Washington sentinel., 1856-08-12

tion secures Of itself, everything that should
! be needed.
CACETHEs sCRIBENDI-GEN. WEBB.
he letter of Senator Pearce afforded 10 this
| person an excuse for crushing into print
and he instantly avaied himself Of it, to
"spread himself in the wide columns of the
Intetta9encer, not satisfied with the possession
OF daily sheet as big as blanket on which
he has a carte blanche 10 spread himself to his
hearts content There is this small difference
IN the two: by exhibiting himself in the col
umns of the InteiIigenceT, he hopes to ensnare
nckless people into taking u sight of him
piece of good fortune lie has no hopes of OBJ
tanning in the columns Of his own mammoth
sheet--a paper which has long been used as
an advertising sheet, but whose editorials are
rarely perused by its own subscribers.
| The frequent prominence of Gen. Webb be-
fore the public view is very easily accounted
for. de has wonderful mania to appear
seemingly in command. He viii, to use
simile, dress himself in full uniform and gallon
| about alongside of the commanding officer at
| a parade, in the expectation that lockers on
Will suppose he is soldier aud in authority.
| Thus u politics; the opponents Of his party,
whatever, Tor the time, his party may be
quietly waiting for some of those acts of eyre
grlous folly, which, with him, is inevitable
then seize upon it and place the burden upon
the shoulders Of poor Webb's party; he then
gets butietted on both sides, when his founder
ing ~ Prop'7a persona, commences. Hitherto,
II has been his luck TO come off second best in
every encounter, and, from his present haste,
his nnvarying success is not likely to be
| changed
Had Cen Webb really desired to correct
any misapprehension in regard to himselE
| arising from Mr.. Pearce's letter. his conrse or
at least the course of any one who intended to
say only what he meant, would have been TO
republish simply his reply to Mr.. Stephens in
connection with that portion Of Mr. Pearce's
letter relating to HIMSELF but the General
wanted splurge dc omnibus re6us ct ouibus
dam oins, and from. Senator Pearce was made,
SNA'iaiHS
The General who has been of every party
| says truly that he well knows the zeal Of a new.
| born convert, forgetting that he was then show
ing it while writing.
de complains of the party being held re-
sponsibe for the language of men, who he
says are the bitterest enemies of the Black
Republicans; and yet few persons besides
General Webb himself will say that Giddinps
was a less important member of the conven.
ton than himself, or that Anson Burlipgame.
Charles Sumner Wade, Hale ct IL oune are
less authorized to speak for the party than
himself.
We have seen proceedings of the rankest
Garrison Abolitionists lately, in which the Re-
publican party is spoken of in terms of ten
derness and affection as "the offspring" of
their party, and Garrison himself defended
the Republican party against attack. General
Webb, and all his party rely upon the great
bulk of the Abolition vote And when he speaks
Of Congress "legislating slavery into the Ter.
ritories,' he says what be knows is not true
11S NASt S'Sic inleAiSeut man IN the land
knows IT is not true. This hardihood of asser
tion is characteristic aud constitutional with
the General, his wish to believe it. bepuiIes
him to father the assertion.
His rigmarole reply to Senator Pearce. must
meet with the general derision it SO richly pro-
vokes
Ia conclusion, we viii give the General one
piece Of advice, which every true friend Of his, will
confirm it is this He is never noticed excent
for the purpose of ridicue, or of fastening on
his party the responsibility Of his blunders.
He may rely upon il, whenever he is noticed.
it is from one of the two allowed named mo.
tives.
The prayer of the General henceforth should
be
y! wad some power the giftie give u.
To see oursels as ithers see u.s.
Leaving this quotation as bone for criticism
BY the General, We bid him good bye.
"ROAsT BEEF AND TEN DOLLARS A