New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-07-01


bill OF complaint was not TO prevent the publication
OF the letters, Is alleged but to get up false issue
before The public. How far that game has been sue
cesslu leave others 10 determine and content my
self with the reflection, that have done all in my
power to Obyate any necessity for these proceedings
and those which are yet 10 follow.
And | desire 10 say further tina, ! never would
have presumed to make the publication Of the 18th
of May, II had believed 1t possible for any person
To have suspected 20 whom alluded. or II | had
thought that either the sand Buckham or Willis would
have dared 10 connect Mrs Coddington's name there
with and therefore rry sincerely regret hartng made
H-not because It was improper so to do, unJustlh-
able. or unWananed. IN the exposure vi one VINO
grossly assailed and slandered me IN my absence
but because that person to save himself from public
Indignation, mas made my publication the pretext Tor
involving the reputation of female In our quarrei,
and baseiy exposed one whom u his duty TO
shield, and who was IN no manner compromised
By me. And as soon as 1 discovered the deter
mnaton OF the said Willis TO direct suspicion 10 Mrs.
COddingtOn a. the female alluded 10 IN my puDca-
tion did all that could consistently with truth TO
divert public attention from her My publication IN
wise compromised or exposed her and yetr mas
much as II affords plea for Nillss exposure OF her
IN the hope OF thereby raising new issue and thus
dlyertng public attention from hnself-l repeal my
great regret a having alluded To the subject, though
warranted IN the beef that | could DO so with i'm
| pun!ty because believed the public would not un-
derStand 10 whom alluded, and ibid not dream that
! Willis would dare expose her ,
Iwoud also most cheer.ully, even after the sad
publication OF 18th MAY, have placed tue elurs re-
terred 10 the hands Of any person Mrs Coddihspoh
! misht have named, without any otheF collltioh,
than the right OF access them N the event oil IN
! action for libel BY the said Willis. And 90 hoe
entertain doubt, but the exposure oil hfs' Colonis
/ tons name IN connection with my puOncation "as
intended 10 crese false issue, and place &c ~ 's
attitude OF her assalant, When as IS wen hho"h ny
the said Buckham and Willis and AS most solemn
! IN Tpnqai-fhe DuDllrhtIOn by me "0'd never nave
h.en mad n rad conceived It possible that 1t would
bave led Ia suspicion even, IN the pubic mind that
" coddin oton vas referred TO.
m Je.,e1s now surrendered are all that we're
,,acad n INV hands By Mr. n p Willis, not line Of
pc, NJ which has ever been copied by any body ex-
o. myself and By only since the filing Of the
In 81 complaint In this cause And the copies so
n,sde we're for the sole and only purpose Of being
used in my defense IN the proceedings In this cause
And in order that the SAID Mary Coddington might
have IN opportunity OF examining said letters and de-
iermlnins whether they were written by her, and of
rtpudiaiing them If not so written, as her counsel
proclaimed IN open Court that she desired 10 do I
offered TO place the letters In a sealed enyeiooe. IN
the hands OF her counsel or Of Col. Warner TO be by
them submitted 10 the Inspection Of Mrs Coddneton
which offer Was not accepted By the compla,nants m
this cause or their counsel.
And further state, that every copy 80 made by
ne 10 the test OF my knowledge and belief has bsen
Destroyed, with the exception of that contained IN
the original GRAFT ard the copy thereof OF an answer
70 sad BIZ OF Complaint wherein the whole OF one
OF the ettersreferred to- and extract from another
are set forth. J. W.rsoy Wynr