The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-03-13

nrst ground OF complaint that "reports Of proceed
ings should give what was done, not opinions"
The second charge is at once stated and refoted
in the following letters:
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,, Thursday,
/ DEAR STA: A statement presented for publication
20 the editors Of the "Union" from the correspond
ent OF the "Iribune," and which has been submit
ted 10 me, makes amongst Others the following as
sertion:
"four reporter says, that Mr.. Saisyer had been
unable 10 fir The letter upon any indipidG the re-
pstied correspondent denying The authorship" 20" am
the reputed correspondent of the Tribune, but Mr..
Sawyer never asked me whether wrote il or not.
No wonder that he was not able 10 tell II he had
come to me, should have told him at once whether
| wrote II not; and the matter could have
been easily settled either by public or private ex-
PLANTATION"
Will you oblige me by stating how the fact OF
the case is, and especially whether, in the words
italieissd by me in the above paragraph, did not
make use Of your own language
Yours, respectfully,
II. G. WHEELER,
Reporter for the Union.
HoUsE or REPRESENTATIVES,,
WAsHISGToS, March IL, 1886.
DEAR SIR: Your note Of this date inquiring to
the correctness Of your report in the "Unon" Of -
inst, In relation 10 the expulsion Of the correspond
ent Of the Tribune" is received. In answer state
that your report Of that matter s substantially cor
rect. did use the language you have talicised in
your note. IL is true, stated, that did not ask
Mr.. Robinson "whether he wrote it or not;n but Mr..
Wentworth, las he informed me } did; and he (Mr,
Robinson) denied il. | should have been at a loss
to know, after such denial, who the author WAS had
u not been for another circumstance, 10 which
ferred in my remarks at the time 1 brought the
subject 10 the notice OF the House. Il was con-
rersatlon which occurred between Mr.. Robinson
and Mr. Morse, Ia reporter,) in the presence Of
another gentleman, whose name am not at liberty
to give. In my remarks, charged as my opinion
that either Mr.. Robinson or Mr.. Morse was the
author Of the letter. Since that time | have been
from evidence sufficiently convinced that Mr. Morse
not the author.
1t is far from my nature to do injustice to any
man. II Mr. Robinson is not guilty of the charge
made against him, he easily show il; and in
that case, he shall have public justice done him at
my hands.
With great respect, your obedent servant,
VIM. SAWYER.
II. G. WHEELER, esq.
The third allegation is:
THE Speaker thereupOn ordered the Sergeant-st-
Arms TO execute the order Of the House" 1.-The
Speaker did not speak TO the Sergeant rms upon
the occasion at all; for this have the authority Of
the Speaker himself" This assertion, it is true,
rather staggered the reporter; for if his ears
did not deceive him, he felt il this
slon nc dppHeu, tneteIOTei 10 tue speaker 10
solve the problem. The Speaker authorizes him TO
state that, when the resol luton was adopted, the
Speaker announced-"the Doorkeeper will execute
the order OF the House" The fact itself that such
order given to an officer Of the House, is thus
placed beyond question; whether to one or another
matters not.
The last complaint is: "The grossest misrepre-
sentation is reserved for the congressional summa
ry, written, presume, by the same hand. Men
ton is there made Of the expulsion Of the cores
pondent Of the Tribune for very gross vitupera-
ton and abuse" The verbal criticisms contained in
the succeeding sentence Of the letter not worthy
of notice. But for the complaint ITSELF the report
er has to say, that it is matter Of opinion. What
may constitute vtuperation vulg abuse in the yo
cabulary Of one man, may be high court language
in that of another; so much depends education
and habit. But there certain extreme standards
on either side which all men, ordnarly-well con-
stituted, acknowledge. At the lowest point Of the
descending SCALE the reporter had cassed the article
referred to- and he said in the editorial paragraph
He has seen no reason to change his opinion.