The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19

war and matter what position may be assign
me- either peace IN war, viii endeavor 10 con
duct myself in such way 70 impair, much less 70
orie The good opinion Of Col Wynn well as thar OF
many valued friends ell OF trhIeA viii thaak yon TO
en6aun icate 10 the Colonel well AL have stated in
relation his valued and highly valuable donation
THE residue OF the letter. relating To oir matters -
omitted
With respect and esteem, your friend truly,
Ribaldry and scurriy are not calculated .fnghien
from the propriey" OF We have been too
much accustomed them for foryfour years, attach
any consequence them. Twentyone years ago, little
than five months before his DEATH Mr. De Witt Gin
said US with one of his blandes smiles whilst
we supporting Gen Jackson the first time for the
presidency Il they have been abusing you very
much lately; but suppose by this time you have dis
covered what these attacks are worth" An additional
experience OF twenty years has certainly taught
the fuiliy OF such a0use-though duly expect it, OF
course and now more than ever, because the atmo-
sphere always becomes more fiery during presidential
election, and position in Washington exposes
more assaiIants than in Richmond We despise them all,
however whether they be the poetic but fanatic Bryan
the demagogue and l-nannered John Van Buren, or the
hacks OF the opposition, whether be the regulars OF
the wing party or the guerills OF the abolition barn
burners
For example, the scribbler OF the Baltimore Patriot
charges with 'wo dsreputable acts = ls for telling
the South thai Mlard Fillmore aboltionst; and Cd,
with muhlatng and suppessng part OF his Buffalo let
ter OF October, 1898 He asks "Can the official editor
clear his skirts ?" Certainly. Fillmore goes far in
his abohonism Giddings himself He is not only for
receiving all petitions, but aboshing slavery in this
District, and suppessng the transportation of slaves from
State TO State He against the exaion Of Texas
long she held slaves and of course he is for APP
plying the stringent rule New Mexico and Up
per California Now, if Giddings be not aboliionist
all nients and practical purposes who is As to
the suppressng OF part of his letter. il not The
Union" the first republish the Buffalo letter
the whole of it. As to the last paragraph Of that letter
ii is utterly irrelevant and therefore may be omitted
without changing the slightest degree the spirit of the
! letter
For example, too here is that decent and rabid wing
paper, the Savannah Republican," charging 'Old Tom
Richie with being corrupt old hireng, quitting forth
his slanderous fasehoods from day day." and among
the rest for publishing a communication from a New
Haven correspondent, stating that Senator Baldwin and
Truman Smith privately showing letter from Gen.
Taylor, which abandons the the w mot Provse
Because Senator Baldwin denies, in communication
which published from his pen, any knowledge Of such
letter, why We OF course, corrupt liars The aSa-
vannah Republican" in It's is guilty of gross sup
preston and equivocaton The charge is that either
General Taylor wrote letter to Mr. Bates or that Mr.
Truman Smith has received a letter from a truthful
corespon lent, who states that he had such AN as
surance from the lips OF Gen. Taylor himself Mr.
Baldwin says nothing about this last letter Mr. Truman
Smith the editor the New Haven Journal that
did receive such letter, and yet the Savannah Repubh-
can says syllable about that letter. which covers
substantially the very ground which letter from
Gen. Taylor himself would have done
We say Mr. Smith did receive such letter. The fact
be proved He has denied it, though he has
been publicly charged with and the editor OF the "Jour
nal who had the folly place himself witness upon
The stand, does yet deny does he equivo
cate about IT, but in his paper of Thursday last contents
himself with calling US hard nEnes-with being I'M
pudent braggartwith being +" the dlgn,ied organ o.
the President of the United States" &c, &c. The en-
barrassed editor says he does not deny the fact" He
neither asserts denies he is able to keep his own
counsels" What miserable twadde is all this