Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-10-24
sINCERITY's sEQUELs.

nies of Mr.. JEFFERSON and our Intentional spread
ing of incendiary matter" the subject of slave
nv, the Presidents paper near on Monday night
favored us with the following supplement, appendix
or postscript of vulgarities and trumpery and as
it comes, in point of length, as much within the
limits of decency it exceeds them in every other
particular we gladly place it before our readers as
abundantly its own exposure. Here it is:
FROM THE UNION
Tar BALANCE or BLusDERs-In the School of Scandal
Mr. Joseph Surface esucal gentleman Of very smooth
and plausible exeorcounse another person in the drama
sin in sedeence andpa with virtue to preserve epu-
taon The organ of the Wing party at the seat OF Govern
appears be acting resoutely upon Mr.. Surface
maxim When taken to task for advocating, in inena
tona controversies foreign interests against those OF It's own
country and especially for taking the side OF Mexico In the
present war; the nteigencer seeks to turn the public
eye from the odiousness of its position this respect by
forthwith endorsing and encouraging the aboonst course OF
the Wing party in New England II seeks thus to make up
for assang the foreign policy Of its country by attack
upon its domestic institutions BY showing in this way how
little respects appreciates the compacts and guarantees Of
the constitution in relation internal policy hopes to
put aside the oium accumulated upon its head
by aitorous advocacy of the interests of nation with
which Only in this view understand
the of that journal in oseng its declaration of
day that Jefferson aboons in the of the mo-
den lbey men, by its assertion the next morning that our
with Mexico rapine, and that the Administration, to-
gehe with officers and soldiers in prosecuting it, are to
b, considered lewess men BY way of excusing this
declarations however, the lntelgencer OF this morning
displays It's in drawing distinctions, and proclaims
that " the President is not the United States most nds
puable proposition. But submit that, notwithstanding
this present with Mexico being recognised and
red under act OF Congress, with only dozen dis
senent votes fairly be considered the of the Uni
ted States And upon this PREMISE will leave to the in
genuy of the lntellgencer to determine what epthe best
describes the action and character OF that public journal the
To
prosecution of hosles by its Government and to give
encouragement and COUNSEL aid and comfort to the public
enemy
The force of long habit doubtless in part explains the In
tclgencers disposition always to put its Government in
the wrong against foreign Power. II is acting in
the of Mexico only acted before the Of France
and England and upon the Texas question. But the abol
ZIONIST tendencies of the nelgencer comparatively novel,
On its showing they have sprouted the election
of General Harrison They show themselves now, however,
in form which confess surprises
The nteigencer must and know that the de-
monsaons of the of New England upon this subject
full of evil to the country They PROVE beyond all
doubt that great national party section Of the
y-moe less sympahized with by the party in other
sectons-s this almost quite resolved and
ready commit itself to agitation for political purposes
which is calculated when shall upon us shake this
Union to its centre The ntegencer this clearly and
with the Boston resolutions and the Boston speeches in
hand procams that all safe Going yet further than this
it that danger in the union of the whole
Wing party throughout the country the Boston platform
hnaly, TINS the potent
of Thomas Jefferson aboionist of the modern school
We have pointed out the caumnou character Of this pro-
ceedng But the which the Inegencer makes Of its
perverson of Mr. Jeersons example is far than the
defamation of lusous statesman II cites the
thory of jefferson debauch the public mind of this country
into patient, not favorable regard of that policy the
subject of slavery which the whole soul of Thomas Jefferson
would have oathed Jefferson advocated under the
guards and limitations the dminuon the progressive Grad
caton Of slavery by the independent action of the avehod
ing States themselves So far he from bringing the sub
iect into national politics, from tolerang Il IN such
soanerOn that beyond all question, of his leading mo
tires in seeking 10 touch at ALL through erclisire State
Legislation, Das TO keep out national poitics-fo pre-
rent IL, forerer, from haung any thing TO do Nth the orr
galizafion or action of national parties.
The National Inelgence satisfied with keeping this
amporan fact wholly in the dark when citing the example
Of Jefferson charges him. the contrary, with the
ruinous and radical plan Of abolition which has yet been
IL declares him have held the doctrine that Federal
legislation might be invoked carry this plan through
thus defends the aboitons and the aboonizing Wings of
the North behind the shield of the great Southern
And the solitary petext for all this which the ntegencer
has been able rake up from all the voumnous writings Of
Jefferson the bare suggestion by him that under pos
sbe but undescrbed arrangement, portion of the public
lands coded by the holding States might be put under
State control with facilitate form of prospective
emancipation through independent and exclusive State egs
aon We shall not debate with the Intellgencer the su
cheney of this preex We shall conne too, within the limits
OF single sentence, solemn protest against the constu
onaty OF any such OF portion OF the public lands
Our business with the motive and spirit the ntegencers
representation And serious charge against that journal
that knowingly perverts the doctrine and the example Of
Jefferson in order to amaze and reconcile the mind of the
country to the idea of national agitation against slavery
tended TO subserve the temporary views and interests of in
fuental section Of the Wing party.
On this supposon alone the whole Of the Intei-
gencer reference the Wing proceedings in Massa
chusets 10 be explained understood In this view it
paraded Its former upon abolition wi hout declaring its
present sentiments In this endorsed the anti slavery
resolutions adopted by the majority of the Wing Convention,
without reprobang the avowedy aboions resolutions and
speeches OF the minority, amounting TO nearly oneha of
that body In this view caught up single parenthetca
remark Of Jefferson about slave property and alleged that
contained the whole Of modern abolition. And in
this in commenting upon the Of the Northern
Wing Abolluonss and upon the discussions which have
from time time taken place in of the Southern States
upon the subject of slavery, keeps wholly out Of view the
and vital distinction between those abotionsts who
would act upon the Federal Government and through the
Federal Government and those statesmen at the South who
may have occasion modify the system of slavery
through the exclusive action IF the States Themselves In
dsegardng this distinction the Intellgencer shows its will
ngness to strike down the most sacred provisions Of the
stuon, and invoke into National Councils the fell
spirit Of dsunion in order consolidate the party organza
ton and to promote the party ascendency Of the Wings
If man is compelled to prove to people that
particular substance is most foul and offensive, he
does not waste breath TO prove it he adopts very
different method, which we will not describe. And
this must be our answer to all such Government
articles as the preceding.
In the School for Scandal "a play aptly
referred to by an Executive organ that has adopted
all its morals without catching spark Of its wit
there is another excellent person, one Mrs. Can