The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-11
The Scarlet Letter Again Mr.. Gaibralth'
Statement.
70 rHR EDITOR OF THE NEW YoRK nERAl

70 vHB EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD
Mr. FDroR-My stssmeft OF the converss lions besuss,
my self III hfsus, resp' citing aAt Scarlet Letter.
appears % b qa.o u9pllisS to that gentleman,
has ELECTED from him remarks which be, DOUBTLESS
Intended shoui pass for contradiction Of the truth
my statement bur which srs fart, very clumsy At
tempt to blink the question lad crawl out OF the diem
ma In which he is colesssly 6xed Ny ststemen. the
truth the vhois truth, and shirg but The truth.
have nothing 10 add thereto subtract thers.rom;
states exactly what took pcs st ny two iaservis~s With
Mr. Cccbrane, and repeat IT, 81 saw Mr. CoohIaDS
soon a!te- this and nked him he had the letter which
WAS written BY Frsuia Psse, ia ls4s, to tie msstpe
held Ia New York in that year. for tie purpose OF
ratiEs AM CONFIRMING III p;ocasdiSgs which hid lately
taken place in the Utic. Buffalo coayenon snt the
noIains which there made ia his possession
| Mr. Coohrane ssid he HAD the letter referred 10
then asked hiEa If he " Md give IL to Ee, and he
psd he veua IL he could sad IT. hut that 1. vAs sons
tine since he cav Il, ans TIA. Ae hardly knew where
WAS but that he would look for it aad send i. 30
Not hlyins received it, Dir Cochrsas ssan, AID be
told re "a yet found II, ''or SAID se, Il have
bsen moving nv Office from Wal street TO Trrity Bul
ipg and my pa ers have got someshst di ang7d but
am ,we hare IT. and u,u Jtnd for you sac not
great el. since: iopneda roll y papers, ana W las roLc
papers teye found Ibis idecat Letter. iten ~ trGssc
| Pierre 10 The sdh feation meeting in ls4s.'
al th, ssled him 80 20 contents and 6e Fsc be did
reoeilsst very distinctly. 6 far as he Teeo2eced
general oroual Of the course that had tes'a pass'd
AVID TIE nosi,anS made al Ike Gtcd or BGUaIo C0,lers
1 in 1888
a then SHED him why II rad read and publish
ed ut the time immed.a ~ t tbs nestirs lie fStd
! he did no. know, bu. hs supposed II Vas because
the otssra OF the meeting aad he paTtie,erIy sone
Judge Tce bury. considered Fantiin Pierce q SC
lle note Influence at tot t.se that read puEh
ter Of his eog,d do god to TIM phC'ee and ae,ee H.
L
as grsy uohss unlii he became President OF tbs un
! tee Ststsp"
To this Mr. Coehr,ue, after vast amour. o. Icdoncn
tsds, which be mistakes for wit, says-
"Mr. Galorau's statement shall be fairly and 'aly en-.
ia untrue that stated Mr. Galba,h that had the
Il il untrue that Mr.. esibrsih called second
Il is untrue that said sure have 1T, and will nnc
| IT yuu. -
1t is untrue that raid that opened rs OF papers,
aud In that roll OF papers there found this dert!oai let
tel wliSea by ffahkln fs1c 10 Inc f~'n0~on meeons
It is false tho. said the letter. far Is reooectsd,
general approval OF the that hSc been pur-
sued, The nominations made At the Utica OF Bufaie
convention 10 1s4s
letter had been read and pubishe At the time, or
| imyne diAtely afler the meeting.
Il ia ialts thstI said cid not know, but pposed
WAS because the officers OF the meeting, particularly
Judge Waterbury, considered Franklin Pierce s. man
little ro.s plaerce at that time that to read OF
puolth letter his would do good to them what
ever and hence tie cf It's being thIo~n aside
along with number y others IS entirely Worthless
| until he became President Of tbs Uniod States.
J | did t.y that . letter received FROM Genera,
Pierce; tina, It must be .mops my papers.
did toy that recolest h.vrg tsen fone yefrs ago
roll Of papers which opening discovered were leterr
reserved ut the meeting OF 1S4s, bu cid not examine
thtm but PUT them away ard had not since seen so %
6pa Them
Ixaa awsre when neral P.rsss letter rsosved
thst the Bufaio Conven ion had not been held. vas
| ais hkJ
meeting Of l848, and yot Be- srn slbr.h epessnta
uncertain of the rst fact and sure OF the lsst
And ih in the opinion Of Mr. Oechrane Is FAIRLY and
sncoun.erng my statement. 1t shove what his
tiors Of srs Why le ha, not vsntursi TO deny
the truth substance and gt OF rinf sentence In al
statement but has connncd himself to denying that
truth is just what ma, be expected from m,n Of NJ
Cochrsne's cxlbre
III said had the lt.r," says Nj ooohrane
Erd I'most in the oieAtn he admits ~ did say
lei ter vas rtceised; IL mat be among ny pspers"
| oh Ar ceohIane il In .ur practice at tbs BAR you
lad caught an adverse witness arst denying he bad
letter, ext &C rittipg i. nt be among nts pspsta
low wsuld you have desimed Iis odous rezrantion
And Whist hsli rs said q. u, VINO set out 20 furry
fully encounter my ssierv atom tipg 10 shield yoar
sspy fhiDs be saying Ihace aid lnu harse
Bat Nil Mr. CocnrAnss -is and full encouptesins
this or similar character io not content 6'.h bis d,s
peaele eqatTcc ce he has g1bled my statements.
vertee their obvious and egium.te meaning, and thsc
appealed 20 fsua csps5 OF proof alde eousrm his
at IL felse writes Ne Cscaranc "tastI ss.d ,ast
the letter, far rscofestsd general appr,,al
oftse that bad bssn pGrsusd I'd Tho aomna lions
ma e, at the UsA OR Buffalo convention ia 1915 "
Here hia full ana fair ereoanteriug to this
and this cnly that he denies sayirg Utica Buffalo
and sh,n to erd force TO hi. sAisi, hs say: "Iv..
Buffalo Convention had cot been held !" and from this
he wishes 1t to be riersa that II impossible he
should say ttico Bngdlo, IL ssniuoh the Bafalo
convention bad not hsid he may safely deny said
Utica or Bo1.lo for this simple I,ason that DO not
statement should be strictly correct. and being quite
eeiain With was tbs vention rsfsedto BY Mr. Coch
prevent any mistake, alleged other
utcs Of Bunao; nobody Of common sense would read nay
at is false" continues Mr.. Cochrane that said
cid not know but supposed because the officers Of
my :" y. m.sDy
and particularly Judge Waterbury," but Mr. OoohrAns
~ ess the and M Now 1 e
ment L. that the officers Of the meeting Judge Wa.
,.Iours-h GOES no. .ss that he tJddss w..esSuryJ
deny aIlss alton Of his own sbrs.tioa Whist more
necessary TO expose the weakness Of Mr. Coc1ranes
sasef Does he in his letter published in the HrRAIr
Of The 26th Of January say g" referred Judge Water
contents Of the ltsr @r CosSrs~s ss Il uso
true that Mr. Galsraiih called sssond time" As
he has in another part OF his made disne don be-
tween cclIsd on and pche. TO- and my 6rs iutsrviev
with Cochrsre vas accideata hts denial PROBABLY il
INTENDED 70 nsan that speaking to him in that
10 those acquainted with both my worSpis good
sgapst Mr. Cochranes for thing stran rers car
only 20 probabilities Of the two stories which
IL must ertii led to belief
Mr.. Iochrspe as = fwyer has learned no 9 10 doas
he knows that when IL hopeless to succeed rea
issue ~ ~ p,tc to raise fsee He knows the
real in this cs.s is what the contents o, tia
Scord letter" Al be fnsB It inconvenen 70 be pressed
on thai isre he would fam raise fsse Issue upon what
herald or What sadupsu py,hiss, fact but the rea,
one That Sea1ia Letter has Traced to John Gosh
rsue he hsf copfciea TO having had It among papers
he Goes MT tho~ to Re lost destroyed sud hrusts
himself forward as a wituesa to ia conteris Yet
awe him credit for being learned Ia the law sent to
kLov that the proper evidences & the contents OF dt
Scarlet L the letter sslt; Tat tbs l,ter ITSELF as
It's the best oit tie only evidence Of its .ents
and all the ttera that john cschrsne hiss writtsn
or may write viii Lover ts equivalent for the Scdr
L0r OF General PIERCE 10 the ratification meeting o.
lsiSi approving Of their and Il is among
| his papers, and IL must oe produced.