The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-10-22
The B..enes. and MaIignity OF the Oppose

We have often commented upon the ferocious
hostility displayed towards General Taylor by the
Washington Union and other Opposition journals
but we were certainly not prepared for the mia
mona and atrocious spirit la which the anmOsty Of
LocofocoisIn has been evinced Did not the state
ments We present below rect upon the authority ~
a press 90 deservedly high IN public estimation az
the Baltimore ATnsriodn, we would scarcely b. able
70 credit them. The American people who love
General Taylor, and the mass Of the Democratic
uarty who even while voting against him, profess
10 admire and revere the veteran patnot ana war
nor will be shocked at the hagitOus scoundrellsIn
which unsatished by the grOsses personal vituPer-
alton through the columns Of the Union, desecrates
the purity and violates the privacy Of his home and
hearth 6y anonymous communications teeTning
with rbaldry and Obscenity Of the most revolving
character. In proof of THIS we suig2ln the ioHoT
ing passage from recent letter addressed 10 tht
Baltimore AmeyIoan b. correspondent who
pledges himself for the trutf Of every lne'
"fhe same selfish and corrup, spirit has marked
every means used by the enemies OF zoe ADMINS
tration in their opposition 10 IT, Discarding every
thing like principle, they have descended 70 the
petty guerilla system Of personal abuse. One false
hood has scarcely been nailed 10 the counter before
another of the same spurious coin - uttered from
this rich mint Of mendacity. No act Of the Prcsl-
dent or Of member Of lns Cabinet, whether public
or private, has any merit in their estimation Ever
the former kindness Of the Secretary VI State "
worthy aud talented editor-his old persona
frend-has been perverted by the Union and it, al
lies INTO an act Ul gfpS1'sN CotiuptipHs ih'y SUI
AT no falsehood however mean-nO calumny how
ever malignant-no language however vile and VI
IMPERATIVE Contempfibis soribblers, such az "Hero
Age" not content tcth dbuSing The Presidept IN IN
public prints, hare INVADED THE sANcTUARY Of
AIS AMILY, AND EVERY THRUST upon MS
LETTERS WITH FICTITIOUS sGGNATUREs, FILLED WITT
THE MOST BfLLISGsGATE CoAPoUNp OF PERSONA
.Busg AsD INSULT. Nor do they stop here. Th'
LADIES of the Presidential mansion have had adj
dressed 20 them, almost daily, letters contdtnin,
N. most ofttsire and obscene language tChich fen,
can nditt until they can scarcely dare 70 open am
letter which IL not from we'll known and iamilia
hand. Such a mode Of warfarh may possibly seen
iusthable ~ those whose moral sense - blunted b.
the determination 10 oppose the Administrator
whether right or wrong, "tll the bitter end" bu
honest and wel-mcaning men Of all parties canno
but condemn course Of conduct so shocking 10 dc
cency and morality.
II there is one course ofconduct better calculates
than another 20 arouse the Indignation Of ever,
honorable and higb-mnded man, and thus ulti
mately 20 produce powerful reaction against tn
vile and shameless demagOgues who have thus dis
graced human nature, II " certainly that which
now pursued by the LocofocOs Of Washington city
Looking only TO political success, We might safel
bid these miscreants 70 GO on with their infanou
Vaccinations; we might rejoice at the Transparent
folly Of party that thinks 10 achieve a triumph b.
the employment of means 40 Odious and abomna
Bile But the people Of the United States would, "
are persuaded rather zee their Chief Maglsuai
respected than 70 obtain victory at the price OIL
thousand indgntes offered 70 his gray nalr,,
~ in this view, and in the maze, not on he Nn
party, but OF the American people, unat We Ply ~
against the atrocious abuse Of which the fISsiu1S
u made the subject and espe, tally against the w