Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1853-11-03
Removing the Mask.

It is an old but very true saying, thai
"when rogues fall ont, honest men get their
dues" Never have we seen this more clear q
" exemplifed than in the rupture Of the r,
Locoroco party which is now leading TO d
series of the most startling developments S
which it has ever been our good fortune 10
witness. The people, or the Wing party,
are the honest men who now get their due,
--Overpowered by unlOly combinations,
stricken down by the gold of Austria and
the power of the English Press, the Wing
party could only rely upon its own integrity,
look to the future for its enemies. Sooner
than we had any right to expect it, hardly
IN fact has the administration Of Pierce
passed through the first six months Of its
existence, the developments are being made,
and exposures produced which will startle
the most indolent AMI surprise the most
careless. 1t will be remembered that a
few days ago the Washington Union and
Boston Post contained bitter articles alta OK
ing the pnbllc and private character of c.
dent of the London Times. The papers in
support of these attacks were furnished
from the State Department by Gov. Marcy. |
The following extract from Mr.. Testers
letter TO MIR. Marcy, which is published in
the New York papers Of Saturday, IN reply
10 the attacks on him, reveals secret chap
ter in the history Of the last campaign to-
which we call the earnest attention Of our
readers. Mr.. Lester says:
Your organs accuse me Of hanging around
Concord several days, and importuning with
characteristic eirrontcry the President elect
FOR office. Gen. Pierce knows that this
is false. went 10 Concord in the middle
oil February, Tor one puI p"s. 49,; 100
Gen. Pierce, and told him was the Ameri
can correspondent of the London Times,
and that desired TO know the names of the
mebcrs of his Cabinet in advance Of pub
lie information. l was kindly received,
and my business was done in less than three
minutes, when Withdrew, 10 take the down
train for Boston. ~ Gen. Pierce's request,
L
he wished to converse with me: and at five
o'clock, by his own appointment, he called
on me, took me 10 his private room, and we
remained several hours together; but neither
then, nor subsequently, dill Iecer sag one ,rord
10 Gen. Pierce about an office for myself
What the public has hitherto known about
this Interview never went from me. Itook
the first train the next morning for Boston,
where, in consequence of something Gen.
Pierce had said, | called on Caleb Gushing.
He was out. | wrote him note to the eff.
feet, that having just come from Concord, |
wanted TO see HIM, that | had good reason
believing that he would not only go into
Cabinet, but be the ruling spirit Of it-that,
as the correspondent Of the London Times,
wished TO be exact in all my statements,
and wished he would refer me TO any au-
thentic sketch Of his life in print. The
following ! have;
BosroY, Feb. l6, 1853.
Ny DEAR SIR: | have received your
friendly letter Of the II; but the book did
not come to hand Notwithstanding which
nv obligations 10 You are not the less.
fwlly agree with You as TO the patriotic
purposes and brilliant prospects with which
General Pierce enters on the Presidency.
ii there should be occasion for it, will
send the data for which you ask and for
The suggestion of which / am highly in.
debed 10 you. started, as you may per-
haps know, from the same point so far as
regards education atinosp here, and mental
culture, with Mr.. Everett and Mr.. Ban
croft. Their lives have been of a more
learned and mediiative cast than mine, and
mine OF more adventurous and active COM
llexion than theirs. In the details Of each,
correspondence and contrasts occur, which
may facilitate what you propose in sugges-
tvencss TO the minds of EagIishmen.
Meanwhile, lam,
Very truly yonrs,
c. CUSHING.
DR.. EDwARDs LESTER, ESQ.
When got to Washington, ten days az
ter the inauguration, Mr.. Gushing called on
me Immediately, at Wizards Hotel, and in
vited me to his Office, where he would ex-
plain the foreign policy of the administra-
ton, ''for me to put into the London Times. :"
The London Times don't keep correspcn-
dents who would miss such chance as
that. went; he locked his door, and for
two hours | wrote at his dictation what he
wanted published in the London Times.
subdued the matter somewhat, and read 1t tc
him. lie approved Of it, and you asked mt
to read the letter to you. Who had tolt
YOU that wrote II? You know don't
have never seen that letter in the LondoI
Times.