Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-09-29

is, whether you are not Ca Northern man with I
Southern principles after the fashion of Mr..
Van Buren,, and there is some danger they may
think So
81 AM NOT SURPRISED TO KNOW THAT
THE ATTEMPT TO PROVE Me AN ABOLI-
ZIONIST, PROVOKES MUCH MERRIMENT
AMONG ALL PARTIES HERE AND THIS
WEAK AND UNTRUTHFUL SKETCH OF
WHAT .PURPORTS TO BE. MY SPEECH Is
REALLY TOO RIDICULOUS TO BE CONsID-
Erred IN ANY SERIOUS LIGHT"
! Of all extraordinary parts of this strange let
ter this is by far the most extraordinary-"p
me an abehtionist Whoever dreamed Of such
thing! No, sir! no one knows better than
yourself that reference is had to your New Bos-
ton speech to prove, not that you are an aboli-
ZIONIST, but that you are alsince7e man; that
you have, what the late Mr.. Rantoul justly stig-
matized as "two systems "--one for New Hamp-
shire and the other for Washington; and that
You are utterly unworthy Of the confidence of
honest men in any part OF the country.
And then you tell us that "this weak and an
truthful sketch Of acAat parports TO be my speech as
really TOO ridiculous to be considered in any serious
light" Why, then, have yen taken the stand as
witness Why did you not leave this business.
in the hands Of your agents and attorneys,-Ayer
and Campbell? They uncommonly enterprl-
sing gentlemen in this line. But we rejoice you
are on the stand, and we intend to give you
thorough cross examination before we get
through.
In the mean time you may, if yoa please, stand
aside until we have introduced matters which
enable us to sft the subject to the bottom You
are lawyer, General, and you know there ls no
thing like cross-examnation to elicit the truth
The General concludes his letter with refer
ence to the many tribnlations to which he Is sub
o1 thaGa 6ova According to his QC-
count of the matter, multitude OF people are
trying to make him say has political cdtech'sm we
are glad of it, and hope they will stick TO MN.
There is nothing like giving trimming politician
good, thorough pumping.
"Concludes," did we say--not quite, for he
wi.ds off with thanks to Edwin De Leen, ESQ,
for his efforts to vindicate his claim to the trait
of directness Of character! Now, dear General
we can suggest to you q very compendious me-
thod of settling this matter. Did the Rev
erend Mr. Foss ask you what you thought
of tho fugitive slave law, and what did you
say in reply? There is direct question-to
which you can give direct answer, and then we
can Judge of your claim to directness OF charac-
ter. Do not beat about the bush, General, but
come up to the scratch at once, and tell us what
was your response. The response! General! !!
the response.
How many witnesses have been called in m
said on some occasion-how totally have they
differed on the question, and that too, when only
few words we're spoken; and how long have the
lawyers wrangled, and disputed over the subject;
and yet it is pretended that reporter present, Ia
king down the very words uttered, and now
swearing to the correctness of the record, cannot
be trusted and that we should rather conhde IN
the vague aud slippery allegations of men who
have the most interested motives for CLOSING over
r;u n
the reverse of fnct.
We now invite the attention of the reader to
additional proofs, not only of the high character
and perfect reliability of the Rev. Mr. Foss, but
also of the precise accuracy of his statements,
which we regard as conclusive; these proofs are
as follows
Mayors Office, Manchester, Aug. IA, 1852
Having been intimately acquainted with Rev.
A. T. Foss, of this city, during the last seven
years, can most cheerfully state that he always
has sustained IN unblemished moral character,
and is regarded in our community as clergyman
of ability, intelligence, and piety:
FREDERIC sMYTH,
Mayor Of Manchester, ~ II.
GofSto,cn, NJ r., Aug 9, 1852.
This is to certify, that the Rev. Andrew 7. Foss
is u member of the Baptist church, in Gottstown,
n. H., in good and regular standing, and is
minister in regular standing in the Baptist de-
.omination. J. w. POLAND, Pastor,
JESSE T. PLUMER, Oh. OK.
We, Abraham Cochran, Solomon NJ. McCurdy,
and james McCurdy, citizens Of New Boston,
county of Hillsborough, and State Of New Hamp-
shire, depose and say, that we were at political
meeting in this town on the second day Of Janu-
ary, 1862, Mt which General Pierce made polit-
ical speech and we further say that we saw q
report of said speech Immediately after in the
Manchester Democrat, and we then thought the
report q faithful statement Of Gen. Pierces re-
marks on the slavery question; and our atten-
ton having BEEN recently called to this subject,
We say that, according to the best of our recol-
lection, the report the part relating to slavery
and the fugitive slave law, is correct.
ABRAHAM COCHRAN,
SOLOMON NJ McCURDf,
JAMES McCURDf. !
State of New Hampshire,
HalsboroUgh SO.
On this 9th day of July, A. d. 1882, personally
appeared the above-named Abraham Cochran,
Solomon NJ. McCurdy. and James McCurdy and
made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by
them subscribed is true before me,
JOS. COCHRAN Jr,, Justice Of the Peace,
To be continued
Corporation of Washington.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN,
Monday, Sept. q, 1852.
Present: Messrs. Mngruder, Morgan, Wilson,
Bayly Borrows, Hill, Davis, French, PRESIDENT
Writ, Thornley,, Gordon, Page, and Wheeler.
Mr.. HILL moved, ms mark of respect and of
sympathy with Mr.. Towers, member of this
Board, in his domestic affiction, that the Board
do now adjourn and accordingly the Board ad-
journed,
BOARD OF COMMON Council, !
Monday, Sept %, 1852. !
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