The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-04-12

We en- find space this week but for .
few extracts from The communication "a
which tho following remarks have refer.
ence:-
From the National lsselligencer.
A friend OF the excellent gentleman who
hos received the appointment Of Second
Assistant Postmaster General, indignant
II the general abuse poured on that officer
through the columns of the Union, asks fos
tho privilege Of defending him iu ours; and.
although he handles the assaiants withou,
gloves, We readily yield him the space be
asks for
Fltz Henry Warren, Esq, aud his T1dueen.
The impress of political maIigniiy aud
vil'ainy 10 % inefIably stamped upon The file
leaders and affiliated organs Of the Locofo-
co party that i stands most palpably in i,s
own black dcformity. Psmpered and fat
tened 10 these creatures have been for the
pnss twenty years on the cinolumcnts sri-
sing from Government place and patronage,
they have been prone 10 consider them
selves NJ by ''right divine" ITO the mnnor
born" While rio,ing in their ill-gottcn
power. they little though. they we're soon
to he summoned, By an insulted and injured
country, to stand before the har Of . jus.
political Judgment.
An apt illustration Of this remark NAV
be found in the shape Of most vile, sour
riIous, md personally abusive article copi
ed into the '.Union" Of the 26,h, rejecting
upon the character Of the present able and
efficient Second Assistant. Postmaster Gen
eral.
In connexion with an uncommon array
Of scnselcss exple,ivcs, Colonel Warren is
charged with the hcinons crime Of having
defeated the election Of two Locoioco Sen
ators in Iowa cnormity which the sage
author afIirms drew down upon his devoted
hcad" plentiful share Of vi,npcralion from
tho press Of TINT Statc,'' moot boun,iinIly
interlsrded with the ch"icest coinage in the
cant phrases &C the Locofoco vocabulary ol
Billinasgate slang md ribald abuse.
But the 'nost serious charge in this serio
comico effusion is the startling assertion
that "onco upon time" Col. Warren was
engaged in tho purchase and sale of leather
A wag At my elbow desires permission "a
expresss regret that the leather was no, a
production from the hide of this desractor]
But I" bes dealer in leather, buts and
shoes! The vile pIebeian vocation! Ilow
revolving 10 Locofoco nobility! And then
10 think that man who could stomp Il
such degrading pursuits in life should as
pirc 10 be Second Assistant Postmasse,
General! The hare though, is painful be.
You'd endurance; the idea peculiarly dis.
trsssing!
A truce TO fully. Il were . grevious
waste oftime 10 little purpose 10 follow
each line Of this vile production through oil
the links Of it, low pollution. !. il a man.
gled and distorted pyramid 81 foul words
ieeming with 80 many base aud con,emp,
ible lnucndoes, 80 much gall Of vituperation
and 30 many malignant charges, bringing Ar
they do, their own retutation on their face
that denial wonld be entirely ers,ui,ous.
They orc truly worthy the source where
they emanated, and the base author, while
he evinecs that in one instance Mt least
General Taylor has left his wounded be-
hind him, may res, perfectly assured TIN,
his mosipes are duly appreciated. and TINT
whenever the President or P.s,masse,
General shall require the did Of his invalu
able advice in the selection Of those the,
may desire to assist them in tho discharc,
ofthsir public duty, they will not hesitate /,
give him such On intimation. =
WISCONSIN.