The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-09-08

Political PERsoNAIIrIEs-ATrAcKI tE-
MALEs.--A few days since, in reading in the En-
press what purported 10 be report of meetin
of the friends Of Mr.. Fillmore, at Railway, New
jersey, we were shocked with some expressions
which were put into the mouth of David Paul
Brown, ESD, an eminent mesaber of the Phila-
celphia bar. Knowing thu Mr.. Brown was a
gentleman in every reletion of life, public and
private, we were astonisied beyond measure at
what we reed. The report of the speech repre-
seated Mr.. Brown as attacking the mother OF one
Of the Presidential candidates, and we expressed
cur surprise that any gentleman should so far
violate the proprietics Of LIE. We are happy to
have it in our power to relieve Mr. Brown of this
stigma In note received from him yesterday he
reafirms our former opinion that he is a gentle
man particularly attentive to the nicetics of
civilized existence and engaged in war against
men, not women. Here is Mr.. Browns note:-
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 8, 1853.
DEAR SlR-For myself not sensitive; but have a
horror OF sssailng political controversy
any othtr controversies In your paper OF yesterday
y,u FAY sssaed in my speech at Railway the charac
Ter o. iremon.s mo,ner This Is not tue expressed
party strife; and was in referring to Colonel Fremonts
absurd Biography that the introduction Of his family
alone noticed and then it was noticed only 20 be
demned. so far from attacking the mother, went
OF my way 10 repel The destinations of one Of the public
journals tnat tie mother not divorced from her first
husband ct the time she married the second. The oAly
war I'm enlisted TOR ls against men not women Re-
spectfully yours DAVID PAUL BROWN.
This only shows the character that this con-
test has taken from some Of the politicians who
are carrying it on. The report on which our re-
marks were founded was published in the Express
of last Thursday. The report says
He tays Fremont's mother married an old man Of 6l
years. she beng 10; lived with him wears; had
says che ran away with another man. The bioxr4ph.
also says Fremonts ather finally walked Spanish with
&rs Pryor Mr Brown said he vas lighting with an ad
yeIsary's weapon.
This report, in the usual style of the Express
disjointed, ungTammatical and muddled--cer-
tainly gives but one idea, and that perfectly
justilies our article of Friday. We are glad to
know from Mr.. Brown that it is gross false
hood-a libel throughout-and that he made use
of no such dirty weapons as the Express would
force upon him. There can be no doubt that
many other reports of meetings held and speeches
made, by the Exprcss are equally false-all
manufactured out of whole cloth-to keep the
Chevalier Brooks in countenance They are not
satisfied with exhausting their own vocabularies
Of blackguardism upon Colonel Fremont's female
relations, but they must pu. words of the same
dirty character into the mouth Of respectable
man like David Paul Brown, hoping to get their
SANDERS credited by his endorsement But he
has stopped that game, at any rate.
Another remark: the allusion made by
Mr.. Brown to Colonel Frcmont's biographers is
too true. Many of these books were gotten up
for monetary and political speculations, by
adventures who have nothing to lose, and who
know but little about a Presidential contest, or
lie proper manner of conducting it, These
Iomancers have done great deal Of harm, and
furnished powder for the enemy.