New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-02
LNTERCEPTED LETTERS.".No vi.
WAHrorov. Thursday. March 90, 1850


Ny DEAR S.: The unexpected publication OF my
bastly.wittCn letters has brought me into trouble.
Had the remotest deo you would give to your friend
Mr. d. my opinions on paper, they would go to the
world vastly different from what you call these " In
tercepted Letters" There is tyrant in this country
more terrible than all the despots in Europe: mean
the tyrant known Us "Publc Opinion" To brave
this is TO dare more than death. The many things we
see we must not tell of they are the thoughts we
honestly entertain must not be made public. Depart
a particle from this iron law, and the msny-headed
monster will attack you-wil torture you-will abuse
your relatives and destroy your friends. In this
boosted land Of free speech, one must have the popu-
lar religion and the best-suppOrted political PLATFORM
II your conclusions, honestly made up, differ from the
mass, 70 TO your ROOM carefully lock the door,
anG---say nothing From ordinary despot, one
may escape-y TO the woods get out Of sight but the
tyrant " Public Opinion Is everywhere-pervades all
thngsflls every space, and attacks you on all sides
Upon its stony altar must offer up all political be-
lief for fashions sake tender health, and in rel-
gion tndanger our souls. "Public Opinion recognizes
two classes in the oommunity-angels and devils We
must have none other II il not possible 10 have good
and bad qualities indfereDty mi1ed. The man who
il not sound on the Kantas question is wretch il is
not possible that he can be good fellow, an affection
ate husband, or valuable citizen. Put him down
attack bic wife and whip his children. This is our
king, our executive, and our Judiciary. Judge Lynch
lives in our drawing room, makes our laws, and con-
trolls our preS-and with how much justice
am old enough to remember when girl The Port
foLo, published believe in Philadelphia, and de-
voted to attack. on Thomas Jefferson In the
pages Of that paper and rejecting of course the "Pub
lie Opinion OF the day what heartless unprincped
villain he wa Can recognize the Jefferson OF
to-day as the Jefferson Of that period Again, remeH-
Der the same instance in the case of Gen. jackson.
What a monster our respected relatives considered
that gentleman when in mid csreer what saint
now witty gentleman called my notice to the
graduation Of political greatness in this country. The
young aspirant is first called fool, and laughed at;
the next step marked by the term dishonest and be
is abused and then comes the point Of ell his great
pess-when dead and buried unanimously pro-
nounse him great and good. We have in this land Of
an annual crisis-when the country is ruined;
and yearly an immense number of Arnolds, Catalines
and Jrieses have 10 be tortured and destroyed And
in each crisis We discover that the previous one was
ret the real erisisi but have time to go back
and dig Up inc unhappy Catahne. and brush OF the
unmerted abuse,
These remarks, my dear child, are called up by the
severe attack Of A. II. b. my notice of Gen Pierce.
Although old lady am young authorizes, and
perhaps too sensitive. The paragraph quoted was
very hn.tiy written; but If properly construed, will
maintain il stoutly do not to infer that be-
cause Gen. Pierce strikes kind-heated, i'm
pulsve msn-that all his political opinions are correct,
nor that al bis actions have benefited our country.
AZ / said before, know nothing about it. read no
political papers speeches. and study platforms.
A bot snicsl esssy not 40 dry political speech,
and romance il great deal more entertaining and
truthful than a report The political is closed
against my sex, and. Of consequence, vile place
and will not soil my skirts by entering any such.
will not permit myself become interested in what
I cannot in any way take part in or control.
II strikee me thai waste great deal Of time and
ink IN the praise and abuse of individuals Some re-
marks, made few evenings since, by Nj. --, are
very true, and peculiarly applicable here. 90 pre-
sumo" be said from the appearance Of things now,
that the Democrats viii again succeed II e!ecting
| President.
And does DO, that, asked. " give you grave con-
oernY"
"By no means Tie cause | an intereeted in is not
effected ore way or the other by so small circum-
stance The incumbent Of that chair cannot control
events gssster than himself and more potent than hi,
pOetiOn. This is deadly contest between Slavery
and Free Labor They cannot exist together, and one
~ The Other must 60 down. The conflict may be de-
Hyed but cannot be controlled ended by death
The sordd interests Of the one and the nsuted honor
OF The other cannot be Quoted The end may not be
in our time, but the struggle will"
But the power Of the Goverurner,-,he law.rnak
ing pewer-to say nothing of the political patronage,
must have great influence
Not at gil. The statutes in this case are 20 muoh
waste paper. Ne law can sustain slayery-no law can
control zee lator. The law mskers may accraya.,
the disorder, bEt they cannot cure The war goes on
and whether your fn.bd LycurgUs Brch takes one