The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1864-03-23

A CASE OF VERACIrY.


Mr. Julian has written letter, dased March Eth.
which appeared simultaneously. in all OF his newspa-
Pers last week; in which he charges Us with having
made s'ir4r false accusations aAsnS. him arti-
ee puhlis under The nsae % f.ssaa So La.eo,s
n our ssu Of Il inst. In that Arscls ~s stated
opinie 49, sleEk in the rreAsary department,
wkTwtots Letter the Rasissas Jsers, advocating
the claims Of Mr. Cease. and dsparaSing President
Lincoln. owed his appointment - Mr.. Julian. and
would ret dare pursue such course ualess he
assured Of the approval Of his patron In answer 10
this Mr. Julian SAWS Ii the letter referred to-
wri,en lea-n By Clerk in the Treasury depart
rnent from the .s.r Of KSeigs- ON his response
bilty, who appointed On the Recommendation of
his friends from that state" On the strength of this
statement Of his, he asks the public believe that
stand convicted of falsehcci in this matter.
Now. far as the issue Of truth or faisehccd be-
tween ourselves and Mr.. JuIisn is concerned, do
net propose have decided by that gentlemans
do ask the public to decade il upon word
alone.
One two questions naturally arise in the mind up
seeing this statement. One is-how did Mr.. JG-
Ian discover who the author Of the communioa-
in the Jes-srl, il he had connection with the
correspondents Of that paperf HIS letter is written
March sth-he SAYS the paper containing article
has Jas beea handed 10 kizs r-he have known,
therefore, who wrote the brs he knew
that charged hiUa with having any connection with
il. How did be find il out? VIVA, would cause him -
make enquiry before he knew he implicated in il
The Irresistible inference, from his statement,
that he must have previously been such intimate
terms with the correspondent of the Journal, to
know the character of the articles be was writing for
that paper.
Another query that arises, is,-How is il, if this
clerk was from the State of Aes.saa and appointed
the recommendation OF his friend from that state
that find him acting correspondent for a
paper in the ea District Of Iadsasa Why should he
feel interest congressional II would
natural, that if the gentleman had any time
spare from his labor in the Treasury department. and
wishes indulge in letters he would correspond with
the papers home in JEesgaa. He would be apt feel
interest in the politics of his congressional
district-bu how in the name of common comes
it, tia. he selects the RaadoIoi Journal and the 5h
congressional District of Indiana, the field of his
labors?
Does any body believe that a clerk from Michigan
would manifes. such interest, if he moved
to II by influential parsonage at Washington
And who at Washington is much interested in
listing aborrrs in this political field is Mr.. Julian
We must confess that this last letter of Mr. Juian's
instead Of convincing that wrong, only
confirms in the opinion first expressed-thai
the Communication in the Rnsdoipa Jaarsci, must
have been dictated by Mr.. Julian ause~ by
fresh from communion ,cita hin.''
As TO the other charges of falsehood Mr. Julian
makes against would say that it requires some
thing than the ipse dirs of that gentleman
to convict of falsehood We regard word Al
being as good as his, and when affirm thing and
he denies it, that does not prove to be lar any
more than it proves him to be But in the tria
of this issue truth alsehood between u.s. dc
not ask the public, does Mr.. Julian, take ouI
statement alone. We introduce elsewhere in this pa
per, another and dtsinterested witness, by whom
prove most conclusively that Mr.. Julian lying
under mistake when he denied having acted or
the Chase Committee, agreed to frank Chase
documents to this district or eisexacre.
Having thus convicted Mr. Julian of msreprcsent-
ing the fact in these particulars ask the public
apply his own rule, and judge from these, how far
they will believe any of the statements contained in
his letter.
If we had time, would in sttute a COMPARISON be-
his first and last letters upon the subject of
connection with the Chase movement, with the de-
monstration, from the garng incongruities between
them that neither is worthy of belief We may pursue
this subject in our next number.