, 1859-10-31
Yours Terv truly and respectfully.
Ep1TORs Press AMI TnIBryE.

huOA lENEE 0l lLE 4uluoE u lHE 1G4AE4S ~ "hANA
III. re'ar, and the insurrection HOW happily at
m end.
Yours very truly and respectfully.
EDITORS PRESS AND 1n1DryE.
ME. uALEs REPLY
Ascu2osp llorsr, cn'cAoo, ost. 60 lss'-
Since received your note this morning.
hare seen number Of the New York NraLa,
to which you refer, and find in an editorial
article, The following: "The main thing proved
" br this correspondence is, that for the last
~ Fear and half, at least, the project Of the
" Harpsr's Ferry outbreak was well known 10
" Seward. Sumner, Hale and others, and that
"they in their intense selGshneSs, ana to for
I. ward their political or commercial specli'a-
tons. suffered the project to sipen, and bear
'4she disastrous fruit that it has b"rn+, They
" not tue crazy fanatic John lsrown-,,aTc the
s"rea' cu1rrits; and it is they, not he, Who
"if justice were fairly metcd out, would hare
"to grace the galo"s."
In the same paper, find in large letters the
following: ''Senators Seward, Sumner, 1ialc,
Wilson, Chase and other Black Republicans inl-
plicated III old Browns plot
And ugain, in the same paper. under the
head, "sosT lxFonTASr D1scovERlEs," i'll large
letters, the following. vix: Further document
arr testimony invo1ring Seward, Sumner, 1lale,
Lawrence, Chase, Fletcher, and other prominent
Abolitionists correspondence between CDloEel
Forbes and bis aboltionist friends. his Interview
viii, Seward, Sumner md Hule."
Again in another article in the same pnper.
which appears to be editorial, as upderstand
it, appears thu following relating to Col Forbes:
Again. he lad interviews with Sumner and
Hale also in Washington; and, in fact, it a1'-
pears that all tlcleading Republicans and Aboli-
tionists of the country we're fully cngnizant Of
The plans Of Brown, and if thsy did not fully
identify themselves with him. they did not dc.
nounce hin to The authorities"
have mt read the paper through, and do not
know but the same thing is repeated many
times more in the same paper, but have quot.
ed enough to answer 1uy purpose. The toreSo-
Jag extracts charge in no equiyoca! language,
that Seward, Sumner, MY yse}f and others knew all
about Browns projected outbreak ut 1laspef's
Ferry, encouraged it, are implicated in it, that
This is proved by documentary testimony, aud
1hat We deserve felon's fate ou the gallnws.
shall not undertake tue task Of yindica.ing
either OF the gentlemen named IN connection
with myself, from my charges which may be
brought against them, collectively or indtvid-
nally. by a newspaper, or in nnr other sIndc,
but ieayc tlAt 10 their own hands, not doubling
their entire ability 10 do it far more ably and
myself. can only reply tT deny iny every word
and syllable, and pronouucilsE the whole from
beginning to end in general and in detail, ,3fa{ss,
and challenging The worlt for particle Of tes.
,inonv, written or verbal sustaining one Of the
charges thus recklessly brou1ht against me, or
lor II single circumstance calculated to cast u
suspicion upon me in an unprejudicet 1aiad.
nerer la any knowledge Or ii,timation
from unv une that III insurrcCli0n, or outbreak
or anything Of the sort was contemplated By
Jolu Brown or any one else, in Virginia
or elsewhere, nor had I the Temotcst
suspicion Of tue fact, and when the knowl.
edge Of the late occur-e in Virginia
were first made public through the newspapers
Of the lund, l am sure that to 10 human bein.
lhey we're to myself or heard by any ore will
more regret, do nnt know how to make thi:
denial more broadly than lmye; but when the
jaundiccd eye Of some Political opponent in I'll.
Free States, who is now eIutinE and rejoicing
over This sad history in the llope that If mag bt
made OF some account politically by which th4
Democratic party may reap some benetit. aut
nut some possible omission, behind which
may be supposed to have sheltered myself,
viii be ready tn meet that. But will 20 fur
ther, aud say, ttat it there be nny such cvidenc.
against ME is charged, let it be laid btfar'
Grand Jury Of Maryland or Virginia, and l..
tieul tiud bill against usc for any violation I,
the laws Of either Of those States. and pled+,
! myself to 60 at any day into any State OF tb
Inion and meet t]le charge, III rcrson, befos'
aug judicial tribunal.
Hut.you ask ME to state .ny connection " will
| aud knowledge Of the author Of these letters
aud tic Instruction, now happily ut an end
| The lattcEpars Of your inquiry, have alrcad,
answered. In regard to the other, viz: I'll.
knowledge of and connection with Col. TnrLe:
will answer you to the best of,ny recollection
think the first time | saw Col. Forbes to kno,
| hisn, was several years siuoe, whcE he called a
| ME III the st. Nicholas House in New York, an
asked meto attend meeting to he holden i;
some public Hail, to express appreciation Of Ill
conduct Of Capt. lnSrahau., oi' the U. $. Nary
tor lis conduct III releasing hoszsa from au Aus
| trian vessel Of war
| Once utter, he called on me in New 1'or; t
attend, and think presided nj Il meeting Of
| portion uf the foreign resiucnts Of New ftrk, il
caulneuoratinn Of some event in the history 0
liberty i'll Europe, the precise nature Of wlicl
has now escaped me. Subsequently he calle
! on nc several times iu New York and once o
more in Washington.
The character cf that interview III Wash
ing,on is correctly stated by Colonel Forbc
wien he says that lie informed me thu
all his expectations Of pecuniary remune,
stion for going to hansas had utterly faltct
ur nearly so; that, in consequence, III
/ family were in n most suffering and dcstitut
condltlon, and he urged n,c. not once only, III
| several times, to use my influence With n
irie.,ds to do something for their aid. Indeed
sucl was their deAitulion, rs he depicted it +
me. that he was unwilling to leave Wasil'rsto
till collected something for him 10 rc1n,t I
them, and did collect from several gentle:ne
to whom l stated his case, y stna!l sun
dc not remember how much. which l gayc t
lin. When have stated the nboTe, huy
stuffed briefly all know Of Col. Forbes, and t
the communication, written or verbal tia,
ever received from him, except I should al!
that Ut the time first BECAME acquainted wit
him, be represented himself Us inten,ly watcl
| lug the state of political al1uirs In Europe. All
was living in almost daily expectation Of bcin
wus 10 act 1,urt. To the best Of MY rccollec
zion rs is siated in the same number Of tt
NfroM from whicl, the extracts hnve qnote
| are takcn II confined myself to explainiu
the urgency Of sending relief to my family"
Col. Forbes, at thut time, and on some prit
occasion. in New York, l think, represented I
me that be had abandoned IA very re*pectab
position, which he had in New York, by whic
he was comfortably aud respectfully suprortir
his family, to 70 to KANSAS and laloT in Il
Free State cause, on the promise that he shoul
be reMnnerated therefor. The precise l1anns
i'll which the remuneration was 10 come 10 lii
do not recoIlcct, though 10 remember that
struck me at the time he told the that the PRO
pect appeared uncertain n-d rrecarious, mud
- expressed myself to him at the time, aud nj
nstonishmeut that man in his situation. with
family dependant on him for support, shou
have glven up such situation as be then bell
for such prospect as his journey to Kansas q
forded. and he said it seemed to himso now, b
it looked differently when he undertook it.
Col Forbes never wrote ME letter. long
short, in bis life. unless il may hare been son
short note Rhout those meetings be invitea Il
to attend, or something Of that sort, uud ! ii
| equally confident nevor wrote him a letter
| anv kind ia my life. This statement hus
made from memory merely, never having heal
Of the matter in regard 10 which you hare wri
| ten me tilt this morning.
With much respect, Yours,
loux T. Hale.