New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-01-28
6ETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
GARD FROM JOHN v. GRIDLEY.
-. pZsfox of RIA Tribune

Sp. A well known Albany lobbyist MIR.
,aore Rliss ir who has acquired considerable wcsth
nv his opportunities Attorney TO the Health ana hA
se Boards appeared in your columns In new onsrSc
Ger on Tuesday His has been struck rom THO o'
az the xIth Assembly District Association OF TINS o'y
He oonfesses reaehery to the party but ne s''cp
20 exculpate himself from the political crime ioi "
Ae was justy punished by making severa aoS"iu
sations against myself These charges iro.' N-. ~
notorious merit little notice from me; anu ~ NC
80 represent the Murphy faction OF tne Ncp"o'O"'
,artx have waited IN soc whether the more respect
,hle members Of that misguided body would repuoste
he statements which were Issued unuei no o''on''o.
sanction and authority But as no repuuAo" naS 'o'
been published, hold the frlenus VI 4a.' on's TO
snonshle and connecting TO them the consideration OF
htn ,no too,u is utterly unworthy, do not choose
20 a,, lonear before vindcsting myself and the vast
a,or,,v ~ the Republicans of the XIth District who
voted for me- from the base and groundess charges
.1rcught against us
prs, He claims that Mr.. Greeley advised him to bolt
sv nomination This is untrue; and the falsy OF tho
,alegation has been often exposed In your columns
Soond He claims that In voting against me, and thus
acnc the Assembly in the hands Of the Democrats he
stunned in company with 600 of the best Republicans Of
the District He should said that he snned in
and with a few citizens whom these nominees OF
Mr. murphy by fear fraud by persuasion or sophis
third He declares that {" I have held public posi-
tion and have shown myself unworthy Of IT.. In reply
reside and am best known, this opinion has but few
and have ever been ready to defend any act of my
public life whatsoever IL may he assailed. Moreover, 1t
s well known that those Republicans OF the district who
were opposed 10 election in 1861, satisfied
with while In the Legislature as 70 be unani
fos1fA: He says he cannot give all the reasons he
would wish for opposing me because It might be libel
weak and silly efusiOn. Mr.. Bliss knows that he
could only prove the truth Of his me wS SCa e
Die knows that his insnuatons are wholly without ioun
MN: he Says that but for me Washington market
now exists would have been abolished In 1851 !" and
he ntimates that course was dictated by personal
Friendship or by money raised among the butchers"
Here again. there sOphstiea perversOn OF the truth
hehefne for the destruction Of washington market
public grounds received no pecuniaTy advantage, di-
the legislature defy Mr. Bliss or any other satellite
insnuation is not only willful and malicious,
hut II is mean and unprofessions No one knows the
facts better than Mr. Bliss who is old lobbyist and
has accumulated large part of his wealth by trading
IN legislative influence In my examination OF the
Washington Market scheme saw that great public in,
convenience result from the destruction OF the old
market before new market could be built had pre-
viously introduced bill 70 meet the whole difficulty by
rsmoving the market 10 the Gansevoort property Till
Snexpedent TO destroy the existing market secondly,
this contemplated destruction would have involved the
of the stalls who had paid from $4,000 600 bonus
TO the city for their rights These purchased rights would
of Mr. Bliss against me in regard to this matter is said to
have originated in the fact that he had lost fine oppor
owners the stalls As attorney Board Of Health
he would have had similar power over these men 70
that which had already enriched him as attorney 10 the
iTth He charges or insinuates that "for consdera
ton. abandoned the contest for my seat in 1862.
brand this and every such charge vile and malig
In Conclusion let me add that during my legislative
the Of which has been thus assailed
IN Albany in the discharge of official duties During
that time Mr. Bliss at Albany lobbyist the defn
Of which term is well understood. No more need be
said 70 illustrate the character OF the man or the cred
bility Of his statements. Yours, JOHN " GkiDLkr'