Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-03-02
LOUISVILLE, tKy.) Feb. 1G, 1912.

LOUISVILLE (hy.) Feb. lG, 1912.
Mr. Dean Sra: hasten to respond to your favor
OF the lOh instant, which reached me by tho nal
Of this morning. have been extremely n,insd
and most deeply mortified, at the manner in wbich
the Boston Morning Post, and other political nons,s
have wantonly connected your namo with the nm
fortunate affair between tho late Mr. CIley and NV.
self ' NY
Painful, however, rs it is for me 10 ollude n ,b.
melancholy event, or the circumstances cornected
with IT, and certain ns am that should his me-,
the public eye the relentless spirit OF party viii ,ser
open nifesh wounds but partially healed bv time
yct u "ou'e oe much less affecting 70 me than TO
sec you suner unlusly on account nj your invol,n,
tory conneXon with that affair. therefore forvvord
you my statement, nearly as nv rerollcc,ion
serves me, after the lapse Of four years win Tho
privilege OF using u as circumstance in your opn.
ion, require. 'F"
From the commencement Of the difficulty between
Mr. CIey and myself, up 10 tho time sent him ,bc
challenge, do not recolleot that mentioned IL In
you, or any other colleague or friend eYrcnt Nj
mcneics and MIR Wise. | know il wa, ms r,r
pose TO communicate on the subject with such nor
sons only as had determined 10 o. let m, a,
should the matter not terminate amic,blv H.
my friend md colleague, MIR Soutbpate ,vbo g.,
~ my side at the same table when wrote the eor.
rcspordcncc, knew not word Of the affair ron, mo
until u was over. ! hoped from the first. tbai I,
Wou,u ne amlcaDy adjusted, and felt strong soil
cItudo that u should be known to as few psr-
/ sons possible. NV ~
do not reeollect naming the subioe, 10 vou until
tho morning before the meeting, when ( S,lI,J a,
| pour room think In company with Mr. Wse and
exhibited TO you the correspondence. and psrbnp,
detailed TO you tho Circumstances of the nT,ir.
remember that you suggested to mo some moiifc..
ton IN the phraseoo2y Of the challenge, which had
written but had not sent, by which mider Language
vas employed, and the door was not 20 completely
closed against adjustment recolloc, we'll, At the
| Tune you suggested the modification, which be
liovo was written by yourself on another niece ol
plpcr you stated that you thought the mitier ought
70 be, and would be amcobly adjusted; and q, III,
! remember Mr. Wise concurred with yJu in oni
Mon. recollect this the better. from eonvir,,o,
resting On my mind nj tho time that there wors IN
lusnces, which thought saw moro fully tb,o
any n my friends, that initiated against hi vs,g
Of tho subjeoi some Of which think mentionsd N
you in reply TO your suggestion that Won tboysb,
the matter would be adius ed without, Hostile ,,.c,
Jog. think I adopted your form, viii i'm NIL
II any mobilization, and ! suppose dfstrovsd -
and that drawn originally by mys,lC I do ~
think J alluded 70 this subject in your nre,.nce
again, until about nine o'clock Of ibs mini n1ce
ceding the meeting, when had but noomco,,. 80.
vsr'aIlon with you, in which made known 10 Won
my want Of skill in the use Of the weapon selected
by my adversary.
IT'S utterly untrue ha, you ever exhibited 10 mo