The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-02

plead guilty charge and take the responbiH v
With the hope that you viii do me the justice to pub
hsh this In your next paper, remain respectfully no.,
ARCHIBALD DIXON,
Colts Patent Extension.
TO THE EDITOR OF TIM NEW YORK HERALD.
SIR-In the HERALD Of the Esd inst, letter in
reference to Colts extension appears, signed by
Horace II. Day, in which that individual endeavors
to avert the consequences of my exposure of his at
tempt to levy black MALI upon Col. Colt.
To so much Of that letter as attacks me personally
or professionally have Of course no reply to make.
1t is painful but necessary incident to the other
wise agreeable profession Of which am member,
to incur the hatred and vengeance of those volators
Of the law whose offences have brought down upon
them its punishment /; and il should descend to
personal controversy with every convicted lawbreak
er to whom have applied the "scourge Of justice"
should and but little time for any other pursuits.
Mr. Day, however gravey asserts it to be his opinion
that the fact that am OF the principal counsel"
OF Mr.. Goodyear, is answer enough to make to me,
and that it were not for his desire to nure COL
Colts extension, he should make no other reply.
His motive is certainly an amiable one, especially
a. Mr.. Day assures you that che has no personal in
erest in tee matter" except such as may arise from
the fact thar am counsel for Goodyear. 1t is true
however, as atated, that have devoted a very con
siderable attention and time to protecting Mr.. Good
years property from Mr.. Days piraces, and Mr.
Goodyears fame from his ISLANDERS. AID with q sue.
cess which Mr.. Days complaints show to be CON.
plete. These efforts, too, have been made in a.so
citation with some Of the &bes lawyers of the coun
try, and can well bear the reproach Of being found
in such company, and in such a cause. Moreover
whA md M Dov nuh hinU auoho CTR ~.
Of the 18th, (and least it might pass unnotced 70
calling public attention to it, and reairming it in his
letter OF the 23d,) in which he informs the country
with the air Of an injured and despsng patriot that
there are mo honest men In the Cabinet'-that the
administration Ii engaged to "back up the swindles'
that gentlemen OF the character ana station Of the
Secretary OF War, Gen. Armstrong, Major Harris.
and the like, are band Of pirates and robbers
| should suspect myself OF some crime or fear that
others would suspect me- unless similar epithets were
applied to me by the same person whenever he
should speak Of me- Ipass there ore this part Of the
case, with the sincere hope that may never 80 con-
duct my own my clients affairs either personally
or professionally, as to incur the orprooriam Of
Horace H. Days praise.
Inc extension Of Col. Colts patent is the object
have TO attain. Mr.. Day concludes bis letter by an
attacks he has made is devoid Of any resemblance
to trsth. Finding, he says, that the statements
in ny letter were likely to aid me in my extension
project" he tries to find some one of them which is
first-which was that Col. Colt was not applying to
Congress to extend patent already rejected by the
Commissioner, but another one for different sub
ect and he arragns that statement with the air Of
q man about to refute it. "Let US see" says Mr.
Day, "whether that is is So" When l read
so far / began to fear that had myself made
a mistake, and really did not know what Colonel
Colt was asking for; but in the next four
lines the falsy Of the former charges made against
Col. Colt is admitted; and ! am advised that il
would have been Euch better for me to have Joined
with those who uttered 1t aud carried out the de.
cepton than to have corrected -that to say that
he told, after all to help Colt and now against
the advice Of his friend Day, he is running its most
excellent effect by eontradictiDg it, However it
would be ungratsul in me not to thank Day for his
advice, and TO assure him that nothing but that par
TALLY for truth which has for years prevented me
from following any OF his counsek could now hinder
from taking it.
Having hds failed to sustain any Of the four false
statements deliberately published TO the country
Mr. Day sticks his last knife with the fury Of
despair. He has got one charge now which he il
determined shall be true. He says that, in applying
TO the Commissioner to extend the patent OF 1888,
Col Colt charged It " with a. the expenses" and
and that now he attempts to apply his expenses to
the patent Of 1885, and his profits 10 the patent OF
1889" After oosvicting man OF four deliberate
unihs j. is perhaps n unnecessary to Say anything
consistency in mendacty forbids his reader t. believe
that at tbis late moment he will begin to tell the
truth but lest the character Of the opposition to
Col Colts application may be unknown to some in
nocent reader Of this last charge, feel bound to re-
flute it, have oil the others Now il is not true
that in his application to the Commissioner for the
extension Of his patent Of 1889, that patent was
" charged with s the expenses.' On the contrary
the whole expenses shown on that applicat on as
any one may zee who will read the account which
the law requires to be filed in the Patent Office were
$250,0O0, aid the patent OF 1889 was only charged
with $50 600, or less than q quarter Of them Aud
it not true that in the presen. application to Con-
gress Col Colt attempts 70 apply bic profits to the
patent OF 1885," but, the contrary il is freely adj
nted that every dollar which has been realized is
attributed TO the very patent which he now seeks to
exieid although IL cost COL Colt seventeen wears of
hard labor, and fortunes in money to extract profits
from It, This is the fifth debe rate false charge made
BY Mr. Day and his knife sticking" friend Ia Wash.
tor against Col Colt, and net one word of truth has
yet appeared from them. My only fear now is that
II they should begin to state the facts a. thew are IL
would so discredit them that no one would believe
the truth. No one can form correct idea of what
mtndacity is till he has has read Day on Colts
Patent, snd commend that ingenious per orm-
aDce TO the careful attention of the curious In the
ant u "knife sticking" i. can be found in series
of letters from Washington and various ne gspapers
conn enoing the cay after the black mair experi.
meui failed, aud ending QncludiDg the attack on the
administration generality the 23d inst with the
letter in the HERALD OF that date.
Finally, in order to demolish every pretence In
Mr.. Days letter, ] now publish the letters Of Hon.
jeremiah Clemens Mr. Weller, and Mr. Judson on
this subject Mr. Day forgot that before he ever
made his proposition TO me, he tried his oer nents
two OF these gentlemen, and upon several Others
whose testimony could be given II DAYS oWn &C.
count Of the matter were not eio de Sc These gen
tltmen all referred him TO me, and finally he came
lie did not inform these gentlemen exactly what his
fa,rn NOR no a.