The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-11
The Scarlet Letter Asain-Mr. Gaibralth
Statement.
TO rnR EDITOR or THE NEW YoHE nKRALD

TO rHR EDITOR or rHE NEW YoRK GERALD.
Mr. FplroRMy gtatsmeft OF the converse hons betwss
m, hrsas resp' citing taAt Scarlet Letter.
appears % quits uapai to that gentleman, an
has ELECTED from him remarks uhoh he douaiissa
irendsd shou pass for contradiction Of tho truth
my statement bur which a-s fat, very clumsy a
temp. to blink the qusson crawl out Of The dilsm
ma In which he 10 colfesesly xed Ny stsemeat 10 IN
truth, the whole truth and no king but Tie truth.
have no.hirg 10 AID thereto subtract ttererom;
states exactly what took rlacs st ny two iaerv~s VIII
Mr.. Cocbrxne, and now repeat L. 81 saw Dr. Co0hraD
ae- this, and nked him II he had the letter which
was written by Frankia Psrse ia ls4s 10 tie nsstip
held Ia New Yo,k in that year, for The purpossv
rstfyEs AM confirming III p,ocasdiSss which I'D la's
taken place in hs Ctc. Buffalo coayeaton snt the
nonins which there made 10 hH possas aoa
| Mr. CochrhKs ssid h had the letter referred 70
! then asktd k,Ea II he v uld give II to ne, ana nc
raid he would he could sad It, but taat =; WIS som
tine since ne cav i, ans tea. as hardly Ersw Vnefe
WAS but that he would look for II aad send J. 70 me
Not having received it. hr Coehrsas assn, 40 ne
told rs Ia hsd not yet found H. FOR said ae, hsvs
baen moving NV Office from stree. TO Trrity Build
rg and nv pa srs have got someshst diiArAnged out
am itye haze Il, and nu itd for you soso n@
gra. chis ,ssce; Iepned roll q papers, and "a ai roac
Papers found his Identical letter. ~psen ~ fraHssss
Pierre % The raj fcaron mee.tr9 in ls4s.'
az tn n srfed him is contents ana ne SIC % dic
ser1al approval Of the course that had tesa paS'sd'
AVID ne nos,e,,s made al tie Ued or BaDao Ccs1npss
in 1888
.Ithen SHED him why 1t hsd noto read and puosh-
ed At the time or immedia y t tbs nestirg dc aid
| he did not knov, bat hs supposed II Vas eecause |
the cfssrs Of the meeting he particularly mentioned
yudse Wcie tVry considered Franklin Pierce man q
leso on fuerce at tso t.ee that u read puih
,,ty Of his oud do god TO tn lhGcus and hence u
y.oso, OF il being droion osid along With 'aaer " ctass
as tnry uortess until hs became President OF ine tn
tee s,stsa."
To thisMr Cochr,re alter vast amount Of rcdonon-
tsds which be niltsEes for wit, asys-
"NI. CalurAiA's statement shall DO fairly and 'sny en-.
1t is untrue that stated Mr. GalbrArh that had the
Il il untrue that Mr. esisrai,h called second
time
1t s untrue that said cav it not great while since
so.I 1s 's p.,ers tnsr. found this ss
t~r wlseH by franklin Pisics to The rAtn0aoR meeuns
is fsIpe tsnt said the letter. far - reooected,
WAS general approval OF the that had been pnr-
tued And The nominations made At the Utica or Bufaic
!. is faae that Benjamin G.lbaith asked why the
letter had no, been read and publisher ~ me nms OF
Il is isiss that said cid not know, but opposed
was the officers Of the meeting, particularly
Judge considered Franklin Pierce IS man Of
so little note or In that time that to read or
puolifh letter Of his wond do no good 70 them what
ever and herce Ct its being tbIown aside
along With number u others. IS entirely worthless,
. until he bscAme President Of tbs Uaitod States.
! did toy that . letter received from denerAs
5 Pierce; that Il must be an org my papers,
Ieissy that r.co,ieo hAviFg tssn ione yes-s $50
roll Of papers, which on dsceyered we're ierE
reserved OF the meeting OF ls4s but cid not exsmne
hem but put them away and had not since been able @
Iwaa aware when Percs's letter resolved
q thst the Buffalo Convention lad not been held Vas
also Judge Water not an officer OF the
meeting If l8a8 and yet Be- amin sbr.th eeresente
ne as uncertain Of the fact and Of the lsst
And thir 10 the opinion OF Mr. cechrane, Is FAIRLY and
enCounering my statement 1t shows what his no
TORS Of fairness are; Why 10 bs, no. venursi to deny
tho truth substance and 6ttt OF SIM lie sentence In al
my statement bu. has himself to denying that
give his precise words Ths hsisptng and rhing with
truth 10 juls what may be expected from 10 IN OF ny
-. | Cochran s csibre
III said Ihal the Lite, " says ht. coshrane
srd Llmost in the he sdntts ~ did say
| letter received; u miLt be among uy psperr.'
Oh ar ceohTane II in .ur practice at tbs Tar yoo
4 letter, Ls1t nittpg mus be among nis pspsts
how wsrid have de.ied liz odtous presentation
fully sIeou1tef ny astemb ting shield yosr
sci by di.tssn fhDg he ing Iha snd lmus
this . similar character ior content with bic dss
pcshle sqaTccstcn, he has ga,bed my statements
vertec their obvious and legitimate meaning, and
APPEALED 70 fcts capable OF proof d'nnde to eousr his
at "a false, writes Mr. caehr.nc, "taatI said tia.
the letter. far As rscoectsd, general sppr,a
eftss that had been pursued aad he
l z,
Here hin full and fair srcoanterins smourts to this
and this cnly that he denies saSirg Utica BaiEao
when General Pieress s Ter WAS received that tbs
Buaslo Convention bsd not been held :; and from this
he wishes II to be iteIrea that II impossible he
9 should FAY Utica B,gao IL ssmuch the Bafalo
convention had not bern he'd; he may safely deny he said
charge him With bavas 80 a.a Twas ds,irous that my
statement should be strictly correct and not being quite
rare but being certain ~her Utica or Buffalo, L
TO prevent Inisahe alleged it tbs other
Utica or Bunao nobody Of common sense would read nay
at is falss continues Mr. CoohrAne, "that said
the particularly Judge wat.rSury This is not my
statements my stat ment is the tfoer Of the meeting,
does not h.sitas to .ter he sense Of nv statement &c
suit his case BY on.,Sg the VOID and Now, my state
ss na f.'1 s: ssa ss W.
, was IN officer 1t that meeting. Mr. Cochrsne,
so IL to ss @ oss
necessary to expose the weakness Of Mr. Coosranss
ss sss ne NOT IN MS letter 10 Ina ns S5s
bury toe b p.I 5,s, Who woa probably r.oosos tho
true that Mr.. Galbraith called . ssoond tme.n As
he has in another part Of his letter made distinction be-
tween "a ad 2. and Spoken O. ard IS ny ar.t Interview
to mean that speaking to him In that manner
To those acquainted with both my worSpis GOOD
sgapst Mr. Cochranes for ANYTHING; but ssrs
only c go from the probabilities Of the two stories which
Kr. tochrsDe as lswyer, has learned hos TO dodge
H knows that when Is hopeless to succeed the real
issue II IL polite TO raise fAlse one He knows the
real ssus in this IT, what the contents OF ha
Scord letter. As be nss it irconvsnisnt 70 be pressed
that issre he would fam raise false Issue pom what
or vbst 6adup0n In fact, but the reA.
one. That Scarlet Letter has been raced to John Coah
he has copfciea TO HAVING had hie papers
he does show IL to he lost destroyed sud he thrusts
himself forward as witness as to TIA con'sE,s Yet
him credit for being learned In the law sui sent to
kGow that the proper evidences CT the contents OF ud
SCARLET L' Is the letter tss; that this stser itself,
II 10 the best ia tn only evidence Of its en.
and AL letters that John C5chrsne hiss written
or ~ write Will ts equivalent for the Sodrl
Letter Of General Pierce 10 the ratification meeting
lsis Approvipg Of their and II is among
| his papers and II must ce produced