, 1862-08-12

wendell Phillips and the ulfao1s
tentfA Railroad Directors.
Editors Chicago Tribune:
After the effort Of ". q. Osborne, ], N.
Douglass. and n. R. Arthur, to convict Wen
dell Philips Of hlsehood, let Us SEQ what It al
amounts to. In Mr. Phflnps' speech as re-.
ported, he said: "I asked Illinois LAWYERS
among whom Lincoln had ptacticel, what
Kind OF man he Wasf Gould he saw M p,
"1hey replied, he has no backboue.'n o..
norne' Douglass, and Arthur, In their note to
TIE tie public say that indirectly this means
lips said, or is reported to hayo said nhont
McCiell2n's ability to say no. they 90 on t.,
eAy, indirectly similar remarks are atfr1buted
70 1s IN relation also to the Prealdent,n How
a.a aa11n1a6ie 90 to yon gentlemen Unless aqy
the Directors Of ths Illinois Centrsi Rasi4oaa saI
1ou seem to SO measure your own impprf snce
ana Rhy not II the'exptess1pn-ssU UIfno1s Iasr,,
Sels means the president and general gu
pennlendent q = rsilroad: company.
.,n,H MoH s. 20 Mcclellan. Nowhere in PHILIPPE
Osoofn, Douglas or Arthur, and probably il
70 9un1ottnnate as neVerto have heard OF them.
ae giving 9 conversation that commenced
WITH Illinois lawyers" and says III asked;'|
nzreents nSrsa %no Ihsee OF four lines back be re-
hois Iarye4s seH Is sskea taalh;ng :. gmcai.j IT. 1
man 49I, who can say no." The manaeem ant ~
illinois Central replied ahs nevar -. A. ~
cides, &C." Now Douglas, Osborn and
A5th9r tAT, say this means that M: Philiips
talked With them, and they SO replied. Re.
memoef that M. Phillips gives all this a. a
conversation Htth Illinois hWyers.; and ne
ore else, 0ou Ao
Suppose Phil1ips had asked Illinois lawyer,
GecIge smith "as good banker, aud faeY
{Gpaea hnee;a. The tne management Of ths Bank Of
that E ~ aesTSin WjIa3yS IT, ths would that mean
told Phillips sos Mr. Phillips does not not
say that the managers Of the Illinois Cen
t1al replied. How common form Of ernras.
sion to ssy that the management Of any enter
PIlse 9y 4 speaks Or answers well or III for
railroad man? :? Some one says, 1.-THE 1aasooS. soou
n.en8 Of the New York Central Railroad r.
sTers Tes." That is, the Way be has manared
t1al road shows and epeaks corclusiyelv an
mat subject, and would It be claimed that the
managers personally said this because the
,v9,a aaoasmenI 1assa OF the road was spoken OF,
Lawyers" At any rate, Mr.. Phillips no.
where EayR that Douglass Ozbora Or rthnr
n made any remarks to MIN. Man7bodY, clesrly
the +" illinois lawyera"
~ 4ne 1s o. these three gentlemen Is lawyer,
and carefully at the speech. These qentlensn
say they do not know Mr.. PAillios' and hare
1e7er talked with him. Is be not aware of
[hat 1act, and does he not also know tbat bis
sNeeeehes N go through the length OF the land,
s1o - oh he eertainly could not expect that those
|ofego the pleasure Of proving him lisr?
As indicative of bis meaning can 1t be sun
posed that a total stranger to these three
gentlemen he would publish remarks a. com
ng . @ 1fom them which he knew would be read
Il Saieago IN Two days, when In fact he had
never conversed with one Of them.
Ih1a import tant correspondence il puh1fshed
'ne 4S soa5n1 and thersuPon it says, s5hame
N them.' Good for the Journal It always
sIs shame" or cob, shame,'' and MT
1"ays ANYTHING else. Its literary repository
: "a Gn11eas sa1 compound Of worn ont espletiyes
Well, Messls. Osborn, Douglass and Arthur.
: ! + s.. o1 ys5y little consequence what you said
o. 5im: just nov the country is Interested.
os T IN %hat is said aboat Mcclellan but wba
$ You thought il worth @ Whiis al@ufa 70
ubhsh Communication at ali on |.
ne SUBJECT Why could you not tell us what
uallties Mcclellan did exhibit In the share
q took n managing the Illinois Central rail.
'h;a,i,, SaT ion len Us . good deal about Mr.
otbing, about Mcclellan, whom % YOU oaI Know gVs
cry well: You content yourselves by saYinr
bat You did not inform Phillips that Mctlei,
N ,n;efaa e99id not say no." there You stop aud
aalntaln = prudent silence about the qualities
your old friend, the attachment to whom
a1ded you into the public prints.
mcclellan is In time which caIls-H ever
me called-1or high qualities. and it is to be
Q opea he is all his friends claim. II 50, M.
I nllllps ought not to attack him; but aboYs
u, gentlemen, as you are his friends, do not
c provoked into writing on his behalf another
ach note as that Of Saturday last.