Washington sentinel., 1853-11-11
WILLIAM ). BROWN, OF INDIANA.


State.
WILLIAM j. BROWN, OF INDIANA.
That there will be an attempt on the meeting
of Congress, to organize party in opposition
to the administration, out of the disappointed
and discontented democrats, we have no doubt,
but that it will signally fail, as the conserya,
tives failed, under the administration OF Gen
eral jackson, we have but little doubt F
.sThe Washington Sentinel, backed by the
money Of George Law, and published by Bev,
Tucker, disappointed applicant for the OF.
office Of marshal Of the District of Columbia Is
tobe the organ, and will endeavor to secure the
public printing as Tom Allen, of the Mddiso
f,iaa, did, by the aid of whig votes. This
game will fail. General Armstrong, the bosom
friend and conGdant Of General jackson, the
publisher of the Union, will be elected, and
when George Law gets tired of feeding the
Sentinel, it will hzZle ont as the Hddisontd'a
did. Mark our prediction" ..a
Such is the language held by the g Indiana
!Sentiael," edited BY the notorious William J
Brown, now under an appointment of the pres
ent administration, mail agent for the States OF
Indiana and Illinois.
We have SO often stated that our journal
owes It's GItullOu " HE SOuAtC Dut Vel wv
ayidual enterprise-that it was started III no
hostile spirit to the administration-that, on the
contrary, it was conceived in the honest pur-
pose to aid, protect, and defend it so long as
the principles Of the democratic party, as set
forth in the inaugural of General Pierce, were
adhered to--that we were neither the expo.
nents and representatives of any man or set o.
men--of any faction or clique-we say, We
had so frequently and so potatedly met and re
PEELED all such charges, that we had hoped thu
necessity would not again arise for their refuta
tion. But all human hopes are doomed to dis
appointment The source from which the pres
ent libellous assault upon us, comes, might wei
excuse MS from Giving it the slightest notice il
our columns and we almost fear our readers
win not readily pardon us for giving such con
sderation to it at all. 1t will be remembered
however. that this miserable creature has beer
raised from the pit Of degradation and infamy
10 which national Congress had consigned
him, and dignifed by one Of the most infuen
entail and important posts under the genera
government. Presuming that such an endorse
ment carries with it something Of force, we fee
it due to our selErespect to notice him as sum
marily as he deserves. ..
AS to his reference to our unsuccessful ar
plication for the marshalship of this District
and the imputation that the course Of tn
Washin gton Sentinel has been induced by thi
disappointment, we do not deem it worthy
serious comment twas borne by rs, we trus
with dignity and good humor, and none kno'
this fact, better than the President himsel
For reasons, of which we never sought to b
informed, he conferred that appointment o
another gentleman and it was left for us to b
content with the generous and fattering test
monials in our BEHALF Of many of the first me
in the country, of the State whence we came
and the community in which we live. But le
this pass.
Who is this Wilian, J. B,'o,rn that dares L
raise his diminished head to look at, much les
speak Of, a gentleman, or a press, or any thin,
with which either has to do? We scarcel
can realize the fact, that it is he Of speakershiI
notoriety, who stroye to walk into that honora
BILE position with a lie in his throat and th
death sea,7am Of his country IN his pocket!
We had really hoped that for himself, a
least, he had concluded the post Of honor to b
the private station.
The scenes and scenery Of that memorable OF
casion, which generous adversaryopportunel
exposed, and for which a great and noble part
continue 10 blush, are vivid in the memories
all. Benedict Arnold would have sold h
country but we doubt whether even he, woul
have added to that treason, the further infam
Of prospective perjury. Judas Rcariot exp
ated, in some measure, his guilt by stretchin
himself between heaven and Garth, unworth
of either until he was dead. And we had hope
that, for the sake of seTy decency, this despoile
Of truth and common honesty, would never hay
had sufficient vitality given him. again, TO il
trude himself upon the notice of society.
1t seems not so, however. Rspudiated b
the whole Congress publicly disgraced by b
oea party--he has the effrontery to thrust hin
self forward as a public hypercritic, and
searcher of other mems hearts. We know n
terms with which to, characterize this mors
monster. Contempt has the power Of d,
scending, but she falls far short Of him. Sh
would die before she eonld reach him-for h
dwells beneath her fall. That alphabet thu