Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-10-17
From Me PoL1rscAL REcIsTeR.
70 the MARQUIS De CASA YRUJo.

SfE.
TO your Acknowledged attempt % cor
rUpt my ideh,y .. { t.gen, by {, .gaGing
M services TO suppocl tie reason,ngs Of
II iorc;gn minister you have dared II add
the atrocity OF iurpeaohinS the truth Of my
declaration, which had been made under
tie sac"ed obligations OF an oath.
In The nature oI Your employment, and
the paucity of your means, you might have
found IN eXclae,as well a a motive, fol
the fe";ner part of Your conduGl; IN the
modification Of youJ failure Only, can even
the SHADOW OF cause be traced idr This
ia'I departure from ali thar is honorable,
just and true.
The guarantee 0f the nation will pro!e6l
your person; but as lhat guarantee cannot
It's this county, De extended by any con-
s'rocton, to invest a foreign minister with
the privilege Of falsely charging a citizen
ot ihe C"ite! States with perjury, aud of
proWu'galing hat charge through the me-
dun at newspaper, neither your Office,
nor al! ih= sanctions Of diplomacy SHALL ry-
strain Tny :e!ua,ion of the deliberate f4ls-
hood, nor preyem the refu;a;ion b. ing
made through the same channel.
In your beiiefthat political intolerance
had prepared me to receive Nth " less g.
luciance" the communication of Jour 10
posals, you ms7 have exhibited c..:"t.t
view Of your own mind, how, c-r gfos,iy
You were deceived IN the ana,oey which il
suggested.
The circumstances 81 hat couirnunica-
ton were faithfully and correctly detailed
IN ny deposition, aud on . care.;.i review
oil that statement, solemoiy assent TIA.
every part Of The deposition is tur.--l
shall therefore lesve you 10 enjoy tae ho-
nor and the benefit ofthe eya>ian. 2nd cor
tradit'iioUs winch you had attempted. BY
tlose contradictions you have endesycred
- inva.Idale he di-inieresled oath lG
maa, who in the reiat as Of private cha
ratlrr, would deem himself degraded by
a comparison with tie Marquis de Casa
Yrujo.--A man, Sir, Who holds testi.noni-
ais Of personal worth, and public service,
from different chief magistrates Of his ma
ton, which will obtain equal consideration
wiihyour boosted nobility, for they are Ger
taniy quite as honorable, and even Of more
ancient date than the tile YOU bear,
You doubtless presumed tina; you had
only 10 contradict =" The Editor of news.
paper, whose sheets" Cnoi7uthsapd,ng
yon had selccfedM m 10 die;ise ycu, e!uci IA
mans care scarcely to be seen across
" me waters CT the S&Uyikil and the Ds,a
" ware, Nho IS without place in the 20
"yernmert and wiihou; personal irf,.-
" ence," cli,,c'ua'ly 10 diesipa'e all ,hat be
had STA edunder he obligations Of his cath.
In this presumption, however, you have
only betrayed " wicked heart and q MI
serabIe head " Where We are boih known,
II is not, hope, al undue assumption to
suppose that / should obtain equal Gre
dence With Mr.. Yruio, abstra6ted from the
sanctions Of NY oa.h,
On the present occasion your maigni,y
has forced me To- course OF proceeding,
IN the vindicalon Of my truth. Of which,
under all the "politicai intolerance"
you h.yc mentioned, / had heretofore
scoTntd 20 avail myself BY the nature Of
your infamous imputation, am compen-
ed Tor the information of those 10 whom
I may be unknown, to exln5it such do
Crments IS, in connection with the facts
] have stated, may establish ny claims to
bc,'tf against the contradictions, with
"hch you have unbiushingiy dared 10 at
tack me.
When my fellow citizens Of the United
States, and Tie people Of other countries,
shall have Examined these vouchers Of
character, the publication of which has
bcen thus eXtorted from me; when they
'r've reelected that on the part Of Major
Jackson there could 10, have existed
single motive Cor mis- atcmcnt or depar-
tire FROM truth IN framing his deposition
when they shall likewise have reae@sd
that 0n the part Of the Marquis de Casa
H'uIo, every motive arising out of morti-
fcation, every Ssh to avert the conse.
qucnces ct his unsuccessful attempt, were
blned in the most forcibc degree, 10
prOmpt his perversiQn oi the truth when
these results are Gispsssicnately cor der
rd, there will remain but one opinion on
tins euhiett.
Yes sir, ] eyes persuade myself that
your own noticn, thus informed, will pro.
GCuaCC that you have FRUSTRATED the dic-