CORRESPONDENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 272, 12 November 1873, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

To the Editor oi tsb .Nelson EyjJNiHO Maii, ; SiE,-^-The Examiner, ixx its^ldadingi article of torday, directs; ah attack a^ainrlt me and my late, candidaturie, "'pi which.' it rejoicss. oyer : my defeat aSiinyplving ; fa > ; grand principle. Although T think it hardly worth while to reply,, to a paper,, ;; wh.ich|haß.;prq^titu|ed. itself- .as ,jthe„ £xdminerY has done in .its issue, of November 7, 1 s ( tUl beg that you will alfo-^li^i^cli^'a f^w'ip^fks.^ JThe Examiner states that I was brought forward in the O'Conor^in teres*; and that" the result of yesterday's* election serves as a basis, upon which the resal^ of ,-th^ election for the Soperintendency' c4*n u fe : ' , calculated. „ that, result ... m ay oe> " time will show.' TW oditoV'of (ihe Examiner, , Btates r that : I was; . ostensibly, forward in the 6'Cdnor interest! . I beg to give the statement the most' unqualified denial, and I challenge him jto., the proof, is "there one word in ihose remarks which! addressed 1 tb' fhe 1 el^tdrs* ); tp his statement ? There is not. The editor of the Examiner, honors me, by 1 stating that my fellow-citizens fhtertaiu tjconsiderable respect for my.;ab[iity, integ- ' ritiy, and honesty of purpose. J i stated on ' thd day of nomination, that I would-be a warm supporter of • any progressiva measure; . by)what;rightidQeß.tbe editor °of •the Examiner novr question my- integrity by insinuating that I welulf " ollo*^; partyfeelicg to overrule that of ipurVgose for -yvhich f :|e has given me cfedit K I beUeye that YX jtossees, a :qraality 'beyond, • those with which I am .credited, natnely s: cfap poi^rage ,to sta^e my opinion fearlessly': anil truthfully,; Had ; J^ cou^e l forward for ; j? {h^ purpose affirmed, I would have' staled it ! unhesitatingly. ; ;I haye /stated . -frieolyf th^t I could not, after past, experience, "* Mr Curtis, butr nowhere have I avbwed^myaelf , MrO'Conor's^champion. ,. : . The re%ult of yesterdav's election >I consider highly fl^ribgf^i^y^dCi? sidering tbat I am untried lif poHtics,"thW' I never, like the other candidates, served the pubiic j^ ?oiy:'qap^)t^, ! I tha" fc 'I- Jssueof no address, and, fihatty, that I did not solicit or canvass for a. single; vote, ,'i >{ Yd jlf somo of my friends have exerted themselves on iny behalf, and if some^ of tbeir exertions have been iDiudiciQiis, a3 the Examiner states, I must^be permittod toibelieve that they were bot neafly^o^n--judicious nor damaging to me as the 1 'efforts of iliQ^ Examiner^ (^W'W^ November 7th) areto Mr -Curtis. Y \, I am, &c, , '""••'■ "H:"' A:' 'LE-via'sTiM.