American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-07-15

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at the highest game in the person Of the Presi-
dent of the United States, his main attacks
aided by yourself and Aristides, are against the
Secretary of the Interior. He is charged by
yourself and others with wantonly insulting the
! eight hundred gentlemen who held Office by his
appointment, by the use of term or a single
toord 1t is unnecessary to quote your lam
guage This one string is touched again and
again, to twang sweet music for the popular ear,
by the "argumentum ad verbum." You evil
IDENTIFY think there is force and charm in word
He is charged, in the second place, with setting
up an improper test of qualification for appoint
ment to Ofice, as announced in his Richmond
speech, which believe has not yet appeared in
your columns. Of this, in your paper of the
9th, you say: eve by no means approve Of the
new standard of qualifications for the Offices
under the General Government
| He is charged, in the third place, by implica-
tion at least, in the communication of Commen-
tator and Inquirer, with falsehood And lastly,
in connexion with Mr.. Kennedy, with fraud
and peculation, or useless expenditure of the
public money.
That Mr.. Stuart should be selected as the
favorite target at which to fire. even through the
person of the Chief Magistrate, is not surpris-
ing He, is growing man. There are un-
erring indications, from various parts of the
country, that few men of his age enjoy larger
share Of public confidence He is passing
through the ordeal which all public men must
pass who will do right. The remark of Aristides
is not true, g that he was the resident of State
which cared to do but little for him" That
State for twenty years has been Democratic
and of course Wing could not reach the
highest Offices in her gift But for few as
young men have the people done so much,
and few have so filled public expectation
II ia frua ha wos reiacfad a. cand;doto for
the present convention But this was an honor
He would not throw himself into the popular
current, preferring the honor which comes
after to that which goes before" 1t was the
result of his stern independence; of his conser-
vatism OF his resistance Of popular ultraisms
Of his desire, along with Marshal, Story, Taney,
Chambers, and other bright names, to preserve
the judicial ermine pure from the dust and filth
OF popular connections; and time will Justify
his wisdom That his defeat was not dishonor-
able, his immediate appointment as Secretary
of the Interior by the Executive and unanimous
Senate is "some" proof.
| / take great pleasure in defending such a
man. Let not Commentator hurl 'hireling" in
my teeth. | do not speak "by authority" The
best authority is truth. The denial of an,
charge "by authority" where there is proof Of
its justness, would only give force to the accu.
sation. The only authority, without proof, OF
even its semblance, is the desire which all good
men should feel to vindicate the injured. Ii
what shall say in future communications,
shall appeal only to facts, to truth, and Il
| reason.
propose, in accordance with your genera
invitation, in three or four short articles, to ex
anime these charges. T.
We will reply to our correspondent by saying
firstly, that we have not avowed ourselves
Wings, our paper Wing paper, nor appealed
to Wings for support; and, secondly, that we
have never uttered syllable in disparagement
of MIR. Fillmore, but many in praise of him MS
gentleman, a statesman, and a patriot All
other points may pass for the present