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NIr Rush and HHti- aoHrV.-AlthCugh MT Walsh of the National G ,zette, has here tofore encouraged spirit of opposition to the administration of the general government n which anti-mason"y was blended, we cannt deny ourselves the pleasure of republ shng his remarks, on the letter of MT Rush, be- cause 1t comes from a personal and political friend of MT Rush, and therefore not likely to be governed by strong traits of hostility Reason must prevail in time over deusion, and MT Rush will discover that he has made an unfortunate movement, whatever may have been the object.

 "We have received from different sources, strictures exceedingly severe upon MT Rush's letter concerning Masonry. It is only a few days ago that we could bring ourselves toread this unique production. We regard it as high ly reprehensible, and shall, in due time, treat it accordingly That gentleman has denounc- ed and stigmatzed Me .Amrrican Press is ge- neral, with ferceness of i'vective which indicates great want If judgement as well as temper in the whole question. His charges, moreover, are altogether unjust. With re- gard to the Press, he is a want0n and vio- lent aggressor, against whom the journalists of this country should make common cause. It surprises us that his eXtravagant letter has found favor with any one American editor, except such of the corps as are specially de- voted to political anti-masonry. We have never had any communication with any ma son as such; we know not where the influence of masonry or masons is felt; by m possibili- tv could we be subject or obnoxious to it in the least degree. But we have always en- deavored to circumference and Will ever re- sist, the Anti-Mason;c excitement, as unwor- thy of the reason, justice, probty and candor of the American p .ople

 MT Rush appeared suddenly as new Pe- ter, the Hermit, preaching with tnricus zeal and hyperbol cal rhetoric, a wild crusade against what may be termed hhanfasmago goris, conjured out of d single crime, Teal or sup posed, the work of certain number of fdna- ties or mscreants, winch seems to have been as strongly rcprDbated by the masonic bodies, as by their antagonists. Enormous exagge- ration is the principal trait or leven of his Letter; in the tempest and whIrlwInd ot his passion, he has fallen into pAlpable inconsis- tencies and sophisms; and, as national poli- tician, he seems to have wholly forgotten the interests of Mir Clay, or deemed them utterly insignificant in comparison with other objects. As far as his present Reclamation may be ope- ratve, in the contest between the mere Jack son party and the National Republicans, it must be injurious to the cause of the latter, which is now the most important of our po- ltical concerns. We have never admired MT Rush as political economist, statesman or writer; but we have been accustomed to view him personally with much respect, and we therefore, in common with many of his ac- ouajntancc and well -wishers, sincerely regret the extraordinary leap which he has just made upon stage suitable only for different description of actors"