The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-04-09

discussion Of the subject to which it relates
bat a. the astAqg has cent 10 his name, ane
permits its communication to any person who
may feel sggrieved in the premises, we are
not at liberty to refuse his request et..-
NEw Yoax, April s, 1853.
To tie Editor Of he RepssbIie: sasa ss7.i5 =. 2
Sin: The within Communication was designed
for publication in the New York journal in which
the original article referred to FIRST appeared Ii
mas oeen for several days in the possession of the
conductors of that paper, and has been declined
on me ground OF it's being synonymous an
:~er 70 a real name AZ am DESTROYS of bring
fng the facts stated in it to the attan1ion of the
pafues interested, should be OBLIGED To Won If
Republic. - Tue o''un"s o. '"e
The Mexican boundary Commission.
To the Eaaer Of the Herald: 10000
Although not covetous of a newsna,er oontro.
versy, claim your space for few remarks in re.
ply to the communication Of JOHN R. RAurrx4r
esq. in your paper of 31st March.
am glad that DIR. BARTLETT has, over his ow n
name. seen fit to answer my former communics
ton. Perhaps in rummaging over bis bookstore
he may have come across some such proverb as
this:
"Qui capt., lille facit,''
and by bis very establish that the edtoria
article reviewed was mere self laudation from
himself.
Mr. BARTLETT intmates that the piece signed
pindfr emarates, I" without doubt - from Colonel
Or HAN. This conclusion is arrived at, because
he thinks pindex speaks favorably of Colonel GRA-
HA M therefore he wrote it. But self praise lie not
one oil Goionei GRAHAM's weaknesses, however it
may be one OF Mr. BARrLErT's. Now, Colonel
GRAHAM never indited dictated any portion of
hat rtir lo L.
infant of its being written, or have any know
ledge of it whatever until he saw it himself in
print nor does he to this hour know who the au
thor is. But Mr.. BARTLzrT makes this assump
ton pretext for assailing Colonel GRAHAM with
TRADE of twaddle and abuse that the facts little
justify.
Every one of the charges now made against
Colonel GRAHAM is fully set forth, and bis acts
justified in his printed report, even to writing
"with lead pencil" which was mistake of the
CLERK VINO sent Oh the wrong copy, and it was
apologized for to Mr.. BARTLETT by Colonel GRA-
HAM, but Is now magnanimously raked up again
That report clearly shows that in every thing
Colonel GRAHAM did, even to his efforts to force
himself in at the meetings of the joint comma
sion" he acted entirely under the instructions of
the Secretary of the Interior and did not assume
one particle more of authority than was delegated
to him by those instructions, dated October %.
1850, and addressed to Mr.. BARTLETT Secretary
STUART there says of Colonel GRAHAM: che will
meet with the joint commission OF the two gov
ernments And again The sci
entlhc corps on our side to be placed under the
immediate direction of Lieutenant Colonel Gp..
HAM" And again CAN renorts
from the heads of parties to be made to hi !"
And again The head of the sci
6 fSc will havc he
nomical and surveying instruments and anna
ratus, for which be will be responsible to This
Department, and be will be charged with their
distribution to the assistants and SURVEYORS as he
may DEEM NECESSARY" And yet Mr.. BARTLETT
with those instructions in his possession has TWICE
In his reply denied my assertion that ssto this spe
c'al ofhcer was the scientific portion committed
and says 1t is entirely at variance with ALL the
instructions received by me,'' (him.) After these
extracts from the instructions what becomes If
the charges against Colonel GRAHAM, of stopping
the survey without authority" and SO forth. NAV
they not properly be shifted to higher power
the Secretary of the Interior?
AS to the delay of Colonel GRAHAM in leaving
Washington, Of which so much is made, II was
caused mainly by the plumbers of Mr. BARrLErr
who had gone out entirely destitute of proper in
struments, and Colonel GRAHAM had to devote his
time for months in supplying that deficiency and
having INSTRUMENTS made before he could leave
MIR. Bartlett lakes this occasion to aim a ma.
fignant shaft at the highly honorable gentleman
who acted as secretary of the Senate Committee
and was entrusted by them to conduct the evil
dence. The reason for this is that Mr. BAkrLETrss
witnesses would write out their evidence and hand
it TO Mr.. BARTLETT to correct with his own men
before 1t was given in The secretary of the com
mittee reproved Mr.. BARTLETT and womb no,
tolerate the practice; hence this irrelevant attack
Mr.. BARTLErr Gays that my reply stabouuds in
errors and misstatements" but not one eingle as
sertion has he refuted.
He denies that the arguments in Congress "bave
remained unanswered" They are answered Ry
whom1 BY himself! and, when printed, win no
doubt satisfy the Government and the people''
that he j. right and every body else wrong.
The diplomatic character of his Office is PASSED
over; but, in bis communication to the NationoI
| Inteuigeneer of March Is, Mr. BARrLErr was
compelled to admit that ''the Commission was not
entrusted with diplomatic powers empowered
| to negotiate a boundary
With regard to the "open fight with the In
dians' my statements "destitute of truth. ~ So
says Mr.. BARTLETT; but where is his proof? How.
then, was that stopen hght?'
So also my account Of the rather authrononbacio
deaths of eleven out of the twenty who so Re
roicaiy "lost their lives by violent means, Bu,
where 1s the proof? When and how did they per-
len! Ihere ls no denial OF the particulars gave
In regard to the t'initial . int as the Mash.
ington papers have lately been DISCUSSING that
with Mr. BARTLETT, he here declines enterng
into II further. The fact is, General CoNDr stole
march on our Commissioner, and he rather
than admit it, endeavors to back his opinion bv
untenable arguments.
Mr.. BARTLETT, whose bette noir is the army
says 1t VIII be stgreat source of regret, if the
work OF the typographical corps has all to be done
over again No, sir; there is no fear that the sur
veys of the scientific officers you mentio9 can
ever be required to be done over again: those sur
vcys along the Rio Grande and the GiIa Won had
nothing to 90 with. Bsa the part you did have
something to do with--the fixing the .sinitisI
point" whence is to be traced the only line that ia
not along the bed of a river-if that most imnor-
tant part should all have to be done over again. il
may "surPrise" you, but not the "Governmept
and people,
The empty brag about relieving Colonel GA.
HAM from duty. elf he had refused 10 put IN his
instruments on the line - is something like his at
tempt to place another Typographical orficer in
arrest. his authority would have been found adly
aehcient Col GRAHAM did 90 refuse az il ahown
IN his report-not to DIR. BARTLETT. but to his
superior, the Secretary of the Interior
mr. BARTLETT says, What map did the survevor
refuse to signs Mr.. GRAy protested apainst a.
finitial point fixed by Mr.. BARrLrrr and Ga
"a understand, ''he would not sign the man :"
presume he meant the map of the survey wh;.h =
to be made, and, with his and the Corn m,ss,a.,u,
slgnatures' would form part of the treaty
mr.. BARTLETT then, for want of arunrss,t
sorts to witticism; and what stated as s.s;,rn,
or PLAIN mode OF viewing the treaty. mar he u;,
niy cnaracterises as "snples or siliv mn6e
cannot better meet this than bv ouot;nc ths L.,