New-York daily tribune., 1854-03-27
coNSrz sANDERs IN HIS 0HN DEFENSE


The rejection by the Senate Of Mr George Sanders
Consul to London has drawn from that gentleman letter
10 h. counrymsp which is perhaps worthy OF notice as
IN ncde nj in the progressive dissolution of the sham de
mocraey In ills lie ter he discusses the alleged for
his rejection namely the writing letters from London to
The Satanic Press and the having attacked the wife OF
ds.nguisiod poti'an Mr Speaker Boyd IN TIE Demo
csehc Ret tat lady being generally urdcrstOOd as hay
ing been very active and unreensg in procuring his re-
lection With regard the Boyd business the ex Consul
esploinG himself a follows
ayIe Dleoerahc Rericr Of 1872 set itself decidedly
As among Other pecou5 herCses, against all disorgan
ling p.,jcn ions Of what mlsnamcd Wom9ns rights
and against the III judged intrusion Of women in public
s;niIs. In biography Of Lynn Boyd, speaker OF the
House OF RI lrCsC sCnG ives written by Judge Thompson
then mtnbor Of Congress from the wheeling District
va for The purpose OF exhibiting Mr Boyds pretenrions
10 the Pfosldencv rclaOnh hip between his Gnces
tlrs and Rob burns and .ra similar arguments
advatced Cuoug which nre placed tue merits OF Mr.
Bovds wife The Rerer of March, in criticsng th. re-
dcnOus memoir, merely quotes sentence Oi tue bog
raphy (which is il elf the delinquent bringing the ladys
name unbecomnsly before the pubhc and laughs o. the
sugeestOn-not the lady whose merits arc not m any
wise alluded tOand al the idc2 OF advocating man as
Presidential candidate the ground that his wife Is
suitable person for the he House. Without touching
any further the impIOpeiy OF such an 0duuon IN
noitical can pagn paper will remark in passing that
citizens of the United States have alTay happily had
right look with pride andTepect TO the Of our Pres
dents and that il world be the hrst .ime II any l.dy
should now reach that gh position wanting IN the qual
ties vhih command the love and admiration Of Innl I'd
lie tstmable woman IS IN OI. country the RUE lie On
frnry tie execution TIE n9gc Of TIE Kl-icv, under
nv direction may be safely oered 10 scrutiny egaiast
the charge OF the slightest indocoTum toward any Iedy
H. hogeN er woman should etot for herself 10 euier tue
poical alena, / very fli from admitting that ner
tactics would not become legitimate sltye. oi Dis
cussICn.
among Il pest ngs OF political contest But seem
IL tic disease Ud emo u WHO prom tel NJ ootis
a.rIrg end ii advised Biography hls seen 1t y bring the
Is-..f rnrftN h..
ner A. Mr Boyd is evidently Incapable o. appreclahns
lie oererosiy with which have acted in bic ease VIII
now et the public how e1cenuOuable was the cOniut
AIort be time 0. the last Presidential the
Washington Cty campaign bogaphes advancing al sof~
- 10 the PCdenry, had become sucn seri-
ous evil a. needed decd,d check Heroes were manu-
acured out OF paper AID ink with such atounaing rapid
~ and ~ sroh mggnicent proportions that n was mpos
sibe for the reorle 10 distinguish between the real mer,
sDJthc fictitious. Against thc-c Lives Ife Rer~r 5000
6rh a. finn and severe execu'icner The Senator WHO
i rerotcd bringing this matter before the Senate o m
nv nomination may possibly II Is amere gueSs-i nave no
E6oVledee On the subject Be himself sOmeHhat sensitive
on lie biographical score numerous care uy prepared
ambitious memoirs became uninneiy lsay.s mine Dlt
H. breatb of The Rccica Inc mails have no doubt,
ee rleved some hundreds OF tuns by iss action puI
ch brand UPON tie practice tnGt the authors o these
rubhcators were glad 70 convert tnen mo ileI Driore
hey should be handled Ike those which mad already sp
of the biography il question viii for the first
Akfr the celebrated January number Of he Rerier
b,d made if appearance sud when the object OF nc r.
hat Of anilir the DemccFacP party By putting ASIDE
~ ~ ,c,;rent candidates who had 10. strength enough
teeved under the then existing sectional siH2es 70
aroent the rarty and TO hTEG forward Nc" m-A-"--
rcEfeetly III ulderstocd Judge Thompson wrote letter
10 TIE Rrier approving its Gnl admrng III abl
ity ssiDe that he and his friends had candidate % pre-
stnT who lcty filed the rpOn in The R-Icr Of the
nan rcCud by the t-r md this was no less person
than the dngushcd aer Of the House Of Represen
tatyes-Lynn Boyd. The Judge said tha he had pre-
rared biography Of tLai gentleman Vhich he Was very
81 xous 10 have arDeariu the March number accompanied
h, the hest possbl enerav ng for which The RrieT could
Emulate its own price l. not then known mat aad
any connection with TIE Rcrr OF Ic-Laps ills l-ies
would never have been written. directed the p1bsaer
10 answer Judge Thompson politely that the pages Of TIE
own suL iects. and prepared he n0lcrs plEse!yT g..
aTUor III ignC M MO Us failure With ne Ar.. e o5
rsrhT efleTWcd found nore cons eIleL- Neni-e ~ -
.,irrrrs ~ TFe RtefEC-f EE0 sirC- let = pas II
-d TIE counr7 sas rhCu 20 Sc ao3ted wa RE remark
,lIs dett OF lis very esusC sstcl-r, when Uol II e.
r,sure Of fle arprcGticu % TAe R--. merely I-se-
ne narrative 10 be touched VIII wei desere1 Geaslc
there was however no mention Of Mrs BOYD sra y vas
au u1uaniy L-rg u NJ Bc,d 70 nave h. we ZANE
h-,rrbt hef1re tie Senate - eze feeling against ne
nomination Of purely political orpole1t II lhs-l-s A.
I.vd 1 - oaly add th1. a. tlc cry LAC re - Ofs =
'rf- fr Ltrref Ee allowed timeh q be poealnec ~
Fer-ckv a. tie supporCr II en- Butler anc n ~ 1s
mia and elsewhere a. tae f-s- mend Of Ar bach4nsH
TOuclmg the h.sEs = t. H4lale ara c---1 -l-s-ls'
III, ssudrs tbus deerds hs ngst 81 American c.-en'
In srcep.irz this Office dl not resign any o. ny
r;ghts or rryiieges as Amercan e1en eh-efed uh
sr obcaors 70 attend 70 the coonereiA business oi
nv coulrg Il tbs port ald nothing more ine Colsu
Las no diplomatic powers and not presumed to be even