New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-12

AsSR OfOpOltlOu
we're very grateful"
~. ,o,e5 an In tho dark days Of CO when Urea
"a. 40 defiant you were enacting the roll OF the
..l.nchov Jsoues wringins your hands and utterlng
.,.s. Of the dolefulest strain. You were especni!
...,,. In the denuncations Of your President whom
Am proclaimed an "old mbecile. his conduct OF inc
90, failure and his advising ministers corrup' anu
,,.ncient cabal You should have stopped there LOU
aid enough to prove your contempt Tor the 'u.i'
the Republic, and deceDey required that you' -
shou,d be restricted to persons OF your own 'eA
did not sufficiently crafty your morbid appe''' "D "
the Spring of 1885, in public hotel Oh the Guy u N."
YORK Won announced to indscrinha'o "-u''"'' '."
fhs vite of the President Of tho United STATES was s'
conduct and that BY order oftbe Secretary
"a NJ. ,h.,, .dv had been banished the capi,s-an
-. ,h;ch von declared was too long delayed This
,ocr,rrd in nv hearing, and promptly dehed the
,...meut and branded the invention OF MALICIOUS
mendacity.
That same evening Mrs. Lincoln arrived In New
York called to pay her my accustomed respects ano
expressed to her my surprise at hearing she haa ooeh
ordered 10 leave Washington. ard asked her ~ha' Tue
fscts were Her establishment wac only equaied ny he
sropcr Indignation. She required me to give il! bu
thory for the statement OF her alleged expulsion ana
,sl.ea to her III occurrence as it t,anspred ct the
Init VI
for and received pardon for your gross orse but you
never forgave for my interposon upon behalf OF
.lsudered woman. In my zeal to the first Amer
can lady from aspersion incurred tie wrath Of her de-
Samer oad from that hour how to destroy me became
his chief ambition. Theno eiorwaTd Your hatred 70 me
had no boundary but your capacity for harm
Time s.ill wore OF. The Presidential campaign OF
1854 was a. hand. The National Convention met a.
baltimore Twas delegate to II In spite OF your ei
fOrts to the contrary You were delegate to LOBBY
That third house OF whose committee OF Hoy' ond mea"'
vOu have so long been chairman To your chasrin' mn
lincoln was renominated Your rage BIKE secret hre
In the bones consumed you aud unless you hao rem e
thsre was danger you would become "Krook' the %,
and furnish science with another illustration OF sponts
p.ous combustion You rushed into print and over the
rabais:ic ct. w" signature, launched forth several
of those peculiar diari,cs whca have made your last
decade so nqnrious- In tie letter published IN Iht
Ai5osy EpenMg Journal Of june ii. 1854, you say
Notwithstanding all this, formidable and organized
body of ultra Aboitousts- loyal leaguers, anu radi
Teal demagogues appeared at Baltimore for the purpose
n, they avowed. of procuring the nomination OF MI
Dickinson for Vice President. that Mr. Seward might
bs excluded from the Cabinet In this miserable in
r,gue the ulraists OF Massachusetts cpddled with the
.sine OF New.YorS."
Now All Weed MAO aYOWeO tne purpose Oh HIS up
r~srunce as Delegate at Baltimore to be to procure
the nomination OF Nj. Dickinson for Vice-PreSdent
That Mr. Seward mig 1t be excluded from the Cabinet
lite me single instance 4 you cam In support OF your
slapder WAo repres nted the ultrniss OF Massachu
sstts and clio the sin OF New ork in this misera
BE intrigued" Give their names fthey ever had al
existence outside Of your dsordered and classifying brain
Come Sir the game of the Artul Dodrer will not serve
Che purpose In this letter you say that, At Bal
6more "a at Syracuse Mr. Lincoln Surveyor Of the port
of New York was among the most unscrupulous ira.
tucers, Of Mr. Lincolns Secretary Of State" This Is
sufficiently explicit for the purpose OF allegation or proof
Or denial This clear specification OF clear charge
Ind meet II by proDouncng 1t deliberately invented
bic uttered by unscrupulous old hsr That at any
kline or place ever spoke dsrespectfa! word OF MI
Seward 10 faisehood made out OF whole cloth; false
alike In its warp and woof the coinage OF wretch who
IL by trade liar and whose practice has rendered him
m expert In his calling. Imean answer to be as ex
picit as you libel
In this connection crafty my sense OF veneration
Tor worh aid ability. By adding that none Of his coun
krymsn S6mres tie character and genius Of this emf
bans American more than L Mr. Seward is g states
ban Of whom the nstionjmsy DO Justly proud.
Not content with the foregoing libel upon me, you
must again dip your quill 10 gall and drag my name into
controversy a
rdins you have spit" In your letter. which appeared
10 The AiIoay Eresins Journal Of June % 1861 you
say referring the suit brought by the Hon George
Opdyke against you for libel "whe appealing to the
law Of his country civil and criminal Mr.. Opdyke
hs peases enlarge the field Of inquiry 90 as to ON
braoe the alleged sale of tie Office Of Surveyor Of the
bort Of New.York ~ the moderate sum Of $4,000"
This is not ss well defined the charge In your let
Ter of June IL 1864 bat tho fault OF nsuficiensy stat
kne what you mean does not attach 10 me. and You
must be presumed to luck confidence In sverment
n hich IL made BY innuendo Nevertheless. will not
ievade the inquiry. Tell now Sir tel the public
slo alleges that paid to Mr.. Opdyke or to any one
$1,000 cr any sum purchase money for the office Of
Surveyor Of the Port of New.York. Give the name
otths alleeer What his initial etters' Are they
more than twoi Are they not 1T. WI / have
been subpensed a. witnessed In the case OF Opdyke
agt Weed and happy In the belief that you are to
be rrst;fed on this point Of the alleged sale" whom
ever the trial Of that cause shall take place. Nov, Mr.
Wood are YOU not sshamedf No. beg the pardon Of
shame YOU arc an utter stranger to its honorable
blush
To proceed; I had beaten you and your allies and
.0yrmldons in the State Conventions OF May and Sep
somber 1854 These defeats So. like nightmare upon
6oa There danger that the President might not
Suppose you powerful you had represented your
e aud II at he would discover In what estimation the
People west Of Csyugs Bridge held you This, you
xesoasd with yourself must be prevented at all hazards
ard to prevent 1t must be further traduced
By you. Mr.. Linoos ear must bokept filed with com
elaints against "ihs Surveyor" and with recals Of
> the disorganizing schemes Of Andrew" had been