New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-28

tseins for them than the Empty benches u tcn Hsl
The reporter of The Journal concluded he account
bus: "lt being perfectly apparent that there were
"not twerty persons in the city from abroad who
[" came with the intention Of attending the Conven-
| {" tion we turned our faces bamawnrd." .r
Ills possible that M Bird. dshear, cncd at the ab-
| sepce Of the Convention which hs had eased, but
| which did not come, may have turned has face home
| ward together with the reporter OF The Journal A
few Of Ills paDiohs Zone account published at the
time ,ays nine or ten another says fifty remainsd,
ard in the afternoon they met, organized a. Con-
vtnton, and passed resolutions adopting the Repuo-
hcan nominations, AID ihstruciing. Mr.. Birds Com
miftee 10 continue in existence For another year.
Whether Mr. Bird present not at this afternoon
meeting dees not appear bu. II IL certain from what
have cited that my statement alleging that he called
the Convs non, went TO Springfield to find that it
had not re sonded 10 the call is correct in spite Ut his
! positive denial ..
did not call the Springfield Convention, and still lees
whether be was or was not present at IT, only wish
TO show with what looseness be mikes assertions, and
consequently how little weight should be attached to
his profnte charges OF false hood and to his Passionate
| contradictions Of my statements. have stated only
the truth concerning him. and have stated moderate
Yfhaye now disposed of all the political points on
which Mr. Bird takes issue with OF our personal
The first is this: In of my letters spoke of Mr.
| Bird ss I" Of fortune, not sparing in the use OF
money when he has political end to effect"
| Mr.. Bird replies: - =
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ing my financial affairs. He knows that my only for.
tune is business which, by constant attention and
daily hard work, gives Inc competence. OlWer
surely knows this or he cannot have fogotten tnat
when he applied TO me for assistance to save his prop
erty from ifce and himself from bankruptcy 1t
cost me an effort to furnish the required aid, which
should at least have protected me from the sneer at
| my ibeIaity in the use OF the money when nave
| T have never speered at Mr. Birds hberality. Fa.
from it, On the contrary have in my letters repeat.
L H. IA Co. IN, tho, of
money: regret that can no longer give him credit
| for O higher kind Of generosity, when in purely
political controversy he deliberately taunts au init
mate friend with pecuniary obligations Even If tn,
obligation were ss great be aleges-even II he had
| savtd my properly from sacrifice and myself from
bankrupicy-it would be ungenerous and indicate
for bin to make use OF the TACT 10 such controversy
No pecunary obligations ought to be allowed to inau-
| ence NY course Journalist or to debar me from
| criticisng in becoming manner any mans political
| conduct. As Mr.. Bird has hiLisek introduced the
matter into The TRIBUNE ia this vague and exagger-
ated way, there be no improperly In stating the
exact nature and amount of the obligation On the
18th Of August 1854 Mr. Bird indorsed for me note
| TO the amount of $l25 pay able in four months 1t
was discounted at a Boston bank, and paid it when
| due II was an accommodation for which | was
grateful at the time and which sill remember with
gratitude. was not however, aware until saw his
letter to THE TRIBUNE, that il had cost him al effort
to furnish the required add and still less was
aware that it saved my property from sacrifice and
myself from bankruptcy. That be has, to say the
least, somewhat exaggerated the magnitude OF the
eequent rsgraph ofLis Letter: 6" Oliver knows that
there is IO Office in the gift of the pee pie OF Massa-
" chusetts which can afford to take; for he knows
that INV private business involves pecunary re ults
"cf vastly greater value than any that can possibly
| "coD,e from office" gentleman whose business is
of such value surely could not have found it much Of
| an effort to indorse note OF $12o for a friend.
| Mr. Birds second and last personal complaint
against me ia made at the close of his letter. Your
correspondent Oliver" he says, "tor the last
flour years, up to within very few months has been
| "upCn the most intimate terms with me; has eaten
" nv vtnson, drank my champagne, and partaken OF
"a hospitality as generous as could afford to make
dit as cordial as knew how to make it, to one whom
al supposed 70 be a friend and a gentleman. Still
"more, / have enjoyed his genial hospitality. and
"have gained strength for the stern battle of life by
" communion with the scholars who graced his pleas
| Z" ant library. And through all this he knew that
"wss, and after all this he declares that was the
shameless thing that his letters represent me- Why,
l I" there liz not Bedouin Arab who would dare to
"show bis head in a camel-diyers tent after so pro-
" flaming the sacred rites OF hospitality there is not
Bushnan who would dare crawl back into the kraa.
" after having 20 wronged the guest who had eaten
| " his salt.
This is re ally pathetic. But while pleased to
learn that Ny Bird has gained strength for the stern
battle OF life from communion with the scholars whom
he met in my library am surprised and gievsd that
he did not also learn, he might have done from in-
tercourse with the gentlemen to whom he alludes to
control hi. temper to moderate his animoses, and to
repress the impulses which were tempting him to en-
v,pom the legitimate weapons Of political warfare by
illusions TO private matters which good taste and good
breeding alike demanded should cot be dragged be-
fore the public. But passing over these things, TO-
gether with Mr. Birds touching illusions to Bo iouins
and Bushmen let us look at the facts in the case,
upon which, rather than upon rhetorical fourishes,
| the decision of its merits must after all, depend IL
have partaken of Mr.. Birds hospalities ne IN re-
turn, as he admits has enjoyed mine; and SO tar we
are even If the sacred rites Of hospitality forbid me
fom commenting in the newspapers upon bis political
conduct they equally forbid him from doing the same
| thing to me. The Ouium of violating those rites,
| odjum there be- must rest with him who begins the
CONFERENCE.-THE him who assails, and not with him
| who simply defends:
find that the first letter Of mine which contains any
| mention of Mr. Bird, be- rs date May % 1857. For
several months previous to that date MIR. Bird had
been attacking me by name In Tie worcester spy,
day after day. in the most outrageous manner, with
out cause or proyocation. Here is a specimen which
appeared in The Spy Of March 3 1857, or more man
two months before said anything whatever OF him
in THy TRIBUNE l was 1T the time editor Of TIE
Boston Atlas:
"why should there be Republican party in Ea,tsn Ms;..
and II, ,dTf These ali
GARDNER The AZ, Is principally owned Se BY Ezra LIN IN
a swI ssynS Ssdnc
than before i f.se sStSpsn. :.
,aTecscSe counsel in the Buns Fan stood
up 6eIce Republican: but after the Norfolk County Conven
SisT Db.d.d Gov Gaidner spends most Of bis leisure
time down town The Trasei, or Journal 'snctnn their
just think Of Henry j. Gardner Edward G. Parker and
Oliver in secret conceive arranging the terms OF the next
| political sale % .. FL. .r ....r.
Where was Mr.. Birds regard for "the sacred rites
of bOepitalty when he penned this utterly baseless
ard mslgpsbt sapderi I select it from number Of
others some Of them much worse, because there Is
significant sequel to it which throws strong light on
MI. Birds peculiar character, and shoTs the nasty
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