The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-21
70 TIIE EDITOR OF TIE NATYoNAL WHO

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i TO TIE EDITOR or TIE NATIONAL WIG
4 Among the choice specimens Of nlandlin ooqucnct
Il aud barbaric metsplor which ran not in the col
uinns Of the Union Of the 10Th inst there is an
article from the pen fan individual who seems 10 b
so eyqnisely In earnest in his ferocious assaults
upon the Administration, that am somewhat dis
posed to hold critical Inquest over its gaseous re-
mains II is so seldom that any thing worthy Of Sc
lous consideration graces The pages Of that ereiri-
cious Journal and the sufierlngs Of the writer In ques
lion appear 10 be so genuine and Unaffected that II
were almost nhunian deny him the consolation OF
a few passn. remarks The man who can tumble TO-
geher many dire and fanlestc cpithets, are 10
be found IN that Shiny composition, must either be
abodng under the effects OF raging spring fever or
total arrangement Of the digestive organs, and Ia
therefore cntiiledto some degree Of conmiseraton,
ifnot respect this admissionalarIn my jocose
friend of the Heroic Agen for is not my intention
| 10 pull lbs cap and bells to peccsa nj least for the
present. AZ some future day, may be tempted TO
enter the spostve ring which he has so long envcn.
ed by his panbols and his antics.
! The article to which alluson has been made, APP
pearcd editori ally, under the nudicious caption Of
! (" Professions and Practice" l say "ijudicons,n
bccnuse as there is no politician in the country
whose professions have been more shamefully at
vnriance with his every day practice than those Of
the venerable indiler Of scuiities who has control
of the 'Unicn,n 1t was not prudent in him 10 in
yllc criticism by assuming the paternity Of dis
reputable production. But Mr.. Richie, although
| foo-haIdy and audacious enough TO commit any
political atr0city for the sake Of gain not quite 50
reckless or SO abandoned as to have pcnned such u
tissue Of ribald inyectives against Chief Mngis-
trate who has done 80 much 10 elevate The char
ac,er OF the nation the instrions parsonage who
ut present occupies the presidential chair. That
article, full Of "sound and fury signifying moth
Ing was evidently spawned from the fetid brain Of
one OF those turbulent and rcmorseless spirits who
have banded themselves together for the pnr-
pose Of myslifying the Executive as to his true posi-
lion, and what Is expected from him by those Who
after grooming for twenty long years under the os
tracising policy Of Loco Foco rulers placed him
where he Is. In that article il Is easy detect the
ldiosyncraces of q certain gentleman, high in the
councils of the nalion and remarkable for possessing
one OF The most qnxoiic inteecs that ever betrayed
an inrinsicaly nmable man into acts Of folly out
rage, and extravaganza. The Individual who could
so far throw his Senatorial dignity aside as to be-
come tho champion Of man who had rendered
himself infamous by the avowal Of one OF the most
diabocal purposes that ever entered the asssssin's
heart, may we'll have concocted without compunc-
ton or remorse the darrhnllc mixture Of nauseous
epitlets which wore graphically grouped together in
the article under consideration But there Is In the
article ITSELF conclusive, internal evidence that the
authorship cannot belong to any other member Of
the malignant fraternity The peculiar style of the
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