Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-12-16
NV YonN. November ~, lSo0

WASHINGTON, Dec. l2.- he following
statement aud tie sppended letters hHve
been furnished tor publication:
The publication in the Philadelphia Press
signed by C.. y. Arthur, Roscoe Conkling,
George s. Boutwell, and Noah Davis dated in
New York, November 18th. 1851, but not
published until December llh, renders it
proper that the subjoincd letters should nlro
I've published.
The dates of those letters and tltlr con-
tents fully explain them. and no other
correspondence has passed between amy ul
the slgnerS of the card in tho Fr"SS and
myselt.
Mr.. +. A. Burr. one of the editors OF the
Press, bad received in Philadelphia Il letter
from me prior to November 18th in which |
stated the falsity and malice Of the report OF
my speech at Dover. which had been pub
lished in the Press Gf Oct0ber 2Uth.
After the foregoing correspondence no
further statement on my part was deemed
necessary.
An interval Of nearly three weeks elapsed
before the parties published the card alluded
toin which they drnounce III false the alleged
report OF speech which weeks before had
stated to be untrue
These facts are submitted to the Judgment
of all honorable men.
(Signcd) 7. p, BYARp,
wAsmNdToN, u. G.. Dec. 18th, 1Ss1.'
UTICA, y. Y. Nov 13, 1880 Na' Sr:
ask your attention to the following newspaper
report of remarks alleged to have been made
by yOn i'll public speech Mt Dover, Del, near
the end of the recent cnnvass
''rhat he may not claim he il mlsrepre-
scented, We give verbatim report Of the
language he used
''When that Interview took place very dis
tingushed gentlemen were present, the senior
Senator from New York among others, Mr..
Copkling also, MIR. Noah Dayis the District
Attorney; Mr.. Arthrr, the Collector: Mr.
jayne the spy, or special agent they called
him-all We're present. Mr. Boutwell,, that
distinguished iinaIcler, who was secretary of
the Treasury, was also there. Aud they all
tood around this unhappy merchant, who
had given his S2j,uO9 subscription 10 General
trant this President OF tho Young Mems
Christian Association. this member of the
Union League, and this President of the
Chamber Of Commerce. He thought that
would protect him. Not much Not much !
They took from that mans pocket in one sum
'-267, 600 in money and they divided it among
themselves. Itireat laughter,l Gentlemen,
this Is no eXaggeratlon or figure OF speech.
There it stands upon the record, and want
to toll YOU it is a thing of which have
knowledge and means of knowledge"
The extract is cut from the Philadelphia
Press Of Friday, October 29th 1850. The
State Sentinel, published at Dover on the Both
of October, contains the same report in sub
stance.
The appearance of these two publications
in journals near YOU, and their having gone
thus far without contradiction will trust,
seem sufficient excuse for bringing them to
your notice. Will you inform me whether
you did make this statement in form or III
substance? 1t is hardly necessary to add
that this inquiry is not meant to imply that
suppose you did, or would, make sue h Al
ntterance. My purposois only to adopt the mos
natural, convenient mode 10 set right an i'll
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