New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-04-03
The Slave Cass-Mr. susteed's Card.

To HORACE GREELEY, EsQ.-Sr Be-
fore reaching my Office this morning, was accosted
BY several gentlemen OF my acquaintance, and In
formed that in your issue OF to-day you had devoted
column or more to personal and gross abuse OF
myself / confess TO you was reluctant to believe
IT, and supposed that reference was had to the re-
porteis minutes OF proceedings in the case OF an
alleged fugitive, now pending before George W.
Morton, Esq.
I was stl less prepared 10 and that a man who
sets himself up advocate Of the rights Of Others
and processes TO be acustet ny least ordinarily
rust motives, should so lar forget himself, ana DO
violence adscens regard for truth as to make use
ofthe position which the propreoshp In press ana
type gives to any one in our country who can w.nc
a 70 sciy as YOU cam for the purpose OF reokessp
castiIe Wholesale inputations upon the cnaidctef
Of a man without frat having ascertaned oy evi-
dencc the most irrefragaole mat the charges were
And. Inasmuch as when i called upon you tins
evening, (uot having found YOU this mornlng) you
asserted our readiness 10 publish any oo ,1ain"
ton pie ased 10 make IN answer 10 your aaegsuohs
OF this morning, and because would ra'nef no. pe
obliged 10 resort TO the laws OF the iand 20 reeiess
the wanlon and unprovoked at'tcs wnica you us.e
made upon me, avail myself OF the offer, and now
AFFORD YOU an opportunity to rsuaet sucn OF inc
chaIges IN your article as are Wholly false 20 aI A.
they relate me, conhdDs In your promise tnas TINS
corlmuni c alton shall appear In as conspicuous
place among your editorial articles as did the ouen
Awe mat: er to which take exception
would have much preferred that you should, OF
your own motion, have made tbs ameade, without
forcing me before the pu,lic IN the form OF news
paper contIoveIsialiss Thus, think, common re-
gard for my rights requirsd Less than THIS, In iay
opinion. u not seven. handed justice But as you
think differently, and as i Is quite plain that bs.
tween Your estimate Of wha. rs risnt and mine,
there Is vide difference; aud as IN this instance
you posses the power, and choose 70 employ inc
only Argument Of ryran.--nansly, his will am
left option between seeking from the Courts sucn
relief ss may be entitled g., and giving you the au-
santsse upon your o"n terms OF sayhg 'sa., ,, .
headed 'New-York Slave ta,ohers,' you nave
moet uh'ruy represented me.
Ater sising your hssoIy IN eetau OF .ns 1isss ..
The alleged fugitive, You go ON 10 say, "Hseems
that the active agents m this business were Police
man Martin and one Richard Busted, a lawyer of
this city"
Passiug overyour disingeauous and coHsemptuoas
manner of introducing my name as wholly IN worthy
Of notice, beg TO say thar II The words this busl'
ness have References 70 the account OF Pres.on's
arrest which precetes the paragraph commencing
III seems" DC. then the whole history of Il, so far
as my having had any agency in or knowledge OF
The msuer. tits wholesale faisehood.
Ii Ia usuuc that made, or caused 10 be made or
Anew al INA arrest ON an utterly riyooas pretex.
dis know OF his arrest NJ all until Tuesday at
micnisht. II 10 untrue that knew Of his arrest a.
all upon any charge lis untrue that knew OF b s
contemplated arrest upon charge OF larceny. IL IS
untrue iast knew he was In The Sixth Ward Sta
tion house In the lover part OF the Tennis.
ton TO what you term " this business"
Now tn what follows Eis uatTae ths. " tracked
out directly OF indirectly ihs fugitive. ana informed
The man Esete, that his cAa,sel here and could
oe cauEe" IL 10 untrue that teleSraphed to him
that The trap WAS Ieady,"& &C.. never telesrsphed
TO hin N my nfe, ror kaew OF mis- being ,eegrapaed
and never wrote 10 him IL Is untrue that, IN or.
der 10 '"sAe sure OF my 'Iesao," voluntarily
vert e'oie the Commissioner and made the aida
WI IN Which the man was held AZ fugitive. My
rewaie. rs you call ~ gas no, dependent upon or
IN srs ~ise connected ith making any afi savis
In the case nor was he arrested upon tina, All iavit
s,ore a. mSlny.
/ hisuiuae that l had no. a; tae time tWsdnesdsy
mo'iufl any other proc; on tie subjec, an the
STATE tst ~ of Mr. Reese shat be was the Sner OF
Isls~a, had then the evidence Of Sir. William
". f.tse who has known the faEiiivc some twelve
efi.e'ssn years, pIeyols, ~ his escape intimate
yHc ven, besides evidence ron swo or three 9th
efs iost 10 man hin self hal admitted every fact
"a Ia The Affidavit. except touching the po
-Ie Cen, that your courteous terms Of blood
nouS Na "lacksl" have agv application 20 ms,
Il me"ots OF eupezesosation CERTAINLY no oae ina.
asons IS cosn vii believe yoa on this point No
Sisd,s 10, sn s,s,S, sea- eos Ma. Will siye you
my, ~ 'ss me say, In all cardor, Of the genius Of
wnicn You are possessed ard far n,ore ful
MN 'hst cegrsfes himself by rs use than to HI "a
i 81 "tcp tb expresses.
~fht tals IN extreme haste alta, !, ssv 80 ,.s,r
40 psWessiokAl toi asd DO expecs has m AZ be-
keatA tfe anatomy az your prSc.c Al kxud ~ m ma
a'.e. tnseo unfairly. care not what cosn,ncns
eu'e Spon Il, provided tbs, you 90 not lioel me
sEle.sis "a youS notes. "a yoa hare dana IN ,ss ~
Hcn 90 Leo complain. freed not INFORM Won ~.
sotefi( onampoFtsht b ne Nha, youy oo,n,ans -
49, 10y snooslne tees snp.eyea upon the pan Of
Of ON, ecuasss ~ sac ssss,ss under tbs laws Of
% usri ,histos We differ. loon this point "a
| 70 " oef ron You You ~oaki yiols,s tbs 40
4 ''ah" u. More than this, Sir, have net