Letter from DR.. Hogan.
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NEW \ oEK, ON NoVeHipct' io1t-
To the Editor Of The Tribune:


SrK:-i'he autography of letter that appeared
in The Tribune on the 26th ultimo has been ascrbed
to me in The Truth Teller" of last Saturday, by
notorious parsonage who s wont 10 emit in TIE col
umns of that disreputahle paper scurrious iuvec-
tive, under the nom de plume of Sarsfeld." In
that print the anonymous slandcrer ever finds con-
genial receptacle for onslaughs on private churac-
ter, inadmissible in the decent Press OF the City.
The more malignant the celumny-the more blame-
less the vctim-the more readily is the venom dis
TILED through this foul conduit. My assailant is,
as am informed, in his family circle an obdurate
tyrant-in the social, morcse misanthrope-in the
nolitical, scrupulous partisan. Be he then de-
mon in malice or disciple of Jugernaut IN nn-
charitahleness, his malevolencc is regarded with
scornful defiance.


You. Sir, know, the communication signed :" An
American Citizen" was not written by me.
neither saw nor read it until three days elapsed
after il had appeared But yesterday was .ile nalhe
of the writer made known TO me. now fearlessiy
assert that he merrs-ay! and enjovs-amopg thou
sands of his countrymen, the confidence 10 which
YOU were pleased to pronounce him entitieoc as
one of them, now stamp with my unqualihed ap-
proval every sentiment promuged in the letter that
has eokinded the ire of the meek and gentle Sars-
6eld.''


In the partisan sense of the terms, am neither
Wing nor Democrat. exercise my elective fran,
chiss under solemn consciousness o: the moral
responsibility involved in the honest discharge oil
this glorious privilege of an American ciuzen
Would that every native and adopted citizen, more
especially the Irish, were to cast his vote by the
same rule! Then should there be an end TO the IN,
famous sway of trafficing demagogues then should
our elections be conducted unvitiated by the demo-
razs,on and ruanisn with which they are now
dishonored; then-lhen, the glorious prerogatves


IL. Dnr<, hItn
vested, would be discharged in unison with that
lofty sense of personal independence, which Just
appreciation Of the institutions ofour Country shouo
i.nplan, in the breast Of every citizen in our WIDE


A word TO nv truculent assailant before closing
these few desulroIy remarks. tell that elaborate
coiner Of pompous poysyllables. that every charge
insnuated and preiened against me involves ma,
lignant falsehood, ard that hold myself prepared
TO prove the truth of this disclaimer 10 the sausiaS
tion of any honest man who may think II worm
Wills to investigate allegations preferred by pstu
lanlly mendacious pedant. ROBERT HoeAs.