New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-18
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE


TBF TROUBLES IN RICHMOND COUNTY
= n< Lt,er Of 7h> NJ Tr'tr.~
SIr ! se-e y Joor isele Of tsis oAJ sec oves tts
sar,tur, G. j. c. 1bSup-cn. toe. sln charged Sit.
inportlg votes to R.clnosd Cocsry b. sesner
Conn G5G-o, end sso VIZ gyips free Vcses 70 ctteSs
- 70 81 tie siry b0.s. kcs .hss. is ct DDS yefd
lf Lrib in eitdss sta eDert made b. toe Hss.h Oh.
osls frgsu.s eIc rs eLtiTe Statement; - as II
coroer-ec, ss bsse lie .roz tegi1sirg to cad, sad
rcss k-og I: 10 &c &C better tEa- JOAN C. Tnsupsos
hrsef, tne h.s eItLe s.Dry S MAZE p CT vEoie eo.t
to soiest hk OWE kgency 4 tSe very ust;er Of IL
perL-g vctes n osGsS tts. t. Couu:y 4 R,odnoss
vo-1 Sc tr0 cssegssss IL t-e State C3rventon
vto v-z.i Il fsTorEbe 20 tie nOr1.EGtior oi scue
o-e O. TIE Ckoc'av rslCn VIC would oeoseo. %
o-rse Staten tisI sad tie rrercsb.s Gur.ty @.
tbs tu pclirn yitt Ec yesis = re C. tte I1oGP'on-
ia ?iactce, iz l.. Il Tlc-crsoa sot Eia beat
tfu cousin !. {. Thompson. WI-nsss tte oond-ct of
esc4 Il ttsir respective posiioEs oae as He.n Off
oeg. TIE other e manage c. sten Isstc feTry AID
sgert C tie CslfJrza Express. Ttefe are gres.
usDy eI-In-ses tas. trey GlGJ .L.o es:h oiters
ha-cs, end make great ceai CT money
taerety: bu. have usysr hssfc h1y surn.sss that
they ether of tte-a DsSs Anywhere g. t,ey get
honesty New, hr. Ed.or sI net give- TO cess-
psPsr oo1uoyery. have not TIA tine e teliog ~
two sUct ko-6sf individuals s. J. G. sr- K. II TbCrp
sor, tut tsye the tine &c Gerry suc srl wiling i.l
TIE FEC. s0d he .eats3 Is to who imported tie votee
.r.c Rcrrone County. Irsver b. word CT act asked
cvt ore rnso 10 stterd tds. primary ree.ng eit'er
from New fcfk or H3y other p.soe, snc he uss g
cors.a rsmed Romeo ". DAsy, who boards ct ny
hose S 0tsr il or election District s-c RspusG
car st tis. el .hs. the t~is ThonrsoL. nsy esq
to tie oorirsiy rotviths.andrg. One thing, hsye
lever h.sld either Of them ons1gec vito excessive
Honesty sitEer hta.c.a? c. po.-..caIy; =, r.,rv
s7o-1tin,,Ae : Ri,snio-6 Co. X. Y. " 1859.
Te d. ESia~ Of IL n Y T-5u-@
SIR: In YOU issus Of tie l7th rs; :here sppe~s
COMMUNICATION from J. {. T.cnpsoD. Containing mis-
stserrslt ot fec. GnS nleTeLce WICK req1i;e biief
ro..ce.
NJ. ThoDpsc1's eH5sion seems 70 have arssr from q
desire to answer tle st.;eusn. published teys
srce ohsrg.pg lie o.heT Thompson Z II with in-
properly tuning cut, irto primary meeting, the
stsSeeores ard otters employed on sckly vessels rle.
specye OF their residence oT night 70 vote II Staten
Isla.d. Ii appears however. thkt She Thompson in-
pncsrce. J. c. ADD r. ii. com nbined, WAS uneqd% toa
ceI Isl {; tie fsc.s chaigeo IN that sstement, and
ocrtsnts Lmsef with making ratter iusinu ,tinef
ooun pr ohsgts sgsirs.the Republicans Of New Brgh
ton The substance Of j. C.s r;gmsrole, stripped OF
i:s personalities, that somebody hired onebody to
cone TO tie primary meeting q. Nev-Bngnto and
that the hired somebody did rot cone
Now wish, for myself and my Republics 81 tiierds
of the town OF Cas;et0n, distinctly to deny that any
persors other than Republicans resident IN the Third
Election Distlict o. Css1eor were, by US brought or
e. New Brighton; 6nd further, ths. if there were any
r OF; aiion from Ne ~ ok elsewhere, it was VITO
the krOy Ledge C)nsel before or after the !act
Of the Republican, not under QGsrsL.ine domnatlon
TIE rs uustiOn c. j. c. tor be does not yentlre to
sesert t tlst 0nlv fifteen persons left tie congtega
ton oi steyeCores G utterly false and can be proved
by HsIy more then fifteen witnesses, whose Character
for yerac.y vii al least comp fsyorsby With that
OF eher Thompson.
j. C. s atten pt to conceal his employer by the little
fling st the Health Officer r. H. il MS last paragraph
foIsb'y reminds o. tire hsot Of the ostrich woen
pu'sued j. G. certainly eHpcses his-pluoes, how
ever be may hide bis head.
Tie question Of roltcsl regularity the Rspubi-
cars with whom lsye the touor Of acting, are en-
trely wlng to leave 70 the decision Of toe Syracuse
CoIyeItion arG they ready to abide by taat deci
slon whatever 1t may be.
In col cuscn, present TO j. c. or Il. H., either or
both Tbompsors my sircere Acknowledgements fT the
honor they me, in pubiishiog re 80 the esder OF
suoh X pubGcsus, suoh men, such ciiizers as Mssrs
Sbew AID CrsbtIee. | ieel mu )h moved by tue )m
tineLt hovever undeserved l may consdsr it i
would Suggest, however 10 the TnoDpsons, that, IN
dealing with political matters gentlemen do not intrude
on IriVste reia,ions but perhsps disregard OF the
prog reties Of life Il fttng soimens OF con-
ten IT ,or truth ard both find bright erempars In the
1hompsors. Yours, Ie'penifals,
GSo fsr az the Communication of Mr.. j. c. Thonp-
son refers to THE IRIBuSE, THE TRIBUNE has only to
soy in sdd.tic n to this reply Of Mr.. Westeiveh:
That il is fact acknowledged on all hands, that a:
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