Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-08-04

1Ore you anu trust you VIII also con-
slider il as fully vindicating the statement
which have made. Having thus justi-
fled myself you will permit me to con-
clude my correspondence with you.
| am, Sir, your obedient servant,
+. Z. BLAIR.
Mr.. Bcrrien to Mr.. Blair.
WAsHINcToN, Goth July, 1881.
SR:-
have this moment received your note,
in answer to mine of this date. / make
no apology for continuing this cores
pondence, although you intimate q wish
TO conclude it, because it will be readily
understood, that it is in your character
as a public journalist, and not as All i'll
dividual, that address you. l exercise
right, therefore, which, as the Editor of
public journal, you can with no proprie--
ty withhold, when l claim the insertion
of this note in the same paper which con-
veys your own communication to the
public.
repeat the quotation from your note
of yesterday -
Of the President Of charge. which you are well
aware ought not to be attached to him; for you
have. rs | understand, declared that he disciaim-
Ell TO you at the time when you were in comnu-
niration with Col. Johnson, any design like that
now imputed to him."
The first remark which have to make
upon this quotation, with reference to
your observation, that | do not seem to
controvert the first branch of this state
ment, is the following:-
Your assertion that was wcN awdre,
that the charge against the. President, to
which you referred, ought not to he at
tached to him, was made expressly to rest
upon your understanding, that l had ex-
plicitly declared, that he (the PRESIDENT
disciaimcdto to me-, aug such design. When,
therefore, told you, that such state
mcnt was not warranted by any declaru-
ton ever made by me--and of course
that your understanding was not correct
gave you very broad denial of my hav-
ing any such knowledge as that which
you had imputed to me. In more dis
tinct terms, however, that be possible
now renew that declaration. Ihovc no
such knowlcdge--Nay, more, Sir; have
no knowledge of the paper, Sin the hand
writing of the President" to which you
refer. No such paper was ever read to
me, or shown to me, or spoken of to me.
fit had been, should most certainly not
now have had occasion to address myself
to the public on this subject, through the
columns of your paper.
Having thus disposed Of the paper to
which you refer, and shewn that this can
furnish no ground for your understanding,
of uhat Iwas or pdS not aDare of, since i
ncrer sac it, and itS contents Ucre ncUer
communicated TO me, advert next to your
suggestion, that this understandings war
rantcd by Col. JohnsOn's positive asser-
vation. Upon this subject, 1 have alrea-
dy told the public, through you that con-
slider myself bound by the implied under
standing resulting from my correspond
ence with that gentleman, not to publish
any statement of the conversation which
occurred between him, Messrs. Branch
and Ingham and myself, until he shall
have had a reasonable time to reply to
my letter. | told you, at the same time,
that any departure from this understand
ing, which was authorised by that gentle
man, would absolve me from Its obliga-
ton. / still adhere to this view, and con-
tent myself, at present, with repeating, in
reference to that Of which you suppose
me to he well aware, that 1 hare no such
knowledge. The time must speedily ar
rive when this forbearance will be no long
er necessary.
Your next reference is to letter ofmine
to Maj. Eaton, which you say is in your
possession. AS you have published an
extract, you are bound to give the cores
pondence-even before that is done, it is
very easy to see that you have entirely
misunderstood the expression which you
have quotcd-tlut a disclaimer ofan in
tention to press rcquisition, is wholly
different thing, from denial of ever having
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