The Portland daily press., 1863-04-09

In the Advertiser of Tuesday was the f

In the Advertiser of Tuesday was the fol-
lowing notice:
The first edition of Mr.. Smith speech ia the
Legislature upon the National Resolves hav-
ing been exhausted, without meeting only par
tally the great demand for the speech, we shall
publish another edition in a few days. This edi-
fion will include the rejoinder 10 MIR. Kingsbury.
which Mr.. X. was SO DESTROYS not to have pub
lished.
This is not the hrst time the Advertiser has
informed its few remaining readers that Mr..
Kingsbury was DESTROYS of suppressing the re-
jjoinder referred to, and it has manufactured
the story evidently with the design of beget-
ting the impression that Mr.. X. felt so badly
used up that he did not wish the proofs Of his
discontinue to be published to the world.
Nothing could be farther from the truth, as
the facts will show, which are briefly as fol-
lows. After Mr.. Kingsbury, in a speech
which has been published, had, in an hour and
half, completely demolished the reasonable
structure which Smith had been seven mortal
hours in erecting; after he had RACED the
whole edifice of sophism and disloyalty to the
ground, plowed up the soil beneath its founda-
tions, and scattered in it the seeds of a better
growth, the Knight of Westbrook' felt keen
ly his utter overthrow, and had no resourse
left but to make up in low, personal black
guardism what he lacked in logic and argu-
ment, and this is what, in the above notice is
styled "the rejoinder to Mr.. Kingsbury."
But he soon found that blows were to be re-
ceived as well as given, and in brief reply to
his "rejoinder," Mr.. Kingsbury fairly fayed
him alive-appled the scourge with force
that drew blood at every blow, and in less than
twenty minutes, all that could be seen in the
seat of "the gentleman from Westbrook," was
mass of quivering flesh, as naked as Fegee
savage, as raw as piece of fresh beef as I'M
steady as pyramid of calf's foot jelly. Like
the rejoinder, to which it was fitting and
provoked reply, it was exclusively personal.
Subsequently Mr.. Kingsbury remarked to
the reporter that, as both speeches were
purely personal, aud could be of no possible
interest to the general reader or beyond the
circle Of those who listened to them, he did
not feel disposed to have his published unless
Mr.. Smith should first publish the speech to
which his remarks were reply. The repor-
ter-fully concurring in KS view, probably
of his Town accord, named the matter to Mr.
Smith, and suggested that Kingsbury would
vided he tSmith) did not publish the personal
speech to which they were reply. This the
reporter did upon his own responsibility, and
not because he was requested or expected by
Mr.. K. to make any such proposition. The
reply of Smith to the suggestion Is worthy of
its author. Mop said he, Kingsbury don't
get off SO, by G-l All he said of me, and
more, has been common talk these tuenty
years, and eoery body has heard Of I'll What
/ said Of him the people of the State have not
heard Of and it will produce an efect'
This shows that the designation, :" Indepen-
dent" pompously claimed by the Westbrook
member as his proper political classification,
means simply that he stands up feeling entire
ly independent of public sentiment; that he
cares nothing for it; that his hide has become
colloused to the censures and condemnation of
the public, and that he feels his advantage
over those men who have not become insensi-
Bile and dead to the value OF good name, or
TO the good opinions of their fellow citizens.
Unenviable Independence" truly. Like
charcoal yender in the midst of crowd of
well-dressed people, where all are disposed to
clear the walk for him, Smith stood up in his
ignoble independence, throwing his dirt balls
with perfect recklessness, knowing that no re-
coil of his weapons could possibly soil his own
garments.