The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-11-02
The Basemess and SIaIiEnity OF the
tt' ODDOsfffOIt fH

Opposition. '"'
We have often commented npon the
Iferoeions hostilitydisplayed towards G len.
Taylor by the Washington Uaion aud
other Opposition journals, but we were
certainly not prepared for the infamous
and atrocious spritin which the aoimos.
ty Of Locofocoistn hasbeen evinced. Did
not the statements we present belowrest
upon the authority Of press 50 deseiy.
edly high 10 public estimation as the Bal.
Itimore 1mericaa, we woOld scarcely be
able 10 credtthem. The American peo.
jple who love General Tayhr, and The
mass of the Democratic party who, even
while voting against him, profess to ad.
Iriire and revere the veteran patriot aud
warrior, will be shocked at the fagitious
Iscouildrelism Which, unsatisfed by the
grossest personal Vitnperaiion thrbngh
the columns of the UmOn, desecrates the
purity and violates the privacy Of his
home and hearth, by anonymous commu-
Inications teeming with rabaldry and OBJ
Iscenity Of the most revolving character.
| In proof Of this, we subjoin the following
passage from recent letter addressed to
the Baltimore Amerjcan by correspou.
dent, who pledges himself Cor the truth
Of every line: -...l ,,
The same selfish aud corrupt spirit
has marked every means used by the enc
mics Of the Administration in their oppo.
siliou to it. Dlscarding every thing like
Iprinciple, they have descended to the
petty guerilla system of personal abuse.
One ialsehood mas scarcely been nailed
to the counter before another Of the same
spurious coin is suffered from this rich mint
of mendarily. No act of the President
or of "a member of his Cabinet. whether
public orprivale, has any merit in their
estimation. Even the former kindness Of
the Secretary of State 10 worthy aud
talented editor-his old personal friend
has been perverted by the Union and
its allies into an act ofgrosses, corruption.
! They stop at no falsehood howeve me an
mo calumny however malignant Lilo
language however vleSond vituperative
Contemplate spi6blerS, such as "Heroic
Age, "snot content witA abusing the Presi.
dent an MePubt'c prints, hare eeen INvA,
DGD THE SANCTUARY OF HIS FAMILY. ANT
EVERY DAY THRUST UPON HIN LETTERS
WITH FICTITIOUS SIGNATURES, FILLED WITH
THE MnsT BlLIINGsGATE COMPOUND oI
PERSONAL ABUSE AND INSULT. Nor do they
stop here. The LADIES of the Presiden
tial mansion have had addressed IN them
almost daily, letters containing tie mos
ofensire and obscene language whick 4
fend can iadite unit they can scarcely
dare to open any letter which is not from
a we'll known and familiar hand. Such
mode of warfare may possibly seen
justiiable to those whose moral sense i:
bunted by the determination to oppose
the Administration, whether right ol
wrong, "till the bitter end;'' but homes
and wel-meaning men of all parties can
not but condemn course of conduct 81
shocking to decency and morality" 'f
! lfthere is one course of conduct bet
ter calculated than another to arouse the
Indignation ofevery honorable and high
minded man. and thus ultimately to pro
duce powerful reaction against the vile
and shameless demagognes who have
thus disgraced human nature, it is Ger
tainly that which is pursued by the Loco
focos of Washington city. Looking onl,
to political success, we might safely biz
these miscreants To go on with their infl
nous machinaiions; we might rejoice a
the transparent folly ofa party that think
to achieve triumph by the employment
of means so olious and abomnable. Bu
the people of,he United States would
we are persuaded, rather see their Chic
Magistrate respected than to obtain
victory. at the price of thousand indig
!, mites offered to his gray hairs. 1t is i
this view, and in the name. not of tn
Wing party, but of the American people
that we protest against the atrocicus a
buse Of which the President is made th,
subject, aud especially against the vile
incendiary, and filthy assaults which ar,
levelled at himself and estmable family
even in the sanctuary ofdomeslic retire
ment. A warfare more baroarous, I'm
feeling. aud utterly detestible is no
waged bysavages themselves. The In
dian who tortures his prisoner to deaf
is an uncivilzed being, and but practice
the customs of his ancestors; but III
wretch who, in the midst of an enIighten
ed and educated community, aims at il
flicting on the mind ola brave and virtu
Gus old soldier torments more ruthles
than any which the body can endure
, combines the malignity ofthe savage vii
the whie.livered cowardice of the assas
; sim He is midnight stabber, VIII
would fly from his victim did he but cate
: a single glance of his eye. He is brt
, vo and bully while coUcealmen; give
: him impuntyI unmask him, and he wi
: prove the veriest paltroon that eve; qua
ed before the indignant look ofan homes
man,-N o. Bee, 10M. '-. I
MEXICAN CLAtMs.---A Washington lie
: tie: ofthe 9th inst. in the N. Y. Couri.
says: ,... ,,y...5.3e-e.... ,,a E-t Il,
: The Board of Commissioners for tn
: settlement of claims against Mexico wi