The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-13
Tho Hon. T. F .Bayard, Senator, Whining.
ton, Delaware.

WILNINdToN, November Il.
sn:-Your letter, dated the 18th inst
and postmarked the 18th, was receivec
this morning. You sent me on the lStt
An anonymous communication, cut from
Republican newspaper In Philadelphia,
purporfing to be an extract from Q public
speech made by me at Dover near the end
OF the recent canvass. should not have
considered q statement so irresponsibly
made, worthy OF notice, but as you did, ]
replied to you instantly In the spirit Of
courtesy, that ! had never before seen or
heard Of the article; that 1t was 50 gross
ly inaccurate as to cause the belief that 1t
could not have been written BY an honest
person; but as I had spoken Of the case OF
Phelps, Dodge & Co., and mentioned you
in connection with 1t, went on cor
daily to give You as fully as memory en-
abled me what I did say, which neces.
ssrily excluded what did not say, and In
cluded all OF my speech which had any
reference to you OF the moiety question.
The extract whose malice you can but see,
and can but be surprised, as your letter
had assured me that you did not mean 70
imply that you supposed did or would
make such an utterance, that any fur
ther statement than that con.
tanned in my letter could be
desired. In that letter l also expressed
my regret II the slightest injustice had
been done you, and that should feel my
self bound to apply any proper remedy
when my error had been pointed out 10
me. Your letter in reply TO this charac.
terizes my statement as now quite differ.
ent and erroneous, and subsequently that
my response consists Of allegations far
different, and, though less injurious, often.
siye and untrue, basing them on publlca.
tions ofwhich I (youl have no knowledge.
The statements which relate 10 your
alleged connection with the case Of
Phelps, Dodge 4 Co., you will find
in the testimony OF Mr.. William E.
Dodge, on psge 226, and OF Hon. Noah
Davis, pages 247 and 24s, Of House miscel.
laneous documents No. 264, Of the second
session OF the Forty.third Congress. The
statement OF VIM. P. Woods, I have NJ.
ready stated, was published in the New
York Sun OF the 18th ult. To your en-.
quiry, whether wish 10 leave the matter
here, / can only reply that l have no wish
on the subject, but TO be simply Just to
myself and others, and wherever that
leads me shall try to follow.
Your obedient servant,
T. F. BArARD.
The Hon. Roecos CoSKLISe,
Utica, N. Y.
TIE PRESS AFPIRns THE TRUTH OF TER
REPORT.
PHILADELPHIA, December 12.-The
Prsy will say tomorrow OF Mr.. Bayard's
statement: "Mr. Bayard says that the
staff correspondent Of the Pres received
a letter from him in which he stated
the falsity and malice OF the report OF
his speech. This is true. The letter was
private and contained other matters.
When that matter was communicated to
the editor OF the PrsU, the staff CORE.
spondens was authorised 10 say to Mr..
Bayard that the Prsss would gladly print
whatever he might say on the subject.
To that suggestion no respose was made.
Since Mr.. Bsyard now speaks oil the re-
port OF his speech as an Anonymous com.
munication" SO irresponsibly made,
Il Is due to truth to say that it came from
q thoroughly responsible source, aud that
II was q verbatim report. Pains have
been taken to verify It,, and
it's authenticity Is confirmed not
oaly by the reporter who made 1t,
but BY many citizens OF Dover who heard
the speaker, and whose attention was
particularly attracted at the time BY the
extraordinary character Of this accuse:
ton. The case will not be complete until
this testimony is completed.