The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-10-28
Mr.. Testers Reply to the Assaults of III.
Cabinet.

Mr.. Testers Reply to the Assaults of the
Cabinet.
&. Edwards Lester, as the N. York corres-
pondent of the London Times, during the las,
Presidential contest, afforded FOREIGN aid to
elcvating General Pierce to the Presidency
aid at the time very acceptable to the General
and his iriends-and which was then, and until
after the Inauguration, duly and gratefully ac-
knowledged. The tone of the Times cores.
pondent in reference to the Cabinet, has been
recently changed, aud fulsome laudaton has
given place TO caustic structures upon its pol
icy. This change has induced those cham
pious, par excellence of the President and
his advisers, the Washington Union aud the
Boston Post, to make bitter attack on Les
ter's character, and to furnish proof of the
charges by reference to documents in the
Department of State. This attack has bro't
out reply from Lester, in the N. York
Herald, OF Saturday last, copied below. The
reply places some members of the Cabinet be-
fore the world in light anything but evi.
able. To say nothing of Mr.. Gushing, we
had given Mr.. Marcy credit for more shrewd-
ness than is evinced by the attacks on Les
ter, II he was aware of the evidence to refute
the charges which was on file in the Depart
ment. Testers letter furnishes an interes.
ting chapter in the family quarrel which now
disturbs the harmony tho Democracy, and
as such We lay it before our rcaders.-- Gin.
Ga:.
From the N. Y. Herald.
MIR. Lester's Reply TO the Assault of
the Cabinet.
We are in new age Jur republc-t is |
the reign OF faction. God send that il may
be short; for il it lasts, IL will wind up our
history. One of the most painful and mort. |
Tying illustrations of this is seen In the fact |
thata cabinet has got into power that pre-
sumos to rob every citizen Of the right to ex-
press his opinions about their public policy;
and the paid organs o:the administration, eva.
ding every accusation and argument brought
against them, single out those Independent
men who pass their criticism upon them, and
devote them to sacrifice. IL will be dcscri-
bed by h s.orians as theage of the bowie
knile. This administration deals with Amer
lcan citizens as summarily as Robcsperre did
with the Girondists in the reign Of terror.
No man can express his opinions like free.
nan, without being struck down like Il high
vayuian. The Cabinet cannot, indeed, muz-
lle the press, although they sometimes sue.
,eed in buying ii. They substitute pap for
gag. When they cannot send their police.
men, they send their lackies; and these EN-.
ssaries are now swarming all over the coun.
iry, like the locusts of Egypt, TO suck up The
last dregs ofcitizen independence.
The days Of fair argument and manly de-
bate have gone by; and now the only weapon
in use is the knife, and II is stabbed into the
private character up to the hilt. The Pres
ident--elected by greeted on
his Inauguration to power by the feryent and
generous wishes and prayers Of great peo-
ple--mounts that high eminence, and every
body says "God speed you" He goes every
where for his Cabinet, aud gets everybody.