, 1874-09-19

! AHtthtACu VI Nls 1eGEu9EH u ulHu, Onk t
Which WI, tho above card grow. wo!1: romqmbsr
md Bonio trace Of L appoars III Mr.. Daoulorl
rofninsHcencos which hD Eavo to tho Committo,
dnt,int; n.y. s M @ @esamimstion; bnt tho equally groa
yet boon ,nado public, aud will appcar ID tic fol
lowing lottor written by ll0r to friond who htt
robnkod llor for imsutiug to- mo tho rub!tcatiot
OF TINT covenant, although tha had business oi
nno3ss:,ng IT. Tas ione BY my friend CRITIC. aus
son, Mr.. booolcr'H notapur Of a partuer:
:..s Ems. T111oN TO MRS. .--~- r.
| :. :" :, WEDNESDAY, Juno 4, 1879.
:" The thrills days Of Saturday. anil sunday 1a.t
resulting iii tho OWL condition Of soul wherein YOU
Iouni ne yesterday, have utterly overcome me.
siof s ores ny oa'y Indeed
!. Ihas In yoa cano. bleas ood: for vomel @ forth
no waaene.s o y1r ss sase t"t aT .H,
iae AMI injurs r "a did, VT ~ crrtafn sfst.s ~
rs q. ra9 ;s q s 1tg a a a M
x.Ss, :SssssEy S'r: h. had his last 'o!s t,e
L hayo gfvon Tho preceding lottors and extracts
to show low heavily Mrs. THltonH guilty aocrot
| prcsBed OH her lenrt particularly III oxlgoncos
when ehc fcared exposure and tl,ero Is much liz
her ngonzod Gxpr1Rsions to remind tho roaucr Of
| Mr. Boechor's similar strairs Of WOO over tho
| Rntno cnrse. ,.
| VI. Having tins conBidorod htra. Tittons con-
fosBton Of July 8, 1870 togaler with tito vnriul,s
facts which custos moro cloaOy about tliia than
about any other single branch Of tlis caRo. /
shall nov tak0 opportunity, bofaro coming to
my dealings faco to faco with Mr.. .Eacoher, to
rcfcr.to
Mn HENRY G. nowES. y
must do thia with sunlo expliritness, bcoa,tso
the koy-note of hIr. Boecl,oz's attau,E OIL mo is,
TINT my accusation ngainAt hin, originated in my
Dooehcra elaborate statement, tho frat urropi~
ton which 1lo lays down. as,tl which forI1a tho
words: , -, -
one Of The 1uoudest editorial chairs IN 1neiica,"
shall uliow That tho aboso statement togoth-
or With the wloto argument that AIR: lecel,er
bhsos upon It, ia 30 wholly nr.trlo that might
almost say that lauGuage could not lo put to n
falser Use.
Flou, tic beginning Of 1856 to Tho closo OF
lai0-n (Ncriud nf ilftoen yeara--1 was III Mr.
E 1sowcu's employ III, tho Independent III various
characters, from pNborsiinnto to chef. How wcllI
served my cmrloyor ho himself publicly. nttostod
at tho ond Of fourteen yDars Of my anrvlcs.
when, III publishing MI illuminated. edition Of
tho independent, III cnu,meuoraton Ut tho
twonty-frst yenr Of ita nge-wlliuh waA the ycar
before l. left-he published, over hss own sigma
t,iro special ouogy OF my lahors!' III this art-
clo which slates that It WAS written to do Justice
Lofts prosont editor Theodore Titos," Mr.. Bowen
looks baok through my fourteen years Of Bos-
vice. and records himself as improving his
ASlAs A4lsIN ~ 1fEIy 6utEE6LaOHs
etc. could not lnvc wiBhod higher praise from
mir cmuloyor, particularly rs covering 30 long a.
period of neryice.
During the following year, 1s7o,--whlch vas
tho last Of my connection with tho Independent,
Il becaulo temporarily tho editor alao Of tho
Irooklyn Daily Onion. Il hnvo letter from
Mr., Dowcn, dated aa Into as Ang. II, 1870, con-
corning my labors in tho Ul,ion. which tho
writer beglue iii tho following e1trayagant style:
WoopsrooE, Cam.
Mr. Dean Mt. Triton: II had q 1a-ponndcr, I
would IRE among tcae hills, ana .he reyprbcr-
atlng In honor Of your last leader on politics.
The above lisa fair specimen" Of tho cordial
way in which Mr.. Bowen. during fifteen years,
was promps to approve my courao,-a degrpo Of
my subsequent disagreement with him, I alwnys
look back upon GRATEFULLY. - - y
.'--' MI F1nsr DIFFERENCE
With A{r. Dowen-a trItling ouc-occlrrcd shortly
after he wrote tho above letter.. Flo lind mean
tcrcs. in tho olectionol certain local candidates
whom bad opposed. Moreover, he was n eup-
porter Of President Grant, whom ho entertained
at Woodstock, and Hhom I criticised IN the
independently After tho Brooklyn election
conversation, reviewed thoAc ditrorcnccs, and
other differences growing out Of" my inorcas-
ing g'hbtorodoxy Of religious Dolcf. After two
or tllEoo friendly interchanGos, ho esprossed a
desira TO become himself. tic sole editor or tho
independent, iuHt as 10 was It's nole owner.
10 thia ond llo wanted mo to transfer my pcn
to the first page OF tat paper lis special con-
tributor; whllo, At the same time. 'he wauted
Inc to- sign contract to edit the Brooklyn
iudu ,ementH which lie held ouk to commend
this proposed cllnngo to my mind werc latter
ing consisting of an income Of about $4,000 =
year end upwards. This arrangement okloGal
Ard binding form by tue signing OF two cohtrsets
of Dncembor 1870 Two tinya afterwnr1a III