New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-14


To avoid doing NJ. Greeley injustice second time If
have a done injustice he to imply
tale the De Of asking s s 9 il ' ispy % ass s
pstnesfip Seward Weed Greeley the original oeen
May last long enough for t, be COMM ted T.
eno And .ssCnd Is bot this copy which 6w %s PS ,s
without the allu.ion to Me..r.. Webb and Raymond Pr
The person thus addressed answered as fully,
directly, cOncisely, as his knowledge and ability
enabled him to do. In requital, he is told by The
Post that it did not inquire as to his knowledge,
but as to that of The TRIBUNE The Posts art-
ce is so peculiar and characteristic that we must
tax the patience of our readers by TRANSFERRING it
otrbatim:
are Obliged II g. for his prompt attention to in
aus We OILY regret that he should them in such
haste as not them With eisuTey perusa
than permitted him give them, he would have
seen did ask he any other specific individual
made copy of the letter he called bogus" We asked he
will pardon again directing his attention first inquiry
whether the original copy Of Mr. Stewards letter
reply his dissoynp the partnership Of Seward Weed
Greeley had been exhibited since the first al
fusion this subject In May last OF course II Il not categoh
cal this question cay that H. g., A d., c.
c. any other imaginary combination Of the alphabet dill
a copy the letter question H. O. will concede upon
moments reflection quite inmateiial ho made the copy
any made. The question H. copy the original
e1lbsd' H. O. good enough say that private letter
Gov Seward shown by him. except
OF his intimate associates II he had only doubled OBJ
legations by say whether the original copy had or had
been exhibited by any else since May s would
hsd this occasion interrupt his gsve and important
smpoyments.
however beg to be excused for pressing this sub
Jet upon the attention Of THE TRIBUNE where
by this venture to that is no longer If
wa. regarded as a trihing matter.
Tim TRIBUNE having treated the exhibition Of private let
ter Us an indecorum having practically admitted that the letter
published the reply of MIR Seward was something like
original that contained ucAy suesses thus Just
ng the belief that the original its copy had been recently
exhibited by somebody having than implied that
i exhibited all could OILY have been by through the
eureep of Governor Seward his friends becomesas the
editor Of viii readily perceive, Penny Trumpet
Of the Sunday School this morning to the contrary notwih
sandpea question of triiug importance to determine
whether the published far 1t goes Is substantially
genuine and Is whether 1t reached the light through The
TRIBUNE Office through the csnyance Of Senator Seward
his friends O. seeming exclude the idea that could have
consecrated privacy through other chsnne
Perhaps TRIBUNE undertake to these
out sons OF H. O. could get at more truth at time
and be done with discussion which Protacted too
org may bore public than the parties copied aud
exhibited the letter did copy about which
II. q. accidentally omitted to enlshtenu u.s."
Although if does seem tO us that The Post taxes
our courtesy to the utmost, We state, IN reply to
the above that THE TRIBUNE has no knowledge
nor belief that any private letter from Gov Sew
ard to Mr.. Greeley was ever copied at all, nor that
any such letter has been shOwb-whether by some
person connected with this establishment or by any
one ese-snce the first public attention to this sub
ject in May last. If The Post has any knowledge
in the premises superior to ours-and it was its
positive assertion that such letter had been re-
Gently exhibited that first impelled us to allude to
the mateI-will it now speak out