New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-18

ucso Tb,. co,nuutt.s was composed Of w liy, snd
p-,orrs,s ss honest and az honoreole neh as Mr.
gt.,sev rl.s 10 be- tel, that they hsd done moth.
oye man Justice To me tat they had given me no
Wy On the law allowed But you VIII jul g Of my
,spsLmsnt reading NJ Waitlleseys IN reer-
- This increase OF mileage waere he eay At tao
- .eason of the 25ih Congress he el9 gae3 he JdJd
49, rad 10 81 miles Tns atlon Of tIs com li,ttee
- charges upon me, although Il was done without my
sleSrc Tlis unfCuaded i;nputstion IL put forth by
- whntlesey ust upon the of the election, wa IN
a. sxposure cen real la. few Of the els tors. 40
~, -, th,t Mr. WitticeCy icus %. ut cring IN
,,mniyrfed i.lsekood when ne penn tas AZ artion
~ Nv unh si.i ta-y, he 10 guilty of great inus-
,,se md improperly in thus sending unrths be ore the
,..,sic NJ this pui q, uaT moment
Bu. Mr.. Whites Ssys;
-,.eiss e ~ GdI. aad t,ien pay .0i - 1. 49,, o,
NV il i. frc: which the new papers o. taat day
show ihrt was 'hcnchHged publicly hroug' the prcss
"a having taken this amount o, mileage AM this amount
- put IN contrtst with that received bY Nv White
,y And replied through the press tatiny the facts,
n q the mileage est.li ned by the Com niitee as
above SCI forth The charge. were male by m vif
ToA through The TrarbRH C1Hnty Dcmo7o,, ana my
rerly was not only published in pamphlet OF four
n,ss- hut think IL in erfed in every Wang paper
n The district and the facts which then put forth
wefe u,ed by every Wig tuinper in this AMI the ad.
;rinQ iicts aud ill nov be recOiiectHd by IN )st OF
fhose who engaged in that memorable campaign OF 1919;
ard Mr. While ~ did not know the sinount OF mle-
are which had ':en received, he was IN my opinion
the only ecctor IN the uitrict who was ignJrant OF
hin tiuf when the electors KIN these fsct- did re-
cre more than fire kHadyed : that according TO my
recollection received u thai election more tln t1efoe
no1ahd rOfes and ncary xix thousand majority over
ma, connection And ~ / then understood, and have
eve suIposed Mr. Wniftley End the entirc w l5 par
~ yofca ior me- Mr.. Wiulesey may cay ma, ne ala
mot member these fact have don't he ha- Tor
sctter them bu, hi. Of reco ceon constitutes no
H.ft anon for iuch malignant attacks rs tn2se con
faned ia his letter Self respect justice to my III AIS
and to the electors who have long honore ms win
Evidently excited by feelings of personal hostility, Mr.
Whhrltles, speaking luther Of my mileage say:
sts,lonsy uM Of the .eoi session. o he
ssh conge,,, Wien stretched The d'tuce o. 20 ae'
ecsd ,es.an IL ti~ 81 81 Consre-."
The evident intention i. 10 imputc agency in
this ncroase Of mileage Tnis niputation Il nl i'sS
false hnn the other In 1913 CENT 10 the committee on
nehge the computation that had done TO- four
years previou Is tna s computed at OF, a9 estao
hshe y the Committee IN 1910 A Wing oi dlatncflon
Hon Luther Severance, OF Name, then serving on ttt
Committee moved increase my mileage - 80 miles:
that il by WY of Buffalo and NeyYork THIS was done
wiihou, my knowledge or request, and was asreel 70
uEy by the Committee composed OF honoEaoe
and honest men, both Wings and Democrats Inc req
con OF This increase was that the railroads in Ne" ok
had become far completed, that that route had not
Cnly become the route most usually Travelled ny men
going frtm this region to Washington, but probably not
one man in fifty from the lake shore Travelled any Vtnr
nless when navigation wa Distracted OF ne 81 pu
pess hch required his attention at Pittsburgh or 1If
burg Every other member from the lax - was then
driving mileage by why Of New York except myself 4
had Travelled fcryesI5 70 Buffalo ana thence On .he
same road with Mr.. Fillmore now Preslicn, Oh rue
United States tuveing 800 miles more than he d, WINE
nc drew near SEQ mere thrn myself: The mtnncr In
wb THE increase Of mileage tJok place, ana the rea
ss fer IT, were published by Mr. Severance some yea.S
snce nc an act justice me- when ho saw m, assi
ed on this subject He then informed the pubic thhh
was raised without my knowledge or reque5t, against
my own computation, and in obedience TO what tis
Cm,niee understood 10 be their duty, and in ccmpll-
spce with the law These facts m,is have been known
10 Mr. Whii,lcsey he reed the papers OF th9 Gay an
why he attempts 70 mSrepsent them 20 me puohc
n a mater which perhaps he may explain | cannot
He nuy have Lrgotcn this hiatory, but nstler hs ~
porance his fcrgetiunef9, can justify the miievo,
lencc with which he aesels me- In further speaking OF
chs matter, he says;
road onraceJ and rsdscel Mr. G'llng'' oce1uI, to
mes; when senator ale" ifom the sshi' Sai- "lels az
edses des enabled 70 pass over the sane road " av'ms
When the railroad from Duntirk to NewYork was fin
ished last year no longer Travelled by Buffalo To New
York This rond shortened tic distance nearly hty
mes, aud the COMMITTEES estimated tue mileage O.. W esq
ern Members by Dunkirk instead OF Buffalo o. this f1ct
too suppose DIR. Whtesey ignorant, AMI that lac
will shelter himself behind tat Ignorance for this unjust
and ungentlenonly inpuaron.
Mr. Wittle-,y appears enert tin the opinion tn y
tbe road from my residence TO Washutp most Esaat
Nv rartid Is the that lending iroln his vilge
No man Of intelligence however will Tail u percelv thut
the usually rareid road from Jefferson . Washing
ION Is by Dukiik and NcwIork; while thet from Can
field by Pitt brgh II requi es bm oReha1- the time to
reach Washington by way Oi DunklrK hM u ooe' ny way
o Cleveland and Pittsburgh. and there would b. as much
propiety in Mr.. Whttcseys travelling this way, n. for
me iotrIve Ly Garfield. The law, and the Committee
allow me f. trvsl by New York but neither the law
the CO mmitcc allowed Mr. WAittlcsey travel on that
route il i 40, the nio,t usually Travelled road for him.
but il Is for me
Iiis ollusion to the lileagc of Mr.. Wade was ua'
fortunrtc Mr. Wede has assaulted me tor years on TINS
subject and now when he goes 20 Congress himself he
mutt either tutiy hsel put his own mileage at hall
price
But | repent what Mr. WAittlescy well know, that
have not received cent OF mil age which the law
doe nUt award TO me- and which not awi-tet me
by the unauiulOus voice OF the Committee on Mileage,
comp, eod Of di ting-hed Wings and De nocrat' ware
lat GRITTY was never doubted
But When Mr. Whitlc-ey charges me with cupidty,
with taking money which have not legal or moral
claim end propensity 10 violate the ninth command.
meat and then rends lecture upon the cor1ufi0ns OF
C,yress he exhibits such superciOuI arrogance such
senile egotm that he sinks below the reach OF digll'
nei comment am unwilling % 20 further than 10 con-
sicn his letter and its author 20 the consideration anu
judgment oi an intelligent people. J. 4 GiDDINGs