New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-20

the gate; and think II Il mol 100 uiucu 49, a. g
ne defendant had happened 20 aspire 70 the once OF
sa,stor Il vyopla have been convenient ara ceen |
ea-er for him to reach that eleVated "a'oli "I'
Ltileohn ami Mr.. Myers Of Syracuse were nos lne'o
bot, Of wboi we're known to be the hiaent ,eus "
that great and homo aide statesman VINO po~ a. tno
lad of this Government. Look aud see ~ you can
ma, find acme mo I'VE there gentlemen. without lFaVei-
iny very far out of tli- casei see you cahuo'
- ertsi1 withour mach difficulty why THIS ponoefons
hammer of TaE TRIBUNE was proughs 70 Dear upon
tiese men, 70 Anpih'late them.
d., Ca,ll. men only iX 1T the members OF that |
corrprt Legia my learned Trend tells you, nave
hen ,tnrpeo VIII be tell as what has been the fair
v.rap Of thse returned riuce tie slngedisiret sys
IN yyben tbsre has not been more than the ordinary
oor,uption witch they speak Oft When have there
been more tran elk ret ed in Office Rotation IN
Office the cry; claim their turns; aud Iiink
one of the grt. evils OF tie lew Consiituii Is The
sinpe distrc for the HOUSE aid Senate that have
been eerabi he'd
The next .me Of our learned friends, Is that the
psintia has suffered injury. He has been reeerted
BY bis Distrc, and reelected by tie Assembly with
new Of msu too, you viii remark, with the .xcep.
ton OF Elk; and he has received an honorable, and
what was o,es lucra'ive appointment To foreign
country Bni are these evidences that re has not been
trsdaeed or Injured Gentlemen, De Witt Z. Little
John was known in this lacc in the first Assembly
District; he had there bs the learned defendant
went New York poor he bad been the arcbltec1 oil
Iii own iOrtCils and built up local reputation IN
high at Nhicb the defendant enoys in tie City OF
and lent. lie has not built hmref up e. grind other
Ieops down or by welding en- engine Of power,
with which other engine ia this country can
prob, bly, b., compared. He could meet these
as saul in = dislrit aid be cid them there for
he svOke in almost very school dstri there, aud be
refulea sll The allegations Of corruption, and he
satisfied THAI constituency that be had been malgned
and abuted. He did not seek reconciliation, but II
forced Icon him, aud when Je was plared In the
feo, he ioutjt that battle as a man should aud ne
succeeded Is that any evidence that he had not been
Injured He received the election Of Speaker Of the
House after As arrival At Albany, by an Assembly
fresh from il4ir constituents. with the exception OF
FIVE WhO voted with hin these bills. lie succeeded
then because bis friends were tie PEOPLE ana these
pew nemuers Satisfied that oil tins clamor against
hiu was utsounded and unjust. And be reserved
from the snen who appreciated bis merits
the offer s)f high national office Yes,
gentlemen u, received IL; but could he accept ~
he 70 as the representative Of this nation TO Eng aod
ere to be us 10y there belus arti les In IHE Ihs-
CNE for tb,.7 circulate tberel, aud by the inirsiss
whca his ffisnd Mr.. Greeley would tend after him,
With 40 recOi1 70 chow that he bad been maligned
Il w.s due tcbimso due to bis friends that be should
hrst air rs character aud wire oil the blegish
which bad b gn piared upon IL, before he 'hould lace
LiIns, II altar tom tboe who knew him well How |
proud thingt il would have teen for Mr.. LtlejOhn,
us tie Amesiea COnsGl at Liverpool, Ia passing /
through tbes streets there, TO have been bo,ted |
he man. who bad been the corrupt Speaker OF
corrupt House Of Assembly in America i submit
that i was bic fist duty 10 wire on this stain bis
character au chow the injustice Of those who hid
ligneo Lim vi VINO had forced him into court Of
Justice for reCsesr. How could be and leave this
slain lsiud sm2 He could not do tie Justice 70 bis
family 10 Inns elf hs freuds, 10 tee Institutions Of
our country Ssd the Government " ho had rendered
him tbs he St abrusd, all required Of him that he
shuulc not 20 sG-re with furnished Iepu alton
Ii II bested privilege, gentlemen, that man can
lie tried by a kUyl Ii l. blessed privilege when
nau can be sna by those whose ~ mpathies are sud
thOulG 10 hkS hls own, aud who look with indig-
na ion upon sery attempt of those i1 power 70 bear
down on thoS WHO occupy p,sitions aud whose menus
will aOt ena Sc them the sssauts and fairly
protect then slyts. DO you for your interest or
our yaniness Are your own leruts iona worth a
grUat 80 You Be careful thai you don't aid In this
Influence Of the pressl BE careful you
don't hold OUT Inducements for 10 be corrupt and
regarGless Of the rights Of 1lizens Public journals
20, 10 GER place. but let We look at this point
UPON ghich W., have heard uluch Who isit writes
it article sgiinst Mr. Liltleohn1 Isit one having
light 20 vote sior sgaipst him member Of the
Assembly, in sle Dlsifi,t Of Oswego Sor IL be mao
" DO of iou,lt nierieIes IN there things IL be bad
,ublis ed this in paper which clrcnlstes only in
DswegO COMFY or ia that district il might 10 some
xtenI have t.en pardonAble, II IL was from hOnest
motives. Bui what necessity was there, for the
,uposs Of 6i.feating Mr.. Littlejohn in the is
O 1T least million Of people-ail over the country,
md to extent sll over the globe Tue privilege
only prevent Ills election but 70 impair biz req
itaion 70 the ,uds OF the eaItb And yet be IL not
niurrdp Cjuld Mr.. Lrtlejohn, If be bad ever 20
ouch ambition accept any Sste nomination with this
rgma stticL,,d 70 him, with any hope OF being
elected, until he had wi. ed out this stain should
ike to know tvha; NY learned friend considers iojury
aud insult TO man. Nothing, suppose, but taking
loar Out vi lis p, ket would be an injury. hr Lit
eohB has Iigt 10 aspire 10 the highet Office In tlls
land; his tale Is entitle lin TO IT, and his eonrse IN
life entities hie1 " il and lie tahulue-s 10 bis pOltl
ca fIirnds and the faithful performance Of bis duty,
sutitle him u IT, il be chooses to hsk ot IT, But u he
Dot shnt out az ,fec uaIly il be hanged, while
he consents 10 this trsduc,iOp on bis fame aud LIS ms
yner stands ca thnTecOrd ubrebnkedf
Tits is 10. action for SANDER utter by the breath
II living lnsn-beard to-day sud forgotten Tomorrow
Is 900 papers issued from fHE TRsUsr Office contain
hIs article tJ<y were read deliberately by millions Of
eople ard thse papers are preserved ~ every town
n tbs State End ia all the Northern Stsies Of this
laion and Ia all tie other States where they circulate
II ill They are bound up aud kept for reference in
public and in private hbraTies, where gen. lenen de-
,reS continuous history OF the country, for nothing
kes uswsrae r continues that stOry graphically,
nd in the main 20 correctly. And when Mr. Little
DIN shall have done with all the afVis OF this earth,
aud shall be Sleeping 10 the grave these tradnoions Of
his defend ,nt may meet tboee who may come after
BIN in bis line, under circumstances calculated IN
The mort pOigUaut degree TO wound their fet hinge,
aud their mouths eectually closed Il this unjust
libel IL wiped away, either by boDora 10 retrclion
OF the defendant by verdict Of Jury that shall
act s ssup upon such conduct and vindeae the char
scttr Of tue mabgned. What all the verbal SLAM
Gers EARTH compared with one declaration like THE
and eeries 81 them going out from week TO weeki
What are the words Of n earthly individual, COM
rared with these deliberate oold-blooded stacks,
which leave their sting behind them, and will sting
for ages, perhaps, those who trace their line OF
descent through the blood Of the accused Aud the
uSn who will not stand mp IN the face Of the world
ave agaiustthe world in arms, If il he necessary
TO vipde Ri. clearwater from such assaults these
deserves 10 be hoOed from all society, and 70 10
hunted into desert where be snAll no more meet
lis feIlow-men. We may be mslgned by llbelons ar.
= Ia md thav M y be