New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-03-09


remain nthe ambiguous position In which We loft him
some weeks ago." ... -
You thus deny my right TO cumber your columns IN
one issue and In another seek 10 give the impression
that IL ls my fault that have remained silent.
Yoaf paper OF to-day contains also communication
three columns long. from Francis C., Barlow, making
virulent attack upon me. have been repeatedly In
formed that this person has been busy tho last few
weeks going from Office TO Office 70 gather scan
dial and abuse me. glad that he has at last.
made an open attack though, II were TO have con-
troversy should have preferred opponent Of some
standing and experience at tho bar Hs long and con-
fused collection OF misrepresentation, downright false
hoods and garbled quotations, can be readily rsfuted
have prepared and now write to AJAX whether
you will publish it. whether you hold yourself Tor
Barow to be Judge pronouncing Judgment and ad-
hitting no discussion thereafter bat nevertheless as in
tho former case nferring confession from subsequent
silence Your obedient servant, 1H
Neto York, March 7, 1871. DAVID DUDLEY FIELD
SIR; Your note Of March Is at hand. Its
main purpose TO be to inquire whether we VIII
publish answer from you to Gen. Barows iet'ers'
You already know that the uniform rule OF THE TRIBUNE
Is accord every accused person hearing within gen
era limitations not unlike those suggested In the article
from which you quote. We could not surrender
space for example, for the repetition OF statements
in case already fairly heard extend the hospitality
of our columns to technical expostons without interest,"
or Information for the public, nor print complaints thag
long and elaborate letters. reaching us at IL ococA ~
night, do not appear the next morning.
The Of tho last page Of your note makes IL neeu
TO add that we should require such an answer 10 man
tain the gentlemanly courtesy Of discussion from which,
so far as We have observed, Gen. Barlow mas nos wv
parted. am, Sir, very respectfully
David Dudley Field, esq. WHIrELA" hhiD'
Ee.o- York Tribune, NeU- York, March, ISL
Those curiously observing the extraordinary
peryersions of justice in the Enc SUITS may
now see what Mr. Field thinks Is not fair
play. He is told that he, like any other
accused person, can have hearing In lHE
TRIBUNE; but that no must write like
gentleman, and must not waste space with mere
repetitions, useless technicalities or frivolous
complaints about unavoidable and trifing de-
laws in publication. Straightway he calls all
men to witness that this denies HIM ialr
playl Plainly there is but one place on earth
where his idea of fair play can be realized.
Judge Barnard's court is the only refuge for
him
Mr.. Field goes out Of his way 20 cast
gratuitous slurs upon this person. Gen.
Barlow for courteOusly and dispassionately
presenting the facts wherefor he had so
Justify called. He is unwise in thus provoking
comparisons. His name, of late, is most init
mately associated with Judge Barnard's court,
with James Fisk's finances, with legal proceed
ings which respectable Judges have from
the bench denounced as fraudulent and
flagitious. Gen. Barlow's name is most
intimately associated with Fair Oaks, with
Antietam, with Gettysburg, with the
Wilderness, with career in the service of his
country that began in the ranks and ended
with Major-General's commission, universal
honor, and many wounds. II he has been
fewer years at the bar than Mr.. Field, he has
at least won the confidence of the profession,
escaped the rebukes of an upright Bench, and
stood in no fear of expulsion from the Bar
Association. The comparison which Mr.. Field
invites is not one from which Gen. Barlow
need shrink, whether as citizen, lawyer, gen.
teman, or "persOn."
Mr. Field called for facts. We have given
them and have offered him the opportunity
for vindication or reply, which his card in the
evening papers, above quoted, shows that he
prefers to avoid We may therefore turn him
over to the Bar Association; and recall, in
parting, the words of a famous English
writer: "And now, Sir Dudley, we take
"our leave of You forever. In truth
you have some reason to hold your
self indebted to us. From the lessons we
have given you, you may collect profitable
instruction for your future life. They will
either teach you so to regulate your conduct
as to be able to set the most malicious in
"quires at defiance or. if that be lost hope,
they will teach you prudence enough not to
attract the public attention to a character
which will only pass without censure when
it passes without observation"