The daily union., 1846-09-01

| authority for the truth Of their assertions They
cannot even joke as Americans. On this occasion,
it is tie veraciiy Of the British poets they appeal toi
but they committed mistake when they comprised
| Milton among the number. The lntelligencer
| might, perhaps, quote Lord Chesterfield with some
semblanoe ofpropriety, even as il might study him
with profit; but it ought not desecrate Mil
ton. The note struck by the master-hsnd Of the
great poet Of the English Commo wealth is, indeed,
100 "dsp' for It's comprehension or sympathy.
We must, however, do the Inteligencer and its
OuIandsh waggeries the justice to say, that il mere,
y pUunsd on Milton--the serious consideration OF
the life and labors of that great poet and patriot
leading, probably, to very distastefa reflections.
We, assuredy, have no objection to its Haunting
It's foreign predictions and partiaties for little
while yet but the day ioiA come when its account
with its own country must be settled and then, in.
stead of making light Of "harmony," il may be
oyerwhelmed by the crash Of the grand '6aais -
As proof Of the reasoning powers of the intelli-
geneer, give the following elegant extract from
its vapory article ofyesterday
"As TO the 'odious Transaction the phrase seems
ungrateful to our correspondents taste, but What
thenI Is it not odious TO Louisiana and Ala
bama 2"
And so measure is odiotls when il is nshy and
hastily censured in one or two States or rather by
few people in those States, laboring under en-
tire msspprehension Of the causes which led TO it
We hsd thought that nothing was odious but what
necessarily excited disgust in all properly consutu.
ted minds But the Intelligencer thinks differently
IL has so long been advocating the hue and cry Of
the minority that, with its English logic, it cannot
conceive the qualities Of things, except in their rvla
ton to the favored few Of which itself is conspic-
uous part.
The Inteligencer admits that the dismissing Of the
Louisiana and Alabama volunteers was laiefal, and
that the Secretary Of War could not act otherwise
without infringing the law; yet the measure is odious
Aew people in one or States, out Of twenly-nine
abonng under a mistake, find il so in regard ts
themselves. We here have, in word the reason
and sentiment Of the lntelgencer-its puerile
logic and its nervous affection, for minorities. We
really wonder if the Intelligencer would think well
Of as if its select circle of friends and supporters
were, by some magic OF mistake, suddenly to extend
itself Would it not affect surprise' and with its
British squeamishness exclaim, "What a horrid
erOlcdf' But ii will be spared such wonderment
which might affect its delicate sensibility, and blsr
that marble polish by which its columns have rem
dered themselves aceeptable-On the other side Of
the icaisr.
Meanwhile We would inform the Intelligen-
Ger, respectfully as possible, that men and
things may be very "odious'' to few facetious per-
sons and very acceptable TO the great mass of the
people. Thus democracy, equality, economy in the
national expenditures where the honor Of the nation
is not Immediately concerned, may be very "odious"
to the Of the Inelligencer and its select friends
both hemispheres, but very grateful to the great
majority Of our people. So are the principles Of
selfgovernment, the triumph of the American cause
the complete independence Of country Of foreign
msnnerism in thought and action very "odious" to
the Intelligencer; but they are the watchwords of
thousands who rally round the national standard;
while, on the other hand, a vast system of taxation
for the benefit of the few the concentration of the
moneyed power in the hands Of few individuals,
and the arguments furnished by the Intelligencer to
foreign slanderers Of our country, may please the
friends and supporters of that Journal but prove ex
ceedingly "odioue" "throughoutthe Union. "Odious"
is not that which disgusts cliques and coteres but
which is repugnant to all who respect themselves
and value the institutions Of their country.