New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-21

.txm and never cav his lame uuui u appeared III
~onr paper am not conscious Of ever having had
Nv IA rrsonal acuuaiutance with taat gentleman.
Tteee gentlemen have not seen NJ 20 eta'e .ne aue
Of their call upon me- TO undertake. to give the prs
CHE Language used by any party to hs in'frvleS.
THAT this statement may be made inteilgloe, am
copopelled 10 give the circumstances somewhat Ia de-
entered upon my canvass In the mouth of 0l.ober,
1853 Mr.. j Imes Fairnan beog then in tho held as
the Republican candidate. After the withdrawal on
the Hon Erastus Brooks from the canvass t9e Re
nuhlicap Convention in body, called apon me AZ the
Everett House, and rendered me the.s support. rae
offer voluntary, without the exacuon OF auy
pledge es 10 my future action, AMI know ina, NE
was given. there were in that Convention many
gentlemen Of high peTsonal character well kno INTO
re and 70 them Vn appeal 7or The accuracy o. ms
staterent- 1t was not until sfter tss osssalon INA.
ever bsssd of Mr, Pagan. lie called upon me m com
pepy with Mr.. poo'ey, according 70 my best cJec
ton. MIR. Faesn was introduced 10 me as a H;roor-
Master holdpg Office by appointment OF GOV hiog
and as a warm friend eff Mr. Morgan, who was reo-
ning for Governor al tlrc same -ectoa The parPosc
of the call rs stated e me by one or both Oh the gen
tlmep ard rs understood y, was to complain that
fepo OF mine he had kindly undertaken the super
iptendeu1e Of one cass Of she pecau,sry disourse
merits extending rny canvass, had mace coatrbunon
Of money to political organization in the Nioe,espts
Wand which wge alleged 10 be hostie to that which
Messrs. Pagan Aad Dooiey sustained. II ms,ise
not the ory-IUizgt on TO which l refer eds-
| tsipcd Mr.. 'RrIrore, the nominee of the Amsri-
| can parts fer Governor understood those
psytIemen 10 complain that tie money tins con-
fribucd by'r.y friend would De employed III hostility
| TO Mr. MorsYn. I was qaito stranger t. tho
| almott nnnberlsss political clques anh organ
izalions in my Dis rict, aud was forced 70
| rely apon the supervision Of experienced personal
| friends 10 TO the disbursement Of money. did not
begin TO- nall peeuniary contributions TO the Repab
eau organizations in my District until after bed re-
ceived the tender of the support of the Repuolcan
Conve niion; and cannot, therefore, be mistaken in
the assertion that the call of M-ssrs Pagan and Doc
lev was subsequent 10 thai event. Involved slmost in
endless perplexes of this description was relieved
| up6n heirg advised iby Mr. Doocy think to send
check for slG0 10 Mr. Pagan that being the sum, If
| remember right which my Trend had inadvertently
| contributed 70 the alleged hostile organization.
think sent the money by Mr.. Dooey the understand
Us being that the confirmation was Tor the bsn.ht no.
OF Mr. Pagan personally, but of his Republican AssO
estior. The following s c1pJ Of an original rece Jt
| which find moDg the vouchers OF my election ca
| renee and Lave doubt that the 500 therein no
CENT. for is the which, at Mr. Dooleys sugges
lion cent through him 10 Hr Pagan upon THIS occa
Received HewYora Oct &C. 1852 from Hon II. F. Clark
.rt Srsw, 10 the cTder Of p Fsgsn for hundred dol
lsr' f0 the f'nsee''h " "'a W. A. DooLEY"
The interview was about money, and the dare Of the
recent shows that il took place alter the abandonment
of the field by the Republican candidate There was
certainly occasion for me to give auy pledge
but know that II any inquiry was tbes made OF me
| as TO my future action i ade toe following reply,
which nearly two weeks before, | had written do 9n
mon pa; and committed To memory, and with which
| 4 invariably responded Oh
lyon most perceive thst the peculiar circumstances
in which ana Sin esa5o, answer r his faessId "
yonr.ei Il ~old he nnsscio,y 10 other gentleman
whose support Is as indispensable as you're ou nave oeen
sYppobsiGn LEV indulge the hope my
| next Congress will be equally acceptable"
| From tie extraordinary circumstances of my can
| va.s, and running, ssI was independent De mo-
cratic candidate anst ali organizatioDs and deriving
support from ALL II was regarded as but reasonably
discreet toat should have az command answer
and, nj the time, not impair the ndepeoeence Of
my position The peculiar phfsseology Of the answer
was sdopted after consultation with Intelligent gentle
men of various political parties. This III
variably given without exception, in response 70 all
iuonres having reference TO the organization OF the
House and can call to mind instance in which IL
| was not accepted as satisfactory.
In relation 10 Mr.. ShermaDs statement that sad 70
him. upon the occasion referred 10, that, 10 case the
election of President should devolve upon the House
Of ReITesen atves, | would vote for Republican
President, have to say that l have no recollection
toat any such inquiry was ever addressed 10 me by any
living MAN. if it had been, know what would have
been any reply should have referred TO the fact that
under the Constitution Of the Unued States the voting
for President by the House of Representatives, III
Of failure TO elect by the electoral colleges, is by
Ststes sud by individual members, and thai the
tire representation of State has but one vote. In the
then political condition OF the State OF New York.
| single vote would have been of no Importance aud
am confident that, without the slightest cliff Guilty,
could haze avoided any commttal. will not under
take TO Fay what inference these gentlemen any OF
them, may have drawn from my language; but witt
undertake 10 assert that the impressions which they al
eee that they derived from what said not fairly
derivabIe from the wecoDsdered expressions which
j did Dot fail to employ.
Ny majority counted by thousands; and while i, is
not impossible that these gentlemen may have acted
under erroneous Impressions my fdture course,
the great mass OF tho Republicans in my disnct kno
perfectly vel! that they gave their support
independent candidate bound by pledge except ~
| follow the path of public duty, wherever it might
| lead.
Mr. Sherman has seen fit in his statement to saw
tired Of Mr.. BDchanen. will only Say that hs lau-
gusge is not warranted by any employed by me- and
that, If he is man Of respectable Intelligence as
must assume him to be, il should have occurred to him
that aliy with heart fall Of deadly hostility 10
the Executive III ii. be inrusted with the poiiti
c power of any constituency. Ii can hardly De that
under such circumstances he would have given h,s
support. Whatever may have been his impression,
feel CT liberty 10 Fay that sought my reelection for
the purpose OF VII deatng my past political action and
net for any purpose of revenge. lie has greatly mis-
taken the temper in which public opposed TO the
MEASURES Of administration should, in my iudg
meDt, regulate his conduct.
While engaged IN the conduct of my canvass ian nm
usual one III New York took all reasonable precau
tons TO guard myself against such MISREPRESENTATION
and such misconstructons those of which your coll
umps seem DOW 10 be the favored vehicle. Brought
for the irst time in life, in contact with thar cass
mcst occasions 10 he protected by tho presence
OF an impartial witness and III very many instances
there baye been preserved records of the interviews
which found my self constrained 10 yield. 1t ia nv
impression that wac thus protected upon the occasion
10 which these statements refer; ana find that such
s the csse, shall again seek your columns for the pur
pore Of further rghting tho wrong, which You are.
perhaps, uDconscously, praeticiDg.
While in this connection, will refer to matter
which may possibly account for the vindic,iveness
Oua M he