The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-10-28


The Unit Is hobvjy==no thng-nothing
Here was the grand mistake ofihe President;
he deserted the niaih column Of his national
army to head piquet.guords of deserters from
The camp, and the whole nation felt bereft OF
It's leader. Of all his Cabinet, what one OF
them had not been on all sides Of all Dues
liohs, 80 Fat as the obscufity of theft history
had not saved them from public observation
The world knows with what regret 1t was
to feel that General Pierce had
made so g, eat u mistake, First, the still,
small voice OF friendly counsel hlntcd it; the
bolder told him SO to hla face. At last, in
signs upon the whole sky, he could read the
flush Of national Indignation.
The Country did rot look unconcerncd upon
The hand that assaulted the fair fame and the
personal character Of Daniel 8. Dickinson,
one of the file leaders of the national senti-
ment; but when the Cabinet grew SO shame-
less as to send to Judge Bronson that insult
ing letter, what national man did not feel
humbled in the humiliation of his country!
| did not seek such companions; my am
bition courted no such illustrious associates in
this official assassination; but struck at as
have been speak; and | will show this
Cabinet that an independant American citi-
zen, when wronged and outraged at home, no
matter how high the william who strikes him
NAV stand, is as sacred rs he who, wander
ing in distant land, is !eveled by the blow
of u tyrant:
New YORK, Oct, IA, 1853.
Hon. William l.. Marcy, Secretary Of State:
SiR-A few days ago the Washington Un-
ion and the Boston Post simultaneously pub
lished most unjust and libellous attack upon
my private and public character. The au-
tho,s say that they got their information from
the Department OF State. 1t appears that
you had libel against me in the archives
committed to your trust, and that you chose
to publish it. | shall therefore hold you re-
sponsble for it. Your colleague, Judge
Campbell, refused to furnish copies of libel
lous information against Mr.. Watson; per
haps it would have been as well for you ifyo,
had followed his example. The public alst
held You responsible for those attacks on me
because they appeared your two principal or
gans. Those organs base their charges o
official misconduct during my Consuship il
Italy, upon the testimony OF Robert Wicklifi
, Jr., who was charge d. Affaires at the Cour
of Sardinia part OF the time while was Con
sui to the same kingdom; also, that it was i
pursuance of Mr.. Wickliff's charges that wa
recalled You have invoked the testimony {
man no longer among the living. The sam
hand of the dead shall write my justification
1t is very easy to blast character, and some
=. times n lie will live. The stab, especial
when it comes from an unsuspected quarter
cannot always be foled. There is often I'm
remedy for the virus Of calumny's sting; but
happen inthis case to have one. The sam
charges of Mr.. Wckliff, now in your depart
ment, were made against mein Italy, wher
he says, in letter to me:--
81 have learned, from the most unquestion
able authority, that you have, over your ow
/. signature, offered to sell for money tile vic
D consulship of Genoa; aud, for the same cor
: sderation, to procure the appointment of a
Y inhnbtant of Turin as cousnl of the Unite
J, States at Cagliari."
t also hold the following retrdctiOn froI
Mr.. Wickliff, written two weeks later:
J, 81 was satisfied before you left that you
| conduct has been slandered-I am now with
out n shadow of doubt on the subject. Sine
you left, have discovered that my informan
(who had been recommended 70 me us a ma
= of respectability, and whom thought cree
ibe personD isa most Infamous scrOundel, an
LII. a. IL I.x.,a Ia.
3 ed him neuer again 10 set foot in my house, an
my friend, The Marquis de Crauur has put hi,
: under The surveillance Of tie police. am pal
4 ticularly happy to learn that Mrs. l.. is resto
D ed to her usual spirits, and trust has no har
thoughts against me for step which, unde
i the circumstances, duty obliged me to tax,
i I set great value upon her good opinion, an
: beg that she will be assured that my fee
: ings towards her and yourself are the same q
n before this calumny was poured into my ears.
s "R. WICKLIFF, JR."
This retractioR was also sent to the Stat
Department, and with it, without much pain.
I, I presume, one of your clerks could find
copy of despatch to me from Mr. Buchanan
then Secretary ofState, exempting me fror
all charges of official misconduct
To show that Mr.. Wickliff's charges aga
inst me had nothing to do with nv recall,
reprin. the following note, which he wrot
after was recalled:
TURIN, Nov. IA, lSl7.
SIR.-In reply to your letter of the i2tl
ult., inquring of me whether you have beef
recalled at the instance of this government,
have to state, that is n point upon which
haze no knowledge, and am, therefore unable &
give yon any Information. The dispatches o
Mr.. Buchanan simply inform me otthe nomi
nation Of Mr.. John Mcpherson, of Virginia
in your place, and transmit his commission
Cor the purpose of obtaining an exequator
r. WICKLIFF, JR.
This deem sufficient for my vindicatior
just now. The man you have quoted prove,
your organs are mistaken. Your organs &C.
cuse me of hanging around Concord several
days, and importuning with characteristic