Democratic banner., 1850-11-18
To ". Il. Rmnedy. Mayor OF the City Of
Louisiana


The discussion in relation to the Veto power
assumed by yol, was not commenced by myself
and was only entered into on my part, after the
publication Of an editorial in the Banner, written
as l believed, (snd it has not been disavowed) by
Mr.. Henderson, former Attorney for the city,
&c., &c., in which the City Council were de-
nouncsd and insulted, for resisting your illegal
claims to power, and the power Of the press at
tempted to be brought into requisition for the pur-
pose Of sustaining your unlawful acts. But by
commenced, it was q legitimate sub.
jet Of discussion, which should have been con-
to the subjectitself, orto such as legitimate
ly connected with it. This has been done on my
part, having inn instance alluded to any BUT your
public acts. Not so with you however, and the
contemplate toad who orawls in your wake in
the last Banner; but instead of defending your
official conduct by reason or law, you have cho-
sen to become a commo defamer Of public and
private character, in language well suited to a
instead Of what might be expected from
the dignifed station Of Mayor Of a city. Had
you confined yourself to truth, in your remarks
concerning NY conduct, whether public or pri-
vate, l should have had no occasion to notice you
for however I may be liable to err, or to
fall into mistakes, as other men, no man has ever
intentional falsehood or dishonor to my
name. who was not himself a liar, and this epithet
l apply TO you in all he force that the word i'm
stating positive falsehoods, and Sec
ondly in maliciously and knowingly misrepre-
senting every transaction to which you have
made reference concerning my conduct. These
l pledge myself to make good, if / can
get you into such position that can produce wit.
nesses to testify on oath, where I shall be ready
to meet every charge and ~insinuation you have
made by respectable testimony, and not as you
have done, BY first making q false and absurd
denied and deied in your teeth, then pro-
curing from your attorney q certificate to the fact
which was hawked about hunting for
to sign it, and refused by several respect
able gentlemen who were present when the al
legged statement was made, and finally had to be
nutilated, expuAged end interlined, in order to
obtain one disinterested signature, and in this
nutilated form You published it as evidence Of
what never was said by me, the published state
nent being a different charge from the certificate
first given. 2nd-With the same base and fruit
design, (of proving a falsehood on me, you
IN honest but ~illiterate man, Mr.. Reed) a state
mem, purposely giving q false color TO what had
been said BY him or myself Alter a short re-.
Mr.. Reed returned and informed you
the statement was not a fair one, and as such
you could not and must not use it, which
you promised him not to do. He offered to furn-
sh you with the true version ofthe matter in his
language, and did SO. This statement you
to use, because cit sustained Draper's
statement" This statement you suppressed, and
to Mr.. Resd's orders and your own
published the first as his statement, not
undl you had taken the liberty Of alter.
ing a part ofMe language. First you perform.
ID an act which / leave to be defined by the laws,
he alteration Of a document, without the knowl-
.dge or consent Of the signsr; and secondly,
the document thus altered, which had
been disavowed and condemned As spurious byI
he maker. ! leave it to honest men TO find Ian.
,usge strong enough to apply to such conduct,
md to such shifts are you compelled to resort toI
order TO put down the character Of the man, who
mas dared to resist your usurpaiions, which no.
respectable lawyer can be found to sustain.
The entire limits Of newspaper would be in.
TO notice as they deserve, all your mis-.
representations, but as ample as the materials
IRE, I shall be compelled for the want Of reason
lble space, to omit many things that I would like
10 notice. This omission, however, will be sup
i'll can procure the requisite authority for|
investigating your official conduct, which / now|
you to call for, as you seem anxious for
t. My excuse, and I trust my justification, for
you any further after the disgustingI
trade in your first communication, will be found
your attempt to introduce the statements of
respectable gentlemen to prove, either what was
never charged or denied, or designed to prove al
on my part which your certificates
nave not shown.
Your gross ignorance and malignity in rela-
ion to the rumored opinion ola Judge, precludes
he necessity Of any further notice on that point
han to refer the reader 10 my language to show
hat l never charged you with giving the intima-
ion. How the rumor got into circulation, ] can
not positively say, but perhaps if I can get youl
before a proper tribunal l will be able to proveL
l did not originate il, as you have done in|
ZONE cases.
As you have totally failed in your promise to,
ave che "proOf forthcoming" as to the so cent
AK payer, all I have TO say on that point is, that
Mr.. Bets shall publicly contradict any
statement Of mine, shall be prepared to notice.
t as the case deserves, but you must excuse me,
Ifter what has passed, for refusing to take any
hing second handed which comes through you.
But Mr.. Belts I consider q good witness, and
hall have occasion to refer to him before ! am
lone with you.
Va. H.. tk.k T Al.