, 1880-12-13
fnpnt scrt you in print was matlo BIZ sou2 Your
o1mdlent servant, ROSCOE C0NEr1Sn.
Tho ffuu. 7. F. Eayar.l, Scnntnr, Wilmington,


fnent scnt you in print was mado By you2 Your
nmdlcnt servant, NosCnE CnNErISn.
Tho Ifuu. 7. F. nayar,,, scnatar, Wilmington,
llrl.
nAYAnp TO CONKttSu.
WilMtSnToN, Del, Env. 2t-SfK: fo,,r 'ottcr
dated tho t7lh inst, post marked tho tuth, wna
resolved this morning. fonectt ono, on tho Iath,
M Anonymous communication, cut from n 1ac-
EtlblicMn newspaper III Philadelphia. p.,rport.
Ing to tp at, extract from It public
rprcch mndo ty nlo ut Dovur ncnr
tlt cntl Of tito recent cativnss. should not hnvo
eonstdsrc.l n statement so irscspostbty Hat1c
worthy Of notice, hl@ us yuu tlEl.l replied to yu
Immediately. Ih spirit nf coiirtusy. TINT ! htd
ahvcr befnEn sucn or lie,rl0f tho nrtices tint 1t
VIVA NJ grossly Inaccurate ns III entlsp belief 1t
could not hive bnrt wr'ttrn ly MI llt,ncst tcr-
son. hit III Ind spoken nj tho cnsu Of Phelps,
Dodge l. to-, md mentioned yoi III connection
with It, wont Of, can'kly tn ulvu yoa. ns fully
ns tilo1nnry enabled hlp, whnt lid say. which
EEcEas.tisii.v ExcLEbEn wtiHt rtn St,r aav,
an'!fnctIs1cd nll N my speech which al nuy
reference to you or tho molety question: Tllp
oxtruct you sent mo ~ lntrlc and lIelIcvo inu-
ItciuutIy 1T, n cnn hut ha snrpttac',-l's yu,ir
lcttrr had assured tDr yuu dhf nut i'cnn to Imply
thut you s.,ppnsc,l lid nr would tnaku sluI III
uttcsni,@b--,iint any further Bt,s1nlrnt, tllan
TINT GnIltnfCtt III my 1ottcr cnud be desired lit
that letter | nlso uxprcssou my regret u TIM
slightest tntstN ffuu l,cun tne yt,l,, tl.s'i 'ni
alUth feel myself tnuntt to apply any pt. .,.r
remedy when MI urls,r Ind been ppintctl CIT to
INC. Yo,ir letter In reply II this etHtetcr!kps
my statement ns "noV, quito different, md cr-
raI,c.ais." md subsequently, that my rcsponsu
CONSISTS Of allegations far different. ntll, though
less Injurious. offensive, mid untrue. bastng
thous ,I,nn nut!ieutio,,s or which tyo,> hnvo
I'm k,iowirEc." 1'tu publications. to which l
mule reference. OF whtol you suy ysni I,nvu no
knowledge. which rclAtu III yunr alleged coli-
nccuon with tho casc of Phelps, Dolgo s. Co.,
r0u wItL rtNI
In Tho testimony Ut Mr.. Ni1in,n T.. Dodge. pa4o
IN. ulll of tho Hon. Nuah t,uels, pages I'll mud
2iH NJ tho ii,,,sa Miscellaneous Documents No.
~, Of tho first scsAltn Of tho Fnrty-thr,i Coll
g,ess. Tho statement Ut Wflllnm T.. Wnnll, /
havt alrcasly stntcd. wns published in tho Now
York Sun Of thu aSth uIt. For your Inquiry
whether ~ wistl to lcnvG thu fnntter hnrU." |
Gun only reply that hnve no wish oil tho E,ltI-
1ect hut 10 to simply lust to myself and othcrs,
md wherever thut lcAls mo st,ulI try tu follow.
Your obptlLcnt scrvant Y. i. UAYANp.
Tho Hon. ltuscoo Conkltng, Uticn, n. y.
COMMENT.
Thc Prtax Will sny Tomorrow Of MI. linynrds
stutunrn,: mir. lsnyar4 suys tho stuff corre-
Rl,plnnt Of tho Press rrrcfvud u letter from hn,
fl whfr hu stated thu fulslty mud malice 0t tho
rtpurt Of biz apGcoh Tlls Ia true. Tha lcttcr
wns private, md contained other nlattcrs.
Whun tho atntrMent wns communicated to The
editor ot tho Press, Tho statr correspondent wns
authorized TO sny 10 Mr. i]nynnl TINT tho f'nt*s
wullst glnly print wlRtover he might auy oil tho
subject. 10 that suggestion no response was
1ullhe. Stnce Mr. Daynrd now srcsks Of tho rc-
port Of hls speech as MI anonymous conllnn-
nicutloll,' $50 trrcsn.IhslDly mal1c,' 1t is duo
to tho truth to sny Tint 1t camo from
thoroughly responsible sottrce. amt TINT 1t WIS