Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1852-03-25

BeHucHldn, unucT any oOlEatlOn 10 res
pond TO your communication, especially
while grievances Of mine of far more
serious import remain unredresscd.
am, Sir,
your obcdient servant
w. B. LAWRENCE.
Hon. K. b. CRAssros.
Muport, March, 5M, 1852.
Your letter OF the lst INST was
received on the evening Of that day /;
and "divesting il Of all eytrinsic matter"
il amounts to a refusal TO avow or deny
what you are charged with having said
in relation to me, in your speech Of the
2O,h ult. You intrench yourself behind
your legislative privilege, to protect
yourself from responsit i!ity and yet
you attempt, by sort of special plead
ing, TO Justify al that you did say, Oh
the occasion referred to in my former
note to you,-and talk OF the sOiemnitv
Ot an odth-tlc interest OF Rhode Is.
land, which you seem to think was ia
your special kceping-the importance Of
appointing Commissioners. when you
could have had as believe, no earthly
object IN presenting your resolution cX-
cept 10 furnish you some kind oi an OPP
portunity TO attack me and il was no
doubt so considered by the Senate,
when they struck out the names of the
Commissioners, and authorised the
Governor to appolnt,-and the House
very properly laid the whole subject on
the table and suffered II to die. You
then justify your attack by kind Of set.
oti,-,ha, had improperly assailed you,
year ago, before the Board Of Canvas
sers, when we occupied Il position Of
equality in the right TO he heard before
The Canvassers. Aye, Sir, that is the
gist OF your resolution. Your statement
of what said and of my acts, on that
OCCASION is mostly, a gross misrepresen.
tallon you put words into my mouth
which never used. such ms perjury"
bribery" aud corruption" applied to
the Board OF Canvassers nor did sub
nit to Il rebuke from any one,-but, OH
the contrary, the rebuke came from me-,
when | stated, in your presence and
hearing, that war exercising my rights
as citizen and that | held myself res
ponsible Tor my conduct.
fyou felt so aggricvcd, why have
you bottled up your wrath whole
year when you have met me almost
every day in the public streets? Why
have you not called on me for an eXpla-
nation, or for satisfaction Indeed, Sir,
why do you not call now and demand
satisfaction for all your griefs, whether
real Of imaginary? | will not plead the
Slatut, or Limitations, nor legislative
privilege, for have none, and would
scorn to avail myself OF it, if / had.
a high minded, honorable man,
placed in your situation, would have
iclt that his lips were sealed by the tact
that there had been difficulty between us,
and that | was not present at the time of
your attack, and could not have replied
il had been, not being member Of
the body to which you belong.
must here take leave OF you for the
present after pronouncing you, as |
now do, a bdse-minded sidndeyer and
c0rdrd.
II. Il. CRANSTON.
To Wm. BEAcH LAwRrNcE,
Lieut.. Governor, &C.,
Newport, X. |.
Providence, March Q, 1852.
Your letter Of the 5th inst,
deposited in the Newport post office, on
ly reached me last evening As il
makes no retraction Of the oil. nsive pro-
cecdings on your part referred 10 in
minc aud as | am confirmed in my own
course by the opinions Of gentlemen OF
the highest distinction and character in
both political parties, TO whom the cor
rcspondence has been submitted, aud
with some Of whom | understand that
you have conferred. that there is moth.
ing in the words, even as alleged by you
to have been spoken by me IN debate.
lha, could justify, according to any code
of honor ever recognized in civilized
lie, your first communication, the mo.
tive OF your last letter, aside from the
channel through which II comes, aud
winch. you must he aware, ~ not the
ordinary or proper medium Tor case
such as you state yours to be, Is suifi.
eicntly obvious. You wish Tor objects
wholly unoonneeted with your alleged