The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-01-02
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE REPUBLIC.
C1ScIsNArI, December 81, ls4s.

CINCINNATI, December 81, lS49
! cut the enclosed letter of w. J. Brown from
the Locofoco organ in Indiana, and published In
Mr.. Browns district and, thinking it possible you
might not see it, enclose it to you, for the benefit
of the public generally and most especially for the
service of the Union, that he may how iippantly
his martyred" friend speaks Of the " slaueocracy
of the South
You will perceive in this letter, Mr.. Brown does
not admit that in " dickering" with Wilmot Co.
he committed any whatever, even impro-
priety; but. on the contrary, appeals from the
"charge" made against him "by the southern men,
to the "freemen of the northern States" and to
his " constituents" And yet, you will recollect,
Brown in his card published in the Union confessed
to have been guilty Of error;" but it is proba-
BILE he meant to say that this error consisted not in
making the pledges he did, but in having put them
in such form as to lead to their detection. In
word, his fault was not in doing rascally thing,
but in being detected in it--as you know in Sparta
the guilt was not in stealing, but in being detected
in the act. We may conclude, therefore, that
Brown and also the Union look upon political or
moral theft in the same philosophical aspect.
| But we commend the letter-it is curious in many
respects-and hope Mr.. Richie will find heap of
consolation in il under the manifold tribulatons
which encompass him; and doubtless he will enrich
his columns with the production, that his southern
friends may justly mirrored the man whom he
so vehemently recommended, after a free CONVEX
sation," fitted to adorn the Speakers chair. We
wonder that after undergoing this scrutiny from
the inspector in chief of the Democracy" par
excellence, any one should have thought it worth
while any further to examine the article, TO hest
tate about its quality. Surely inspector Ritchie's
''brand" ought to have been sufficient in any
market, but especially in the meridian of
Washington city or Richmond, where his services
in this line have been so long known and SO tho
roughly esteemed.
By-the-by, whilst am writing to you, will no.
tice another matter. see the Union speaks of the
"Cleveland Plain Dealer" as a "Free-soil' paper,
and takes il soundly to task for advocating the
principles of the wilmot proviso. Now, il is well
known that the PLAIN Dealer is a regular Demo
cratic organise recognised all over the state-and
Is no more identified with the Frce-Soil organiza-
ton than the Enquirer Of this city the Statesman
of Columbus. The Union has more rancorous
coadjutor in its bitter opposition TO the Ad
ministraon Of General Taylor than this very Plain
! Dealer and il was almost as vehement in arousing
a sectional opposition to Mr. Winthrop as that pa
per itself, invariably speaking of him as favorng
the South, as you know the Union made the same
charge as regards the North. And thus arc these
! two organs engaged in the same work-one in sec
tional appeals to the North, and the other equally
4 fagitous in ts appeals TO the South. Is there any
| choice between them' And as the Union has rated
ib ally for its sectional course, suppose, to keep
up appearances the Plain Dealer, in the same soft
cned strain, will tell the Union how naughty it is,
and how ugly il looks to endeavor TO awaken local
anmosties, and stir the embers Of sectional strife
| They well mated.
| Commenting the sole organ" to your tender
mercies, remain truly yours, &C., X. NJ. c.
| Enclosed with the above letter the card Of
w j. Brown to his constituents, which pub
lished on Monday.1