The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-31
Aldermanic Interference.
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JAMES GoRDON BENNETT, ESQ -
Dear Sir-In the HERALD Of this morning find a
lergthy article headed "Aldermsnc Interference, y
and supporting to emanate from the pen OF William
which reflects in strong terms aganst my character
us a public officer, and designed to place me in
rather an unenviable position in society.
presume that it is not necessary for me to inform
your numerous readers Of the ground upon which
this manifesto Of the gentleman is based; they
already aware that refused to discharge prisoner
on his order, and for so doing have subjected my
self not only to his anathema, but have drawn down
upon my devoted head beautiful and we'll ar.
ranged piece of Billingsgate, which ought TO inn
mortalize the author rs man Of letters
l would have treated tho matter with silent con-
tempt, and left the in the hands Of Discerning
public but for the fact that there gross misre
presentations and untrue statements in tho article
alluded to, which need to be corrected. in order to
place the subject in its proper light. And first,
allow me to say, that the statement in relation to
my anxiety to have. McDermot discharged, and Of
the efforts put forth by me to accomplish that OBJ
ject, are wholly untrue. neither went to, nor
sent for, Aldefman Denman, knew that the aid of
the Alderman Of the Twentieth ward had been in
voked, until one o'clock that night, when reosvsd
an order from the last named gentleman to discharge
McDerm0t.
The article being thus based upon an assumed
state of facts which never had an existence, as
matter Of course its premises untenable, and its
conclusions erroneous.
That interested parties may have misrepresentsd
the case to Aid Peck, and that he acted in good
faith in giving the discharge, do not deny but
think that he should at the same time have taken
some pains to ascertain whether their representa-
tioDs were correct not, before acting upon them
That the case of McDermot was not SO frivolous As
1t is to be- will appear from tho fact that
Judge Stewart considered it Of sufficient magnitude
to hold the prisoner to bail in the Of $4,000, to
appear and answer the charge
The article alluded to in the HERALD, and the one
in the Tribune, different, that il is very diff
fcult to reply to both in one communication. How
ever. suffice it to say that have not sought for
popularity, or tried to make any capital NJ the ex-
penso OF Aid Peck, as ! always entertained the
highest respect for him, aud had reason to believe
that this feeling was reciprocoted and am of tho
opinion that no never would have entered into
newspaper controversy with such gross scurrity,
had il not been for the influence OF a certain quon-
dom lawyer and few satellites that reyolve around
him in their political orbit. l will not, however,
either dis grace myself, your valuable columns
by stopping TO anayze the pontless sarcssnls of my
learned friend has talented amanuensis.
On Tuesday night gentleman named Wandell
n clerk in the employ OF Alderman Peck, came to
me and requested me to give hun copy of the
discharge sent to me in the case of NcDermot.
told him that could Lot give IL to him, - the do
cume MT destroyed. After Some further CONVEX
sation he left. You may therefore judge OF my sur
Prise seeing in public print document purport-
ing to he verbatim copy OF the destroyed order.
Conclude. therefore, that it must be s.ereotypsd in
the Aldermans brain, although, In this instance,
according TO the bes. OF my knowledge and belief,
the copy is different from the phrasoology used in
the oIil inal however, trust that such reten-
tive memory and mastery mind will, in due time,
lie properly appreciated, and that when its happy
Iossessor is elevated 30 still higher and more i'm
Iorssnt position, its vast resources viii be employed
for the benefit ana Enlightenment Of the " dear
/ people"
As it regards the discharges made by Alderman
Peck since his election, pretend 10 know nothing,
but if he has only discharged three, the complaint
\ berg Withdrawn in each casc, tben the statistics
recently published in our city papers must Do very
erroneous indeed.
y 4 Am really at q loss to know why tho Indignation
Of the gentleman has been aroused 70 such pitoh,
from the publication OF what no terms an " ex-
tIemely legal correspondence" between myself and
Judge Stuart, when II must be remembered that
other articles which seemed to mo to be much more
crave In thor MIXTURE, and serious n their effect
hsye been allowed 70 pass by 10 silence ne 40
dc ening rcpiy. One hing, however, | will say
that nethertht BilliDgsgao Of the article alluded
IN tie HERALD, AVi . tusf 20 0i,ua bfawliBg pOrt6
touse politicians viii EVER cause as 70 turn ssij
n, m That consider - b. lay d0tr And wila
-ataiY ny present p5siti0, shall Ngys s.ia -0flsi1
!. discharge prsDgir psl,ss tbs olsV h,s ~.
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