New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-06-02
District Aftorneyship.

To JANIS BRooxs Esq Editor Of The Express
SIR; You do me both justice and injustice In your |
article of yesterday and while am happy to possess
your friendship should prefer seeing 1t expressed In
different manner.
Ihad well hoped more especially after you had deem
ed il necessary voluntarily. TO apologize to me LOT your
article of Saturday evening that ! should have been
spared the necessity of entering into controversy III
volvng personal matters and shall still adhere to
what told you in our conversation that while snsh
repel personal assaults will make personal attacks
So far as the action OF the late Whig Convention
affects the question at issue you well know that the
arguments used in that Convention, by many oil It's
members. were, First-Thst had not applied for the
Office second-Thai would not scceptit II nominated
and ThrdThst had declared that would not support
marty nominations for Judgessnd when before the last
meeting of the Convention the second ground OF ooec
ton was discarded the argument Of some was that they
had pledged themselves before knowing that would
accep, the Office.
Now It is true tina, not until after the Convention or
s.nzed and had actually bslloted night did sp-
urosch ANY member Of the Convention either to solicit
his support or to intimate my wishes on the SUBJECT
dlo not
Put on the eown-stsnd naked and eDires, them,
For my WOUNDS sske, to give their suffrage
For although, politically speaking
IL have some wounds upon me,
They smart TO hear themselves remembered
but when did reute the fslsehood-dehoTa's as you
know II was" that would not accept The nominsionh
tendered"-it was poor excuse to say that members
were already pledged. How pledged : to whom when
and by what night pledged
Assin-isit not well known tia, individuals were cal
led into the Convention from the barroom and voted not
in their own names. nor with their recorded as
| l.. If Tnroa such
instances occurred by the confession Of the parties
themselves and these three made up the ezsc, number
BY which nomination made. Do you call this Sir
irregular party nomination Do you wonder that the
respectable members Of the Wing Party whose names
am a, liberty to use both IN public and private VIII
deem II necessary refuse to give their sanction to
such proceedings
But is said that sm too old Wing too notorious
Wig" to reasonably expect support from my political
opponents IL is painful 10 be obliged TO speak OF my
sef in this connection but sense OF duty 10 myself re-
ouresL plead guilty then TO the charge that Il
twenty wears service in the ranks including heen 10 the
various committees will make an "old, and ifyou
please notorious Wig and am 80 still But deny
that on tina, account the less likely as an lDdepen
dent candidate receive fair and manly support IRON
honorable opponents. l have perhaps addressed my
fellowcirzens political meetings some two or shes
hundred times have been the author Of twenty
political Adoresses-sDd while have endesvored 10 tbs
best OF my humble abilities to sustain Wing principles
have usvcr insulsed my political opponents or offend
cd their preadiees. rank among my clients more il
number OF those who differ with me politically than o
those who seree in sentiment and do not believe ths
there Is much OF bgotry and OF prejudice among th
Democratic Republicans Of New-iork that upon CUES
tons where parry DO not and oush, not to bind they
will coudemn q fellow citizen II otherwise worthy
for frank. open and honorable opposition N pohuca
elections.
Al all events. spoloszing for obtrudins 50 much o
mere personal matter upon my ellow-eitEens to ihe
judgments leave the decision Of Tire issue have beer
forced 10 present BOWDllCh BLUNT.