The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-07-10
THE COSGROyE.HEARsEY NATTER.
A Car.l.

A Card.
It seems to be expected that /
should reply to the many cards and
statements which Gen. Oosgrove and
Major Hnarsey have seen lit to pub.
llsh about their recent difficulty. As
,,'h parties. nv their acts and pub
iirhi;nn", have. withdrawn the mat
ter from thu hands Of their friends.
it would be Ga welt perhaps that it
should end. as they have chosen.
where it began their respective
journals. Major Hearsey. however 8
in his latest card assures the public
that his friends Twill. Of course, do
me the justice to state that I declln.
cd to accede to the terms proposed.
He further states that "the statement
to which my name is appended lcds
nerer signed by me" The italics are
Major Hearsey's own.
Impelled by what consider to be
the unjustitlable publication of the
correspondence and terms agreed
upon between Major Buck and my.
self, after Major Hearsey's refusal to
adopt the same. and still further by
Major Hearsey's demand upon me,
/ have this much to cay: / may add
that l trust may be permitted to
make it the last have to say.
In the States. Of the 26th May Maj.
Hearsey published an article which
could scarcely have been made more
insulting to Gen. Cosgrove. Instead
OF demanding satisfaction for the In.
suit, Gen, COsgrOve telegraphs gross.
" insulting words about Maj. Hear.
sey which were published in the De.
mOcrat of the 28th May. In the
States Of Goth May, Major Hearsey
rejoins in another article with re-
peated and additional insult to Gen.
Cosgrove. On the morning OF June
4th the Democrat announced, at the
head of its editorial columns that
Gen. Cosgr0ve was In the city, and
would remain In New Orleans till
Saturday evening, the 5th June.
Major Hearsey called at my office
about l2 o'clock on Friday, and hand.
ing me a letter addressed to Gen.
Gosgrove. asked me to deliver 1t
with enclosures (the first these letters,
as they are published). The Major
distinctly informed me that he had
no ground or desire Of quarrel, with
Mr.. Cosgrovc, except that growing
out OF his telegram Of 2Sth May. He
also stated to me that he did not OF
himself assert the truth Of the facts
charged az true In his article Of Goth
May, but that that editorial. was
based entirely upon the statements
Of tho gentlemen whose names were
given. What he required was that
Gen. Cosgrove should retract the Of.
iensive epithets and bis charge that
Major Hearsey had manufactured
evidence" and knowingly publish
ed" q snander upon him In his tele.
gram Of May 2Sth. / have been In
formed that some other gentleman
had counseled an immediate and
peremptory challenge by Major
Hearsey. But, while I did not sug'
gest the first letter, I did not consi'
der that Major Hearsey was 10 a 20.
sition to challenge, having given the
first insult, and never 10 any manner
withdrawn 1t.
~ TO- ! Ocu0V0O 0AOO6 8O0VsOHO0
. conceded that when one ie insulted
mere words, however exaggerated Of
embellished by epithets, do not ant
, cannot shift tho insult, nor reliev,
the person first insulted of the obi
cation to resent the same In geo
tlemsnly way. For this reason
consented to deliver the note OF Maj
Hearsey. o. meeting Majcr Bucl
, he remarked that in hts judgmen
the matter ought to be settled ami
. cably, to which + at once assented
Without any promised ooncessio
other than q frank assurance that n
wished to settle amlcably, the lette
published from Gen. Cosgrove 3
] Major Hearsey was agreed to. Maj
!. Buck then furnished me with full 81
tracts from the journal Of the Hous
OF Representatives which recor'
: showed that on all votes Gen. Coz
a | grove had voted with his partv. an,