The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-23

The proceedinps for the creditors against Col WAN
nES. all Of whom unite in entirely exonerating lhim
from the malicious bels OF the Union, Mr.. RiTcmtE
calls upon the witness stand witness who already
stands impeacaed before the world. Isay ippsaeisd
because witness who Z guilty 81 suppressing part
OF the truth stands equally as cnpable In the eyes q
The law as Ne who misstaies the ruth. ~And The
record shows thai. this Mr.. Beach, as the plant
tool of Mr. RrrcH lie, furnished gdrbied EXTRACTS from
that record with view OF prejudiclng an I'M
suspeetIng public against Col. WARREs, carefully
eoneeaing that portion which tended entirely TO
onerate him from all blame In the premises. What
then can the public expect from such Witness bu,
that "lke master Ike man." he should perseyere In
attempting TO nfct Intentional injustice upon Col.
WAnRES7 Mr.. RrrcHIE is as competent of iudg-
ing orthe force and effect Of the English language
as Is Mr.. Be AcH. Why then refer 10 Mr.. BEACH
when the answers Of the four Attorneys prosecuting
Col WAnREs boldly testify to the public, sha dur
ing the whole Of those proceedings nothing trans
pircd that reflected agninst his integrity or upright.
ness as mah? If the Witnesses introduced by Col.
WAnREs have any prejudices, they would naturally
be against him, us they were his Opposing counsel
yet the Union prefers the ipse dirt OF single man
who has degraded himself in public estimation by
the garbled testimony he furnished the Union with,
rather than abide by the unqualified frank and can
did statements Of four members Of the bar who
stood in antagonisical position TO Col. WAnnRS,
and has given the lie direct TO the caumnies of the
Union and his CORE spondenis.
The Union regards my communication us "M-
nlaanered," because, suppose, have employed, to
some extent, the painness and severity Of language
in exposing his guilt beller, that he 30 freely
INDUCES in, while malciousy assallng the private
character Of those who are blamcoss of the ibeous
charges engendored and propagated by the editor
have relish for such warfare, and only resort &c
il in extreme cases. But desperate diseases demand
desperate remedies, and SO malignant, base and un.
principled had grown the assaults Of the Union upon
private character and worth, SO deliberately and de-
signedly false were its charges against men, who In
all the relations of life were far more pure than Mr.
RiTcHIE-that nothing but cutting to the quicl
would restore him to a degree Of sensibility tina
would make him feel thnt blows could DO given al
well as received His unfairness and cowardly
meanness in assailing Col WAnnEN was demonstra
ted by the fact, that Col WAnRENs predecessor ica.
gully Of the very charges the Union preferred agains
him. tCol. W. while the Colonel has shown by iht
testimony Of his opponents that he is innocent Ant
there is scarcely another Editor in the country
but what upon reading theletters published by You
Monday, would have acknowledged that he had don,
Col WAhREa injustice and that he stood before III,
world, entirely exonerated from all imputalions 0
fraud and dishonesty growing ont Of his failure, al
one Of the firms Of P. Warren Il Sosa, and A. w
CAMP & Co. "A WESTERN NAM
WAhnIsoros, May %, ls49.