New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-11-08
THE HARPER AND TOSSING CASE.
MR.. EWBANK TO MR.. TOSSING
HE Ssndie strives b. iX his thum
On this warld and the warld To cum;
IL bath In trade and gospil conie,


To Mr.. LossIsG Your letter is unworthy OF you.
Had Won come after the rendition of the verdict, frank
ly acknowledged your error, and thanked ms for
suggesting the only possible apology, it would have
been TO your credit But, instead OF being satisfied,
like good man, that you were prevented from pjur
ing your neighber you chafe and cry like animal
deprived of its prey Disposed to respect your grief,
no reply was intended; but there those who insist
that neither leniency compassion should pass over
some of your assertions. / therefore review your
epstle uncertain whether the editor will print what
write for the public can take little interest in skr
mish between u.s. though the case may be different
when your principals take your place.
After announcing that you have both time and IN
clnation for newspaper controversy, whenever your
character is in the least degree affected, you the next
moment ignore this by bewaiing, seemingly with
tears, the appearance in The TRlBUSE OF a letter
sent to your employers and equally intended for your
self, to which you exceedingly regret being com
PEELED to make reply Leaving You to reconcile
not answer ii during the fifteen months it lay in your
desk or that of Fletcher Harper, and thereby avoid
the compulsion of responding IN public hope You
do lot mean to say you have not seen OF reau OF
that you and he have not had consultations over 1t.
Business matters are private, and y with mems
"priyatc affairs the public have nothing to do.
Are you not ashamed Of adopting this motto OF your
employers Is it not the favorte Of evil-doers-of
all whose dealings will not bear the light But sup
pose it accepted-who first appealed to the public
who invoked jury to pass upon such private matters
between us, at the same time knowing the press would
give the decision a wide notorety Are you blind 10
Your inconsistency! You 60 to law, get public YER
diet and turn upon for printing a letter, written
with the friendly hope Of making you ashamed Of the
course you pursuing, and warning you OF the I'M
pleasant exposure it would end in.
You presume know your partner to be upright
and just Ii you intend these terms to imply that
he Is truthful, you presume too much, since cannot
indorse his veracity wtheut impeachinS yours. Ob-
serve you declare that told you both the work
to be charged to the Harpers in court to he
very reverse. II has long been remarked that they
who do not speak the truth do not believe It, and that
when interest affects the muscles Of the gots, 1t can
not be uttered without stanmering. Some are from
habit morally wry.mouthed, as the poor tailor was
physically 80 from Using bad scissors.
You positively deny my proposing reference, ana
you add, with the emphasis OF italics, that the only
proposition tor friendly adjustment you ever heard
of was made by yourself. PrOh pudorl You are
clubbing, Sir, or doing something worse. Where,
when tby whom, in what manner, IN whose presence,
was this made You can answer, II 1t were angnt
else than mental made to, and CONSEQUENTLY only
heard by, yourself.
Then how dared you, with my letter Of lsJ before
you, deny M y having proposed a friendly settlement
What is 1t but protest against your refusal II the
assertions in II were not true, why did you not write
and say then! Why, because that would nave
brought your sincerity ~ the test 1t Is too late to
que .ton the facts stated in that letter now But did
you not learn that u the suit wGs commenced
the offer Of reference renewed, and declined by
your lawyer the ground that the affair was trtd'-
euar one that could not well b. settled on, OF Court
Moreover have not several intimate friends-Ei
Walker and others-tOld you Of my reoitas OF the
facts for upward of year past Tor the purPose V In
ducDg them 10 remove your obsti0acy No, Or, en-
couraged by your employers You felt sure Of legal
victory, and, far from proposing, have uniformly
rejected friendly adjustment.
Infamed with passion you charge me with ialse
nr.k f.frp VI-
not charged by wrath, You told the pubic different
story DO Won know who wrote d notice OF nay jour
nal, closing in this wise: eve know Tue author wen
his probity, his candor his desire " D. truthiu,
" snd his careful discrimination
To your Endorsement Of the purity q the farpers,
have nothing to saysaye that you had better keep
yourself clear, and leave them alone. have You not
heard that TO lather certain animals heads is 10 throw
away soap and water-in other words, that natural B
propen sites commonly last 10 the grave In PRO /
u nouncing them fair and honorable men, you make I
them an obation entirely grstutous in controversy
with trust, however, the presiding divinity has
sighted by nod that the smoke " the VueIhs IS
pie asant in his nostrils. 3
You admit your library IL at Harpers place oil blsl-
ness, and that you there write tor their Magazine ont
protest against the room you occupy being called an
- Editorial one. For heavens sake, take the beneht
Of the correction and say more on that. II is easy
TO perceive what your feelings, but where were
your wits when penring the lines about not beng VITA
them "on salary'-a word did not mention. four
sensitiyeness ON this point and the irritable an1ieyt
establish perfect equality with ard independence OF
them is amusing. But what verbal honnshluss
to obsequioas deedsl Pray, are those operatives wno
work for yoa and your partner by the JOB any tne @ss
your employees than those engaged ~ IN "srh 90
the mopth Your dignity i too ieyershiy on me lt
rsre. As gres, men as YOU have been hired at very
email stipends, without flying into passion al direct,
much less at srppostt.ous illusions 10 tnenl. nero
PAY is the main thing, what matters iie name audsr
which II be received
Drawings were received from ny hands in your
presence. No doubt of a. ca.i"r wren tow All
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