The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-01-23
JILL. IoFJ
The SeUard and Collier ne.pondsnce-Irtrisues o
the Wing Politicians Revealed-Con far p,v.r :;

MY DEAR Sir
have to day been put In possession Of copies Of
statement made by Charles s. Mseonber ESQ., of But.
fslo to Mr.. Jewett the editor Of the Buffalo .Adper.
ser; and also of letter written by John A. Collier TO
William H Seward, inclosing the statement Of Me.
eomber to Seward transmit these papers to you BY
the hands of Mr.. Cannd, and you are at liberty to
publish them or not as you please. expect shertly
to get possession Of Stewards reply to Collier when
will transmit it to you.
1t 10 necessary that should explain an allusion
made to me in Mr.. Golfers letter He tells Seward
that promised to keep the affair strict secret This
IL true; and did until the was divuged by
some one Of Mr. Golfers personal friends" The fact
10, that the day after Collier told me Sc ward had rt
ten such letter, letter dated at Albany and con
tanning the substance Of the extract published in
the Ny York Herald Thi. letter written By some
one Of Collier's Personsl friends" to whom be had
communicated the fact Of the existence oil the Seward
letter before he sommu nicsted IL to immediately
Herald containing this letter In which tho extract
Journal and the public attzbutsd the letter to me-,
because Am known here the correspondent Of the
Herald Mr.. Collier assured that the extract %
quoted BY his 'personal friend" in tho Herald Was
the author Of this article because believed it was
correct and because knew 1t would b attributed
my cards published in tho Albany ata. IN repy to the
albany Journal and my subsequent statement under
my own signature, In the New York Herald. The OK.
.
cret until twas dvulged by Of Golfers Spersous
ffisnds"to whom he communicated It (as he soknov.
ns In h before he to
Yours, VIM A. CORNWALL.
To J. g. BENNETT, Esq.
BurrALo, Dec. 81, ls4s.
DEAR SIR
answer to note Of this date have to say that
while sitting In the business oce Of the Erpves of
this CITY, sometime tho first Of this month Seth
C. Hsvley Esq, came in with letter In his hand and
Cattaraugus. handed 1t to me to read saying it was
letter from Governor Seward. and immediately went
ope addressed to Mr. Hawley; the letter itself think
was addressed to Messrs Hawley Clspp, and signed
w. H. Seward y There was no Injunction Of secrecy
respecting 1t; and, being handed to In the way It
was, felt under NO obligation to regard It As cona.
dentisl read It eursory; but the wing extract
Collier must be defeated our Influence with the
standardization will be eurtaed In this our friends
possible the members nom Csttsrausus and chsu.
tauqus.. think Patterson will attend to Chsu.
unworthy mode proceeding on the part Of on. sssk
Ing post Of such high dignity nied States Senator
nom the State Of New York and induced mo to make
the copy which subsequently, showed to you and
some other friends For the genuineness Of tho az
tract IS given above, pledge my honor, and ooos-
sion should demand will verify It by my OATH
Respectfully, your eb't .ervt.
CHARLES s. MACOMBER.
ALBANY, December, 1s4s
Hon WV. II. SywARp:-
the newspaper, probably to our mutual annoyance
and certainly to mine about letter or extract from
some allurion to me- whether such letter wss rs
fact ever written IVES not OF itself matter of the
slgstest Importance You had perfect right to say,
you chese all that the supposed extract makes you
say II the fact Of the existence authe OF
such letter has now assumed any Importance. It is
That point and the responsibility whoS ths ES.0
ming Journal has officially sought to throw upon
others My own name is now 90 far connected vith
q VIM In
whole history, 50 far Is have in any way
About the first Of December inst reee,v.s ,s,,.-
from highly respectable gentleman Bun Alo person
ally well Known to you, and to whose unquestionable
NY but whose name prefer not to give il being not
at all necessary for any purpose in which gave me-
nshed to him, copied from letter addressed by Won
to IS. G: Hs.lsy or A. M. Clspp;' my correspondsn.
genuine OF COURSE did not dou bt the its sutSsnt
CITY, but gave entire credit to it, ana IKE OF
sonahy to some of my personal friends certainly
90 matter Of grave import, but thing We Laughed
about, some what, perhaps at the time at your ex-
psnse had no agency in the public alton Of it but
unfortunately land believe this is my only srrsrJ
,poke Of It to Cornwall the Albany correspondsn. Of
the Nep York Herald whom met soon after thi. lat
ter came but he expressly promised that he
would not publish allude to it In his
with the Herald. neither showed hin tho letter
gave him copy, nor told him to whom 1t was address
gentleman In "the Western district Wastever
other information he may have obtained he picked
AZ OFo keA m
see the substance Of what | had oomwun,estsS
Though erroneous In some particularly i'm mediateiy
sfeerwsrcs published in the Herald; and upon re-
proacning TINS corresPon dent for thus violating his
express promise he positively being the author
After the publ, he'd denial Of yourself and Mr. Havlev
and after the publication, In the Ereniag J.ur,aI2
which careful Of your reputation aad so
Of mine Of paragraph from paper had pre- vousiy
q. the common receptacle of undgs
scandal" and which accompanied With oom msut
OF its own In which 1t seeks TO throw upon ma ana
others are,ponsibity never assumed Of produoIne'
no of tnts
.hougn recognizing no such responsibility, never.
.hesss wrote to my friend in Buffalo asking his su-
ana ne promptly sends nae the oorrssP ondencs
y. MAconber, Esq., Of Buffalo, with whom hs,s M
Pessona' aoquaintance, but who, am ound to pre-
tume, isa gentleman OF fair character sinc, AZ vss
upon his Information that my hi,hlv rssoantsha $50
Volunteered originally to give ms this ss-
send you enclosed q copy OF this ,o-r.,u.s
1e orig nal oeing nov my possession only
IN tns copy the name Of my original Correspondent
Myou sball deem II essential and shall r.ousst ~
Although by no means satisfied With the position
am made TO occupy In the editorial articles Of the
EosnanS Journa Jet, acc ustomed its hsbitual IN,
justice toward me- prefer to bear the additional exhj
boa Of ~ rather than publsh this ststeme at Of Mr.
Hscombers now 20 directly in conflict with tbs public
denials and dsavowals Of yourself and Mr. Hsvisv
10 the issue made upon this point am not and Do
not intend to be party; and have only to hope for
the sake OF those Who parties that msy be salts,
factorily explained where the error lies For my,et
derire to stand justified With you personally for the
am entitled think to be relieved fros tbs false no.
ttion am made to occupy before the public; but I
have little encour sgement, from past xpsrence to
appeal TO the justice OF the enns upon this
point and shall not, therefore, try the experinsent
have only to add thatthe enclosed oorrssoo
Including this letter entirely at your disposal 70
sm happy to say that there Is nothing ia all this
mat shonid change disturb the frsn1y relations
vhicp you and personally have always mai ntained
VIVID great respect, yours very sincerely,
JOHN a. COLLIER.