New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-17
DR.. Lee in standardization.
WASHINGTON, Monday, Dec -, 1852
iifoy of The n Y Tribune:

WASHINGTON, Monday Dec. -, 1852.
To The Editor Of The N y T,ibuae.
SIR In your paper of the 10th inst there
i, extended editorial the resignation or removal
OF Mr.. Ewbank in which the President and the under
signed associated in language somewhat character
istic OF The Tribune. You ask &" Why was he re-
moved {" and answer, " Because he voald coassn,
10 larih he public money aUorie Of the President in
gioldtion Of Iew." q.
An accusation more di.creditable and unjust, was
never made against American Chief Magistrate who
has taken folemn oath TO sec that the laws be faith
fully executed !" and trust that you will gladly pub
lish few simple iact bearing on the case that Whg
President, and belevea pure end upright man, may
not suffer from foul a charge.
IL is three years, month and fraction since
was appointed by Mr. Ewing, then Secretary Of To In
terror t. take charge OF the Agricultural parn Of
the Pateut Office. My total compensation during al
that time has been Just 500 and an average DER an
OF little loss than 81 500, or half the SUN paid 20
Mr.. Ewbank for services in re.pect more useful,
learned or laborious than nine. Tao exCommissoners
son has bad and still holds desirable Office in the
Bureau.
You Mr.. Greeley, viii not deny Lest should publish
your letters, wiring to me IN the autumn of 1870. and
urging me 10 resign situation in the Office of daily pg-
per IN Georgia, whence had been Tor TWO years on
salary Of % coo, 10 accept appointment from Mr.
Ewing a. Agricultural Clerk I replied TO You thai
would provided Mr. Ewing would see that nv sal
any IN the public service should fall below OO or
the same that received in Augusta. Being assured
that although only 81 800 per could be paid im.
medstey, owing to thc exhaustion OF the small gricul
tua fund in the en all should be made night and salts
factory, gave up my situation and came 10 Washing
ton. Had Mr. Ewing remained Secretary Of tae Int
rior should not have Loot have by fol)wing your
gratuitous bu, womeant advice, the sum OF SlJ)O Il
J. gross Misrepresentation TO say you do that "he
duties which Dr. Lee was EMPLOYED 70 perform were in
their nature occasional" served eight months un Ter
Mr.. Ewing, and he never limited al such thing
On tc contrary soon after the appropriation IN 1850
he gave me written statement 10 The effect that he
voued my services IN the Agricultural Department. very
highly, ANA thought salary Of 81 500 was TOO low for
the importance OF nay duiies'
! Mr. Ewing read much OF what wrote in the volume
OF ls49 IN manuscript, which NJ Ewbsnk never did To
my knowledge and 1t was virtually President Taylors
Secretary OF The Interior who raised NV salary - prc
ciseiy what was when you irst wrote me On the
subject OF these agricultural book o. which Congress has
printed IOUVO volumes, a. prepared by me t. testify
you and the public how little truth there in the assa
ton that am the iavoe of the President In the sense
N which you use the term, affirm without the fear of
contradiction that have not in any way received one
dollar from Government in the last six months nclud.
ing the present although Is 900 have been appropriated
Tor Agricultural purposes and have been aborng 70
collect and arrange valuable matter for the next Reporr
| Mr.. Ewbank has used the Agricultural fund a. n,
Pleased, and committed the blunder Of assuming that
the great Farming ~nteres OF tifty-one States and
I've Territories l. OF less consequence 70 the pu c
than any one Of the twelve Examiners and Asi.tan,
Examiners IN the Patent Office. Each OF the six KAN.
lners II paid $500 year and no gruinhir bv the
Commissioner; but after paying the author OF BIZ. III
cultural Report N lsi9, only $1,000 Tor twelve mophs
labor, he ooshly resolved 10 drive "Dr Lee ont nj
Tie pubic service, sacrifice his own place in the AZ,
1 tempt Having quarreed with my predecessor Mr.
skinner and driven him out OF the Parent Office within
Anew nenihs after came into IT, he commenced al IN
provoked war upen by exactns imuo.si,ili,ie- !
eore beth ni uli and ajustice Il ss obviously for
my Hefest TO be on good terms with the bend OF the
bIItas long alter iorhearGEce ceased to be yirtue
lis own statement Of his attempt the Outset 70 De.
grsoe my ehuaiion into mere "occasionalr enDlov.
iheht pro'er thar lie was night and Mr. Ewing wrong
bad be, grossly deceived in ressnnc nv perrnan,
situsiio N Georgia. What man Of any bush 80 cana
CITY would come 70 Wellington on he r-or,i,fo ~
"Occss!onsl employment inc "
All that have said to the prejudice of my sssa;lsn,
believe 10 lie true although Z u due 70 NV own char
setL 70 say LAT have actej from the beginning purely
II seii derse. He thought that he could rush me. 10
All his best 10 acccn pi-h his prpose and failed Soy
he would have tie public believe that be Is nartvrt N
ms honesty n refusing Ito lavish the uubEc onc., %,
personal iavorie Of the President DANIEL Lrr
Remarks.
We ask our readers TO compare the asser.
tons Of DIR. Lee in the foregoing letter with
the facts set forth and backed By Official evi.
dence IN our two articles on the subject and
then say what part of our expose he has dis.
proved or even shaken Does he depy having
been brought into the Patent Office at Mr.
EwSank's solicitation Does he deny that
his labors there proved unsatisfactory TO his
superior, and that be has for years been cling.
ing to the Office when be knew that the Com.