e men that
they ought to remain in the body in which they were enrolled, and in
which enrollment their names have been returned to the war office. In
conclusion, I think that the tenant who does not reserve to himself the
power of serving the landlord under whom he derives the whole of his
property, is, in my opinion, both ungrateful and unprincipled: and
he who solicits him to resign that essential reservation is, I think,
extremely indelicate.

"I am, &c, Cumber."

To this Mr. Hartley sent the following:--

"My Lord: I cannot at all recognize the tyrannical principle you lay
down in your definition of the relations between landlord and tenant. I
deny that a tenant necessarily owes any such slavish and serf-like duty
to his landlord as you advocate; and I am of opinion, that the landlord
who enforces, or attempts to enforce such a duty, is stretching his
privileges beyond their proper limits. I do not understand that any of
your lordship's tenantry have been solicited to join our new corps. I
have signed circular letters for my own tenantry, and if any of them
have reached yours, it has been without either my consent or knowledge.

"I have the honor to be,
"My lord, &c,
"Henry Hartley."

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:--

"My Lord: I am not anxious to have a quarrel with y