Litchfield enquirer., 1849-06-21
George Llppara vs.. Gen. TayIor.

q great fuss over the attempts OF Lppard,
the notorious Legend" scribler, to make
himself still more notorious in political
life, by his impudence and vanity. For
a few years past this young man has
been endeavoring to make himself con-
spicuous in the literary world BY writing
horrid stories for the newspapers. and
sometimes getting them printed in pam
phlets. A certain bombastic, ferocious,
startling style, vulgarly denominated the
"raw-head and bloody bones" school of
literature, has characterized these pro-
auctions, and given him an ephemeral
popularity among the lovers of such
trash. Lippard is a youth Of much
smartness and considerable talent, but an
over-weaning vanity has been his beset-
ting sin and we very much fear will prove
his ruin. Either himself or some of his
iniudicious friends a few months since
caused his wood-cut likeness. with an
account of his remarkable history, to be
paraded in certain newspapers in his
neighborhood. This only added fuel to
the fame of self -esteem, and as he sup
posed he had reached the top-most round
in the ladder of literary fame, he resol-
we'd to become Statesman =! Accord
ingly he addressed letter to General
Taylor asking him some questions in re-
gard to his position and sentiments, and
protesting to write in behalf of the
democratic hundreds and thousands of
Pennsylvania" But what indignity
The old hero paid no attention to the
inquiries of that sublime genius, George
Lippard! Lippard wrote again, and
earnestly beseached the General for zone
line" in order to propitiate these "hun-
dreds and thousands" in whose behalf
he professed to write. At last he sue
ceeded in obtaining reply in these
words:
Gin reply, I have to say that I am
not party candidate, and if elected,
shall not be the President of a party,
but the President Of the whole people,
On the strength of this letter-and the
neglect of Gen. Taylor to appoint GER
, tain brawling traders in small politics to
Office, this Lippard charges him virtually
with obtaining the Presidency under false
pretences--with perpetrating an adroi
political swindle upon him and his Gro
MES. An ancient speaking of the Egyp
, tians, says: What must be the condition
of people who recognize an onion as {
god" In similar spirit of inquiry We
may ask-what must be the condition o.
a party who looks upon Lippard as its
70 understand the transaction at al
points, says the Kingston IN. " Demo
cratic Journal, it is necessary TO know whe
this Lippard is. Among the scribblers O.
the arranL fuslian usually published il
cheap and dirty pamphlets and facetiously
styled popular " literature" this person is
conspicuous, He has the merit of exceed
ing in rigmaFole, rant and cant, the rest oil
his tribe He is one OF the dabblers in
mysteries and miseries, !" redolent of slang
flash phrase, and bedlam romance, with a
dash, too, of the Fourier benevolence, and
transcendental blasphemy of the day. He
mas "done'' multitude Of revolutionary
"legends" into his peculiar gibberish, and
has reputation bounded by Julianna
Street Chapel, Philadelphia, where he lee,
tured on what be calls " his,ory" ON shts,
and the Office of the "Quaker City," a
weekly sheet devoted 10 his current produc.
tons, and peculiar Qualification. As an in.
dividual he is entitled to no regard, and
most incontestibly has no influence. Doubts
less in casting about for notoriety he hi,
upon the plan of ex,orting a recognition
from the General, and we are only sorry
that egregious vanity ran counter for the
time, and did not induce the publication of
his own document with the Baton Rogue re-
ply in August last. This puts it upon the
right ground, and AFTER reading the excru-
ciating last appeal of Lippard for single
line, the worst enemy Of General Taylor,
with modicum Of brains, can ohly regard
the acquieserce of the President as venial
compliance. wrung from his good nature
by mendaci,y, and done, too, without the
slightest idea Of an imposition npon " the
hundreds and thousands in whose behalf
the fellow professed to write, but who were
probably as ignorant of him as the Gener>
al himself was.
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