Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-10-21

That letter contains expressions which are general
ly understood as in some measure verifying the
charge in question, and which,, il read WIN nc more
than ordinary attention, would be llkely so 10 I'M
press even the most intelligent leausr. Consluer-
ing the high authority fr,m which the ielter ema-
Mates it cannot be expected that should be so re-
CARELESS of my good name as TO lie sill unuer the
general belief Of my fellow citizens tnet II com
fimed the charge put forth by the Union, especlat
ly as the honorable Signer could
SO to be understood.
He thus meets the charge of the Union:
The New York an6oin: hents, including Daniel
s. Dickinson's and my own, for the Offices of Col
lector and Attorney, were gazelled on ire same
day. and soon afterwards bore to washington aud
delivered 10 the President the written de cllnatior
of Mr.. Dickinson. Judge bronson hal NOT men
ms vet been named IN connection with the Collec-
toIshp; but within few hours thereafter, andup-
on the same day. he was nominated ny tle fTesl-
dent, and unanimously confirmed ny the senate,
am morally certain that FROM The hrst Sugsesuoh
of his high and honorable name untl ms conhrm-
alton as Collector, neither the President Eor any
member of his Cabinet had an opportunity oil con-
ferring with any friend of Judge Bronson unless
indeed, it had been thought fit 10 confer with me:
He was at the time travelling IN Connectlcut, anu
his exact whereabouts being unknown, II was nm
possible to have conferred with himself, even ny
telegraph.
From these circumstances it will be seen that
am as competent TO testify in this respect 10 ms ac
ceptance of his appointment, as IN respect 10 my
own acceptance of that which was conferred up
on myself, No one concerned in his appointment
could have inferred from any facts then appearing,
that his political sentiments differed from mine;
and consequently shall hencetorth speak only 10
exonerate myself from this Scandalous lmnutatlon,
claiming on the strength Of what has already been
stated, that Judge Bronson, when his appointment
was made, must have been considered ana tIeateu
as standing in the same category with myself.
From me no pledge OF any kind IN favor oil the
distribution policy was ever obtained OF could pos
sibly have been implied.
He then enters into history of the division OF
the Democratic party in New York, to show that
no such pledge was or could have been made by
him, in any thing he said or did
Here is his opinion of the policy of Secretary
Guthrie:
Neither the Baltimore platform nor the lnaugu-
raj address contained the slightest lint IN favor oil
distribution of office between the sections OF the
Democratic party, or any recognition OF such sec
lions; without concuTring in the reproach cast up
on the Cabinet by its political enemies, and now
for the first time gwen on authority IN the Union,
| could not have supposed that its very material
and construction indicated such policy; my own
action. had been uniformly hostile TO the policy; my
speech always had been, and still was, openly,
frankly, and distinctly ayerSe to it. What right
then, had any one to imply that l would aid IN or
conform 10 i'll
L deem it unjust in itself, and subyersiye of po-
litical morality; believe that an adoption oil IT.
and adhesion to ii, would be miSchieVous, II not
fatal to the Democratic party.