The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-11-17
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Sifyow nams as yos e the faboas character stu JOi-
I0ss yos. (7ravesfis p0stoH.)
az" the New York Courier's correspondent, is
damned" for his mendaciy and ncontinenlly Kissed
of the stage But he has changed his mask. and reap
PEARS IN new dress and under name. And what
does the reader suppose is the consistent signature which
he now assumes Nothing less than "veias"- Truth
after having ourageoasly violated all the rules of
truh and fair dealing in the d his primitive
respondence But alias will change the character Of
a desperate. We shrewdly euspect that we could lay
our finger upon the very man himself and we can
scarcely mistake his course il he is not thoroughly capa-
Bile Of playing false under double mask. And what does
.,ventas" sayl consistent to the last Gas yunius
says) as he lived without shame. so will he die without
repentance" "Veritas e. our own correspondent. as
,he Courier calls him) has the conscience to say
that our relations Vih France are NOT yet sasfae.
toy adjusted; and if, by any untoward events, they
should be forced to more deplorable issue, il may
be charged 10 the aid and comfort which the Union
and its confederaies have administered throughout the
pending controversy" We believe the passage in italics
to be correct and that our relations with France were
not satisfactorily adjusted at the last accounts But it is
ridiculous insinuas that it our fau-say, rather,
it was the bungng diplomacy Of the Secretary Was il
our fault that the Secretary equvocaed and failed TO CON-
municae with the French government through our own
minister Was il our fault that in violation OF all the ei
quee Of diplomacy he addressed letter to the Secretary
Of Foreign Affairs himself, and through an ordinary
channel-pehaps the post Office The Republic Gone of
the obuscated organs Of the administrator has in the
simplicity Of its calling, admitted the fact; and we may
remark that this the gst of the last complaint of
the French Minister Of Foreign Aars-that we never
understood this was the state OF the until few days
ago that we had never said syllable upon this point to
stimulate the French Secretary. and give him the alleged
"ad and comfort" and, therefore, that the accusation
against us, il not shown to be false in other
respects, would this account fall to the ground But
such is The logic and the morals Of .veritas"
We trust sincerely, and we firmly believe, that this
whole matter will be settled amcable principles; and
consider the recent change OF ministry in France as
strongly calculated to facilitate the object and in this
point Of view, as sort OF God-send to our own cab
net But upon one thing Louis Napoleon may count
with confidence II he should be rash enough to push
this matter to extremtes, there is not an American
worthy Of the name, who will not stand by his own
country in the moment OF peril and amid the horrors OF
IT, therefore. be should calculate upon the "ad
and comfort Of any press Of any person in America,
he will find himself wofully disappointed
But there are other parts OF the letter Of veritas not
without some interest He prepares us for Mr. Mere.
dths proposition to modify the tariff of 1885, and to sub
su,e in respects the specific duty for the ad "a
orem But he tries to ride both sides of the sapng be.
cause he save:
Great changes in manufactures and MACHINERY have
occurred since the of that bin and he is but an
indifferent statesman who does not keep pace with the