New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-22
The Tribuno-The Nation.


The Tribune-The Nation.
70 me- Edag, Of The TrtJaaci
I'VE tsse pleasure 10 ealing attention 70 The ieier Of
JoH DilLoN Esq VIII oh ay be 'olnd on orr hist page
vndciuHg the character Of VILE ~ y y $500, ,
We gad o. ses this manly eXlDlOn ~ hroshy if1I
oae u IreanGs besi fud brayes sons-no~ atA fiovi
dence, land Of ffeedOn-0"sfd one Oh ne pufrs ela
n dineFesied Patriots hs ever sacrificed fame sod 1r
tune ie shrine Of ffeodOi alas no." IN me nundeo ME
cOunuy's cruel opPfessofs"
Finding this paragraph in TIE Tribane Of this
morning take The liberty Of requesting your attention
% very unfair omission in relation 70 Mr. D.ions
letter aud equally unfair implication ia this extract
itself
some remarks ia the Neo- Y0rk Nafi0n would CON.
rey 10 your readers that those remarks mine, and
hat smith o Bren needed "a yindcatOn' from Al
,,cks made by me l) Nothing could be more untrue
than this and nothing farther from Mr Dllons ana
suy other honest mans thoughts. ! defended,
planned and justified Smith o Bricn two months ago,
when no other Press was here 10 DO it, e. and
FROM the affection and respect ever bore that good
man time has made and can make no dninuuon.
have deeply 20 regret that you should Tor moment
have represented AS differing either from my friend
Mr Dillon or as detrscting from my friend III Mr..
O'Brens noble character. To me nothing is 50 pain
iul So hateful A. this constant pitting OF lrishmen
against each other which In this instance IS wholly gra
iuOus your part Al
Please publish my comment in cOnnexion with Mr.
Dilons ON our Dublin Correspondents Letter-it was
a. follows C)
later we do concur will Mr. Dillon that Il Ia just toward
smith Bnen but must observe that few men, no man.
perhaps In or out Of Ireland had ealai opportunities O
Knowing the truth with Mr. Dillon. When circumstances
whr,art il viii be good and necessary work 10 clear away
AID that have been hesped on the head OF HIN
who we have always esteemed and reported The most In
ued and most Upright public Irshman Of his age The to-
s mlssppreheusOn u his character existing mere TWO
month";. ago nave disappeared 90 but hope viii yet be
e. HaTioS"
Had YOU given this comment with the letter to which
hayp In saE
Ing to be- obliged trespsss your space remain
Very truly you're %, ,.,r
Dec 10 l5i5 r. d. MCGEE.
Remayks on the oborc.--We would have pub
lshed the above cheerfully aud without comment,
but for the fact that it is unjust and injurious TO
other papers friendly to Irish interests published
in ths country as well as to ourselves.
]. Nobody but one determined to see what ls
not to be seen, would have supposed that Mr.. Nc
GEE was mentioned by The T,ibnae as the au
thor of the attack in the Nation GU SMITH OBmES.-
Indeed we had supposed that there other Editors
as announced in the Nations prospectus We only
said the remarks were made in the columns of the Ma
fon and that pas true Did not the Editor read the let
ter before publishing it3 If So and it published
without dissenting from IT, then the Editor approved OF
II and became responsible for it. We have frequently
received letters abusing the Catholic Clergy, censurng
smith o Bren and in rejecting severely
on persons whom Mr. McGee himself would not like to
attacked have refused TO publish them, be
thought 1t unfair to attack the absent or the
suffering. But on referring to the letter on SMITH
OBRiES in tho Nation, find IL Introduced with
very positive endorsement That letter contained,
among other things. the following sentence; ~ Our
hopes have been belied for while by the conduct OF
SMITH O BRIEN"s- That charge not only pub
end. saat
that the writer was fortunately one who was IN good
position 10 know the truth sc.
Now. we mean, no personal ellusion 10 Mr.. McGEE-
We only meant to state our qualification tina, Mr. On
LON who was with SMITH O'BRrEN, and therefore
knew the bravery and nobility Of his nature had
stepped forth to deny tina, he had ever "bcied" the
hopes Of the people Tha; certainly too harsh an
expression toward one who had sacrificed place and
fortune for the people receiving their account the
habarous English sentence of death and quartering
We say nothing against those who were not found with
SMITH OBRIKN when he took the field, but certainly
his SACRIFICES and suerngs should shield him from any
ungenerous illusions by any lrishmsn
, We have no reply to make to Mr. McGEE's asser
lion that there was no other man or Press defend
smith O'Brien till he came out and defended him. eS
psned him and justified him The claim Is as unbound
ed As the insnuaton is ungeuerous We were as ready
to defend smith Bren against the insolent charge OF
the London Tms about his insanity Ms we were to de-
end him sgains, the charge OF the endorsed correspon
inof the Nr York Nation of his having 5ed the hopes
cfthe people Nay deicnde al the Concderates from
charges made against them in their absence We were
warm public aud private defenders OF SMITH BREN
JOHN B. DILLON and THOMAS DEvIN REILLY who I'D
take the field as well OF Mr. MCGEE himself, though
We did not know where he was nor did we care only
told haiti herr
was no person nor press to speak till he came out
J. We have In no instance represented Mr.. McGKE
a. diacrins from his friends referred To. We only
know that his friend Mr. DILLON, was grieved to see
the attack in the Nation ON the other friend OBEiEN
We think Mr. DILLON would not have published H.
much less praised II
4 We wonder what Mr. McGEE means about our
"pi,ting of lrishmen against esch other When did
ever say word against any section party of Irish
ncni Is il not rather more sppsren, that Nh Mo0tE
would pit the friends of Ireland against each other ~
The attack Mr. SMITH OREiEN is not the only thing
hoking like this in fhe NaoH In that paper OF Nov.
s5-the afh number-we ind another letter published,
wi,hou; dissent nom the Editor. Speaking OF
whom many stu revere, snd whom the grave ought 10
have shielded from abuse, this writer says.
Il was one of those who vsinly hoped that ireland,
IN spite OF al the vas; powers OF her tyrans-in spite OF
adce peace aud perseverance ON begging ss his leg
sry 10 the land that made him more than hing-in spite
OF toe cruel deserton OF those whom she cherished and
Supported Ia the darkest prosecution. ] mean her
Priesthood SC
Al this appeared in Tte Nafoa without disspprobs-
ton Yo,now the Editor of that very psPer which has
Published accusations against Smith ORricn OF belly
ns iAe peopie-sssins, great man, now dead as
sycophAnt" who beques,hed cowsrdice to his coun-
pmen-(Dd he no, beques,h Catholic Emancipation 2
-snd asansi her PresthOod-chsrges US IS pittng
Ashmeo against each other, when be knows. ought
Know that The TbHNs has defended all whom It es-
sened friendly 20 the OF Iresnd-hss attacked
aoue and refused to publish anonymous attacks which
sc have received for publication against oBren,
vConnel sc. and even sgsins, Mr. McCee himself
whether approved OF all that oConne. OBrien
Hs Priesthood did is another question but thought
'aa SUI think tina, such attacks do good now. To
N1se US then, With pttng Irishmen sgsins, each
N-e' Is certainly unjust snd from the source un.
y rssul
The comment TO which Mr.. MCGEE refers would