Morning Herald

Hon. Levi Beardsley.-The political position and bias of this gentleman at the present time, is a subject of warm dispute between the democrats and whigs of this city. Mr. Beardsley is a gentleman of high standing, of extensive political influence, and has for a long time held a prominent place in the democratic party. He was for eight years a member of the state senate, of which body he was at one time the presiding officer. He has heretofore uniformly acted with the democrats, but in 1837 he participated in those feelings of distrust of the sub-treasury which were so openly manifested by Gov. Marcy, Mr. Croswell, and many others of the prominent men of the party. Having lost a large amount of property by the revulsion which necessarily followed the inflation of 1836, Mr. Beardsley has very naturally had his doubts of the principles of the administration, but like many other honest men in a similar situation, has felt a strong reluctance to break with his old associates, and went on without openly manifesting his disapprobation. On his visit to this city, he went to a Tippecanoe meeting at the Howard House, without intending to take any part in the proceedings, but merely as a spectator.-

When he was called for by the audience, Mr. Tallmadge, at whose invitation he went to the meeting, saw the delicacy of his position, and offered to make an explanation, and get him excused from speaking. But Mr. Beardsley declined to avail himself of the interposition of Mr. Tallmadge, and addressed the meeting with much fervor and effect. On finishing, Mr. B. was greeted with six rounds of applause. The meeting had hardly adjourned, when two or three democrats waited on him to express their regret at the course he had taken; but he signified to them, pretty intelligibly, that he was not accustomed to dictation. Subsequently, Mr. Beardsley called at the Log Cabin, and, after taking a small nail at the hard cider, voluntarily and of his own motion, enrolled his name on the records of the association.

These are the facts. The party papers can distort and misrepresent them as much as they please.