The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-02-19
DE WITT CLINTON AS A vIrUPERAToR.
by JOHN BIeELoW

"a JUN bltLLON.
Clinton's Presidential aspirations made him
very censonous judge OF all who did not
sympathize with them. The four competing
Adams, could hardly be paralleled, Clinton
being judge, by any equal number OF the
twelve Caesars OF Suetonius. Crawford is " as
hardened a ruffian as Burr :" Calhoun is
!" treacherous," and "a thorough paced spol-
itical blackleg;" Adams "In politics. was an
apostate, and in private life pedagogue, and
everything but amiable and honest" while his
father the ex-Presideut, was "a scamp"
Rufus Kings speech in the United States
Senate on the Missouri Compromise, was " an
aba ard defamation Judge smith Thompson
oil ,ue United States Supreme Court. - is one
OF the domestic circle OF President Monroe
and one OF the coterie of old women that sur
round him :" Z" a tool OF Van Buren," Cover
nor Yates Is - perfidious and weak" Henry
Wheatons - conduct is shamefully dlsgraced.
and he might be dashed naked round the
world but he has already got an exuberant
stroyed himself forever" e" There is but one
opinion about Wheaton. and that is that he is
pitiful scoundrel," Chief Justice Ambrose
Spencer ls classed as minus quantity, and his
son John c., the political milestone OF the
West" Peter b. Porter wears mask. "
Mullett is a drunkard. Russell Is Yankee
rascal adventurer, with sharp wits and total
restitution of principle" Hoffman is " poor
devil he goes to bed drunk every night"
DIR. Stuart rs notorious story-teller :" " he
will lie to any conceivable extent" Wooc-
worth, :" weak man, with sinister purposes. "
Root is /" a bad man." General Bogardus was
"a mere driveler." Cramer and Rogers -" are
always in the market. and you can infer
nothing from what they say" Mallory and
Wright are scoundrels Gardner, " as stupid
as base fool in talent and scoundrel in
gram" Hackley Is " a great scamp"
1.-The publication OF Adamss letters Che
will be very detrimental to the views of his
son. They show what everybody must have
known, that the conversion OF the son was q
personal arrangement. ! never had doubt
but that 1t was a treaty well digested between
him and Madison"
Samuel Ioung 8" is unpopular, and sus-
picions are entertained OF his integrity he is.
besides. 90 much of an imbecle" j. b. Murray
is I" a busy meddling fellow" - the mere ma
chine Of machine" There never was a
lot of greater scoundrels combined in deluding
the people than Halsey, Rogers, Suydam,
Meyer, Goodell, Wheeler etc. The Advocate
and the Patriot newspapers put them in a
bag and shake them, and the one that comes
out fret is the greatest scoundrel."
When we have such accounts from man
like Clinton OF the most prominent statesmen
of his generation. we are constrained either to
| think less favorably OF him or less unfavorably
OF those who look after political affairs IN OH,
own "m more degenerate days." 1t Is certain
that no responsible statesman OF this genera
| ton would use more unmeasured lang uage in
denouncing the greatest political reprobate OF
our day than Clinton applies to the most
eminent statesmen OF his -Ha-per's Mag
aZlne for February.