New-York daily tribune., 1856-09-05
LETTER FROM JOHN mitchell.

KSoXvILLL, Tenn, Aug 20, 1850.
MY DEAR MrAGHER-I stno you an exTsct OF
letter which have received from John Martin; you
can pint il if you thk worth while to trou Die the
public with snytbipg more upon subject so person 81
To il qnite right to let the sorld know what
extreme care and diligence the British Government
copd, TO exerce for the purpose of backeurg
three political les. That the Emperor Louis
Napoleon should eld his Press-censorsbp TO serve
tb.r purpose is nothing supsing yet 1t Is both sur
prisr aud Illuminating TO find man OF splrt and am'
bitioI ike Eu lie de GirarfiD wait Dg for the per
miss ion Of " the Allies" until they shall decide
whether il will spt them TO give publicity to letter
in simple vii dicaton of private personal character.
That he Or-lp az Paris was guided IN this matter
by tie exeeucies Of British policy is certain. And it.
il mere sffar of business and quid pro quo for if
the Presse or Debdts were to PRINT What is oil nsye
to Lord Psmerstor, Why The Tunes and Globe
might open their columns TO Victor Hugo or Ledru
kollin.
Heie is Martins account of the matter to me:
Before leaving Paris made an effort to renedy the effect
D 'si m FS.0s n "6c
OF the ts Of and protested sssns tn, chHss
Mar u. yourself ard would gladly be judged upon
question Of hcro BY the French % had caused yourselves
Cbscrop,bie spr ard manner and calculated to n.te
readers scn,deI the 6sfoe accepting 'as En.h
cured the cce Of La Prt which has the largest cir
yew. with two redaeie.rs va. told that de Gsrdin
c ed pIItit An application at the ohoe OF the Deoafs
did rot choose to the psrer bhl u 'ueh r,ss
the Hi.h, what might CfeLd the English
But John Martins efforts did not end here. lie
wrote 10 The Dubi,ns Freemdns Journal q note, the
substance of which be gives me as follows:
That desired previously resppeaancs in secety 10
IaI provide that people should Lot receive mo under
Hu pp. And herefore begged leave to say
.w s had hay a.a " I sOoa e o ss 10 e nas
the Bnh Government whose Outrage Sc nn't
sdmued me my country that for what CONCERNED the
my comraces and my'f which the Btsish Minister
ha aafv
Of honor had no hsh.r hsn
rsrked with M.sns. McMau.. M.ssher and Mitchell Un-
luckily kept copy letter but that was the substaace
H. l counted sure Of its publication In The F'eemdn
Irnccent patriot and martyr! 1t was not published
in The Freeman. Mr.. Martin had known The Free.
mans Journal OILY in its old character OF National
ard O'Cor Dellie Repeal paper: He did Dot know
that has since been bought and paid for by the Brit
i-h GoverDmeLt-mint, l assert this as matter OF
fact. He did not know that when Saith O'Bnen, 10
bis first public speech after his captivity, emphati-
csly vipdcsted Us in the very same words almost,
The Fyaman's Journal while it professed to reprint
that Melbourne speech frJm the Australian papers.
carefully cot out vi il that portion to which be had
specially called the attention of the rep ,tsrs becsuse
the publ cation of portion would be asng TO
irs present masters and owners.
So Mr.. Martin counted sure Of the publication Of his
letter TO The Freeman. Shortly sfterward, arriving
in Dublin, and 6ncDg il bad not been printed he
wrote private letter to the editor asking if he h.1re-
ceiyed such letter.
h. sc1s,u that dss aaa S CO., from Paris. aud
that he chooses treat protest. with an exnsusher 20 far
ss be can"
Why does not Martin come tere then where we
pint what We please
You zee now Of what q conspiracy we have the
boz or TO be the obecs Yet one cannot cay that the
British Government herein than is need
ful. For in the whole matter Of their dealings with
us from first TO ast the party or the 9th r must
ab'olutely be convicted ard branded before the civ
llzed worlc most fe lonious crninals-they or we
The trial s OILY proceeding and it must be confess I'd
that 10 point Of machinery they have the arvanage of
us. They pack juries; they buy up the Pre-s
With secret service money; they set in ion
even tie French ceIsorsnip, through toer beloved
oily. Yet, we also have reason 10 thank God that
there ID one free country in the world.
Your faithful fheId, JOHN Mitchell.