In a country where every man is a politician, and flatters himself that he is assisting to govern the country, political animosities must of course be carried to the greatest lengths, and the press is the vehicle for party violence; but Captain Hamilton's remarks are so forcible, and so correct, that I prefer them to any I could make myself.
"The opponents of a candidate for office, are generally not content with denouncing his principles, or deducing from the tenor of his political life, grounds for questioning the purity of his motives. They accuse him boldly of burglary or arson , or at the very least, of petty larceny. Time, place and circumstances , are all stated. The candidate for Congress or the Presidency, is broadly asserted to have picked pockets , or pocketed silver spoons, or
