The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-02-05
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A GROSS LIBEL.

ed from Washington letter.
But how is it with the Congressman elect Of
the reformers, par excellence, of your region p
The inquiry has frequently been put to me in
private-Is Judge Allen practical temperance
man? Has he not practsed in more bars than one
while in the courts of the ancient commonwealth?
NY reply has always been, in the words OF the
somewhat quaint expression-"Not knowing,
can't say'' OF course, then, ''turher this de-
ponent sayeth not" 1t would be curious cir
cumstance, however ii, after all, tae would-be-
reformers of Worcester District shall find them
selves deceived in this matter, as well others.
One thing is certain. The moral influence OF Mr..
Allen in Congress will not be 1.-THE of that now
accorded by all parties TO Charles Hudson His
position here, let him and his friends rely on it,
will be far Fl ON comfortable. He will be vastly
worse off than any man the floor. His fiery
hot speech at Philadelphia has completely lost
him the confidence Of the original Wings. The
Democrats despise him most cordially, and look
on him as a rich man who has mounted the ''Free
Soil hobby only to crafty peak of personal
ambition and petty revenge. The little knot OF
ultras here will look on him with jealousy, being
unwilling to surrender to his die tation control
which they have won in their small circle by
many hard contested struggles
Under such circumstances as these, Mr. Allen
must pass up the aisles of the House of Repre-
sentatlves, and take the oath of office. He will
soon sink into the whirl around him, like drop
of rain falling into pool in motion, to be lost,
comparatively, in the moving mass. His ranting
manner, when excited as he was at Philadelphia,
will never be forgotten, and any such exhibition
here on the floor of Congress will only make him
the butt OF private ridcule and the stock of pub
lie laughter.
To any person acquainted with Charles Allen and
Charles Hudson the above comparison must be suii>
GENTLY udcrous, especially TO those who know that the
former would have been elected to The office he
holds but for the absolute refusal Of Judge Allen to ac>
cspt the nomination. UNANIMOUSLY rendered him by the
wing party Of the district, through their convention
After his refusal, Hudson nominated and elected
We have wish depreciate tie talents character or
influence of Charles Hudson. He knows enough to
have done better, than to yield his support the slave
holding candidate for the presidency and has held
respectable position in the Massachusetts delegation
But for reasons best known TO himself he took course
inconsistent both with his former professons--and with
the wishes Of his constituents, and so lost their conf
dence, respect, and support Ii is utterly idle talk of
any mans influence in Congress, under such cream
stances. A representative who is not backed by his
constituency, have but little influence, even with
talents far greater than Charles Hudson ever possessed
As to Judge Allen, the who stands confessedly at
the head of the bar of all central and western Massachu
sets, and hardly second to any in the state man
of whom Taylorie of high standing in fine county and
stae says that The is far ADLER man than one of our
Senators, and practical man than the other;"
who selected from the whole bar Of the sate
by Gov. Briggs for the most important office in the
state, that of Judge of The Supreme Court; it will take
something more than The whipster who ndites the
l.. r.. IL. NEJ-
any one believe that his influence at Washington will
not be far greater than that of Charles Hudson ever
was, or, by any possibility, ever could be-
AS TO the atrociouS nsnuaton in the first portion of
the above extract is worthy alike of its origin and the
vehicle through which it put before the public In
all the relations Of private and social life, Judge Aliens
character is high, not only above reproach but above
Suspicion. In all the bitterness of the late political CAM
paign it never assaied; nor. would il ever be by
any who had character of his own 10 lose. That
Of nfamy reserved for the Worcester Telegraph
and its Washington letter writer-or julius L. Clarke,
and-whoever has the honor to be his correspondent
1t is currently reported that the correspondent is
Charles w. Dennison. Our readers generally know
who Julius l.. Clarke 49, and what he is. Some Of them
know something Of Charles w. Dennson, and Aey un
dersiand that perfectly natuaral for him TO be the
associate and correspondent Of Julius l.. Clarke This
Kind OF SANDER from that is thing Just
before the Presidential election, Clarke stated publicly
that, the of Daniel Webser's Arlington
speech, when the time for him to speak, he was
SO DRUNK that he could not 60 upon the stage and
that Charles w Dennson obliged 10 take his place
and speak for an hour against time 10 give
Webster the opportunity TO get sober enough e speak
he gave Dennison as his authority for the statement
aud said, moreover, that Dennson declared he never
again would accept an invitation to speak where Web.
ser was also engaged We do not affirm that DENIM
son ever gave Clarke any such information ;but tina,
Clarke said he did, we are prepared to prove. Now if
Dennson is really the correspondent OF the Telegraph
and if Carkes statement respecting him rue then the
nsnuaon against Judge Allen and the direct charge
against Daniel Webster had the origin as they have
the same vehicle OF Communication. But the insiuuatioa
sagans potcala opponent, while the charge is against
political friend We leave the Taylor men to set.
tie among themselves the character of The charge as il
all in the family. AS TO the insnuaon, all who know
Judge Alens without distinction of party will pronounce
il Uilc and unfounded caiumny.
III temperance state convention has been called
10 assemble in Boston at the fremont Tempeon Thurs
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