New Hampshire Statesman

More "Persecution." We were not a little surprised to see in the New York Statesman of the 4th. inst. "a private letter from Governor Woodbury" to Capt. Partridge, the Principal of the Military and Scientific Academy at Norwich, Vermont. As "the publication of a private letter, is prima facie, an unworthy act," it is incumbent upon all who commit such a "breach of trust" to state their reasons for so doing. "The letter evidently was not intended for publication;" and appears to have been "written in all the carelessness of confident friendship, and bears evident marks of being intended for no eye but his to whom it was addressed." We therefore, call upon Captain Partridge to state publicly, whether he gave more than "one copy" of the letter to any body; and whether he gave this only one, under a "pledge of secrecy."

"It may be suggested," also, to the editors of the New-York Statesman, "that they owe it to their own characters immediately to state from whom they received it, and under what circumstances."

"In fine, this bitter persecution against the Governor is without a parallel. It is his virtues they hate. It is time his enemies were silent" especially those who do not reside within the State, and cannot therefore, have any hope of being appointed a "Clerk" or a "Judge," under a new administration, provided the Common Pleas Bill should pass the House of Representatives the next session; "and the friends of honesty and manly dealing united against them." "Starved hounds" must soon give up the chase; and a crusade has already commenced against "Algerine barbarism." A triumph of principle, then, may confidently be expected as the almanac says, about these days.

Further comments are deemed unnecessary, as our Portsmouth friends will undoubtedly probe the subject to the bottom, and inflict an adequate punishment upon the Guilty.