New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-14
A PAIR OF THEM.

The absorption of time, room, and effort i'll the
closing hours of the late canvass compelled us to
put aside some matters of less urgent interest to
more convenient season. One Of these is our
account current with Mr.. Ben. johnson and his
father-in-law, "HOn. f. S. Sweet of OwegO,
N. Y.-the former of whom furnished and the
latter used as partisan missile private letter
written to Mr.. Johnson by me, when Editor Of
The Ne,e- Yorker, nearly twenty three years ago.
Mr. johnson explains and justifes his course in
the following letter, which reached us some days
ago:
Hon HoHaer oSy NY N H. Oct be cS.a
n relation to my connection with the publication by the Hon
T. Sweet Of letter written By you to me in 1887 in which
Ito US perfectly unaccountablep - ~,
enable you topceount FOR It.
When in 1894, with the wide world before me- made the
sunny South the land Of my adoption as those
gel tran, eruGnt colo, amino mu,ontvv.
So carried principle. with me UNCHANGED such principles
such her Webster taught and the noble Clay illustrated
natural therefore should wish to see such principles
prevail adopted home and aided the circulation only
ho s so cod I'd banner % S Viii Sy sa
chung friend and bore with its prolific brood pestien
ism in which 4 looks the Philosopher had last found the
longsough, stone to turn his brass into gold
bedng the hydra Of Abolition for selfish purposes and
that yG.r al PSsI for .dn TG Bk hIs T
condemnation which ignores half Of the Union and hes
had got abroad that you honest politician Though
Philosopher cratic and visionary and full Of kinky noton
quite likely very much weaken that impression, II not
d;Ps ia a g By q s Roth a, At now time wss
willing, q sde 70 court the patronage Of Southern slave
holder. whom you now 81. denOunse t9 le. Abolition
sons% and from not to Sasn h syeo d even hS 1 you
would charge Northern esm man rather h, IN. lose
barou' shareholders, whom your Helper says are not
Tye your paper an immense circulation at the North and puts
money your purse and best subseves your political spira
Of Abolition TO scatter lie poisonous erhaons broadcast over
the land grind edition after edition Of the infamous Help
double essence Of malice and a.ehOod and all uncha
sbenes than any book eoncOed BY human knSyey
slaves Of the aud to murder ther masters
Of whose feeling. you We're 80 tende Sosss snd ae pat
Considerations such these led me to believe might do
and national human freedom By exposing the inncery
your championship and thus spike the biggest 9th
suit permitted your letter to be made public How far have
succeeded time win show but if have drawn your IRE aud
obeM csrtlosd Of such ePhe,s as base msspSpt aPos
who trails in the dus, the goou. flag of the Union under
which he fought snd bears alo In IL. stead the Black Flag
Father Of his Country 50 warned his conntIymen
in his memorable Farewell Addess The who once let
Abolition alone for Southern favor, and will not lei II
alone Southern safety the peace and harmony whole
on Of mad dog WHO always stood where Clay stood aud
would now rather vote for him dead than for any Helper Re-
What principle is there in th, epoacyn of your. but the
almighty dollar the 1--we gsyes aud the fishes and who
South by the patronage Shareholders that hs would have
been Of he PrSase,y organs OF the insase
A. to your assertion We recoect very distinctly his inform
ing though something he proud Of that his
own father lived aud died Abolonist have to say my
fher never lived died Aboionist. could not
se 6s s S IN would 0n mot % so, here
thought being proud Of h having been Tory in the Reyou
In conclusion allow say you the proiesed cham.
pion of universal freedo-cond you confront the poor
into tho vista Of u,Gy by your bitter Recommendations Of hi.
master he would cank ~ chains IN Your face aud syhou
do not feel "nagnant" toward you'll do wish you
harn-but do wish to see you live the error OF your
ways, end DO works repentsuee by letting Abolition
aonecultiyang the good wr OF your quondan Southern
Respectfully your, BEN JOHNSON
Il have NO desire to waste words on this far.
raqo. can only repeat that Mr. johnson did
tell me, years ago, that his iather lived and died
an Abolitionst-that he regarded that as some
thing to be proud Of was my inference from the
manner and drift of his conversation. / feel
very sure that my memory is not at fault with
regard TO the essential fact. And there leave
OF his trash about " sectional party" John
Brown raids" " hell.broth of Abolition" &C.,
10 answer Itself.
Mr.. johnson makes very long story OF what
might be very short one. lie had a private
letter of mine written many years ago, wherein
propose nothing, promised nothing, with regard
TO Slavery or Abolition, but stated the fact that
the topic was not discussed in the non.polemiea,