Washington sentinel., 1856-07-26

as base calumny, and admitted to be such b
the silence Of all the Senators TO whom it wa
said to have been directed, is now repeated
after the lapse of several months, in the pulpi
OF the Plymouth Congregational Church o
Chicago, and made the foundation Of series
of inferences equally unfounded and unjust.
have never advised or failed to rebuke a resort
TO physical force as substitute for truth and
reason in the discussion and decision Of public
questions.
Whether the Nebrask bill WAS crime or a
wise and just measure, is question which |
have always held myself ready to discuss calmly
and dispassionately on all proper occasions
and If physical force or mob violence or any
other improper means have been used to de.
stroy the freedom of speech, either in Chicago
OF elswhere, it has not been approved by me
or my friends. | send this letter to you, in
stead OF the newspapers, for the purpose OF
giving you an opportunity of doing justice to
me and TO the cause Of truth, which | trust
you will regard Christian duty, in the same
pulpit where the injury was committed.
have the honor 10 be very respectfully,
your obedient servant.
s. A. DOUGLAS,
The Rev. j. +. Roy, Chicago, Ill.
On last Sunday, Mr.. Roy, with this letter in
his possession. and fully aware, We suppose, Of
hls duty as Christian to remedy as far as
might be IN his power an injury done to another,
oiiiciated in his church, preached to others
their duty as Christians, but never uttered one
word of justice to the individual whom he had
publicly and basely villifed. We leave Mr..
Roy to public opinion; before that tribunal
he stands for judgment, and sooner or later he
will receive that condemnation which mankind
IN all ages have pronounced upon wilful, cow
ardly, hypocritical liars. We say again, what
we said when speaking of Mr.. Roy on foemer
occasion, that his conduct in abusing the office
he holds to slander and villify fellow-ctizen,
is calculated more than any other device of
the enemy of man, to bring religion into con-
tempt and reduce its ministers to the condi-
ton OF public notorious knaves.~
- We have read the story as copied by
the editors Of the Post from Harper's Maya.
zine, and we assure them that it is the grossest
and most baseless fabrication. Both them
selves and the editor of Harper's Magazine
have been imposed upon. There never was
more untounded romance. We forbear point
ing out egregious blunders where all is dis
torted and wrong; and have only to express
the hope that in reference to subjects which
are necessarily no part of the public concern,
and the discussion of which cannot by anu
possibility affect the existing relations Of Mr.
Buchanan to his countrymen, there will be
that manly forbearance which even the most
INSCRIPTIONS opponent cannot always overlook.
Pennsylcaniaa.
Up for Monarchy.
There is paper of considerable respecta.
hilify N IF has ,,l,
ably, ption--publshed in Boston, and
called the Boston Journal The tone Of this
paper has always been aristocratic. 1t delec-
tates in social distinctions, and, like Byron,
doubtless, could determine mans position in
society by his foot or his hand. We do not
gainsay the discriminating quality Of good
points IN man, or a race-horse But we
maintain that the excelences of point are to
be found in the hovel and the palace; in one
the process of development perfects their
beauty, but IN the other the struggle for life
dstorts them. The Boston Journal seems to
hold the other theory, that such exceencies
are peculiar TO breed and accordingly we find
it at last cherishing the idea that we can
breed better system Of yoreyument and better
men TO administer IL than the people can select
among themselves. The Journal is committed
to Fremont, Republcansm of the n. | sable
dye, and in the end as it appears-m
In a late article it says:
We are decidedly Of opinion that monarchy
and hereditary monarchy is by far the best
form of government that human wisdom has
yet devised for the administration Of consider
able nations, aud that it will always continue
to be the most perfect which human virtue will
admit Of"
We like free speech and man had better
out with even such a fancy as this than let it
tester IN his heart. Ii is strange, nevertheless
that American citizens can possibly entertain
such notions. il proves that such of them as
this Boston journalist know nothing Of what
they are talking about, and are utterly incapa-
BILE Of determining the value of free institutions
or the unreasonable difference between re-
public and a monarchy.-Baitimor SIM.