The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-05-07


In our observations upon human nature, we have a.
ways found that ho4s who mzzs The loudss professions
of virtue and principle had he Leaf Of both bossier
Of his piey may inva@by Be set down the chief Of
sinners And 90 il is with certain Of The wing press
They SET themselves up the very pnks and patterns
OF decency and good manners. and abuse. without STINT
everybody else who expresses plain opinions in plain
words Ii has been the custom Of the whg press TO de-
nounce the Union for scuniliy and blaekguardsm and
YET those exemplary presses who thus denounce
they can find in our columns
The National IntelHgenesr il Of these selfconsti-
aied censors Of public morals ID is always reminding
its contemporaries Of the fact Of its own remarkable dig
nifty Of demeanoE al holier than thou" is always
apparent in its columns Its editors, who respectable
citizens. and who like thousands Of the worthiest OF our
countymen. have crediably from humble positions
in life by their talents and industry affect belong to
the ''arstocrate party Of this country They are ever
and prang Of Conservatism and initiating the
STYLE they are but the echoes Of the sentiments OF the
British aristocratic press Hence they assume to be
patterns and exempars Of dignity and decency and have
often sat in judgment upon the Union. We have, Of
course, epudiaed their censorship with the contempt
which il deserves,
With these preliminary rem arks, we viii proceed to
the real purpose Of our article week since pub
shed some structures Mr. Caytons treaty with the
British Minister in relation the Nicaragua canal The
next day there appeared in the tsageneU an article.
emanatng from the State Department. and written or
dictated by the Secretary Of State, have good
for believing in which article denounced
'unpsncipled." and charged with '.desecra-
ting the Sabbath by publishing il Of course repealed
both the scuilty and the nsolence OF the ephets APP
piled to by the Intelgene<r in proper terms Our
tcle has called forth from the Iatsge the following
ILL., tempered and ill-manaered reply
Had our engagements OF business allowed us sufficient
time. should probably have replied large. Saturday
the rufan article in the "Union OF the preceding day,
second thought considering 70 reply 70 what was Il
best bur an outponIing OF the malgni Of an iempered
adversary, defeated In argument would be give kind
Of credit his false accusations reinaushed that pur
pose
and tasie. with the revelation by the demo-
were old back-cockade sde rasts though they had in
truth lived in anagons thar party long
the writer cam Of his afford 10 despse il
As the calumnies heaped BY the .Union' upon the
truth justly them. he may well adopt the editors On
this have done sgo the resolution Of Burke the
Engish orator. under similar circumstances expressed
By him in public address 10 his constituents, in the fol-
lowing ternisi
plantations II cannot hire down those coniempbe caiumnes
shan degn contradict them any other
Thus for exercising the right Of free discussion and
expressing opinions upon the diplomacy Of Mr. Clay
ton. he. through his organ. the National Inegencsr de-
"unpnncipled" and as having desecraied
the Sabbath in publishing article We repeed the
nsoence Of the denunciaons they deserved. and now
our reply is denounced as .rufan article" in this
pattern of Conservative and arisocatic dignity We
viii add nothing except to say, that shall not
be deferred from looking into the past history Of the
National Infiigenc, discussing freely the public
acts OF Mr. Clayton, whenever we believe the cause OF
public right public morals requires it The chooses to
apply 10 us instgate his instruments to apply u.s.
epheis instead Of Arguments, he will find that shall
not permit them pass silence, and without proper
reor His organ the Intaiigenor, and his confidential
paper in Philadelphia, may find it for his interest not
allow themselves longer to be made the vehicles OF vui
gar epithet and low seurnty against the Union
Administrator Assaults MssrsL Clay ana Webster.