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Correspondence Between Nathan Appleton and John G. Palfrey: Intended as a Supplement to Mr. Palfrey's Pamphlet on the Slave Power
Excerpt from Correspondence Between Nathan Appleton and John G. Intended as a Supplement to Mr. Palfrey's Pamphlet on the Slave Power
This was my whole action, my whole demonstration as you are pleased to call it. This letter you thought proper to publish, and it is to that publication that you attribute such tremendous results.
I was at a loss whether to consider the whole thing more ludicrous or absurd; but considering the tone of the article I thought it due to a becoming self respect to set the readers of the Whig right as to my real agency in the matter. I accordingly sent to that paper a communication which was published on the 14th of August. Here I was willing to let the matter rest, as the readers of the Whig had my explanation before them in the same paper.
But the case is changed when you publish these numbers in a pamphlet, without this explanation or any reference to it, and under the sanction of your name, the original charge fortified and commented on in two additional numbers, in a manner to which I will not apply the appropriate epithet.
It is evident that the circulation of the pamphlet, under these circumstances, is calculated to do me great injustice. It affords no clue to the actual facts in the case. I therefore ask of you, as an act of simple justice, that you will cause to be added, to such of the pamphlets as shall be circulated hereafter, an appendix, containing my letter of the 10th November, 1845, addressed to Messrs. Adams, Sumner and yourself, to which you attach such importance, together with my letter to the Editor of the Boston Daily Whig, published in that paper on the 14th of August, This will be but the work of a few hours, and I take it for granted you will see the propriety of it.
I am not disposed to make any comment on the personalities in which you have thought proper to indulge, whether in the original or the expurgated edition. That is very much a matter of taste. I am quite content to leave my character in the hands of the public.
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This was my whole action, my whole demonstration as you are pleased to call it. This letter you thought proper to publish, and it is to that publication that you attribute such tremendous results.
I was at a loss whether to consider the whole thing more ludicrous or absurd; but considering the tone of the article I thought it due to a becoming self respect to set the readers of the Whig right as to my real agency in the matter. I accordingly sent to that paper a communication which was published on the 14th of August. Here I was willing to let the matter rest, as the readers of the Whig had my explanation before them in the same paper.
But the case is changed when you publish these numbers in a pamphlet, without this explanation or any reference to it, and under the sanction of your name, the original charge fortified and commented on in two additional numbers, in a manner to which I will not apply the appropriate epithet.
It is evident that the circulation of the pamphlet, under these circumstances, is calculated to do me great injustice. It affords no clue to the actual facts in the case. I therefore ask of you, as an act of simple justice, that you will cause to be added, to such of the pamphlets as shall be circulated hereafter, an appendix, containing my letter of the 10th November, 1845, addressed to Messrs. Adams, Sumner and yourself, to which you attach such importance, together with my letter to the Editor of the Boston Daily Whig, published in that paper on the 14th of August, This will be but the work of a few hours, and I take it for granted you will see the propriety of it.
I am not disposed to make any comment on the personalities in which you have thought proper to indulge, whether in the original or the expurgated edition. That is very much a matter of taste. I am quite content to leave my character in the hands of the public.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
20 pages, Hardcover
First published August 4, 2015
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Nathan Appleton
31 booksNathan Appleton was an American merchant and politician.
Not to be confused with his son, Nathan Appleton
Not to be confused with his son, Nathan Appleton
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