The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1847-12-15
ITO the Editor Of tie National Whig.)
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Mr. J. X. Giddings, of Ohio, has done me the hon
or to notice my hasty communication on the subject
Of his arty treason in the House Of Representatives
m Tuesday last and has attributed It's authorship to
member of Congress. feel under some obligation
10 reply TO the remarks and statements in which he
thought proper to indulge on that occasion am
aware that no honor is to be acquired in contest
with imbeciy II is in vain TO reason with mad
man. or ono intellectually impotent and | regard
Abolihonsn, under the present order Of things, as
species Of madness that is beyond the power Of rea-
son to cure--or even 10 mitigate. Mr.. Gddings Is
laboring under this species of monomania and what
ever may be the power of his intellect on other sub
ccs 1t is evident he is insane the question OF ne
gro slavery, and exhibits himself as political Don
Quixotte, whenever that question is raised How
such man can call himself Wing IL is difficult TO
say. Whgis one who admres and rigidy adheres
to the constitution Of his country and who considers
il his solemn and imperative duty never TO vic late III
10 adopt and act upon such principles will conduce
to the honor harmony, and happiness OF society, and
welfare and prosperity Of the nation. He studiousy
avoids the dangerous and useless agitation OF qnes
tons calculated 10 excite disgust dsunion civil
war; and will rather bear the ills we have, than fly
to those we dream not Of" But. Mr.. G. says he Is
Whis and that he has been brought up one. lift be
So he has been brought up mdgni nominis unord,
and his Whiggeryis but the unibrd, the mere shadow
and not the substance. No genuine Wing could act
he has done and say that his conscience is ut rest
II is an insult to common sense to suppose that any
man would abandon parent or friend in the hour Of
need and Claim to be his friend STILL II he can re-
concile the base desertion of his political friends the
refusing TO vote for the nominees of the party to
which he preends TO belong 10 his constituents they
can be more easily gulled than should conceive
| them capable of being. He may possibly deceive
them as he has deceived the Wings here, and "hold
the word OF promise to the ear and break it to the
sense Such treachery he has no doubt practised be-
fore, but treachery cannot remain long masked or
unpublished. The Devil will not always be able to
conceal his cloven foot and the constituents Of this
man will yet be enlightened on the subject Of his po
tical turpltude If his last is not sufficient call
down on his head it has upon that of his colleague
IN treason Mr.. Palfrey their deepest adherence and
| axecratlon. How can he reconcile his vote at the
election of Clerk of the House to his conscience, or
MS constituents, when it is known that The motion
made by Mr.. Campbell, when member of that body,
10 expel him as unworthy Of seat among patriotic
md honorable men, ranked in his heart, lead
lin TO betray his party, and prove traitor to
| The Wing caused Ii such deep rooted malis-
iity as this can meet with the appreciation
II his constituents they not the hgh-minded and
Sai'ioiic men have always understood them to be ;
| III 10 them and his God he says he is alone res
aoas.ale. Be il so; the responsibility is an awful
! . and one which, when justice shall be done him.
ss ELL be made to feel with bitterness and shame
As Wing, wish all who belong to the party to be
rnz 10 their principles, add not to skuk, as some
aaye done recently when necessity required them to
D. firm and united do not covet the character Of
vhipper in, as Mr. G. has pleased to designate me-
bat | VIII not allow men who profess to belong to
| the Wing party 10 become recreants and traitors
without exposing their treachery TO the world. With
"a "A men. have no sympathy; and they must ex-
?eSt the tsnunciation of party that must be dis
| gTared By their pretended adhesion. l have said
that repudiaie such men political nuisances and
the party should regard them in other light They
are calculated to do injury and mere pests to any
party to which they may cling. If 1t will afford the
honorable Mr.. Giddings any satisfaction, can as
sure him that the writer is no member of Congress-
and never expects TO be. He is an old and genuine
4 Washington Wing, who has never deyated from his
principles, and whose communication in the Nation
al Wing was dictated by regard TO the interests Of
his party and strong feeling OF Indignation against
those who had basely betrayed II. The contempt
| with which Mr.. Giddings remarks was received by
the House was think, evidence Of the low esti-
limation in which he and his compeers In treachery
were held by that body, and should satisfy him and
them that every effort they make to recover their
lost caste, but sinks them deeper in infamy and dis
1 grace EPAMINONDAS.