The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-06-14
CORRESPONDENCE.


BALTIMORE, June 10, 1858
Hilton " hitney, Esq.-Sir Il have read in the
Potr'oi of this afternoon your remarks made in the
Criminal Court this morning, respecting the ok
change newspaper, its editors and proprietors
While cannot regard your feigned ignorance of
the responsible proprieors and editors of that jour
nal as other than pretcnce and subterfuge, deem
it most satisfactory to myself to Obstinate any
bic doubts which you may choose to entertain upon
that subject, by informing YOU of the fact of nv
own editorial connection with the Exchange" and
of my individual authorship of the particular arti-
Gle by which YOU profess yourself aggrieved Hav-
ing impaired to you this information, I need only
add that my friend, Mr.. Kerr. is fully authorized
to receive any communication which you may think
proper to address to me upon the subject.
Very respectfully, your obedent servant,
THOS. WIN. HALL, JR.
L.
Charles g. Kerr-Dear Sir Enclosed You will
find my reply to the note of Thos W. Hall, Jr
Esq, handed me this evening.
Truly yours,
MILTON WHITNEY
BALTIMORE, June 10, 1858.
BALTIMORE, June 10, 1858.
Thos. ". HnH. Jr., Esq.-Sir " our note of this
date has been this moment handed to me by your
friend, Mr.. Kerr, at my dwelling.
From the tenor of your remarks Judge you ex-
pect reply to it. | have nothing to add Ito the
character of the assault upon me to that expressed
in the Court Room to-day. As an anonymous COM
munication treated it as thought it proper to be
treated and having dismissed the article with nv
judgment upon it, have nothing further to say
upon that score. But you declare yourself the
author Of the article referred to, you will of course
understand my remarks as applicable to you.
Respectfully, MILTON WHITNEY.
BALTIMORE, June H. 1858.
Hilton Whitney, Esq.-Sir:-Ih have your note of
this morning in reply to mine of Yesterday. In
your speech before the Criminal Court you assigned
Gatn tnt tIn
for taking no other further notice of the matter
that the names of the editors of the ''Exchange''
were concealed from the public, and utterly I'M
known to you. Although | was entirely aware
that such reason existed in fact and that you knew
perfectly we'll the parties by whom you protested to
consider yourself aggreved thought nevertheless
that would not leave you the slightest pretext for
such pretended ignorance, and therefore sent you
the note to which you now reply. presumed that
as a gentleman YOU could have but one object in
complaining that your assailant was anonymous,
| and that was that you were compelled thereby to
forego the usual method of seeking redress or ask
ing explanation.
am sorry to perceive by your note of this morn
ing that estimated your ideas on such subjects bv
too high standard, and that your only notion Of
what is due to YOURSELF when injured or insulted is
to call the party of whom you complain by some
hard or ungentlemanly name. My own self respect,
of course, precudes me from participating in that
sort OF adjustment have no satisfaction whatever
to ask from you, and as YOU appear to be unite
satisfied yourself with repeating the disreputable
language which you used yesterday, have nothing
to do but to leave you my name and responsibility
for the article in question: and again to assume to
you personally its truth and applicability. I may
add that if had designed to seek redress for the
language which you used yesterday, should have
done so without more ado, inasmuch as it was quite
as applicable to me then, as now.
No doubt you perceived this so clearly as to see
in advance the perfect safety of repeating it in
your note of this morning.
! am sir, your ob't servt.
THos. WIZ. HALL, Jr.