Wilmington journal., 1870-09-30

The Tribune thus responds to Governor
Holden's card
We commend to Governor Holden his
own card concerning the garbling of the
TOurgee letter, printed elsewhere In our
columns, with accompanying docu-
ments." Nothing could be more pitiable
than the condition in which he is left
After the wanton charge against our cor
respondent of breach of confidence, and
the wanton charge against our proof
readers of making the mistakes which ap-
peared in the copy he gave our CORES
pondent, he is welcome to all the credit he
can get for his declaration that he knows
nothing about the garbling.
The case stands thus Judge Tourgee
wrote that 400 or 500 houses had been
broken open by the Ku.Klux. Governor
Holden furnished our correspondent copy
of this letter, in which the figures were
raised to 1000 or 5000, at a time when the
political benefit of this startling change
would be immensely in his favor. We
printed it exactly according to copy
Senator Abbott proves that it was correct
| when he gave it to Governor Holden. It
was garbled when Governor Holden gave
| it to US. We leave him to make what
| further explanations he may think needful
| at his leisure.
The following comments are appended
| to Governor Holden's card:
When Governor Holden wrote the above
he must have seen the distinct editorial
statement in the Tribune that we had
| compared the original copy sent us with
the letter as published in our columns,
and that no mistakes had been made in the
proOf-reading we had printed the
letter accurately, and precisely as received.
Our correspondent deals with his other
statements beloW.-ED.
| To lie Editor Of Tie Tribune: ii -
Sir-The recent card of Governor Hol,
den, of North Carolina, relative to the
publication of Judge Tourgee's letter in
the Tribune, calls for personal statement
of the case as far as / am concerned. Gov
ernor Holden's card contains the follow
ing: 'In order to post Mr.. Beecher on
| the subject of these (Ku-Klux) outrages,
handed him the copy of Judge Tourgee's
| letter, with an injunction not to publish
| il, as it was private letter. I was sur
| prised soon after to see it in the Tribune" I"
The facts are these Governor Holden
! gave me Judge Tourgee's letter, saying, at
| first, that he was not authorized to give it
| for publication but upon my represent
| ing that, as an authoritative statement, it
would be desirable to have it printed in
the Tribune, lie seemed to agree with me
on that point, and undertook to telegraph
!
A. Douglas, the Governors aid, was in
structed to send the message to Judge
Tourgee, and to him L remarked that I
| shOnld forward the letter to the Tribune
las there was little time to spare), and if
Judge Tourgee refused to allow it's publ
cation should forbid it by telegraph. 1
heard nothing further from the Governor
or his aid on che subject. A few days later
when the Tribune containing my CORE =
pondence and Judge Tourgee's letter ap.
peared in Raleigh, Governor Holden ex-
pressed himself as gratiied with my work
and made not the slightest allusion to any
breach Of confidence or any surprise a
the publication of the Judges letter. NJ
| impression is that stated to Governol
, Holden personally. as we'll as to his aid ant
private secretary, my purpose of sending
Judge Tourgee's letter to the Tribune.
cannot but believe that he expected its
publication, as he gave me no Intimation
of an adverse answer from Tourgee.- anG
expressed no surprise to me at seeing II IN
the Tribune, as he had more than one op
portunity of doing.
, EUGENE +. BEEcREk.
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