The State guard., 1848-05-09
q. Fr. SsEs. Clay. & Co.

per. But we must be free 10 confess that we think Cassius is rather severe upon Henry, than the circumstances seem tc Justify, for Cassius, in the first place seems to intimate that Henry has some pretentions to royalty, and then for con- irast, we presume, he says to Henry, "be cause l am not guiltless myself, and be. cause of bad taste of the thing, will nol urge objections to your private character. J Here the reader of this rich epistle ol Cassius Miraculous, is left to infer that the private character ot Henry is really worse than any one could have ventured to con- lecture, and in which remark we think he has eyinced want of prudence tor we have frequently heard the good adage, ''that if your relatives have faults, you should not make it your province to re- veal them, but leave others to find them out.''
 In the second place, Cassius says to him that, "neither will I press your prestige oi Wluck, in saying that all your measures that you have urged upon the people, ex- ccpt the Missouri Compromise, have been erased from the statute book. We lament, in common, the fall of the tariff, the Ma tional Bank, and Intcrnal Improvements, under your ead." Now, while the truth of this assertion cannot be denied, yet it is evident that Cassius intended to smile Henry under the fifth rib. and by avaiing himself of both the tenderness ofthe place and tho truth of the assertion, he was perfectly aware, TO doubt, that nothing could infict a more severe wound on an aspiring and sensitive mind, than the as- sertlon of facts which he we'll knew had already caused his victim so much morti- fication and chagrine, and foi which his friends were yet weeping while his cnc- mics were rejoicing.
 To put the best possible construction on this course of Cassius, all must admit the manifest cruelty of his intentions in thus assaiiing the vulnerable parts of his vic- tim, which his victim naturally thougnt was secured against any such attacks, by that private sanctity which circumstances, relationship and past confidence should have created. And, to make bad case worse, he charges Henry with "changng front" That the whigs of the North are disgustcd with him Henry). That "we paid your debts." Condoled with you in your retirement once more, and raised monuments to your memory, &c. After all these bard sayings any one would ex- claim enough but Cassius does not say so yet, for on the back of all this, he accuses Henry of political assassina,ion-of hav- ing manifested a spirit of violence, of deep ingrattulc to Gen Taylor; of never having spared an enemy or friend 10 accomplish his object of having been suspected Of .,7sih; of the passage and promulgation of Judas-iaced resolutions at Lexington, and then closes with tho most harrassing assertion of all, by saying that Henry can never be President of these States"
 We must confess that we do not object to hearing the expression of political dit. icrcnces of opinion among gentlemen, but to endorse such scurrilty as the above, without even alluding 10 its truth, is an ut ter impossibility. Upon this letter of Gas. sius, tho editor of the Louisville Journal seems to unsheath the dagger; and, among other things, reminds Cassius of having claimed to bc the son of Henry, the leader of the peace party in the United States and friends of the Mexicans, while he, 1 (Cassius,) was prisoner of war at En carnat;on; and that Editor ntiniates that this trick saved the lives of Cassius and his fellow prisoners. which if truc cer. tainly tends to prove that ingratitude oi which we suspected him of from the be. ginning. At this course of Cassius, we are not all at surprised, but much pained to sec the rupture which has go painfully and unexpectedly sprung into existence be. tween these two old friends and al.lies- the Louisville Journal and the said Gas. sius-but we cannot pity the Journal, for we remember cautioning that paper, with others, against Cassius, and admonished it with tears in our eyes, to have an eye to Cassius for WIG were sure the much betting and batting which Cassius got from that Journal would have the same elfecr on him that they had on children, and fur. lher intimated that Cassius would tell tale: out of school, and with all eye to that be lief we would dislike exceedingly to stant in the boots of the Journal for the mex few months. fl'7
 Being ourself member of the peace