The true Democrat., 1856-02-26
Greeley and RuSt.

| The New York Day Book. referring to the constant hectoring and abuse of northern mem- bers of Congress, who, whenever they vote for southern rights, are denounced as "doughtaces" and towards by the Tribune, seems to think that Greeley got just what he deserved from MT. Rust, of Arkansas. The Day Book says: We have heard great deal of intimidation Of northern by southern men, but never before have we seen or heard of men going and plant ing themselves down in Washington and de- claring to the world that their purpose was to intimidate the whole body of northern repre- sentatives. Greeley, Webb and Weed have done this, and if the men composing the repub-
 can party were not the veriest towards and doughIaces on the face of the earth they would kick the scamps out of the town for presuming even to come there and dictate to them
 While Mr. Greeley confined his bullying and abuse to the grannies of his own party, he got along very well, and walked about the streets as proudly and confidently as the boat swain on the deck of frigate or the overseer on plantation. But when he stepped aside and cracked his whip over the head of a free man, a democrat, he found himself very sud- denly in bad predicament. The blow was returned instanter, and notwithstanding his at tempt to skulk under the petticoat of non-re- sstance, he got for once his deserts, and we are | quite sure the verdict of the public will be served him right"
 The Cleveland Herald, Gree soil.) says: "Greeley is so in the habit of using gall and wormwood in his ink towards every man who does not perfectly agree with him, that he should expect personal attacks, and therefore should have manliness enough to defend him. self. This dipping the pen in venom, and then Ia, l., ing back, is a kind of moral courage We do not admire. 50 far as Rust's attack upon Greeley was concerned, we know nothing of the merits. except that twice Greeley submitted to the as- sault; but the incident called out the general re- mark that man so bitter, so dictatorial, so overbearng, and at times so unjust as Greeley, should show schoolboy's resentment-ifn noth- ing more-and make up lips at his assailant" 0T After John P. Hale had made the most in. sulting personal allusions to the President he was capable of uttering-spoke of him in vulgar and blackguard terms-he thrust himself upon the President as his guest and his friends then whined because the President didn't enact the hypocrite and manifest a cordiality toward his wanton calumniator that would have borne the mask of falsehood and cowardice! Greeley, too, we suppose, will be held up as an injured innocent After remaining at Wash lngton for six or eight weeks, and daily pub fishing the most insulting personal remarks about the actions of members of Congress- attributing to them baseness of every descrip- tion-falsehood, treachery, hypocrisy, cowar- dice-mean subservehcy, etc, etc, one of the abused gentlemen boxes his ears and whips him with stick! Greeley roars like bull calf at the chastisement, and the creatures who aid him in his dirty work cry out sympathy for poor GreeleyP' How can it be supposed that reckless calumniator like Greeley---one who hesltates at no degree of falsehood or abuse in his assaults upon those who displease him, is 10 pass unscathed-that he is to indulge in his gross, brutal insults with impunity? The won- der is that he has received the forbearance that has been manifested toward one who so often and outrageously violates every claim to the courtesy due an honorable partisan.-Boston Statesman.