New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-31
TEE B -c~ CoMmoxwEALrH.-Mr.

TEE B -c~ CoMMoSwEALrH.-Mr
Lie. he pe>enr Tie CSnmoHreahl OF Boston,
has FADE he foosng reply to the recent statement OF
Elizur Wright ESQ, ex. Editor. Az we published M
wrigt,s statement justice requires tha we should al
20 give place 70 the rejoinder;
81 am not unaware of the folly OF dragging private
difficulties before the public for settlement Bat there
are few points in his statement 10 some explanation
of VII; the reader IL really emitted Mr. ght says
N nj made solemn pledge that anything he might
write SHOULD be inserted bur tina. his statement was at
late hour rejected Now should not have made such
pledge to any earth, and certainly not TO one
wbese style occasionally runs IA far astray az Mr..
Wrieht's Neither on the other hand did | reject the
erficle The circumstances were briefly these. My
psrtHer and had conversation with Mr.. Wright On
Saturday afternoon Near its close, Mr. Wright re-
marked that he wished mis- statement TO be publshedn
our paper said that we should have to judge when
we saw the article whether could admit il not,
and that thought from his conversation, il was likely TO
be rather revengeful. He said in answer that ii we
should publish it, he would have it in the 9th pa
pers. To this said that must judge seeing the
article which alternative should prefer think he
minated that he could show the piece then, but my
partner does not recollect his having done so.
"On Sunday Mr. Wright left his article with COM
postors, one of whom handed TO me- found it
tanned statements which made it unit for publication
and laid il by. may add that had for /. that
night and said nothing in the paper about the separa-
ZION. In the evening Mr.. Wright came to read the
proof and asked NE for it. told him that the article
not set up tha, thought !. too unjust, bat wished
him TO leave the question whether 1t should be inserted
to be decided the next day by my partner As my part
ner lives Ia the country, he could not be reached
Sunday. Mr. Wright sat down, very angry and prepared
the preface his article When he had written H. and
continued to accuse me Of having broken my promise
to admit the piece, asked him in a sufficiently
emphatic TO hold hi attention, whether the facts which
have given in relation to our conversation did not oc
cur. Yes he said, they did Then, said how you
lay promised the inserton His answer was that he
had had the article in MS pocket and would have shown
1t we had asked him to- and that failing To do
amounted to promise insert And with no sounder
argument he Immediately publish the statement
about my solemn pledge
"Mr Wright speaks of having sunk all he had in the
world 20 recover the paper from the former Trustees
He did not invest one cent in business We pur
chased the property and made him partner 10 share
with ourselves the profits and losses as he had invest
ed capital He had salary while with us at least as
large the business would warrant all of which he
regularly drew out and his retiring not only all the
loss sustained since purchased the establish nen
falls upon US but we are obliged TO pay one OF his Old
debit which my partner voluntarily assumed when M
Wright joined us. We did not separate from Mr.
Wright because the paper Is profitable, ne suggests
but because bis salary and want OF good business habits
perpetual drain our private funds, which we
did not think we ought to bear any longer.
"Neither may add was the reason for our separa
ton my offer to make better paper than Nc Wright
he represents did not ask to have him displaced
but only to be released myself offered TO assume the
whole loss which had been sustained in the business
Mr. Wrights share my partners, and my own, as the
condition OF permitting me to retire Bat my partner
did not feel justified in conserving 70 my leaving tie
business in the hands Of person likely to
duct proitabiy than Mr.. Wright What course | was
to pursue more favorable Mr. Wrghtthan that which
have pursued should ike to have any reasonable per
son point out
al ask pardon for having written so much. appear
before readers under The disadvantage of being
known to most them. II could mention my partners
name it would be sufficient answer 10 Mr.. Wrights
tice But his business is entirely separate from the
conducting of newspaper, he prefers not to be named
Mr.. Wright's excelencies one is i'm condition to
appreciate than my psrer and myself but in thus
attacking US he has committed great error, which
have doubt he will regret when he views it calmly
And when be will avoid injustice and write for the pro-
motion of those noble objects which he has often
shown bis devotion our columns shall be opened to no
one with more readiness than to him.
"CHARLEs Lsr."