The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-23
TO TIE EDITOR or THE NA7ToNAL THrG.
THE UNION, vs.. A vIRGINIAN.


OTHE EDITOR OF THE M 7TONAL IPHfG
THE UNION, VS.. A vIRGINIAN.
q The venerable editor Of the " Uaiono has
been pleased tog give passing notice to the ar
ticles which have, from time to time, sent
you. He has been pleased to say that, they
are weak and without point, and filled with,
fummery candidly confess, my dear sir,
that have but feebiy illustrated the duplici-
city, hypocrisy and Observation-Disclosures Of
that venerable editor, in the course which he
has lately pursued towards President TAY-.
LoR. candidly confess, that do not possess
the power to delineate his character as por-
trayed in the columns Of the Enquirer !"
and "Union" for forty years past am
altogether incapable Of eliminating his tergiv-
creations his political charlatanism--his je-
suitical knavery. II sperlectly true that, a
stronger pen than mine is required to
contrast properly and with mete justice to
the subject, his professions and his practices,
throughout life devoted to trick and party
chicanery will honestly admit to the edi-
tor, that, did not hope even with my small
talents and limited artistical skill, to draw Of
him likeness after the style Of "Junils."
merely sought to present an unpretend.ng
portrait, but one that would be recognised
But had ! the power and art Of a master--:n
mercy, should spare him--for did the peo-
Pile Of this country behold him with the veil
thoroughly rent from his features, and all his
hideoas proportions fully exposed, they would
arm themselves with "rods Of scorpions"
and "whip him living through the world"
The venerable editor has also been pleas
ed to say, that, as "a noble Virginiann
should not have "condescended' to write
such matter, and for such journal as the
" National IVhig.o Here again, | plead
guilty to the fullest extent As Virginia
gentleman, should have remembered the
old adage that che who wrestles with a
chimney sweep viii get smutted," before |
undertook to. handle the dirty columns Of the
Union should have had more regard
for decency, than to have fshed in the mud
dy waters of progressive and free Democra-
cy," All this Ihumbly confess,
In conclusion, the venerable editor, with
the consummate grace and point Of the most
abandoned and accomplished parasite attend
ant upon the late Court Of ST. James, as if
he knew me, attributes my articles to inter-
ested motives. "a noble Virginian" would
have spurned an insinuation so entirely un-
worthy the mind Of an honorable man even
against his bitterest foe GA Virginia gen
tleman" would never have stopped from his
own lofty position for the purpose Of casting
a siaT upon his adversary "a Virginian"
as am, can only treat it, as would the
malicious aspersions Of backguard-
silent contempt
It is entirely true, my dear sir, that al
though the bags Of fortune" have more
than once in my life, been opened to my
view and exposed to my grasp, yet that, like
most ofthe "Virginians" who have the blood
Of Revolutionary ancestors in their viens,
have but little wherewithal to provide for
this "carcass Of my body" hope, how
ever, that possess free and Independent
mind and fearless heart, those principles
which will ever lead me to spurn the shack
les Of mere party and to approve THE
RIGHT and condemn THE WRONG
wherever meet with them-whether ! dis
that wrong in the Union. 1t becomes the
Union thus to indulge in sly and cunning as
sertions in the place Of fair argument where
by to weaken an adversary il becomes him
to allude to the fancied circumstances Of my
lie, confident in his knowledge Of me. But
whatever am, or may be, tell him, in the
language of Euripides, that, "It better be-
comes Aristides 10 glory in his poverty,
than Cdllids in his riches"
Whether the venerable editor has ever
done me 'fpersonal or political injury"
have not stopped to inquire, nor have |
treated him as a private individual. As the
editor of the Union, the leading organ Of one
Of the great parties Of this country, have
viewed him and shall continue to view him
in that light. He speaks as if he knew me
personally. He may, or he may not have
formed my acquaintance in the private walks
Of life. But Of this he may rest assured,
that, under whatever circumstances he NAV
meet me, whether in public, or IN private
life, he will never find me using secret ,oea-
pons against an adversary, or traniicaliy
virtuous or patriotic citizen, cali
ed by the voice of his country to the Presi-
dental chair, before anything is known as to
his measures and policy and am happy to
inform him that, the late canvass proves that,
more than one man in the Confederacy has
thrown of the shackles of party and occupies
at this time position similar TO that Of
GA VIRGINIAN. !"
TO THE EDITOR or THE NATIONAL WIG
The Union Driven 10 the wan.-The Iiiib-
crality OF the Libener OF Col. Warren.