The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-02-16

To the Editor of the Union:

your paper instant,
made the pree Of the disgraceu action Of the Senate
towards yourself attributed to the President or
OF his cabinet 1t has been said, too, that the article
specially directed against Mr. Calhoun; and putting the
two suspicious together it has been said that the admin
lstraton was concerned in aiming attack upon Mr.
Calhoun.
points at Mr. Calhoun particularly There is nuendo
nor lnsinuation directed at him. Who could have be-
leyed that he would have coapselled with Mr. Ypee,
such sacred principle the freedom of the press,
have assailed the personal feelings oiyoursell'
But MI Editor. the persons who make the charge
upon the President and his cabinet the same who
having abandoned him and the of their country
have resored to reckless ISLANDERS upon him and his
friends, TO Justify themselves in the public eye wW
not do There nothing the style contents of that
article which would point to any of them its author
originator Their time is fully occupied with official du-
ties. If any has pursued them on business for an
terview, as have done, and conversed with them and
with others who have besieged them, have done, he
will arrive at the conclusion that neither the President
his cabinet could have either leisure inclination
| for writing newspaper paragraphs.
zBut do most solemny declare, that neither directly
nor indirectly has either Of them had the slightest agency
n or knowledge of the article until its appearance the
press Having witnessed with great concern as an
American citizen the unexpected action of the Senate
the stem regiment BILL" by which it lost, notwh
standing the unanimous report of the committee of
ference of the two houses believed that the whole bill
forever lost | felt that the honor of the country
at ,h. and to appeal to
fatteed by the declaration Of Mr. Corwin that the SEN
ate felt it, and dreading the indignation which it
calculated to arouse they renewed the committee of
ference and passed the bill
There is another reason why such charge cannot be
true true ,eas the TREND and ad,srer Of M CALHOUN
not have been concerned in any act OF aggression upon
him. | am his friend and admirer politically no longer
cannot adhere to any man, no matter how towering
his intellect nor how pure his life, who combine
with the Websters, the Davses the Claytons and the
Berrens OF federalism to tear down the flag of FREE
PRESS. 1t is palladium of liberty, terrible only
| OnurIpa 10 ppn rtant
possible than the other great birth right of American
ireemen the freedom Of speech How the latter has been
ing the proceedings against the editor of the Union es
tfy Read the shameless abuse and scurilous ISLANDERS
ola vWestcott if you wish to find fit subject for rebqke
What may be the consequences TO yourself, MIR. Edi
tor, of this persecution by privileged assaans, cannot
precisely tell But can guess what it will be, if the peo
pie are true to themselves You, at the heel Of long
be surrounded by their sympathes, and cherished by their
affection and respect Your setting will descend in
coudess sky, and your be inscribed the tablet
which contains the memorials OF the defenders OF liberty
while those who are your assaiahts will be consigned to
a cold and dark oblivion. INDICATOR
February TO- ls47
"Vindicator does justice the President and his cab
net Not of them had either seen heard of the ar
tice before they it in print They knew no more
about it than Senator Yulee Senator Calhoun. We
make this statement without consulting with them
with any one AS to the intended consequences of
this coalition movement upon ourselves, we re-
gard them with Indifference or contempt The per-
secutors OF the press in the Senate of the United
Staes-those who affect TO make their mock dignity
as senators the pretext OF showing their preju-
dces and their suspicious towards and towards the
in that body who follow in the tur-
buent wake Of John c. Calhoun, always ambitious and
always impusve-with the two senators from Florida
cannot permanently njue us We cannot find it in
heart fling word OF reproach at the other
from South Carolina, Judge Butler, whose countenance
reflects his heart and who did all he could TO that
little clique from this rash and maddened act, and want
ed only-and we hope for the first and the only time in
his e-that command over himself which would bear
him aloft above in the support of great principles
These men cannot inure us, for appeal to own
heart for consolation; and appeal from the infuated
majority in the Senate to the just inquest OF free people
From the federaliss in that body we had of course,
tn expect no favor and yet there least of them
who. we are sure would have done the deed, if
thew had not been hurried by the fury of party to
r6ce the VICTIM whom Mr. Calhoun and his two Florida
allies were dragging to the altar Against all these men
we nrcsent an open front and an indomtabe spirit We
defv their persecution and feel that we have served al
least tried to serve, our country faithfully and as
watChtully as the pIouuest al" h'o'' r.
among them Some of these men expected that we would
urn infomers and betray the author OF Ptnd'cafor to
the of the Senate Some OF them were lnatua
ted enough to suppose that would apologize for the
publication of his piece and bow ourselves to the fury OF
an exasperated faction They know not and to use
the language of one of our kind correspondents they
not acquainted with the proud character OF Virginia
gentleman" (the idle sheer of the 4" honorable" Mr.
Pearce of Maryland, the contrary notwithstanding
We have forborne to the strong language which we
now employ The coalition have attempted 10 brand de-
graduation upon our forehead for daring, in the spirit OF
free press to publish the words of correspondent who
felt for the rights and honor of his country, and regard
ed them as about to be sacrificed by the loss of bill fol
raising men to avenge her wrongs and vindicate he
rights We have orborne to this language BEFORE be
cause we still INDUCED spirit of Cancellation, with the
earnest desire to keep all the democratic party together
time when the Virginia elections rapidly advancing
and with the hope even the faint hope, OF making "
this breach and still Of securing sacred the liberty of the
press We had a faint hope that Mr.. Calhoun nigh
have the moral courage, the magnanmty which is sc
rare and SO precious assist in bold and liberia
effort to undo the past. We have forbome all stons
attacks upon those who have done this deed. Three
DAYS have they had time to cool down their passions
and to feel what they owed to the principles of the party
and above all, what is due TO free press. The
have failed in this We must, therefore, stand u
= boldly and openly, not for ourselves so muc