Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-10-18
somebody Has Lied.

/ SouicuOuy -naS AAtcGs
The following is the correspond
ence1 1 etween Mr.. Alger and Henry
Ward Beecher concerning the Joy
BlaiEe matter: ri
DETRoIT, MICH, Oct. 8.
To the Rev. Henry Ward Beecner. Brooklyn
/ N. Y:
Dear Sir-Confirming my impres
sion given in my letters to you o
yesterdays date, / have this day
received the following cablegralu
from Mr.. JOY:
"LoNDoN, Oct. 8, 1884.
"Alger, Detroit: ~
II Judge from New York tele-
] grams that Beecherl wholly Inisrec-
Ollects conversation with me. No
| such talk as stated by them evei
took place. - JOY.
| or course have nn means oi
IIknOwing the contents OF the tele-
grams mentioned, but have nc
doubt they give in substance your
version OF the matter. Now, reyer-
end sir, / submit to you, as gen.
tleman. alter having received the
hospitality OF Mr.. JOY In his own
home, and when ii is SO evident
that YOU are doing Mr.. JOY, Mr..
Blame and the Republican party so
great wrong in the course You are
pursuing, that it is your plain duty,
Ia Justice to all parties, publicly to
retract your statements, as you have
In your zeal for the DemocrotiC
party and the Democratic nominees,
spread them before the whole coun-
try-especially so when you recol-
lect that there is no claim set up
that Mr.. Joy ever saw Mr.. Blaine
personally CONCERNING the affair,
but that the whole matter-what-
ever il was-came through third
parties, who were doubtless trying
to drive a sharp bargain without
any knowledge or consent on the
part OF Mr.. Blaine.
~ r. A. ALGER.
New YORK, Oct. 9.-Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher authorizes the pub
lication OF the following:
.tBROOKLYN, N. Y, Oct. 8, 1884.
sGen. r. A. Aiger, Detroit, Mich;
"Dear Sir 81 have just received
your letter of Oct. Sth, exhOrting
me to publicly retract your (my)
statements, a. you have in your
zeal for the Democratic nominee
and party, spread them before the
whole county, When the heat OF
this canvass Is passed you will think
such language borders too near an
insult to be either just or wise. 1
beg you to understand have 10th
ing to do with the truth or other
wise of joys statements to me res
pecting Blaine. The only question
is, did Mr.. Joy make these state
ments. The transactions between
| him and Blaine through an inter
view intermediary may all be
mythical, or the Intermediary may
be an imposter, or Mr.. Blaine's feel
ings may never have been hurt by
any such requests. Mr.. Joy may
never have been shocked at Blaine's
| Imputed answer, and joys artleSs
feelings being practiced upon this
intermediary he may have express
ed himself too freely about Blaine.
Let Mr.. Joy and Mr.. Blaine settle
| that between themselves. l have
nothing at all to do with that. Did
Mr.. JOY make the remarks In my
presence which / have published?
! If he did not, i have lied. If he
did,. JOY has lied. There Is no
middle way. There shall be none.
EitheraI heard il, or I invented
ii. Mr.. joys second tel.
egran to you makes languid and
foolish denial, which attribute 10
his not having seen or understood
my statement, but if Mr.. Joy has
seen my statement and denied II,
or If, when he lands, in New York,
he shall declare that no such con-
Versation was had in my presence,
thea have only TO sayNthat where
a. Iqdlh not Imagine there could be
more than one Continental liar, /
ann compelled TO think that there
are Two. Please accept this letter
as the only retfactiOn and apology
1 aIn prepared TO make to you, TO
Mr.. Joy, To. Mr.. Blaine and to the
| Republican party. ,,..-r...- n
HENRY WARD BEECHER.