Washington telegraph., 1849-11-07

slanderers and traducers of General lay
lor, not satisfied with the vituperatlon
and abuse heaped upon him, are writing
the most scurrilous and obscene letters to
the female members of his family. 10
such an extent has this disgraceful con-
duct been carried, that the ladies OF the
Presidential mansion dare not open let
ters addressed to them. It is to be hoped
that some of the heartless villains may be
ferretted out and held up to the scorn and
contempt OF an indignant public. Con-
duct so contemplate, mean and vile,
richly merits halter, and none but
thief, petit larceny scamp who
sWoud strip the dead,
Or rob the orphan of its crust OF bread
So lost to justice, equity and right
Would steal the aged widows mite,
Pillage the palace of the king OF kings :.
And clip the siIdngs from an angels WINGS"
would be guilty of it.
"For the credit and reputation of the
American people, it is much to be regret
ted that the fact at thas time has been dis
closed of the extremes to which the Lo-
cofeco party have gone III Offering per-
sonal insult to the President of the United
States, aud to the estimable and nnof1end-
ing females of his household. Iallude to
large number of letters under anonymous
signatures sent through the mail to the
different members of General Taylor's
family, of the most obscene, licentious
and abusive character. Those who have
had the inspection of these characteristic
productions of Locofoco writers. pro-
nounce them to exceed in vulgarity and
ohscenity, any thug Of the kind that has
ever come under their observation, and
of nature that would disgrace the lowest
brothel in The land. To such an extent
has this been carried, that the ladies at
the White House dare not open letter
until inspected by the male members OF
the family unless coming from some well
known handwriting, the identity OF Which
admits of no doubt This infamous aud
unprecedentedly base conduct has had an
example set, not only in the tone of the
articles in the Union, but in the plasphe-
nous and Infdel productions Of "Hero,c
Age," who boasts upon the avenues IN
Washington that his letters have secured
the Union a thousand subscribers among
the dregs of society, and that they are
the principal claim he has for becoming
the successful candidate of his party tor
Sergeant-at-Arms of the next House OF
REPRESENTATIVES. If the American peo-
pie will countenance such conduct as
this towards the President and ladies OF
his household then for the first time in
nv life will blush to be called all Amer
ican Unscrupalous, corrupt aud degrad-
inc as Lucofocoism from time TO time has
shown itself, never before has it given
such conclusive evidence of totaldepravity
as in the character of the letters sent to
Gen. Taylor, his wife and daughter, by
these concealed, cowaroly skulking as
sassins of private character and virtue
The President has been advised, obscene
and disgusting as these Locofoco letters:
to permit them to be published, that the
world might know how unfathomable is
the abyss of Locofoco infamy and deprav-
ity. Thus far he has peremptorlly refused
but the time has come when the vast
body of the people should know the
character of some of the discharged Lo.
cofoco libellers and scoundrels. Some oi
them flatter themselves their concealment
| is beyond detection, but a few months
NAV serve to undeceive them in this re
spec:.