The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-03-24
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
RrcuyOSD. March q, l~G~. y

RrcHNOSD. March u, lS">.
Elitoys Of De Di&pntch:
conference.-the your paper OF yoS'" 81 ~:
Won notice my card, published III inc ~" W.
tim of Monday Your ho'ct, VI oo n''y;nne to
= most singular one by gentlemen anxious 10
do iusIice to ANYBODY. The pretended lepp'
i'm YOUR paper Of my REMARKS III III" c'llno?'
was such tumble that certainty no Inl'n''I I
gent idea OF what did say couia ~ s"'"c' y,
from IT, carefully examined the report. ''H"
there were but one or TWO ideas that uiu au,
vance that were correctly stated: ula np'
desire TO charge your reporter WIN lSiluI IN
or designed dnpicity conid mlke ~ ' CO..
r.ciion without writing out all the malerlai
IDEAS in my remarks, because noticing one
instrumentation and not noth"r would an
admission of the correctness OF the on" no.
noticed J. therefore, had no aiterhttiN' o"'
IN write ont what | did say, and offer 1t 10
con FOR publication. l did not suppose II
w.ould be modest in ne To proclaim through
your own paper that You had lntenIonaliS or
uuinientionally misrclreSenl"d me- 1o!ieic"
you the manuscript to publish You refused
S,u saw YOU "eXpcctcd the messenger 10 re
turn with such Il letter did not desire 10
do a work Of supercrogation, BECAUSE II h'tu
written a letter, il would have embraced IL!
IN. remarks published. III The .Nttn -Nttt"0 ana
had no idea that rs you mad refused once
you would have Published the speech with ::
commentary, when, III my opinion, IL needed
no explanation 10 IN intelligent reauel.
stated III my card that 1" The Di$pttci claimed
IL
capitol. l, in Il tew days afterwards, offered
Them the manuscript OF those remarks, Dut
they refused to publish it. Was il their OBJ
iect 10 furnish the truth 10 the people IL Hey
misrepresented, why Will they not make cor
rections when requested 10 do so Z Is IL not Il
fair inference that they have no desire 10 give
the truth TO the public? l deem II que 10 my :
sr!f and the public 10 make this statement.
III your paper OF yesterday you say, 80 c, we
might deny iatly the truth of Governor Pelr,
points statement, and declare that he mas tolo'
4 i.lschOod, il we We're disposed TO 90 nm III
iusliCe.' | admit, gentlemen, you nave INT
power TO write anything you please Ill YOU
paper and do me any injustice you desire
hui il il from the licenIious use of that power
that many things that appear in newspapers
are not believed by the public. no" Goes Tue
matter stand2 You published Il report oi my
remarks in the capitol nearly tie "n iI.., -,
what Won published gave no distinct loe'l .!
what did say. I said &c furnished you WV. ~.
The manuscript Of these remarks, Dul you n le
fused TO publish it, You say III one sel ~ -:
$50 we might deny many ane o ~ ;t declare h,
has Iold a faisehood." IN the next SENT you
saw 1--WE will merely say that 20 lul rom rom Z
tusine 10 allow him TO be heara through oti 20
in,nnS we distinctly told his messenger til;il l.
na would write us II letter containtnghtS "'o4 ~
,yi ar ,ptat he said we would cheerfnlly publish
f." This is exactly what did 40: "Fo's
,.,uort o1 tutLt SAIL, and presented III 10 you
,,ttd you refused TO publish it. | did not Wlltt
n
of Governor Pelrpoint, delivered NJ The my
tation of the Republican, members OF me II
ginia Convention, February y, leoe. c'tii
not see why II formal letter was necessary
Now, entlemeu, where is The - ialsehooa OF
my partY For what ought l to apologize
What misrepresentation have maze :
your conduct" according to your own Slio"
iugY But do think, and every candid MAJ
in the community will so decide, that ate
publishing a jumbled perrersion OF what
did say, then refusing 10 publish my remark
when furnished you, TO accuse ne OF false
hood in effect for saying you refused 10 pub
lsh them, is, TO say the least OF ii, III decided,
bad taste after your flourish of trumpet
about desire 10 do justice and telshi
the public you expected an apology from
me. You admit you knew thnt ! con on
sidered you had done me injustice IN IN
report OF my remarks. Your complaint
that did not write you ga letter containing
report" of what l said, then you ''wou!
publish" sc. ! repeat, / cannot see, If III
not desire 10 proclaim 10 the world tEro'gl
YOUR columns that you had miSrepresente
me, why yoH Sh0Hld desire il. 1t seem
strange 10 me that Il letter was necessary, IN
less you wanted = controversy, Which | wa
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