New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-03

SEEK 10 conn this, nationally, with those strange
ipcongruities and contradictions which, now and
then, startled and amazed me and when to this
try to add sill that | now lesrn'from so many
sourcev. of his unspeakabe treachsry kH0tc not
,rBaI fofbtrk Ny imagination refuses 20 frame
convention of the wickecness which Is iorced upon
!, can Eorm no idea of tcW so depraved seek
er the meaning Of all this elsewhere, and suspl
cion flashes on me which shall not ustsr' YET
would 10 God il were true That which ne cnarges
mon ne is something, the possibility OF "hlcn
cannot conceive Of There rs no lady oil my az,
quaintance. against whom such cnsrgo wo -,
Seem credible. Nay, do not think there IS any
such woman
Sir hive something more b say concerning ny
relations 10 Yourself and % your family L can per
nj, M friends Of mine 70 tell that they are
,ro,iiag for sri2eHce on such charges as tnosS
which Mr. A. has brought against me. II yoo We .
charged with some crime when shoaid oe' " !'-'
in your position as a man, what thus is 70 me "a
mine az a woman and your friends should ten you
that thew were waiting for evidence on the suo-
iect, and that it was mere question OF yesacl1y
between Won and your accuscr, yod "ouil lelIA
of vour friends precisely what think OF those VINO
take this ground with me.
When the question is, whether have bestowed
my regard on any gentleman unsoagnt-h,' ~
this. but whether have sought and followed win
professions Of attachment, persegerngiy followed
who never declared any affection ter me nay
more. when the charge is that have made pfgP'-
GALS Of marriage IRE times. the later versO mas
it-and have each time been tod that the tnlns
was not 10 be thought Of, when the person VINO
brings this charge TO me-wno utters II win as
Inns and writes il down for me to read-cooiiy eeis
me that my word is worth more IN sucn mat
ter than that OF my accuser aud that he cannus ds
eide about it until some certain amounto eylience'
clearly arranged and logically set FORTH snaii 90
brought on my part to dtsprore 1t, say, Dc ne @t2
le man. my selfrespect must render the terms oi
any future acquaintance WITH nlm quite unin'e"''
Chile 10 me. -.
Vet 40 not misunderstood me. As to the story
d, ts1lC it seems TO me too absurd too gross, TOO
far beyond the range of any credence 10 deserve
on its own account, any notice Toward It's au'
thor feeling OF speculative curiosity seems, Tor
the present to have taken the place oil every o1IeE
sentiment for be appears to me to have gone pc
yond the reach OF indignation, or contempt OK any
feeling of that kind. If | were to meet him. Dc,
lieve should look at him curiously--as l would
have looked at , or as | would look at any
other such occasional specimen OF the latent, ex-
IRENE possibilities incident to our Tree mummy
But when | meet that charge reflected III the snaps
of doubt in the mind OF those who hear H. tne
emotion il awakens in me is of another and oil quite
a different character. Language, as my vera
cous admirer has often told me, Is powerful Tor
the utterance of anger or for any other sentiment
but that which he sought in vain to express TO me-
Notwithstanding the volubillty which he ascrioes
TO me on that point | find my experience here re.
yersire lis The indignation which L feel toward
any one VINO allows the probability of the truth OF
these charges against me, is something which
seems to render every other emotion OF my Tue m
significant. / should be sorry to encounter
"niend who is inclined to express this view to
me.
These are feelings which, Of course, | cannot ex.
- 10 IUith al III.
If were really your daughter or your sister you
would probably find them more nteigible. There
is one Circumstance Of which | feel myself com
pelleG TO remind you in this connection. You may
have forgotten it, but was once, tor years be-
eve the teacher-and II their expressions OF graf,
itude and affection were not inslnaere--the ioVed
and honored teacher OF your own daughters no"
YOU could have trusted 90 deeply, one In whom
your confidence was, what your liberation OF these
charges implies it to have BEEN becomes to me,
now, 8 matter of surprise and painful inquiry
have written you long letter, bat had right
to do so. The matter Of it, as you know, involves
to me more than life. God forgive those who wrong
me in 1t ~
Al compromise, arrangement, hushing up, being
thus Indignantly rejected by the lady and her
friends as at once an insult and an impossibility
the stories 50 vitality affecting her character and
reputation were thencelorth put openly and
fully in circulation by the families of Dr.. N. and
DR.. P as essential to the vindication OF the
friend and protege A. Their house became the
center Of attraction for those who delighted ii
such recital, and it was very soon in every
mouth, Or. II. personally aiding in its circula
ton A. had troops of friends among the young
men of the University, while his friend w. b
avoid whose call Miss d. had been compelled Il
| Al olug RI A eofoo
eager in the chase. In three days, the whole
townswarmed with it. The story was piquant-
it was well acked-and there was but one side t.
it. The lady and her friends were silent. Say.
Miss Beecher:
From the statements thus circulated, all the facts
/ In the case as here presented, were studiousy ex
cluded. IL was stated that the lady, after having
originally sought the acquaintance OF the gentle
man, without any wish expressed on his part, haC
also continued it against his will, by demanding o
him attentions which he could not refuse without
! being grossly unciyil, with declarations Of aztec
! ton which it distressed him 10 receive, aud with
at least fce distinct proposals of marriage which
she told her were not TO be thought Of that after
having pertinsciOusly, for two years, pursued him
I In this way, she had at length determined on re
venge, and that she was now resolved to crush
and extlnguish him altogether To this wicked
/ undertaking the brother also now lending his
powerful and. And it was as the succorer and pro
tector Of this innocent and prosecuted individual
whose wealth mad made him the subject of this az
tack, that DR.. n. now appealed to the sympathies
of society against his prosecutors. From village
10 village from city 70 city, the marvel spread I'LL
almost every village OF New England was agita
ted whit. No tale Of private scandal had ever
before been known to create so extensive an ex
element. All the social influence OF the Universe
ty, SO powerful in the city where It was located, al
its influence abroad, was openly arrayed in sup
port of this story. The objection, on account Off
absurdity, was at once put down BY tie assurance
that documentary evidence, in the shape Of letter.
from the lady, were in the possession OF Mr.. A. an,
had been seen by DR.. N. and others. 81 do no
believe it, was, at FIRST the universal exclama
tion in the circle ofAliss DIS personal acquaintance
"she is the last lady in the world Of whom such