The North-Carolina standard., 1843-08-02
lR. GALES AND THE Tpp,

MR., GALES AND THE TREACrS
We publish below letter from Mr. I.O
Collector,to TO Weston R. Gales, ESQ. Edi,a
Register, in relation to the charge made y
Gales against Col Wheeler, Public Ivy
[ If Mr. Gales thinks that this last lette, s
James places him in better light before H. j"
lie, he is welcome to the indulgence of the M'
as wella to the space which he has asL',
received in our paper For ourself we ~
we see nothing in it to induce US to retra,t
gle word we have heretofore said upon b'
ject
w: w. Holden, ESD Editor Of the ''Standard :" "e
Sir: As the correspondence and commen,.
form the subject matter of the accompanying 80 VIII
Mr. Israel E James, were published in your ns,
ask, as an act OF justice, that 1t may be commnne
the public through the same medium Sbonld as'
cline the request (though confess do not SEE L&
can,) be pleased to advise me of your determin.S0A
time to admit Of its appearing in my own paper Ot%
day next Yours, sc. WESTON R. G4fpS
Philadelphia, July 2S, tss
Dear Sir: Yours of the Goth inst informiDo ~,
Col Wheeler had published my private letter T'S ~,
dHu tudt attempt was making 10 sustain. hv
derived from it, charge of falsehood against yo~
was duly received, and, you may suppose :uru
me exceedingly. After careful perrsal of ,pIS op
my letter, am unable to find in it any expression W
can be cited to prove charge which, feel sats6sj
entirely unfounded Col Wheeler seems TO bswa
looked the possibility of our having misunderstood
other, and to have taken it for granted that tbsr
deliberate intention, the part of one or the Other %
to ln1ure his character as public Officer Anv 4
intention, utterly disclam my own part and Ivy Ivy
n hP nOualFY Incanahlo of
able. 'u&
As an attempt has been made to use nv forms, ,a
against you, it IS but justice to you for me 10 a
in this, my opinion that your course both toward ~
Wheeler and myself, Is worthy of the high chsractG
gentlemanly conduct which you have always snslsi
You have acted honoFaby towards me- in encIoainnM ~
letter Col Wheeler, thus afording me an opnort
Of exoneratng myself entirely from all blame in the m
ter, and towards him, In acknowledging the Wrong
had unintentionally done him. and retracting the c
even more publicly than it had been made Upon cnS
pairing your recollection 0fthe conversation which v
rise to this affair, with my own, am led 10 believ.
the mistake originated in my hardness of hearing When
you asked me If Col Wheeler had paid the acconnt
understood you to refer TO the claim against the S,
and replied by showing you the check, without Opc,
thinking Of the possibility of your misunderstanding
Nor, did get the impression during the whole iDle
view, that you had misunderstood me- or should hay.
corrected 1T Immediately. recollect that my mind VA
intent upon my business, when you made the nour
and at such times apt, owing to the difficulty in m,
hearing, not to understand Alright remarks addressed
me- did not hear you express surprise at public OFF,
GERS giving official check for private account n
must have supposed that the remark intended or
gentlemen in your Office at the tme and have paid
attention to it Nothing further to to be ne
;essary to explain the cause Of the mistake. You
errng in your question to the priUate account wou
naturally draw the inference you did on my showing M
check in answer, while T. understanding your question
refer to the pu6hc claim, very properly answered
IS did.
You are at liberty TO make any disposition of this let
er, which will tend to relieve you from charge whc
fully believe to be Unjust.
remain, very truly yours,
ISRAEL E. JAMES.