Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-09-13
NUMBER 257.
From the Raleigh Standard
Letter from Hon. ID. M Barringer.
RALEIaH, September ,. ls6

| fou Will herewith receive (thiough the hands
OF fmy friend, w. Ii. Harrison) letter received by
the mail Of yesterday evening, f.om Hon. d. NJ
Barrnger. tender to you this letter for publici-
tion in the Standard
feel perfectly willing TO leave this matter 10
the decision OF every fair-minded and unprejudic
man, on due reflection after reading my letter 10
Mr. Barringer and his letter in reply to me- Ard
therefore request Of you to publish my letter 10
Mr.. b., with his letter in reply. "
| 1fyou will publish my letter to Mr.. B., will
procure the publication of Mr. Barringer's letter
in the papers here friendly to the American partr,
| the Register and STAR
Respectfully, X. RAYNER.
| WIN. w. HOLDEN, Esq.
SHARON SPRINGS, N. r., August 20, 1855.
DEAR Sir; have this day received your letter
dated 7th instant but postmarEed Raleigh, 18th
Instant, and also postnarked Saratoga 27th whence
lt has been forwarded to me ut TINS pace whe.e !
have been since the 10th of this month. refer
TO these dates and facts for the purpose of account.
lug ior any seeming delay in answering your lett
"a delay which regret as much as yourself
Now, hasten 10 reply to it, as briefly as possible,
considering the nature and length Of your comnu.
nit alton. Omiting all comment OH the tone and
spirit OF your letter, shall refer TO It's material
parts, with every disposition TO do you the M st
ample justice, consistent with t.uth reinatkipr
Q ly that your letter not needed for your own
vindcatiun.
As TO the principal subject of your letter, the
| substance OF the conversation had with ms by the
Popes Nuncio at Madrid, in reference to the ap-
pontment Of Mr.. Campbell as a member of the
cabinet, have nothing TO vary, add, or detract
From the contents OF my letter to You Of the 9Th
July, or Of that to Mr. Ellis of the 2sd July,
which latter has been published 1t is t. lie thar
the Nuacio was the first person who told me Of
the appintnen and that this took place befjre the
organization OF the Cabinet was generally known
ut Madrid. But it ID not true that the o lvelsa-
ton occurred before the 4th of Ma ch, or before
the Cabinet was formed or before nlelilgence Of
this TACT had been received at Madrid. lnforml-
ton OF the formation of the Cabinet had been re-
ceived at Madrid ON thatvery day, but it had not
reached the public mipfd nor had it then reached
me, uut informed BY the Nuncio. You ask, in
20 letter. how is this possible 7, The answer 3
plain, and may solve the douotsswhch you seem
10 have, and remove the error iuto which you haye
Fundamentally, fallen on the subject There is Il
telegraph from Paris to Madrai, and from the
French and Spanish foniier, which ii some ESQ
miles more or less FROM Madrid, 4ph8s tclegraph
(which is mot electric, but of sspsl Or WIS then,D
is owned by, aud is und..r sias irrcsscn OF tne
Spanish gov, rnment well Al fhe z I6Yreo" or
mail express, from Bayon. y t6<Msdrid In this
way the government oflen, and In fart generally,
obtains lnormation of imhQrtuntssyents ONE, two,
or even several days before pteligence is received
III the usual and regular moNo OF conveyance by
the mail a
remember a striking instance ofxhis in the cir.
culnstance that the death Of General Taylor was
made known to the government by telegraph and
that the then Minister OF Foreign Affairs, in un-
official note communicated the meamcnoiy eveDt
to me the day preceding It's public announcement
Ia Md "A L.
was finally confirmed by the regular ARRIVAL Of
American papers and letters to the legation. SO
in the case OF the conversation referred TO with
the Nuncio, the government had douutiess received
information OF the formation of the Cabinet ut
Washington, either by tel, graph express, IN ad-
vance oil the intelligence made public by the or
binary means aud some pereou connected with
the government with that department OF it,
having control of the dispatches aud the mail, be-
lieyng that it would be agreeable to the Nuncio To
have this information, especially as member of
the Cabinet WAS reported 70 be CatLolc, inen-
toned II 70 him and it so happened that saw
him soon afterwards, when he mentioned the fact
TO me, before il was known to the public general
ly, who were still in ignorance and uoubt TO the
matter.
Whether the news was actually received by tele-
graph or by written dispatches 10 the government,
as Was often the case, and then made known 10 The
Nuncio by some person having knowledge oil the
fact, us have stated, cannot pretend TO say.
Nor Is it material. am sure there was no impio-
prety in the mode In which he was informed, AMI
that there was no surprise on my mind ABOUT it,
nor, presume, with any other person familiar
with the facts. Whether other names Of the Cab
met were mentioned or not, or whether Mr. Camp
bell was mentioned by him having charge Of the
Post Office Department, cannot certainly
remember, though my belief is that he did SO state.
All, however, Was made known 70 inc very soon
thereafter, and 4 think the next or succeeding day
was made known TO the public generally. At this
distance OF time, do not remember the exact day.
There was nothing extraordinary at all in the
whole affair, extraordinary it certainly woulI
have been If the Nuncio had mentioned the cir
cumstances TO me In such way and under such
circumstances Ms to induce me to believe ne had u
previous knowledge that the appointment would
be made; and much more bad there been any
~ believe that he was cognzant OF any politi-
cal bargain or intrigue to that effect, tnere GER
tninly would have been If he had informed me be-
fore ne received Information OF the appointment
being actually made. The whole amount oi 1t is
simply this: That he happened to receive this in
formation as TO the formation Of the Cabinet a
short time before did, aud before it generally
known at Madrid who constituted its members.
The reason why remember the circumstances
Mt all Is that he expressed his pleasure at the ap
pointment Of Catholic TO Office, aud his admiep-
ton OF that feature OF our republican government
WHICH sNcluues Io one HOHl Oince on hccDunL
llis religious opinions lie did not as you niisun-
derstood me TO say, according 10 your letter, "ex-
press eradication that his church was so stroug
aud influential IN the United States az TO obtain
such honor" but he more than once on subse-
quent occasions alluded 10 the principle of re ,ious
liberation as ore of the fundamental basis OF our
political institutions. There are other misappre.
tensions, certainly nadvertent in your Litter to
which l do not deem it important 10 allude. |
have referred TO this conversation with the Nun.
clio, when in social Intercourse with others as well
as yourself, surely not for the purpose OF proving
political bargain with Archbishop Hughes, OF
with any other Catholic persons in the laa presi.
dental election OF the United States, for, you
properly remark, . had been for years out of the
country, aud was MT thoroughly conversant with
the charges and issues and undercurrents of the
Presidential election" | had nothing to do with
it; but, as a representative abroad, endeavored to
the interests of my country without reference
to party distinctions OF any kind whatsoever
| But 1 have mentioned this conversation for the