Dr. T Gaillard Thomas.
Greenville. C. H. S. C. July 27, 1861.
To the Editors of the Richmond Dispatch:--You will be doing justice to a gentlemen whose actions and sentiments have been misrepresented and obuge a friend, by the republication of the following statement, clipped from the Charleston Courier, a few days ago: E. T. B.
Messrs. Editors; Understanding that an article from a Northern paper was, a short time since, copied into yours, giving an account of a recent attack make upon a young physician, a native of this city, and for some years a resident of New York, I beg leave to correct a misstatement contained in the publication.
A violent attack was made by the medical profession of New York upon D. T. Galliard Thomas, (who, it will be remembered, took the first honor in 1852 in the Medical College of this city.) because he was supposed to entrain feelings of warm sympathy with his brethren of the South in their struggle for independence
It is started in the article alluding to the disgraceful scene which occurred in the Academy of Medicine, that charges of sympathy with the South were made against him, which he totally denied.
Now, sir, all the indignities heaped upon him by that society and the medical profession in New York were based upon the fact that he utterly and persistently refused to make such denial.
His office in this society, position in the profession, and personal freedom from annoyance, could have been readily purchased at this price, but all were sacrifice like him, rather than pay it. His dental referred merely to certain false reports, which touched his character as a gentleman These facts I have learned from a resident in New York, a Southerner who is acquainted with Dr. Thomas, and with the circumstances of the case.
A aime like the present the South is surely not willing to and to the troubles of any one who suffers from his love for her, and I know that you will cheerfully do justice to the gentleman referred to above. 