The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-02-14

The New York Tribune has again let loose upon the
venerable from Michigan that brood Of hehouns
who have rung hideous peaP against every public
who does aid its plans Of social and political demora
zaton The article in Saturdays Tribune monstrous
in its illusions irreyeront in its scandals uea-
bly, false and coarse, that viii not lay il before
readers There is one the door Of Congress
matter how mpregnated with prejudice that win not cast
it from him with oathng Nor Is there one IN either
branch Of that high Legislature that does not respect the
aged and virtuous senator who is made the mark Of
this nhuman assault The counsel of Lewis Cas- is al
ways heard with silence with attention Vigorous in his
thoughts clear and ehaste in the expression Of bis sent
mens constant in all weathers in the discharge Of his du
ties be an object Of increasing affection 70 his friends
and Of increasing his opponents We not
surprised however that such q should awaken the
maligny OF the fell hends that control the New York
Tribune lie win not unite with them in their demorai-
King schemes His upright is living reproach
to them His rebukes OF the infde doctrines they have
started and the nfdel organizations they have eneour-
aged have opened all eyes to the danger of their
ample in free country. They pant to drive him from the
place he adorns and they wall and gnash their teeth
his quiet and dign6ed heroism in the midst of the reck
less factions that assa him He loves the Union of these
States and they hate it. He adheres TO the constitution
which they condemn He goes in the progress and the
prosperity of people whom they only seek to divide and
destroy The senator from Michigan has passed the Psalm
lists age. If he had rendered service to his coun-
try, the abundant years he has seen, without bemish
upon his name should have rescued him from these cruel
vtuperaons But he has stood by that country with fer
and persevering constancy He has made himself a
among the nations His personal character is in it.
self bright example. His ripened intellect his wise
judgment his craftsmanship and that decorum and del-
cacy of behavior which show that he
% Hath borne his faculties meek, hath been
So clear in his great Office that his virtues
Plead like angels trumpet tongued;''
all these have made him object of respect and Of vene-
ration to every class of We know appeal in vain
to the monster that directs the New York Tribune and the
brood of bad that echo his baefu cries against the
just and the good but feel ii to be duty to
that he is the reflection of any other element but his
own wicked and unsleeping malignity. To such man
God himself must at last become hateful and when this
So how he be expected to display charity and good
will to man? The grave is barrier to his revenge
the gallant soldier bleeds in vain for his country in such
mans eyes, free people happy in their freedom
his eye-bas because they happy; religion wakes
answering throb in his sagnant heart and nothing
his enthusiasm but wretch who like the guilty angel
when expelled from Heaven dares defy all moral
sraints and TO lift up his proane and rreverent
hands against every vrtuous and noble principle.