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Now, I will not re-ns«ert that this mejnoran* dum does not embrace all the jobs of the winter. It may be that the disposal of the disputed seats “for a consideration/’ was not referred to. Nor am I satisfied that it was not embraced. The paper will speak for itself when produced. And I now sail upon the Edi’ors of the Commercial and the Gazette to produce the paper, and publish it in its own words.Mr. Clio.*# endorsed my character for candor, and the bill shall not go to protest. Whenever the paper is published, I stand roady to acknowledge my misinformation, if necessary. I should have done this in reply to Judge Matthews, before Mr. Chase mide his speech, but that his friends were too active for me. In order that his character as a statesman of honor, and mine as a man of candor, should both stand in their true light, I, immediately en the publication of Judge Matthews’ letter, Wrote to Mr. Stephenson/who noW resides in Mays-ville, to send me the memorandum, or a copy of it; and for fear my own letter might fail to reach him, 1 bad a friend write also a few day* after. I informed Judge Matthews of what I had done, promising him a reply as soon as I could lay my hands upon the paper. But before th se papers reached Mr. Stephenson, both Col. Schouler, of the Gazette, and Mr. Reed, of the Commercial, had beat me in the race of diligence.”1 now state, on the authority of Mr. Stevenson, that before Judge Matthews wrote his letter, R. M. Corwine^ (at the instance of Col. Schouler, as I am informed) had applied by letter to Mr. Stevenson, at Maysvilfe, for the ordinal „I1U xnat me Bamo naa nccnsent and delivered to him in this city; that afterward, Mr. Reed, claiming the ownership of the document, demanded ft ot Mr. Steven-son* who immediately istm*ted Mr, Corwine, who had gone to New York, to deliver it to Mr. Reed, which Mr. Corwine, from New York, promised to do upon his return. This paper, then, which not one gentlemen whose name I have mentioned will deny to be in the handwriting of Mr. Chape, fcaa been In this eity during the wfccle cf the predelit month, aha was here when Mr. Chase made his speech.If it was not in his pocket, it was no lauit of mine; and when he so boldly challenged its production, he might have added a quotation from his letter, complimentary to the Democratic constitution, and said, hit is in the hands of its friends /’ and, when he sought me so diligently to^ have a mutual explanation, he knew, or should have known, that his friends had put it out of my power to mu ire an explanation. I do not know, except as matter of history, what this paper contains. It may be a love-letter for aught I know from personal inspection. But you have it; and, bearded as I have been with the charge of falsehood in this matter, I have a right to demand two things at your hands. First, that the original be placed where the acquaintances of Mr. Chase may see it, and judge for themselves as to the handwriting. Second, that you publish the paper at large, that the public may judge of its contents. You have too much character as an editor to refuse this request, and I have too much character as a man to be refused.Very respectfully, your fellow-ciuzen, and old Whig brother,WILLIAM JOHNSTON.
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Dollar Weekly Times
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Thu, Aug 30, 1855
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