Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-12-02
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heve might safely omit any reply 10 Il Whatever
foa have departed from ne original issue vhlch yOJ
ehose 70 r=ases hneing yO1r changes sEzihs; ny cz
eiA Actions AoandAnfiy and eoncustvely refuie an
nave entered upoa coarse OF personal attack which
II Il does not damage your soarinE political schemes
inore AAn Injuries me, vii Al least DO them equAi
Ths original complaint vhlrh you set N sSains-
ne NltnoAt the ooncurreneeoF even the kn9s ledge
Of your AssocAte counsel yOa pretended Sas il ihs
Interest Of yOar clients and for the Pruiection q
| pubic virtue But these preienees are exposed By
Nonil NO nave taken it without consulting Mr. Mas
sel No L their counsel joined with yua. and WITH
~ snese cooperation Az s1eh measure, - fAsr
thAi yOa engage in these stacks trUm regard tor
ne paohc Interest The fAlsty Of this prtienoe s
shoe N the conclusion Of yuur letter. when y0l de-
clare th4i ms impFudenf sffl1n-thaf ts ms iusktns
sreptt 70 your charges -is bFlnglnE out these facts
- - tnen ~ tas threat that yoa have s0meihing
Iulthsf snen, TelOin 70 !Olr second letteT, you
| viii publish.
Are you capable of oomprehending. sir. ths, YOUR
nyPocrisy here betrayed? II yuu Assailed me only
for the public good how eoad yOu suppress pan 81
your lAets IN order 70 threaten and silence the OBJ
let Of your censQre7 And II you dtyulge them As
duty, how Is Il that any pradenee or lInprdeuee Of
Inlns ls bringing them osif
Ar; Harrington, Is no, the whole animus Of your
et1ck upon me shown IN the sen;ence IN which you
charge me with serving "a partisan Clique Of disoF-
gAnl.eis = and do you not IN fact admit that had
sal a. Jour Ieet and accepted you nv political
sPosue, would have found In you "a warm and con-
slant friend -
| AAA AfuH so4f course In TINS matter being from
of! motives lts Anilnns has t'ecome perfectly plain
y he public observation altogether selash one
~ y Nel understood - signfyng your return TO that
PoAeAl neld winch you prudenily quilted the close
of your disastrous cam psIgn Of is6s wherein YOU
Iel IOln Oit! and extensive sntcipsiiOns 70 q CON-
plete and lgnOlnlniOus defeat After seclusiou of
seven yeArs, you emerge from an ODseurity most
suitable 10 your methods Of action and most Kindly
70 !Oaf Ieal abilities and bs way Of announcing
your Ie-AppeArAnce. make noisy, hypoCritcal and
unlnstlnel assault upon me. II Is characteristic Of
your previous political undertakings that this one
both IN! !uulciOus and abortive.
Having thus illustrated your real motive in making
thls att4cki ElA return 10 the subject matter Of
!oaf hrst ettef, with the purpose Of discussing
Win bfief comment. You nrst charged me with
packing jury This was IN substance and effect,
NE Whole Oi your attack On IN! O11ciAl cOnddct.
replied /. By giving the names Of the iuFy whose
NeH-kn0Nn good character dlsprUyed your libel upon
thein :, b. showing taA, yOu made no objection TO
them u Court although you then knew that none
were from Kent county the fact which you now de-
elATe = he sole basis OF your charge Of packing g.
by reciung the TACT that tBe omission OF any from
Kent county vi as accidental and not Intentional and
+tn By showing that 10th your associate counsel and
Jury.
lon now mske the singular assertion although
!0u pretended 70 have been lmpelled 70 your publc
AttaeA % e because the Jury was packed that you
InAie no attack upon the character Of It, What do
you mean them by calling It packed ~ II is char
Acter Is beyond attack, why dO you make all this
ouicry against me for suuimoning lit II IL was a
packed luF! II was bad one and II It bad then
your charge against me Of lacklng II must h. false
ou are brought 70 the dIenmA Of either asserting
and maintaining libel upon the thirty Jurors whom
summoned, or of denying any such Intention and
50 destroying toe whole basis oi your original attack
In REGARD W The Jury, ony one more point needs
ny attention. i Is the charge that gave 10 DR..
ffetty nan VINO had cause " be tired, blank sum
mohss for Jurors, intendng lie should cdrrupty
USE them Tor his own adv autage. In refutatou Of
tnls lA4se aila sIandeTous assertion, Will quote the
statement OF d. frettyMAn, himself, which explains
the whole matter. He says: q" In the second place
wish 70 state all the circumstances connected with
the oner Of the Marshal ~ authorize me 70 summon
three turymen from Milford. He came apsr-
entity hastily into my ortiee some days, perhaps
weeks, cannot recall how long, before the meeting
of the L. s. Court, aud stepping up 10 the counter
spoke 10 me at my desk, SIX eight feet from
hlm something ike this Dr., want you To sum
mons sDme. Jurors for me from Milford raised
ny mead from my desk aud remarked IN reply
gahhDt have case pending In that Court myself
lie answered, so you have did not think Of that
lie theh Wenl OUT, and sUIne days after messenger
came " my Urce with three blank sumtnonses f,,r
llfurs, Win request that should deliver them 10
Esquire keyllle. This dId and ali the circumstances
Indicate clearly that the Marshal did not at the
time think Of the fact that ha case in that court
did" '-'
Finally upon this branch Of the subject this charge
Oi packlny Jury ~ anect the result Of suit,
would be, II true, one Of very grave character JUS
tnying my removal from once, and causing INV Der
manent dlsgrAee. You have chosen, without any
offence Oh my part 10 direct against my oicla con-
duct this maeyOlent attack the whole apparent
substance Of which, at the fTst puncture dsslpates
into nothing, and which you are though weakly pre-.
tehilng " relteTate really forced " abandon thus
admitting 1t to have been without truth or founda-
tlVu HOuiu uOL nave looked Tor this from |
would not have expected such an attempt to iniure
me from one who has himself had the bitter eXler-
ehce OF resting under the unjust suspicion of great
crime, and who having suffered the wounds of such
charge might be expected TO pause long before at
tempting 10 lnnlct them upon another.
And, now, with regard to that large portion of
your letter which simply assails as an Individual
Why were you forced 10 add this to YOUR charges
against my oniela conduct? In your original letter,
you dld not even Intimate that you intended also
personal controversy, and you did not, by any res
etYa1oh g oi expression, leave tins personal attack
go beyond the subject included in your letter But
now, nndlng that you had failed, contemptlby and
llscrealtabiy, 70 DO me damage as an onlcal, you
rush on with unc0ncealed anger and mortIncatloa
" attack my private character hold you resp0n-
slbe before the bar of public opinion for this and all
There is, however, one other charge in your sec
ond letter affecting me as United States Marshal.
viii take 1t out VI It's order before going on 10 review
matters exclusively personal. II is that endeayor-
Ell 10 Obtain the certI1catlon and payment Of false
and fraudulent claim against the gOyernmentb by Of
Ierlng hEe dollars to one Taylor TO sign voucher In
The case OF one Hanson. AT the outset deny the
truth OF the charge and Of Tayors statement, and
pronounce them false from beginning TO end. The
AhdaVlt OF taylor may be divided into two parts
nrst, as 10 what took place between him and Ysef
second, as 70 what tOok place between Inc and some
third person whom he does not In the present afda-
VT name, but whom he has repeatedly Indicated at
other times. Upon the former l would willingly
pace my own denial against TaylOrB oath and leave
tue result 10 the pubCi but have fortunately evil
dence from the very records Of the Court that his
statement Ii false. There never WAS any such
voucher required as that which Taylor sweafs Of
Tered MIN money for. My charges were taxed by
the Court and being approved by 1t were allowed at
Warrington as legal. surely did not offer him hYe
dollars for that winch did not require,
Second, as 10 the third person who, as Taylor has
repeatedly stated signed a voucher of the kind of
which he alleges The said third person has made
an aindaylt which Is on fle at Washington, stating
the fact that he never signed such voucher and
was never asked to do so. The story in regard to
nlH being also false, why Ia It, that after lapse Of
tOuT years, according to his own statement Mr. Tay-
!Or now comes forward IN the interest OF public
virtue? To use current phrase, It is rather thin
oath last April 10 the Department at Washington
he charges were examined, their falsity ascertain
ed, ana they were dismissed. My accounts were
approved and were PAID, and they are record in
the L. s. Court here, and at Washington, open To
any mans Inspection / defy any successful i'm
peaclIneHt Of their regularity and correctness.
ANA now as TO your several personal attacks |
First, you bring out the well worn slander about
repeaters and support 1t by aiidavit from Hum
phrey Morrow, which you denOminate proof II |
might be enough 10 say III regard TO 1t that Hum
phreys affdavlt Will not be regarded in this commu-
nty or any other where he Is well known as proving
anything IL Is fact, too, that he became seized
win desire TO make atdavits against me- Just af
nited States Court Had l retained him there, |
think he never would have imagined any such thing
az he now swears to. His various ahidaylts and |
anonymous and other letters making attacks the |
Y. s. officials in this State are y be found IN several
II not all Of the Departments, at Washington, and
nave come 10 be regarded with the eminent con-
tempt which they deserve.
But beyond this, desire now and again TO once |
more explicitly deny that l. either at the election of