Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-02-18


! conversation is said to have taken place,
and that the tenor and purport OF it were
entirely different from what Mr.. G.. had
alicdgcd. But it seems agreed, on al,
hands, that the testimony of Be,sey Cham.
, pion should be laid out OF The case. The
! reasons for this are, not ouly that she is n
mere sot, and woman iE every respect
J infamous; but also that she has since YER
| Daily contradicled her certificate, by de-
! ciaring, that She recOileGted nothing harsf-
! ciitar about fbe cOnUersaiion, and should not
I have signed it, had She not been told that
it was DUTY SHE OWED HER Con that
it was probable that it would not be pub
iished; that she really hoped it would
not
What reliance can Re placed on the
testimony of DIR. Sheldon, in this case,
may be Judged from the following certif.
Gates; the one from Mark Prindle, Esq.
and the other from Messrs. Ambrose and
| Charles Grant, all men of Responsibility
and undoubted teracity
! " l, MARX PRINDLE, OF the town and
county OF Litchield, do certify, that in the
month of July. 1881 employed DIR. DAM
ell Sheldon, Of Litchield, as Physician.
TO attend my son, who was at that time i'll,
and OF which illness he died--it was on
Sunday morning he came.--He tarried
with me all day, (at which time resided
at !iarwinton) and alter lie had attended
the patient, he immediately broached the
subject OF Politics To make my certih-
cafe more mtelliBibie, | premise that
was Tory ESQ called in The revolutionary
war--was also at this period staunch
| fedcraiist ESQ Tar as Federalism, was 4;
that lime known and uEdsrsiUod)- DR..
Sheldon being well acquainted with these
! facts, he freely unbosomed himself to me
on The subject Of government.--He said,
that the Old Tories, who were such uD-
on f'incif!e, were the best men for us a.
The present day, as their sentiment gene
rally formed the best and safest mode Of
administration" Or. Sheldon very soon
mentioned 10 me, that Parson Griswo!d,
tthe last spring, being tie spring of l79s,
preached at Litchheid, and after meeting,
he went 10 Parson Champions and IN the
evening he, Sheldon, called on him-and
pretty soon after Gen. Tracy, he said, also
came to Parson Chanpion's, and there
held very lengthy political conversation
with Person Griswoid. DIR. Sheldon, at
that time, related 70 me very ninutsiy, the
whole conversation, as he then told me,
which was very lengthy; the particulars,
at this distance ofii,ae, have in q consider.
able measure escaped me; bat it is with
perfect ciearness and confidence, that |
Tecolieci, and stale, that ne told me, tina,
tracy's whole hSnt was 10 establish the
idea that 4 limited Monarchy was The best
and safest form of govcrnmAt ,ha, ever
existed-ihat hssentiments there advanc
ed 10 AIr. Griswold, were altogether ant,-
revolutionary. He said Tracy spoke high
ly of the British form of government, and
e%patiated largely OH the happy conse-
quences resulting thercfrom. then ask
ed DIR. Sheldon whether il was possible
that Mr.. Tracy advanced such sentiments
III .hat manner? Yes, says DIR. Sheldon.
he does not hesitate to.do it-He then said
that he, Tracy, had been to Hartford, the
May before, during the session ofthe Gene
raj Assembly, TO disseminate those Drinci.
piles, and that he had no other business,-I
further certify, that at this time DR.. Shell
don read me letter which he had receiv-
ed from Parson Griswold, relating go this
had prepared 10 send Mr.. Criswold, or a
copy of letter which he had actually sent,
winch ! cannot with clearness RENE mber.
! further certify, that the principles
which DR.. Sheldon observed TO ne, as com,
ing from Gen. Tracy, did not so much
surprize me, as that HE should be active
in propagating them for ], at this time.
and ever since the spring of 1871, have
uniformly entertained an opinion, that
Zen. Twcy was hostile both TO civil and
rcIigious liberty; as he on his way from
Hartford that spring, fell in company with
me in Harwnton and informed nc of the
| Conscience Bill(so colled)which was pass
ed into a law that session. and took much
pains to convince me Of the proDricty Of
tire law the October session following, |
well remember (being a member myself
Of tie house,) that OF a resolution offered
for The repeal Of that law, Mr.. Tracy was
foremost in the ranks, in his opposition to
the repeal.
MARX PRINDLE.
December 10, 1903.
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