The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-05-09
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igaRAcTB ExrosING CALUMNiEs. 80 -.
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~ The publication Of the Presidents letter to-
Gov. Walker dries up one Of the most indus
trfonsly used sources of calumny which the
Opposition have been possessed Of during the
whole period of Mr. 1BUeHANAN'ssad g. sadministra-
ton. s. In finally dragging itSbefore the pub
he the lblack-republiean inyestigatipg conn
mittee have fncautiously and unyittingly de-
'stf6yed the very fountain from which they
have professed to draw the basest Of hbels up-
on the Rreaident 1.-The letter dtself demon
strates that where the public Were invited to
believe there Eakdothing but corruption, not
even black blican eyes can find aught that
Is unpatrietic or improper, or anght but what
is highly conimendable, and worthy of the
Executiye head of q great nation.s The Co
yode committee evidently blundered when they
insisted On having the letter. They might
stilf have supposed on the popular credplity if
they had kept it back. and merely investigated
around it, Without actually bringing it out---.
It seems impossible that they could hare ex-
pected TO justify their own calumnies by it,
and equally impossible that they could have
5meantltoolet the letter sindicste the President;
and ne ale, accordingly forced to- the eonclu-
sion that, like the glorious six hundred at
Balaklava, the committee mistook the word Of
command and biundered on to their destruc.
.tionE CertaiRlyy they could have fallen on
mo more sure and effectual means to disperse
the black Clouds of falsehcod raised by their
party out Of the Walker, letter, and could have
afforded the President no more complete vim
'dieationl lthesefrem, than by bringing the moot
ed document to the light. IF they anticipate
We feel sure that they have already
The unscfupulous managers have been most
actively ulating the report that the letter
would convict the President Of stefgiversation, J,
cerruptioa, and what mott Those who had
been duped and deceived by these efalsi6c atoms.
are now among the first to CRY. out after PEI
rusal Of the letter, ."1s this an P1
ViSW6 have here another instsnce, In addition
to many examples which have occurred during
his term, of the fact that the President is for
tnnate even in his. enemies They have ,ieuer
failed to entdngle and confoand Menaselucs m
the ve,y tolls i6hic t1sey spread for him. The
publication efla private letter which he could
not authorize, hut whieh,g so far from bject-
ing to, he knew would ;inline ediately dispel o
thousand false and hagitious rumors, has been
made. And what. does it amount TOT It does
not give the slightest pretext for the charge
of oflinconsistency against the President Nay,
not, only does it fail to afford excuse or apollo
gy, for taxing him with assuming, at any time,
grounds inconsistent with this letter, but 1t
demonstrates that he did not even change po-
sition in order to meet new cfrcumstances.-1
His position was the same all the time. 81
The, letter does not, indeed, add single
particle to, the information, not only of those
who enjoyed the advantages of his private con-
versation and correspondence, but of any one
who has read and remember his observations
upon Kansas affairs, officially COMMUNICATED to
Congress, particularly in the Annual Message
of December 1858.
We have already produced the letter in our
columns and challenged the criticism of the;
Presidents enemies We boldly assert that
it. was what the occasion demanded, and that
the President has done nothing inconsistent
with it, either before orsince. Thus the mere
production of the document is enough to in
stantly deprive of all vitality the accumulated
calumnies of three years I'VE present the
fact as a lesson. ito the country, and as espe-
cially and strongly illustrative of the facility
which, black-republicanism, exhibits in the
manufacture Of injurious ISLANDERS, destitute of
all manner of Foundation. We can hardly
speak too strongly of the virtue of this and
abundant other illustrations already before the
public; and in view of the fact that the al
most invariable result, in every case where the
facts are truly arrived at, is to expose black-re-
publican falsehood,i we can entertain no objcc-
ton to the most searching investigations which
may beEdesired, providing they shall be cor
Quoted in q manner not to offend ordinary
decency, or to outrage all the rights of charac-
ter and position, as the Goyode committee does.
Relying, as we, do, on the testimony of
EAcTs-and by this word we certainly do not
mean conjectures and suggestions, which this
committed appear to- regard as such-we wish
Mr.. j Ohm Coyodc and his colleagues all the
reasonable success which he and they may de-
sire in selecting such original and indisputable
facts as they have just obtained, We urge
them indeed, to go to the bottom of every
thing they determine to investigate to find
out the absolute facts in every such case, and
neuer to rest content, as we fear they too often
WILL with mere 9guesseso hazarded by over
confident witnesses under no fear of cross-ex-
animation or the pains and penalties of per-
jury. We are under the most powerful con-
viction that such acourse win inevitably re-
suitain the triumphant and complete vindica-
ton of the President, and in the utter and to.
tai confusion Of his slanderers; convictions
which,. however, If shared by the Covode COM
uittee, will surely deter them from going be- |
vonti the region where falsity and mere conjec-
turei can be confronted by the truth. But let
the committee be wise, and it may accomplish
enough good to entitle itself to the forgiveness
of thoss whom it is striving to in5uresa The
objection may be made that the advice comes
too late We are afraid it doesg The Covede !
inquisition has fallen into utter contempt in
and out of Congress- The chairman is ostra-
cised by honorable men even Of his own politi-
cal afiiiation; and those who support his ma
Iignant, false, and yindictive asseverations may
expect to be stunned as he is.- Washington \
Consttt,ssioa. asis . .cfa s.sfeesf5 .ssee'l
An ECONOMICAL STREAK-The Msc-a-
cheek Press, Republican, is credibly informed
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