of correctness enough 10 describe as Is
instead Of being aier the citation Of our remarks in
l840, was prtfred 10 them! Thus it plainly ap-
pears that Mrs Can1our has not our words before
her, when she says she has, and possibly had them,
when she says she had them not as
Here is the exact state of the case The Intel
gencer charges US with Justification, amounting
10 forgery. 1t specifies its proofs of the charge.
We quote these side by side with our statements,
,aesed to be forgeries) and find that the spec6ca.
lions are substantial admission of our statements.
Then we volunteer correction on an entirely i'm
material point which is not specified by the Intel
igencer. And thereupon that journal, in another
lrtcle reteraes its charge Of falsi6cation against
u.s. and gives its proof the statement contained in
he above extract. The charge is substantial forgery
The proof s, that in stating the declaration Of the
that the statements contained in one
Of its citations ''renainsd unchanged" we were so
grossly forgetful of all the obligations of common
veracy, to the words "atler citing" instead
Of "upon citing" or ",ohen citing" which would
have been exactly accurate Who, after this, will
hesitate to believe the National Integencer, when
il makes formal accusation Of Substantial forgery
against an opponent .l
Summing up, then, the whole course of our con-
troversy this point with the Integencer, we find
the matter to stand thus:
The wings at the north having been for some
time inclined to abolition, the wings of Massachu-
setts recently, in substance, proclaimed themselves
aboliiionists in their State convention.
The Intelligeucer endorsed and approved their
We laid both these facts before our readers, and
very naturally argued from them the spread Of an
abolition spirit among the wings.
Their the Intcgencer awkwardly attempted 10
shield its position under democratic example, and
pleaded that democracy was the natural ally of abo-
ltionsm; first, inasmuch as the democrats were an
ti-rcnters; and, secondly, inasmuch as Thomas JEFF
ferson stood on the same platform Of opinion, and
acted in the spirit and with the purposes of the mod
ern "liberty men," 4H .b3q M
In reply to this, we showed the utter absurdty of
the statement in reference to anti-rcntism quoted
the strong and sound resolutions in reference to
slavery Of the Baltimore convention and of the
democratic State convention of Massachusetts and
the nteigencer to prove its accusation
against Jefferson. * a#
Thereupon the Intelligencer raised howl Of
misrepresentation" against us, and gave some gar
bcd extracts from Jeffersons writings TO make out
its case.
We proved, upon the specifications Of the Intel-
gencer itself, that we had made misrepresentation
of its opinions and we showed, from The book, that
that Journal had grossly illuminated Jefferson.
Hereupon put the Inteligencer upon its defence,
10 show for so doing; and I'LL other due
be shown, we cherged-and we still charge--that