The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-29
TIE DUEsLusr AND ssE NON. sssBarasr.
CorrcspOndeHce Between Hon. Alexander III.
ste phens m. @. from IDe Alghth district Of
Georuia, and H0n. H. saill, one OF tho
Georgia Fillmore PreslsIe nllal Electors.
IRON the Augusta Ohroolce and Sentinel.
IErTER FROM MR. HILL.

LETTER FROM MIR. HILL.
have this morning read the card or Hon. Aexan.
der a. Stephens dated Washington city, Dec. IL and
pubiMhed In the Conststut~ati't Of yesterday shall
be answered a. It's merits demand Tue correspon dence
between Mr.. Stephens and Myself 20 lar - any parpose
OF concerned not intended for pdblicanoa
bot Mr.. has alluded 10 IN hx card, sud- * an In
spection win show, given false version Il 10 pro.
per that the public shou the whole OF IT, and sneU
"sntr juasmensn send 70 you VIII shls M a s
a. about going 10 Ebert stated the facts on this $40
ct In letter OF Nov and gave - my opinion that
MIR. g. would not deny the aos there stated He docs
mot do IT. be not do it-bu he goes on 10 say that
the letter Apcunds with the grossest OF truth
cir so specncs.ion csmsses this branch Of the coutro
versy. by say ing they Of mo great weight In tnem
Selves &C., and was very ''immatenai qaes-
Ills well tor him that he abandoned this ISSUE 10
made H. but aeon foupd IL sss ridiculous retrest from
relation 10 ii, fslse etbe; letter The inprssssoU
which sought 70 make, and kn0 to him 20 be false
because he rs compelled 70 sno. my statement cor.
rect and can now be proven BY dsnserested gentlemen
II he dared 70 deny II, and specify what ne denied.
(sDce writing this poo Of tbs article, have received
whoae name with many o,sers can be given Il desired
In which he '1 your pubshed letter 70 Mr..
Stephens, (ov. % s'atag in the case eative
which think you couo sUbsta oate necessary, By II
least twenty WITH esses, my sci, among tho aumbsv
Now, will prove. that With more Of wounded pride
than honesty and prompted more from mad modification
than sense Of truth and proprey he has made another
Of bis position, and more papabIe the mean
ness OF his nature and oil position
In his letter Of The l1h instant he audes 70 what he
calls "a subject OF much higher grade" aud that
the following language which he says was communicated
70 BIN ~ used BY me 1t Thomson and Augusta inst
had charged them (Aessrs roombs and Stephens With
having betrayed the shig party, and having sctsd TO-
wards Il worso than Judas scariot-for though he BE-
% % dd NOT ssSse ~, .s .Y
covered under W'h By his own showing, this Is the
language desired explained and the correspon
In 40 hW hA fnaet
Hes his cbaepss, and when vas decinsd proceeds TO
uth "A hh denunoiasoa against me with hh charac-
That thm not only dhcreatable evasion but an nnmi.
tieated fAsehood. Ny witness, admit Is dscredssd,
and has been often proven 10 be guilty Of false
but a. he tesnes this instance against hmso pro-
baby some slight credepce may De given 10 his state
mems Look ~ his letter dated the 22d Of November
says my explanation or ,bat point h satisiactcry'
and then proceeds 70 ssk other questions rendered
ss,s' he nays ~ ns Of my letter q
complained Of, b admitted TO be sassfactoTy. The
= 90 given to Alss hoods that osputss himself The
truth n, the language which did use and which hurts
badly he knows jasudabe, because provoked by
him, and hence his complaint could mot bo hasod that
must have an Asue-sds only effect Of which he know
would be 70 prevent he possibility Of another "LexinG
ton olster, and he could mt get up this ssue in any
other way he would follow bis neutral procvities and
lie into IT, This be could do easily without effort The
gentleman has thus two asues growing out Of this
Lexington discussion Vne frs, no aba ndoned as i'm
fAaebood. Yet he says my correspondeuce proves to
him that am "bragsart, liar, and polsrooa, &c.
whether this 10 not like all else he has said this sub
ject Hh statement y no evc ence. But let BY
am informed thst sometime spce In speech II Lax
ipgton he compared himself To Noses and know In
dseusson with me he brssssd dsgustingiy. ~ and
Toomba" and ew others, (underlings, he ~ the top
always passed and framed The Compromise measures
OF 1sse-old Webster how 70 III up tho WING PLATFORM
for many years Cougress. The records do not show
livery badly kept-shsy ought 20 be corrected AZ M
yas% as ss
dsfupuon Of parties, be drew hmseb up assuming the
air Of Jupiter ronaDs, and stretching forth ns 'red
hamilton Stephens &C. Wonderful savourl lie also
compared himself 10 an eagle ., oher people TO owls
yond all location. could OIL columns with evidence 90
ths subject but should say the foregoing h enough
TOT inc Prs. .s u. 70 Prov 81. MIN ssaas.r"
ter stands the test Of the second charactsu,tc
which no attributes 10 Daring the ewccsssocs
Mr. Brooks speech :, hise,y ss, and ASKED Mr. /.
stephens he endorsed Il. 10 ns reply he said be AID
Of been read immodsiey handed /, 20 him. p,lnsing
TO the portion quoted, and asked hun {Sephens) to read
IT, BE erced reading aud, when ho rssched the
Ing beow. Iguietly stopped him, and asked him 10 q,
back and - was ,iti.ng rather under and behind
part and hc absolutely Quilted against me the ,hIn
was 70 pspabe that little boy dve years old detected
N, and txpisimtd " he skpsp Alter he was thus CON
PEELED 70 30 back, he read r. and found precisely
bad quoted Il. He tnen told the people thai I had
represented Mr. Brooks shas he, Mr.. Brooks, had
that heac we're not M. Brooks words As had sail
but The, Mr. Brooks said these the Aooonsps words
that they would tear up ins consstui Ion, nc. Tas n
said with the balance CT the sentence before bs eyes aud
hitch thea read Tear up the already tat,eeed con.
stnon, scatter Its frasm 70 tho wiads and build
southern confcdernoy.a Ina the aboitonsn say they
would build southern oonfod oraoy Here were two
hmenoods IN one paragraph
lilo sferwardr read on pro,endod 70 ROAD, wis no ca
cd the Know Nothing oath,n AMI commenced II with.
the wordr, "You will, when appointed 20 ofiioe,u Nc.
and ihen nsde an ihs oath was iliess
ard went ihfocgb ny OF holding up tho
contribution, ard closed by deposrg 10 the keeping OF
scme little BOYS. Il understand In Elbert he deposited
lie YER, paper rom rhisn he e a. ana soor Il aei
showed the people that this very sentence which he
tended orssd and which 70 ,ouen, 70 prove was illegal
pointed 10 tfee,n nc be {s,epbcns) leaving oas toe
vcrcs, ~ can be done legally" go Nov, reader,
ness vsrsosiy iussasd ,tis cecsp.iye ssrp,us' Win
an srcnuy snd an imperusb gravity which surpsss
ca s.sn nen sesys ~bsn after s~indnsg his scsseor
out of De horse, ~ . ledger oomsn, known only W
yoshsys. 90 sad, .insesriv The post alters as TO-"
NJ. ssspAsrs told tho people ''nc read ~ muca
smia,i ali hs rrevsrea,ioas this one truth slipped
cut ~ secsdent, be read enough 70 suit bio purpose
q :, = sss .. ss,s s
rsivsied by one Of sbose classical anecdotes which
distinguish ihs gestisrnans o'acry. sbcus Nancy light
Nancy killed The bear and then coming down saying
Macy amt va brave 50, said Mr.. q. when land
Tocrbs," and . lev others, were lighting sas bear,
(rassing the oonprcmsc) hr. Fillmore wss Ia toe ION,
nobody even ksovnG bis ersnion. end whom 81 and
Ioones" sllee me bar rlirncve sad "Nsacy set ga
brave" In reply 70 eli this stur, produced aud road
Mr. Ssrbsns paobshed cecaratiops In 1884 apps,dlog
NJ fr ore Cor hs Advocacy 81 these measures asc ns
.dra sdhsrerce" 20 the policy which sustained them.
10 ret out o. this crmrs be told me people he not
SPEAKING Of NJ fimose- be told the bear aDcodoso 70
rd,c.Ie me ~hcb o. course male me rrssoes, 10 1850
and The candidate tor tha cfhce IN 1850.
BE csDsd that be hsa abused scpbcn A. Doufis,,
especially on the slavery question, In 1854 sppcsicc
70 The sndmnco before 70 prove otaorwise stated
what ] myself had beard Mr.. n say IN La
Grsree, and voices rcspcrded from every Part
Of the audience, he dd hsre-~e hesra bmln--
could 40 en- and state more iaschcods eqaaiy rfion-
oef-his Lane skGfe-ihe introduction Of Jud&s--e ia
vorisc illustration with Mr. eteyhens-ard many oher
thirfs. bat secms 70 me unnecessary, and mr -
Pleasant tax thus 70 sxposc nm vas sbie ~ csent
1T sathooes - East - ~ toa them hsvs n~ntonss
Eve gwen AZ 'ustarcss, one ume. IN ops dssusslcn,
ana before large sndicnee AZ ntegsnt people, and "
whom evrry word can be proves. ne denies ten. n