New-York daily tribune., 1854-09-02

IN W. Sharks cu..Ddy, TO he printed by hir Il We
.. ,houeht proper" However this knO~eise may
b.en obtsipe1 il Is nevertheless fact that have
never even 10 this day seen one of the orisfi ie''es
addressed BIZ Washington 20 Lear. inroa,h 'he
kirdne,, OF Mr. Lincoln Lear | received copies oil
some ofthese letters bui they were not Used IN select
ing the materials for publication. The letter in qnes
non vbs printed from the record in "sshIngtons
Let-er-Books.
lis unnecessary in this place to discuss or explain
the principles upon which Washinstons "rIhng'
were edited in regard TO emissions. These principles
are clearly and fully stated in the Introductory P1H
Of the fret and second volumes of that wOrA Nnsy
there be seen that the object was 10 comprise wIiih
eleven volumes the portions of Washington writings
noet valuable a. furnishing materials OF history, ana
unfolding the character Of the man THIS could De
doreonly by frequent omissions both OF whole letters
and Of such osts of letters a. embodied repetIiions
of others or ran into details OF no intrinsic value or
rermanen, importance. 1t happens that an omission
f this Kind occurred in the letter which has cauei
forth your remarks, and in which omission Is con-
urised part Of your extract An exact transcript OF
Tho uart omitted having been obtained from the Let
fer. Book it il here Inserted.
The P,ess from VI Bertrand 20 Mr. Je1sr'on ~ii ,3,
ty f Poet .iisr r r..enee ny bod ny ~ j.5s,
std the once Of seereil1J OF siste the 1T NJ "a
rt Whee place of Attorney General Is hled 5y judge
B.sfiSe o. ' .5 1eu H. trouble u reoe7.as copy of
L,tff slseh wrote 70 Mr Arthur Yoans b. NJ N Nor
. & o. ' L.S ~ seSuSse OF 81 Yosn.. llie .PPolns.nt
A. c-etaTy Of the National Board Of Asnou.iure nor o. ne
.. Ls. ,,sGy or u make yoa acquainted with The pup't
Of he 9toy, letter Be ihi. ho~rvrr s it may ny
~ IN ere spresr. 10 b. any der-licfion on h' P'r
,, comfy with my w-hs. and Jau ocoson 'loud eoear o
tfugh EnssBd scosud elsewhere and yod 'e- no In
EseIIS 5.T So1d .IrI = ssd wv we're 20 DO il
W wih her is eIsPose o. the ants h:ye nad re-.
.or 10 zoe By Mr Bsh and 10 short; my settled liads 10
s tsern tsrt. Of this state the Count; Of Fsyete snd
Nj urou have the prce Of my lands On Hs Olo
.rG A. Kanhawa twenty shlnzs Virginia currency per
10 lshIsion to hty sh.iu.s per acra' FeHH', cur
TeLcy.
,se ss hs.h been part expressed 70 W. Yo1ns are 70 re-
duee y income be 1t more or less to speei4es la 's re-
ron care ard that may be enabled haowins pfes-y ny
5it ~ tGeH.b D lie e.tm atLn Of the world Ps--s
.d and dear fIuduetEe i IL the AN oen
nm. ,,bsIn 10 refuse sd. which .iOrd unless
. \ rat OF il 10 .nsuer The purpose. Yoa wei
neouat. with the .ituaon and qn.y ~ tn- lsrds wnch
a., bs, .pts, ed for .se that snost unnecessary 10
pore nfo detail respect them with Those however
on the Ohio beiw the mouths Of the Great aud Little k.a-
hswss az three sois Frsl containing yias "a The
$50 Of tbe river Y miles below Marietta The second i9
acrs m down (beng the fourth large bottom on the
eat the Tvel and the ihc on the same SIDE opposite
to the bend the riser containing i9' ares al oi
which A,e o the frsi quality.
TIE lsnds on great Ksuhawa in respect nfe-
ror lhs, are contained in four Patents: the first beginning
within lies Of the river and contains ~ 80 sores OF the
oh,s bottom, sIetehI u OF ~ mile: si'ns ne rset me
ne 6 il. little above hs lat on the opposite de
Of the vrr the other sui higher al the mouth
Of snd Coal River both Of the rt quality containing shout
Ahoush 1t my wish these lands into cash
the snd or the Purpo.e- rnenaned yet iSr -ton.
which will readily occur TO yon would not na"k them about
as 90, if they were never TO BE- sold"
Now, If anything was to be omitted for the
- n Ill Mill al.
tb, Sc pari uars might well be spared any that
could be imagined Perhaps Washington never
wrote any thing which the public at the present day
would care less 10 know which could have less IN
terest for Iosterty. But this is matter of judgment,
aud am willing to leave TO the decision Of the can
did reader.
There is another point, however, more worthy of
consideration. IL appears that the following passage
in your extract which has been the chief cause of
your remarks is not recorded at all in the Letter
Book.
Be,ies these, have another motive which make,
.s,r..tiy for these thngs /. indeed powerful than
81 ihe t,'-nsuty % eerse certain sPs.s' Of property
vhci rossess v'iy rePnsnany TO my own .cenT' out
which I' nous nees;,i eoapsl. un; can 'a6gie 500;
b,w,yei wei disposed nay be to do m Can Dc f'iycd'
This passage, repeat, is not found in the Letter
Book from ~hich the letter in Washingtons Writings
wss printed You will not hold me answerable,
therefore for the omission. In the other part Of
your extract, also, there are sevaral discrepancies
betve,n the text printed by you and that recorded
in the Letter Book as may be seen by the following
comparison:
1TXT n THF TgIBUgFl TEXT LETTER BOog.
.cfuTlr ~ di0i have scrupie q eisos,
ag 10 Ntu YOU that my motives ne
m sales AIh beel
cp, l.. more or T. .pe prsod Ay YOHngJ
ciaIi,-thst the remainder Of duce ncor1-
V ,,ys nav thereby lee. sperIi> that the
tsuqu src from ana malnde Of my da's may there
fhsi ma b. .nabd by be Tranquil aud treey
hef ee1erdenee 10 do from care and that Dsy be
mo- food will ensblsd tknowng pru1fay
ueu II fr GOuCh the dSJeadeneeJ 10 much good
nation OF the wos poess uli hf III ad
.oe and ctAr estate tbousA estaa
,duttive u L. that am ton Eolld possess
refuse GOOD aDd clear
hIch afford un- un9rodgctive II t that an
k,. .ol UAu OF TO answer OtcUtes ssha med = refuse
al. pufpo.e" oids which cannot .iOfd
les I 20 so0 part Of II 10
answer n, purpose
being presumed that you have printed accurately
from the original this comparison curious only
Illustrating well knoE VI fact, that, in the minor
points of phrsseology and style, there are frequent
differences between WsshiDgt-ns original letters and
the text recorded in bis LetterBooks; and what has
been shown above proves that passages some
times omitted in the one which are inserted in the
other.
After this explanation, trust you vii becouvnced