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Assaults OF aha Whls Prsss shs .uaien."
From one end Of the country TO the other, the wing
press high and low great and small have commenced an
assault upon the Union and its editors personally First
they denounce us for our alleged vugarity then are
called by these sympsfhzers with Mexico the .foregn
organ" and. judging from the industry and pernacity
Of our assailants have to the conclusion that il
is the settled determination Of these very honorable and
very respectable gentlemen lie down the Union and It's
editors They evidently hope b deprive US Of the con-
fdence OF the American people by dnt Of sheer asehood
alone
The principal leaders in this base work Of defamation
and mendacy against the Union are the Republic, the
NsD York Courier and Enquirer. the Philadelphia
North Amercan and. lastly. that paragon Of weakness
and stupidity. the New York Express, has stepped into
the ring. and commenced throwing its puerle and in
nocuous arrows at US The Cincinnati Gazette Jour
nal in the confidence Of the Secretary Of the INTERIOR is
also attempting to distinguish itself in this kind Of war
fare upon the Union &
AS TO the "Picayune organ Of the cabinet, we rather
prefer its harmless abuse even to its silence lii known
to be the mecenary moathpiece Of the caba in power
dervpg its very subsistence and vitality from the facilities
which its masters give at the public crib One Of its
Tremendous editors was imported from New Orleans by
General Taylor HIMSELF for the express purpose we
understand. the General alleged, Of writing down the
Union and the other we know but little of, and never
would have known anything Of him, If he relied upon
the fame which the power Of his pen has given him
These worthy defenders Of the cabinet have free
II the public crib and in duty bound, obey
the commands of their employers II is their vocation to
abuse and Willy us, and do not find fault with them
for pursuing the calling by which they their daily
bcad. and which 70 be congenal to their own
natures and capacities. sblaS sse
Nor are we alarmed al their success. In endeayorng
to write us down. they have committed the ridiculous
and gross blunder Of helping TO write down the admins
tation. But the eaea Of their writing has been more
signal upon themselves In this respect the worthless OF
The Republic have outdone Dogberry in the play He
requested another to write him down what he believed
he wassn ass; the editors Of the minor organ have
done il for themselves. sf
But what have we done to incur such an 2snount OF
scurrity and bingsgate the New York Courier and
Enquirer has Of late poured upo1 our devoted heads
ts principal editor has, understand returned to his
post) We did not commence our course as democrats.
and then urn renegades to our political faith and party
We never sold ourselves, soul and body to the United
States Bank for $4,000. We have been publicly
CoWhueu Oh tue exchange Tor attempting TO violate the
sancty OF other peoples homes We have never been re-
heved from the dshono of imprisonment by an executive
pardon We danced in attendance upon an Ex.
ecuve whose eecionw opposed. and whom etraduced
in the hope of getting high military appointment which
did deserve. and the exclusion OF better men
than ourselves We spilled to another Executive
whom did assist in electing, for foreign mission,
which refused under circumstances both disxracefu
and Notifying to Nor did we ever give our unscru
pulous support to the same Executive who had thus
treated us. for any motive honorable or dishonorble
disinterested or mercenary Such dsaces and inames
do not attach to our names. Then Why docs the New
York Courier and Enquirer assal with such parse
yerng and malignant seuriity. abuse. and falsehoodi
Nor can we see why we should have incurred such
bitter hostility and such shameless and base misrspre
sentaiion, from the Phladelphia North American
What have we done to induce the conductors Of that
paper descend to the cutters for ammunition Dor
the vocabulary Of the shmarke in order to obtain
weapons and epithets with which to assail us We do
not pretend to BE- Indifferent poets We have never in
dted paltry rhymes TO be laughed at We have moi
written stupid plays, to be produced upon the stage.
only to be Missed of again. We owe debts obi
CATIONS any kind to the Secretary Of State We never
borrowed Of him 100000 gave note or mort
gage to him for any sum He never gave us $4,000.
He haa ID IN h 6s~f - cant W.