Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-05-08
Special Correspondence Baltimore o.,
From Washington,

The SpraRue-Abbott Quarrel Tn.
Over-The Correspondencc-AnA s'hy
OF tho Alleged Retraction-CrceDir. '''
OF ihe D1hculty-nOw the Th,n "Ui
Done and who helped To do ;, was
Reflections on Cnnines-The jana,
Send President Grant a Goa, or
and siIken RObes-NVh will !,
with them :-Cuba-specinI Ins,ruc,, 10
from France and England. '"'
WASHINGTON, April 81, 1SG9.-Tb.I.
agony is over. The bellicose North rtUog
lima Senator whose home is not i" ~ 0aLo'
ocean wave," but in New Eampsh,roD Lle
been pacified. The public "praro3, las
been preserved without the interyent;o.A las
the police, and order once more gu Of
in Warsaw" 'elgls
The terms by which this great NATL.
pacifcation was effected are baf"r. IONA
public. They consist Of three Iettal. 'la
Of echich, ii is understood acre pron,,rs o' a.
fore the "LiAle Pet" could BE- ih l,y"su 's.
sign his " erpLaaation." And what w." 20
prescription this is for SO wofnI I'll - 11I't
of personal honor ! The ChronicIo E ~ a
seems Disguised with the copdprt 80 .'se g
champion. The tenor Of those Letter - y,
it says gave rise to much djscnssio,, &C.
circles during the evening, public on; - " !
being somewhat divided as 10 Vhe,bfr rI NO
Sprague's sletter could be con,;5. vi;
as q retraction." Manifestlv .'.I W
Sprague's letter" contains no -u''
traction at oil. He states t., It.
enough that "the paragr7Dh Of "u'!
speech referred to was written and r. NJ a
uscript some time before it was delivar'J
in the Senate, and before you particins,ei
in the debate, and, therefore, was rnf W.
tended THAT is, the paragraph when
written as aforesaid) to apply to Won 7"
How could it ? But the pet" is car,f,r
TO refrain from any retraction " of nv.
plying the anecdote told in the "norS
graph to his adversary in bis speerb
which he undeniably did, as shown in Il,
part of it quoted by Abbott himself Rn,
it was an uphill business to get punchI.
Gus and pugnacious little cotton-spiprnr
to crafty his opponent even thus far IT.,
seems to have taken malicious pleasure -,
procrastinating the tortures Of his victim
You have already published "a account n.
an ingenious dodge resorted to fortbr nm,
pose of extricating this unlucky uspira.r
for heroic honors from his ridiculous NO.
ton in the following words:
1t IS understood that late last n:,-bt
the blessed Sabbath couple Of friend.
of Senator Abbott waited upon an iutimot.
relative and friend OF Senator Sor,opr
Judge Chase, with view of reacning ~
settlement of the difficulty. Abbott,
friends stated what was necessary on the
part of Sprague to satisfy Abbott. Spraguu'.
friend said he would do what he c0ull
but animated Mut lie had HuLe infueace ore.
him, and that Sprague Was disposed to fu,
low his own determination.
Failing utterly in this ruse, the next stem
was an eloquent appeal through Sepator.a!
friends to mollify the stubbornness q.
Sprague, and induce him to " adopt some
measure Of settlement. Two of the mos.
gifted pathetic orators were selected.
Mark that no written hostile approach had
yet been made-not even request for c1
planatlon-time Monday morning; allegeI
insult last Thursday. L quote from Ii,
Chronicle
Yesterday (Monday) morning Senator,
Sherman and Sumner called upon Gov.
ernor s., OF his residence, and had qLi en
lengthy consultation with him on The maj.
ter, during which they strongly orgea hin
TO adapt some measure Of settlement 4
Senators Sherman and Summer protested
against any action on the part Of the Gov.
ernor of other than an dmicaJh character.
and advised that he should merely say in
reply, as he had said during the converse
ton, that x the acOrdS acere In las
speech as aOrinena SecerM days precious, AMI
before the debate IN achich tie arOrciS 0cc,rr. {
had eUen come up IN tie Senate"
Such is the modern mode of settling
points of honor. But let every dog w4g
his own tail to his liking By the w3v
how is that our modern hotspurs take such
offence at being called dog, when they
regard as a compliment the soubriquet o..
the " old Fox" OF the canine species tue
fox is the meanest, and the dog The nobcsL
In this controversy the community OF dogs
have the greater cause of complaint, and
should howl out their griefs, if not demalI
" satisfaction"
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