The New Hampshire Gazette

We have not made allusion to Mr. Boardman's profession, as the Journal would seem to intimate. The profession of a mechanic, is as honorable as that of any profession whatever. We are proud of the name ourselves.

We represented the moon as a dirty opaque planet when compared with the sun, which was partially eclipsed on the day Mr. B. was nominated: and if it has any further application to Mr. B, than his capacity, when compared with Mr. Woodbury, it alludes, not to his profession, but to the dirty low practice of treating, to which it is well understood Mr. B's efforts have usually been directed, as a mean of raising himself to office. Has he not been told to his face, years ago, that all his popularity consisted in treating? And is it not notorious, that all his arguments end in violent profane language? and, to cap the climax—something to drink? The Journal has been literally inundated with articles on "Temperance," for many months past, but we have looked carefully over the last, and find not a sentence on the subject, and we confess we admire their modesty in refraining to touch upon the subject at the present time, and think it would be well to omit it altogether until they have done with the support of such men as Mr. Clay and Mr. Boardman.

A writer in the Journal, attempts to turn the odium of "treating" on the democratic party, because they once supported Mr. B. for office. But this will not avail them. It was never to our knowledge practised in such a barefaced manner, as it has been since Mr. B. joined the federal party, which was about 4 or 5 years since. The last time Mr. B. was up for office, all remember the Court-House was opened by that party as a place of resort for refreshments; and it was said, that certain grocers had orders to "hand over" any thing in the grog line that might be called for—all free. We do not say that Mr. B. paid for all this: but some body must have done it, and it certainly was not done by the democrats. It will not be pretended, that they mixed with the "young men's" meeting in their revelries at the Court-House, or invited others there.

The writer in quoting our article, has been careful to omit the last clause, since it touched on temperance. It was this: "These temperance societies have played the very devil with his [Mr. B's] political prospects." We are much mistaken, if the coming election does not afford a new evidence of the truth of this remark.