The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-10-08
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DoRsgr, Oct 9TH, IsGl.


hes0s. Editors lin my last CORES
pondence, expressed my unwillingness
to carry on personal discussion through
any paper and were il not for desire TO
right myself before the public, should
drop the whole subject at once. As il is,
however, fact, that incorrect quotations
have been made from my correspondence
of the 10th ult,, from which misunder-
standing has arisen, | would ask the priv
ilege 81 comparing the several publications
which have appeared in your journal,
signed Z" East Dorset aud y. b. H."
and fom them make few statements
briefly, rs follows:
Isi, The honorable critic @ has not de-
MED thet the Post Office was torced into
political issue.
2nd, In my first correspondence, (Which
see IN your journal Of the 10th ult.,) !
made the statement, that | WISHED 70
consider myseJ Intellectually responsible
for . is !" sqfctH (meaning the Govern
mcni,) and, TO this moment, hare not de-
MED ii. In all that has been said upon
this one paint, have not deviated in the
slightest degree from the sentence just
quoted above. Indeed, | challenge NE
critic and al has aJcttors, and The public
al large, q bring for'rard procffo he con-
tra,y.
3d, In my correspondence Of the oath
ult., typographical error was made,
which proved, by The way, of much SER
vice to the critic, in affording him material
for quite lengthy article. IN the orig
inal manuscript the Inconsistency which
he dwells upon SO long, cannot be fonnd.
There, the sentence quoted by him was
written as follows
n does not necessarily toHotc that !
cleare 70 he old Republican party simply
because Deny Repubico- Democratic
Compromise" meaning here, that kind Of
Compromise spoken Of in my letter Of the I
10Th uli. But in your Journal, undoubt- +
eddy through mistake, the word desire
was inserted in the place Of the word deny
in the quotation above made, which Of
course fatty contradicted the argument
and illustration following, and therefore
required no very lengthy argument 70 shop
that contradiction.
iih, BY appealing TO the lower senti-
men,s," had no reference whatever to
the using Of rum or money! which
the critic says are commonly used for such
purposes--epeeiaily on political occasions.
But ] referred particularly to those " sen
,iments 7 which had been sought and APP
Piled for, in consequence Of the personal
disad1eclion Of few Republicans, and
which being now aroused by low party
feelings, that had been for the past few
years gradually dying out in our midst,
has caused men TO make political chess
hoard Of their oath Of allegiance and
'hereupon to play game for temporary
success and power, rather than to be actu-
aied, under our present national troubles,
by true Democratic principles.
In the statements above made, have
endoasored 10 avoid all personalities for
harmony's sake, only; and yet, TO be so
plain as 10 prevent all ambiguity in ex-
pressing my ideas In all my quotations
have lahored to be accurate, and moi 10
misqnose The language Of nay critic
Whether this las been The case with him,
] do nos kaow. Bat Al the same time,
do know thai he has blundered into sew
ersl erroneous quotations. without any