, 1880-12-13
Conlsl1ng Wrote Very Courteous~
Is, Asking Bayard to Deny,
to l3o Sure.
Bayard Responded Very Courte-
ously, Reciting His Exact
Remarks at Dover.
conk1fng Rewrotc, Curtjy, Commands
Ing DayArd 10 Say Yes =
or No.
Bayarl suavely Reiterates All His 9tate~
reuts, with AL That They
Implied.

WAsu1EuToS. D. C., Dec. 1..-Thc following
statcncnt md appended lottcr hnyc bccn fur
ntshcd for publications: !,
sTATrMESr nY SENATOR nAyAnp.
1he publication III tho Philadelphia Prsss
sighed BY Z. 4. Arthur, ltnscuc CUnkInK. Genr9a
=. Ilu.twell, nnd Soa! Dny!s t1utctl in New York,
Nov. II. lsso. hit not published Until Dec. II,
renslers II proper TINT tho s.lbjoineh lettors
shoiil'l also bo published. Tho duscs OF these
letters and their contents fully expInin thern,
and ru other correspondence Inns pnEsct1 be-
tween my Of tho afgncrs Of the cnEtl I'll tli0 {r*a
and n,yscif. Mr.. +. D. 1itlrr. nu Of tho editors
nf thu Press. ha,! received In Philadelphia lot
ter from n,e prior to Nov. 70, In which
STATED TIsE rArstTr AND MALICE
OF tho report Ut my speech at Doyor, wiieh had
l.cen published In tho I'frss Of Oct. ~ After
tic forcxolug correspondence, no further state-
tncnt OIL my part was deemed necessary. An
Interval OF nearly three weeks elnpsc'l buroro
tho parties published tho curd nll1,icd to, In
which they .lcnn,lnce nH fnlse tho nllcgcl report
nf 4 spceuh which, wccks before, I ls.ltl stntcd to
bo untrslc. These fActR nre sub!nfttcd 10 tho
Judgment of oil reasonable tuclI.
TT. BArAnp.
WASHINGTON. y. c., Dec. Il, 1870.
cOxKLtSG 7U uAYARp. +
UTICA, n. T., Nov. u, lESJ.-pEAn gln: I nsk
your attention to tho following newspaper re-
port Of ro'narks nlleged to have been NUDE by
YOU In public speech nt Dover. Del. t,car tho
enh Of tho recent cnnvnss. Thnt hc may not
cIMim TINT ho Is InIsrcprescnted. VIC gtye D
verbatim report Ut tho lung1laxr he used:
"NhGn that interview took place. very dis
ttrKutshcl gentlemen were prcsent,-tho senior
scnutor from Now York among others, Mr..
Conkllng: also Mr.. Davis, the District Attorney:
| Mr. Arthur, tho Collector; Atr. Jayne, tho spy,
or Special Agent they entltd him. All wcrO
present. Mr. boutwell,, that distinguished
lnHncIer who wns Secretary OF tho Treasury,
WIS also there, md they ait stood nro,Itnl thts
unllnppy merchant. who Ind given it's *25iCNl
subscription 10 Gen. Grant. this President Ut
tho Young Mcn'E Christian Association, thIa
member or thu Union Leavue, anl this President
OF tho Chamber ur Commerce. lie Thought TINT
would protect him. Not much; not much. They
took froru that nnn's rucket III one Aam S:1; 900
fl Is,oucy, md they divided It nnoE themselves.
tGrcat lauxhtcr.l Gentlemen. thts IL no sxng-'
Errattnn ar Agilro OF speech. There It atands
,tpos, record aud want tu tell YOU 1t [s thing
}of which huye knowledge and means Of k1,owl-'
vdgc.'' -: ~ r. >',z
IL cut from tho Philadelphia Press Of Friday,
| Oct. -, 1ssl Tho Etac ScntiHe, published ut
Dovor tic 30tts Ut Ocsobcr contains tho sane
report III substance. The alipcarIlnce Of these
twn publications III Journals near yo't. and they,
having gono thus fur without contradiction Or
EaH%CLAASNs hlHs luSk& pfEiA aAAHEIGHS IA[A9Vt
for lrlngirg them to your notfrn. VIII you III
t0ruI mt whether ytll did 1nnsp tls statement
III firm or s.It'atanee? 1t Is bnrey necessary to
nd that this inquiry II not meant III lnlrly that
surpassed you dill nr would tnake such IN ut
trrnEcc. My purppse II simply to adopt tho
most natusnl, convenient n,olu to set right I'M
INJUSTICE. greater, Verhu,,s, to you than to
o&hurs Yuur Ubuufent servant,
NnsCoE COSKL1N0. :
Thn Iin,t Thomas +. Dnynrtl, unltru Stutca Sen.
| ntUr, WILMINGTON, Del.
| ,rAYAnU n, CoNKL1Hu.
| WltMISGToH, I,ct, Nov. l5, 1sS0.-DEAm Stn; I
hnyu Just received yosir lo,tor tlltet1 tho ltth
tust., accompanied by newspaper cutting pur-
1or,iu: to 10 M extract from thu report Of Il
puhlIu speech nude t,y nc ut Dover, In this
State, t,car tho end ut thu recent e,lnyuss.
made hut mo spcecl, at D0yer and Bppke then
without notes. un,i received your letter
ucyer knuw thut nny rc1ort hItsl tcet, usnte or
published, Tho I'rcsx, flrln, which you tell rno
you cut tho extinct, IL Philadelphia papcr md
tho Scnttnfl IL published III Duycr, uuth ,lre lu-
| publican III politics, nnh ! hive never gecn u
copy IT either during or xnco tho cnnyass.
NeadnH for tho 1lrst t,u,o tho cxtr7tct yull xpnd
me, II nppcars to to 50 grossly inaccurate rs to
c.1usu tl,o belief It .
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