, 1868-01-31

power and compacting our forces. You now
refuse to argue the case, but the people under
stand the argument and when aroused will
sweep you down like the leaves In a burning
forest.
Even the bondholders will gladly seek refuge
10 the mode of adjusting the public debt to pres
serve the debt from absolute and overwhelming
reputation. .
/ will not call in question the mo6esty OF
gentleman who procured the publication oil hIs
biography in his early manhood, before be had
conquered city, governed nation, or lnFenteu
auy new or useful implement Of industry. VIII
not sit in Judgment over the fitness of gentleo
man to defend wholesale swindling and National
yillaiuy, who commenced his career as jour
paist bv catering to the low tastes of the raboIe
In the interests of the second rate theaters OF
New York, who eaped from the disgusting pit
of the Bowery to the lead of city morality. VIII
not call in question the candor Of moralist VINO
lent his paper to the use Of the moustrous vii
laiues of the spritua for the purpose Of sell
ling his, paper, then laughing in bis sleeve
gravely informs the people that be did all this
for their benefit. will not impugn the motives
of generous-bearted gentleman who has labored
IN the interest of agrarianism until the deluded
people have built up your paper, and then sud
denly became the defender of hereditary monop-
oily, growing rich in the change of opinions and
patrons.
regard to the courage of a hero who tamely all
lows a bully to break cane over his head, and
then turns to seek his revenge in the entire des-
tructon of the civilization and glory. of contiN
nent, whose best blood has been shed to slAke
his thirst in an appalling civil war: will refrain
from allusion to the honesty OF a Lobbyist
who pockets one thousand dollars as gift from
river contractors, and often slauderng everybody
else who seeks refuge in libel suits, where the
truth will not be allowed in testimony to justi'
fy publication He is certainly fit person to
decline to argue the question of the payment of
the bonds in greenbacks, because it is "whole-
sale swindling," and denounce me as st advo-
cate of National villainy, who has denounced
the constructive mileage, and which pertained
to the business of the representative, and after
wards voted for the same gift of books, for
which he was arraigned at the time for falsehood
by DR.. Tom. o. Edwards, Congressman from
Ohio, the glaring character of which was so fla.
grant and transparent that many years after
wards Geo. G. Dunn, of Indiana, in his place in
the House simply recited the facts which effect
ually sienced your batteries, then directed
against moderate republicans. This circumstance
loses none of its force in the fact that your as
snlants were your lifelong political confreres.
| can scarcely refrain from levity in the recs
collection that you conniyed at your own arrest
and momentary arrest in Europe, to give noteri-
ETY. to yourself and circulation to your newspaN
per IN America, ana tnen became the advocate
of arrests without authority of law, and lent
your Tribune to the entire obliteraton of the
safeguards of liberty and the corruption of gen>
GRAFTON of your countrymen.
will however, do you justice in the only con
sistent act of your life. Having yourself taught
secession as the leading tenet of your political
faith, you were but carrying out your own prin-
ciples to generously relieve Mr.. Jefferson Davis
by going his bail. Having no time for personal
controversy, and no disposition to handy epi-
thets even with Yourself, much less with the in>
sects which you SO properly portray as in cons
troll of your party press, will not waste time
In the discussion ofyour courage, your consist.
ency, your integrity or your yeracty; this has
all beea attented to in your biography.
therefore again renew my challenge, and
hope you will try to exculpate yourself from the
charge particeps crimines in the "wholesale
swindling," and ''National villainy," and argue
the question proposed in my last letter.
am, yours, HENKY CLAY DEAN.