The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-09-05

the Senator is true to his instincts. He
resorts to the sublerfuge of the calumnia-
tor, "who is willing to wound, yet aft aid TO
strike" and fixes a blot upon reputation,
while be escapes the punishment Of the
offended law.
The senator does not act without a mo-
tive. He could not have been ignorant Of
the fact, that the stale ISLANDERS which, like
the Witch Of Endor, he was calling up
from the tomb where had buried them,
had been pronounced false by me in the
public journals of the country over my own
signature. This was not enough to wean
the Senator from his besetting sin Of pre-
varication, when be had a design TO ac-
complish, or revenge to crafty. That
Senator is perhaps aware, and if he is not
the public certainly are, that to deprive him
Of the privilege Of distorting facts, and
concealing the truth, would, like the shear
ing Of Sampson of his locks, deprive him
of all his ill-gotten notoriety and conse-
quence. He cannot therefore surrender
the right arm Of his strength which he
yields SO dexterously, by yielding the pri-
vilege to retail exploded caIumnies, either
for the purpose Of giving vent to his malig-
nant feelings, or Of gratifying bis personal
ambition, without a struggle, and rather
than give up his privilege, the Senator
may even be induced to undergo some risk;
at least upon The question Of veracity.
Hence, in the matter under considcra-
ton, although he could not but be aware,
that the allegations he uttered were false,
and that | had published to the world that
they were SO; yet TO withhold them, was to
render the effort he was then making in
the Senate TO strut upon the stage, ''uIder
the weight oga little brief authority would
have been to expunge from his philippe,
in which, in his inordinate vanity, he
doubtless supposed he was rivalliDg, if not
surprising, the great Athenian-the only
item which be himself deemed Of any va
lue. The temptation was too great for the
Senator to resist. He was engaged in
his wonted calling Of e~ndeavoring to make
falshood triumphant over truth, and in stiiv-
ing for the success of an enterprise, in
which he has grown gray; and 1t is no mat
ter Of surprise, therefore that he still pre-
sisted ii his efforts, Notwithstanding his
declarations were so often nailed othe
counter, as unmitigated fabrications, by
Senator Davis, while he was in the act Of
u%ttering them. The Senator veriGes the
maxim, thatthere ATE moral, as we'll as ply
steal diseases, which, il permitted to take
deep hold Of the system becomes chronic
and %uncurable, and | am unaquainted with
the nostrum Of the moral pharmacopea,
which can cur the malady under which
the Senator suffers so much affection. In
charity TO the Senator himself, but more
especially to the country. | would apply a
healing balm TO his mortal ulcers, which
exceed, in number, those under which Job
suffered, but, as this is beyond my art, |
must leave Him to that slow decay to which
time, and his W moral obliquities and
infrmities, conspire to consign him. His
age at least, should, ere this, have taught
him the value OF necessary prudence, and
be would do well to remember that, which
at one time was uppermost 10 his mind,
that he has no cause 10 complain if he
should occasionally receive a wound from
thorn OF the tree which he has himself
1t is somewhat remarkable that there is
a single truth to be found in the statements
the Senator, l did travel, for a brief
on the bosom Of the Mississippi.
about the time to which he alludes in such
romantic terms. But unlike the journey.
ings Of the Senator himself, upon the "fa.
her Of waters,"I did not travel because |
renounced civilization, and the re-
which law and order impose upon
brutal appetites. Unlike him, TOO, at the
lime to which | refer, ! did not travel in
The gaTb Of a savage, to the chapparels OF
savage land, TO seek, in the wigwam, a
freedom Of indulgence denied 10 the liber-
in the country / left behind me, nor to
avoid the merited castigations which an
outraged community sometimes inAicts
Upon the man, for whose guilt, the law az
no adequate punishment.
The studied assault which the Senator
nas made on me, may not, perhaps, be
characterised BY the element which always
attends the crime Of felony, to wit malice
llorelhought. The malignant hate which.
while living, he bore to another, Who in
Ute, lived upon a moral em~inence, which
malice could never reach. burma On