Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-11-11
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statement except that said g Rule Britannia was
played after the loyal toast whereas it turns out to have
been God Save the Queen" Your greater familiarity
with these airs has enabled you to correct the mistake
This discrepancy is not however, perceived to be mate
rial-both in my judgment equally inappropriate to
OCCASION and that the nadvertent is quite
obvious.
You question my statement that several gentlemen did
not rise when I" the Queen" proposed and you as
sert that person only continued in his seat In
this you have been misled. Mr. Hooper, who sat at my
left did not rise am informed there others, not
including the who sat you and whose reluctance
to stand up only yielded to your repeated and pointed
efforts.
Not content with your instrumenality in promulgating
reports of your entertainment dsparagng the Pres
dentof the United States and compromising the Legation
you have disclosed phase of your hostility by CIV
ing the most extensive publicity to gross attack upon
in my official character under the guse Of reply to
letter TO which my was not affixed and which
you went far out of your way to assume to be mine
Throughout your communication you appear to have
confounded the plain distinction between differences of
opinion and those deliberate perversons of truth which
mpeach the veracity of men. Thus for instance in re-
ferrng to my opinion of your speeches proposing the
President" and the Queen" while you deny that the
"seryile " and the other "lukewarm," you do
this in terms which, if not designed to be offensive, are
most infelicitously chosen.
The careless of language has led you in seve
raj passages raise apparently issues Of veracy
with upon points in regard to which We had only the
misfortune to think differently.
controversy thus forced upon me without provoca-
ton cannot be declined without dshonor And in your
declaration that you irresponsible" for all you say
in your letter. and more man Of deeds than
words happy to discover an ntimation in advance
that your of justice does not prompt you to make
me the reparaton which conceive myself to be
titled you hold yourself ready afford the redress
which the occasion warrants and my position exacts.
1t now only remains for to demand from you dis
tnct avowal Of any intention to impugn my veracity IN
any thing you have said in your letter
This note will be handed to you by my friend George
N. Sanders.
T ha,,o tl,o bono 20 ha e;r
obedient servant, D. E. SICKLES.
To GRonqE PEABoDY Esq, Club Chambers.
LONDON, OCTOBER O. 1854
SIR: Your letter dated 4th instant handed to me
by Mr. Sanders on the 9th, but my time did not permit
me to read it till the evening of the 7th
Before conclude upon to adopt relative to
your communication have to request that you viii IN
form me if in the use of the word legation, you al
ude to Mr.. Buchanan well as yourself and whether
the letter you have has been read to or by him
and received his sanction?
In the 18th paragraph of the letter. when speaking OF
the toast to sthe Queen" you say: Mr.. Hooper, who
my left did not rise, and am informed there were
Others including the one who sat near you and whose
reluctance to stand only yielded to your repeated and
pointed efforts" Am right in presuming you to mean
Mr. Buchanan? If am not must request you to give
me the name Of the party.
Your obedient servant
GEORGE PEABODY.
To Mr.. D. E. SIcKLEs, Fenton's Hotel.
UNITED STATES LEGATION,
LONDON, OCTOBER 13, 1854.
SIR: Your note bearing date the 9th instant was
received by the morning of the llth, by post.
cannot conceal my surprise at its tenor is difficult
to perceive in any ambiguity to be found in my letter
the least necessity for either your Inquiries have
been able discover the bearing Of your questions on
the sole point have presented for your consideration
viz whether you to withdraw the derogatory au
sons to myself contained IN your publication OF the loh
of August
In order, however, that you may not be delayed in
coming conclusion 'upon course to adopt" In re-
gard to my communication Of the 9th instant, am dis
posed to waive the obvious exceptions to the two ques
tons which, their face at least designed to enable
you understand the purport Of my letter These two
will answer lest refusal to do might seem dis
courteous
You ask eff in the Of the word legation
refer to Mr.. Buchanan" The word 'Legation oc-
several times ia my note to The sense in which
employed is always plain from the context in some
instances it embraces the personnel of the Mission and
in others it is manfesy used to designate the place
where the business Of the Mission is transacted.
In the 11th paragraph of my NOTE for example, where
that word occurs do refer to Mr. Buchanan when
speak of the circumstances that preceded and prompted
my letter to Col. Greene-a private letter not intend
ed for to vindicate the Legation from
the apersons which you had sanctioned and to enable
COL Greene to correct Misrepresentation that might
find their way into the American press"
In the 4th paragraph also refer Mr. Buchanan
when alluding to your nstrumentaty in compromising
the Legation by Of your connexion with the
newspaper reports of the extensively
circulated by yourself and which, as you have admitted
his speech and that besides described
him as having been of the company among whom as
was macousy stated there Americans who refused
to rise when the President Of the United States was
proposed
in the 18th paragraph of my note of those dsn
clined to rise when the loyal toast given, Am
right in presumng you meant Mr.. Buchanan I" You are
not right in making any such presumption. referred to
gentleman who sat in front of you, at the foot Of the
table ut which occupied seat, and whom was in
formed by two Of your guests in London prcked
up with fork, some other sharp instrument, while
the band was playing God the Queen" The name
of the gentleman am unable to give you, in compliance
amusing incident observed by several Of the
pany and is difficult to suppose you have forgotten the
occurrence.
You also put the following question to me: Whether
the letter you have sent has been read to by him
Mr Buchanan) and received his sanction? 2" To this in
quiry, entirely nadmssibe, presume you scarcely
venured to anticipate answer Indeed it is not easy
to characterize this extraordinary nterrogatory de-
serves without comments that conflict with my desire to
treat you with all possible respect. II there
other objection the question than that it is wholly r
relevant the issue between u.s. that would be
elusive You responsible to alone for what you
have said of me-
You now wish to know whether show my private
respondence Mr. Buchanan, and what he thinks of it.
Certainly his advice in controversy Of this sort above
all Others that which would naturally be the first to
seek But it is something quite novel, believe for
gentleman to be called upon to disclose the and
opinions of those to whose judgment he may appeal in
the confidence Of official private relations Suppose,
in return to ask you TO favor me with the names
and views of the conclave-Engish and American-to
whose counses you submitted your letter to the Boston