, 1864-10-16
JUDGE CATaAN'8 OTTAWA
ePEE Gill;
a Card lr1u the NepoFtcr-The EtAtc-
lneAt keAmrmtd.

OTTAWA, Oct. II, 1874.
IL q card Published in the Tribune OF the
18th Inst, Judge Cation has seen 1T to deny
thst he ever ustd the language, OF expressed
the sentiments, attrlbu ted 10 him In the ex-
tract IRON bis late ape ech recently published
In the tribune. 40 not propose to mike
the question q question OF verAclt5, but am
sorry the Judge declines this nonor of being
considt1ed *'pre. emlnentlY honest among
the politicians OF Ills parts''-an houor
which the TRIBUNE, aud these who heard his
spet cb, have ptrhsps been too generous In
thrGsting upon him. But II 1t must be 80,
we viii endeAvor to 1epress our compl.
ments, that we my do him no wrong.
l made the report OF his Speech which he
dleclAims, and which fs An exact copy Of
notes taken On the spot, while one OF tue
Judre's political friends wss looklag over
my shoulder and reading (as I thtnk1 sl1
wro1e without objection, and must Insist
tha. II IL substantially correct. the Judge's
Recollection to The contrary notwlthatand.
ing Several other gentlemen TOOK nates,
which correspond with NY own. as reported,
that they. listened atteutsvely to the
speech, md Understood the judge as
did 4 general denial Is quite easy Tor the
Judge TO make, Wills be might f1ni 1t an
other matter, and some Hhat embarT assiug, to
support that denial By telling The paoltc 1a.t
he pstd The tofio wing lsnRunee pfeclsely q
Democratic party II Wendell Phlllips should
succeed In dividing the Union? p This sen.
tence Immediately REseedes the paragraph
Nov, what fsssons aid The Judge give, or
What reasons did he have In mis- mind, 1t the
tzme. or can he now a*sIgn, except tha one
attributed to him, why the Democratic party
would be in wofee nx than the Republican
parry, In tie case supposed? I can prove bS
dozen CT more Of the leading men In OF
tawa thst the Judge used the above language,
| and rave as a reason why, that II the Abolf-
tieuists succeeded In Rbolitionlxlng the coun-
c.:n1try, The implied charge OF the Judge,
that the Apoliiiohists are dIsuuiontsts, Ut
course is not true, but It cuts no figure. II
slavery IN preserved, and the Delnocrats
friends aud allies, !" The Abolitiontsts could not
control the country-otherwiee theY could.
This Is not only true, but the only reason
that can be assigned in support Of the Judges
assertion that the Democrats are
s.,no,e interested in maintaining the
zone ptca;iar a,d ter7,1,e calamity would
betsll the Democratic paIt5. ii Wendell
Philips should divide tue Union. As rs'
ported BY ue, the Judge said the " Damocrar
lie party arc d, much interested In naiItatn'
ing the Union as the Republican party" pus
| l 4nl aBkureo o5 Ecme q tne Most FEAApls
men In Ottawa, that the Judge used ''the
word nsor<," Instead Of "a. mueh," and
i a11 now satisfied that he did, becsuse Il
would te more in harmony with the con
text
III possible that the Judge, instead Of ths
wo1os - *'our interests consist in lnaiutAtuint
our relations with our old Hiendl
and allies, The shareholders, aut
in preserving slavery" might hare usee
words of similar import such a., "ou'
Democratic psrty interests consist In m sin
tainng our old relations with the South
and IL preserving The Institutions OF tn
soutl," The lstter II the version OF som
who Iety upon the;r recollection. Bat, ths
" the Judge In sutsta,cu said what I attrih
usesi 10 him can be proven By aoy number Q
| bis ncehbors and ft1etds, and their name
. Will be Forthcoming II the Judge persists \
his dtniai, awithout .tufora,iog the puola'
Whit lc otd BIZ. Yours, respectfully.