Lord Cumber to Henry Hartley, Esq.:—
“Sir: I beg to inquire whether you apply the word tyrannical to me?
“I have the honor, &c, “Cumber.”
Henry Hartley, Esq., to the Eight Hon. Lord Cumber:—
“My Lord: I think if you had read my last communication with due attention, you might have perceived that I applied the term which seems to offend you, to your principles, rather than to yourself. So long as your lordship continues, however, to advocate such a principle, so long shall I associate it with the epithet in question.
“I have the honor, &c, “Henry Hartley.”
Lord Cumber to Henry Hartley, Esq.:—
“Sir: Your letter merely contains a distinction without a difference. So long as I identify my principles with myself, or myself with my principles, so long shall I look upon any offence offered to the one as offered to the other. The principle, therefore, which you brand with the insulting epithet tyrannical, is one which I hold, and ever shall hold; because I believe it to be just and not tyrannical. I await your explanation, and trust it may be satisfactory.
“I have the honor to be, &c, “Cumber.”
Henry Hartley, Esq., to the Eight Hon. Lord Cumber:—