Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-04-21

pare The seli.satsfed look Of Mr.. Dow,
as seen in the shop windows, with this
portrait of him, drawn by the hand Of
lis neighLcr and lellow-cilizen, the
Rev A. Cummings, ID. d., editor OF the
Christian Mirror. The "taun, " referred
10 was thrown out against the Mirror,
because that paper wes appointed TO
publish the laws Of Congress, ty the
Secretary Of State, Mr.. Webster The
rest Of the article our readers will un-
dersta.id, and will see another painful
illustration oc the fact, that man may
be very busy in keeping the 'rineyard"
Of an other, while his "Own vineyard is
not kept" a"
II is certainly true that some very
shallow sayings sometimes obtain an
extensive currency-especially when
started by man Of great notoriety. So
the EXPIRE scion inquired about above, or
rather this partic uIar use oft, Origina.
ted with a man Of tame. The first
time, 90 lar as We know and be-
lieve, that it vas used as a "tauni,"
was in Mayor Dow's famous let
tor to the New York Independ-
ent.
"what private sriefs he had, alas. know
not,
That made him do it."
Perhaps, as he had been but few
months invested with the chief magis-
tracy of the largest city Of Maine, he
might unconsciously have come 10 think
himself The rightiul nonopolst Of all
"authority" on this mundane; sphere /;
and il SO, he would naturally look with
jealousy upon the first indication Of au-
thori.y emanating from lny other source
and especially from the Liliputian
dignitaries Of the obscure hamlet Of
Washington!
But he was not only the first TO use
il, but he may also have been the last
al the time our correspondent wrote
The article in the Congrsgationalis,
which was then lying before the latter,
was written in Maine, and was marked
by such characteristics AS would exon
crate any one from malice, who should
conjecture it to have had such par
entage, as the taunt had which it con-
tains. The signature also (an initial)
fls exactly into his name. This, in
deed, is nothing conclusive, since a sig
nature is an arbitrary thing, and this
one would fit equally well into the name,
"Diotrephes, who lov,th to have the
prominence" as also into that Of "Do-
eg, the Edomite"- that foul slanderer
of old, whose false tongue procured
the death Of eigh'y-fve "priests Of the
Lord" besides that Of "all the men and
women, children and sucklings,' who
dwell in the city OF Mob. Islander, il
seems, as well as rumselling, is some.
times "guilty of blood p')
But whence this forwardness, in the
gentleman, to criminate a fellow-man,
without the shadow oi a cause 2
Whence this merciless, cruel accusa-
,ion7 Has il any connection with his
own experience Was. It suggested
by the method which himself took to
obtain the military title Of colonel, with
its emolume nts, whatever they were
and as hopeful prestige of something
better 10 come Let his own conscience
answer the question. Because some
are ambitious Of rank, il Goes not follow
that every man is aspiring because
some are venaI, il does not follow that
none are incorruPt
II il should be said. that Mr.. Dow
goes about lecturing on temperance,
that he nigh, obtain medals and silver
pitchers, and have broad-sheet portraits
Of his person executed and scattered
over the country, he would probably re-
gard 1t as a misrepresentation Of his
motive, but this would be but as a drop
of bucket, compared with the gratui-
tous insinuations by which he sought to
injure US.
This elimination was brought for
ward, if our recollection is not at fault
in one Of series Of essays in the Port
land lnquirer,-essays which purported
10 give reasons for new Congregation
al paper in Maine and Of course, over
flowed with bitterness and maligni,y
towards US and our paper. These es-
says, #, again, our recollection be not
at fault, were signed "D." Whether
il signi6dd Dow, or some kindred re-
production OF "Doeg the Edimote," We
know not, but he knows (; It was, how
ever, a most iniquitous SANDER. We
suppose we have tracked him by his
virus many times in different papers.-
We hear, for instance, via Sandwich
Islands, Of a terrible castigation inAict-
ed on US by the American Temperance
Journal. Our reasons for believing that
the scourge was prepared here, are,
that paper does not exchange with US,
and never has, and it's conductor has
never sent US Il copy Of any number
which contained Its inadversions on
our course. that we might have the
benefit Of them. Is there any body's
calculation in this! And why assail us