Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-07-27

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icie ue ter recrptrsting sonv ersati IN 4 your
own, held with Colonel johnson, (he tenor Of which
you INFORM me u % De adjusted between you AMI hm)
dent.
W Ia IN" interview to which wa, nvi,sd by the
Pr. s,dept, sem> lew dsys rwards frankly pos cd
10 bin my views hi. subjsc, and hs dclane ed any
cisnosi'ion to P.ess such requi,,ion.".ru
Ia this yon have sliuson to the ten DECLARATION
read 10 you by ,h- p esiient, which can BEER no ohsr
incrpre,auon than that which you have given i, Ia hi
extract.
In both the points presented by me. in tbs extract
quoted IN your last uo,- tee myself fully Gus ain
by the docum uiary evidence. which new lay before
you. and trust you wiis.a.o c1nsd.r il fully vind
casirg the sa'~inent wbi,h have mad. Having thu,
justhsd myself, you will permit 10 eoneiude my
CO.. rs.popdenc- with you
an Sir, your obedisnt servert
| F.P BLAIR
Mr.. Berrien to Mr.. Blair.
WAsHiNGroN, 10th July, 1881.
SIR: have this mcment received your note, in
swer 10 mine of this date. make no apology for con-
unuing this correspondence, although YOU intimate
wish to conclude it. because il will readily under
stood that IL is in your character public journalist
and not Individual, that address you. exercise
right, therefore, which the Editor of public Jour-
nal, you can with no propriey. withhold when claim
the insertion OF this note in the paper which
veys your own communication 10 the public.
repeat the quo alton from your of Yesterday:
"My sole object at clear the skirts OF the
President OF charge, whch you well ought
not TO be attached 20 him: for you have understand
declared that he dsctainied to you tho time when
you were in communication with Col. Johnson, any de-
I
The first remark which have to make upon h. quo
taon, with reference to your observation that did not
seem TO controvert the FIRST branch OF this statement is
| thu following:
your assertion that tceii d,care tina, the charge
against the President, which you REFERRED ought not
10 be attached him. was made expressly to rest upon
your understanding that had explicitly declared, that
he (the Presidency discldimed to me any such design
When, therefore, told you that such statement was
not warranted by any declaration made by me- and
oil course that your understanding was not correct
gave you a very broad denial of my having any such
knowledge as that which you had imputed 10 me. In
more distinct terms. however, iii that be possibe now
renew that declaration. hare such knowledge.
Nay more, SIR: I have knowledge of the paper
Tin the hand writing of the President" which YOU
refer. No such paper was ever read to me, shown
to me, or spoken Of TO me. IL it had been, should
most certainly not now have had occasion address,
mysefto the pablo this subject, through the columns
Having thus di'pos.d Of he paper 10 which YOU re.
f'r, and shown that This furnish no ground for your
understanding Of ichat ,ons not a,care of
since Ineuer sdo it, and its eonten ,cere ncper com
m,'neated TO me, sdrer, next to your sgssson tb
tbs understanding is warranted by Co Johnson, posi-
tive ess'veraton. Upon this subject h,vs slrta'y
told h, pubic, through you, that consider myself
bound by the implied understanding resulting from nv
correspondence with hat gentl.msn mol to pubIi,h any
statement CT thu c'pvsrsa'on which occurred b,wesn
him, MeHr' Branch, and Inghsm, sni myself, unui
he rh!ll have had Reasonable time 10 reply to my let
ter. told you, al he same sine, thai ary dera:tura
from this undertaking, which wa, au,hcrzed by IN,
gentleman, would ab'olve me from s oblga ion. l .l
adhere to this view, AMI content myself, at present
WIZ repe'hng In references TO that Of which sup
pose me % be we'll aware, that haze no such knoD-
iedge The limo must speedily arrive when this for
eaIance viii be no longer necessary.
Your next reference is 10 a Isiier Of nine 10 NJ
r-aon, which you saw Is ia your POSSESSION. As you
nave published an extract, you bound TO give th,
eorrespondence-sven betore that 10 done 10 yery
easy 10 see that you have entirely miundersto the
expression which you have uo'ed-that disclaimer OF
AN intention to press rsquson, is wholly dTeren,
thing from denial OF having made il; and that In
using his expression could not have had ail,sion 70
INN krh irh haAr
| head OF.
You Will perceive then Sir, that you ara wholly IN
susfaine IN all the poas OF your statement, except by
| destination witch you admit that you h1ve rsed
without authority, AMI which will he me II II becomes
necessary As faithful journals, you will OF course
.fiz" the occasion ccrerct your error ,u can no
daubf, do ths, in relation The paper on which YOU
have placed so much reliance, by direct appeal 10 The
P;esid.n,, who will not, think, su,hor'z. tho state
ment that that p,psr was ever rho 10 me. How
ever This may be, hear this testimony 10 the truth
n her inv ng controversy seeking political ef-
lss, nnd myself in position, IN Which mus, ether
peak, or sl>niiy permit the public 10 be misled
nave sufficient OF what is due the NJ not 10
inirude myself uncailed np1n their notice AID the
consciousness Of what TO myself will moi per,oi,
mo % shrink from the perfor nspcs Of my duty.
Am, very rs,pecuv. S-. your ob'i serv''.
in. MACPHERSON BERRIEN
| To FRANCE BLAIR,E.q
Editor of the Globe.
Nh Blair to Mr.. Berrien
WASHINGTON, July 81, 1881
SIR our last letter wa, resolved LATE at night,
| when the q obs made up To- the press To Civ q
it Insertion with the correspondence whsh
u, rendered IL nscsssary fha shiud defer In. whole
I'm II this days. ard substitute other matter previously
Se, up, for my paper
Whou advefi,ng 10 the special pie aling OF your let
ter, Gin which, being LAWYER, 1 haze u, skiil0 I
come at TO the point Yon take issua again with
me, hy declaring " that s,tch paper that quoted
oy me 'oGs eper read TO [youl OF shoton to yOu,
spoken IF to you." And you frr,ber cav TIA, the
President toW not. you hi * authorize the state
Tnent hdtthGt paper toas sho,on to fyou."I
Wb,n the statement which made, pred Gated upon
Coz Johnson'S letter. impea chtd in your second
note, made The appeal to the President which Won
seem TO ihnk ought no~ 10 make. Els immed,;sy
put nlo my hands he original ms rnorendum " bch he
wrote, and which ho read 20 Me..r Branch, Inehau
ana your;e!i; aud am now Ell ressy author zsd 20
state Jain, thai 10 tho nierv referred to in nv note
aud 10 your own letter quoted therein he held in his
giosn the attracts, which you say never read
.nown or spoken OF to you find am authorized fur
Mer TO say, that II you tciH coll The PTes,dest he
tcH again exhibit and real to you this origina! doeu.
Hent Ia wa prepared by nm in contemplation Ia Al
the Interview Ugh, lad an immediate dissolution
OF HE Cabinet aud IL inieoded By him 10 record
The bars he assumed In doing an act which Involved
hs own character and the Interests 81 The country
The paper thus prepared by the President, coin.
inundated ct the time several OF his frenj whom he
consulted on tbs ocea'icn. And the substance Of the
conversation which seeded aud folio ed the comfnu-
neaion, was also immediately reduced TO writing and
connected with tie docume read TO YOU that nothing
mIghi De Ie 10 reeolle ciicn ii circumstances at re-
mote period should make references to IL necessary
"HbToSHd 10 Transaction SO recorded spd vOushed
oy the concurrent testimony Of those consulted on the
oecasiop, there can BE- no mistake. A mans memory
may be treacberous when the man himself is honest
am Wiling 10 believe this is your case. You have in
noeenty To- goiirn be dc csrson made by the Presi-
den, which saDds auth snIeaed ss have told you as
wen as Inc communication Of The same purport IN AIDE
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