New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-10
WASHINGTON ON SLArERH'
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E,,- IA F,tryturg Vsl Inidsig-sdfr .,;t,t;,..
NJ. sa.ssed with abusng the South and us iN ne II
r,r NxtyYonK TsiBuSE bes pounced upon re 49,
Washington for the psrpcse Of sulyius $50 ns
critical isudstions We believe that tho rs'her OF "a
coputry hes left character ard memory 10 tue "orA
rb;@b yeorire no effort OF the Abolition press Improve
I'm fact the Csc of Ais nsnr BY the nertae,p 1870. ~
the connection they give IT, : downright esecrsn, s.s
Maker ard deame e, erythAg that they can lay taer
hands on hst is fair il the lend The ISIsUss no o,sy.
has great many silly women AID silor men ZOE
who swallow al its assertions pretty much as inc Sss
81 Scr,.or,o do fhe fables Of Joe Smiths Gold n Book
So these people viii believe that that Journal IN i no,cs
of Washington in s Fridays issue wa. ac,ua'ed oy iee
rs Of genuine respect aud admiration fur tue ehsraceef
81 bst lustr;nus man and BY generous desire % vim
diea,o II from foul ssperson which had been east upon
il on tie score OF slavery. Bat Ias TRIBUNE, "
s~ .I, # rhe name 60" ~ Washington, as is seen
in the article 20 which we refer, wiz NM
self mistaken IL has undertaken to assert mar tsn
ineion was AboltOnst, Lest we may be sccused on
misrepTeseuting upon this point we give passage re
ho,m He " ashngtonl was omueh OF an Aooiito1's'
4" that may very well beisve he would have given nus
life itself have saved hi. country from the misfortune
and dhoncr inseparahe from continuance Oh toe IN
stiuiiOu, Sisvery L then proceeds 70 give sn OK.
tract from unpublished letter 20 certain Tobias Lear
dated May s. 1894 in which tie writer gives srather
gloomy account of his pirate ass including OF course
bis slaves OF whom he speaks N very dscon;snted terms
In short he represents has iags utterly re2s yAarf %
sNcA species y property aa3 rcses eTfrcrss garety
10 e rid Of her possession. There every evidence both
isierns and external that this fabricated letter which
ha been pu, into circulation gull northern smpetons
VITA II is wholly Inconsistent wiz the character Of
WaeApgton TO have written such payer. Nof ssLo5Ic
Of from MS or dctatoz. This is hrm
belief and we are very sure that its perusa vii lead
every e1nsble reader who Is not rayng s0oons the
same conclusion. Where, by whog was fabricated.
we do not pretend TO suggest ThE TRIBUNE may have
come honestly by H. but It ess forgery for that Tho
opinion that have always emf ereined a Washington.
apart from his public sorvc - Is that he was remarkably
prudent cautious end ocumspect person in his prrats
dealings and associations and that he particularly
The management OF bis domestic concerns The iettor
before ne however would indicate that he remarka
bly, communicative about those concerns, and divulged
himself in avery gTauiious and promcuons manner upon
the subject Vac esr heard before Of Tobias Lear as az
intimate and contdent0i friend 81 Warrington let &C
cordng THE TRTSrsE Lear the chosen repository
of that ustrious mans expositions of private gref
luctanees ana annoysnees the sympathetic sharer OF ms
hearts mos secrets. But where has this letter been all
the years that have elapsed since its date that hss
heard of beforel Why il that makes its appear
no,r for the frs tine, in Of the rankes Abolition
in the country just when that sheet moving earth
and get up eyindicye crusade at the North against
all the Representatives from that part OF the Unsn
who had the manliness, the good sense and the pat
Iioiism 10 vote for the Nebraska bllli The exter-
nal circumstances OF the Enthusiastically
strOugo warrant and sustain our charge that he oiter
Is spurious onea nero device Of tho enemy to impose
upon the simplicity and credulty Of weak unsuoectng
Or unsteady northern minds Tie internal evidence Is
sousy strong. Can il be consistently supposed that
esne,on after having presided over the deliberations
Vt the Convention that framed the Federal Constitution in
1ss and whilst be was at the head OF the Goyernmens.
would address sentiments intended 20 signify dissatsfac-
ion with or hatred Of Institution which had but ak
wears before been incorporated under his eye and
with his appreciation and sanction, into that very Consti-
ution Can any believe that he would 80 soon after
he adoption of that instrument and the formation Of tho
ren under it, while exercising the full powers OF the
fhiof gistracy say word do thing which by con-
huction, or any kind of implication, would stamp the
authority of bis opinions upon 60 vile that
which the abolition press is engaged in advocatngf
Could he, were he alive feel any other emotions than
hose of tho deepest Indignation and disgust at the effort
THE TRIBUNE and It's allies TO link his great good and
glorious name with violations Of the Constitution resist
ince of the laws haired of the Union, MURDERS riots,
reason ard anarchism Yet thus Is tho kind of rckery
which that interruptions organ Of the fanatics is now
,abiually resorpg bolser Up It's miserable but abor
i've attempts to destroy the Republic.