The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-12-29

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T, ri Jurors iunnoned FOR the triad ur James r.
Charlottesville Judge then emp'.atically f,id,
= have you any of thofe people or creatures cal
led Democrats on that liz or panDe, 20 Mr.. K.
hehtated tor moment, aud then replied that
ne did not know he had not made the ,iilcr-
,n'nat,on, or words 10 that import. Them
lays the Judge, &c look again, and if YOU have.
| itrike them all off."-To this the fubcriber
will depofe.
JOHN HEATH.
II may not be improper to obferve en- bl,laut,
that there is nothing in this commnnca-
tion which can irrpeach the character or
winch ihouid wound the perfonal f elings of Nj.
Randolph. Whatever may have beenthe dene-
ritsot the Judge, they certainly do not reach and
contamlnate the individual and dininGf charaa-
err of the MARTIAL. There are cafes indeed
IN which the undiitinguiihing eye of the very beft
n,oralit will group together the virtues or the
faculties OF different perfons and will extend the
appropriate fentirnent TO both, which belongs
only to the character of the Individual The
preient howeveris not cafe of this kind No
man would here contound the martial with The
Judge. We may difapprove, we may detcR the
conduct of Judge Chafe but we have not the
teitirnony of the deponent, that Mr.. Ran
dolph ever iubmitted to his requiGtions. Mr..
Heath has Till left it in doubt whether Mr.
Randolph had not the fame Interpretation and
oathing at this extra official interference, as any
impartial fpectator would have conceived
end. The fecond enquiry is, were the names
OF the Jurors on the trial really trauIbaed? And
here might alledge in my own notification, the
general and almof universal belief, which has
hxed itielf IN the minds of the republican party
hnce the trial OF Calender, that this fulfilling
and tranipohtlon OF names had really been ef--
xtst.I nat L.
content to put the propriety of my oqcn opni
ons at iflue or to call over the very refpeetable
catalogue of men, who have acknowledged the
opinion, and who have led me into this miGake,
If Il niltake 1t is proven to be. This is not the
queitIon. The only queftion, which is at pre-
lent worthy or inveitigation, is the very fmple
one, whether this report itfelfbe really true, or
whether 1t was hrlt conceived by party fpirit, g.
afterwards propagated by fpecous appearances
and under the fanttion of Respectable names.
1t is here incumbent upon me to correct
one mIitake into which have been betray
ed by inaccurate information. | attempt
ed to ihow IN nay firt eiiay, that tranipoftion
OF the names of the Jurors had been inferred from
the fuppofed variance between thelilt of Eurorsas
they were iunmoned and as they were called
over in open Court. 1t was fiid at that time,
that the original lift was unfortunately COM
pofed OF Federahits and republicans s. but that
IN Calling over the names OF the Jury i'm Court
= no one was introduced who had not been diff
tlnguiihed by Federal opinions" The l,h
part of this proportion is erroneous. It is a
tact, that the names ola few republicans were
called over in Court. Yet the refutation of tbi5
error is notflIfficient to remove every variance.
which was fuppoird to exif between the tn.
ry as they were /iOnwonea and as they were cal
led. II is an incontrovertible fact that one De-
leaf ttbp
very tirft on the lift, was called among the very
iaft. And this fact is authenticated beyond a
doubt by The following letter:
ATr. 7bomas Richie.
Agreeable to your requcf, make the fol-
lowing itatement, respecting my having been
.ummoned as juror at The trial of J. T. Cal
lender On tie firit day of the court, was
iummoned as petit juror; in the couric of
that day, (Which think WAS Fridav,) it was
agreed, that thctrial ofCallender lhoud be poh.
poned for fome days, perhaps until the Tuef.
day following. In the mean time Judge Chafe
requefted the Martial MIR. Randolph TO have
las well as rccollee) three jures fummoned, /,
forthe express purpoie of trying Calender. In
reed!ate!y afterwards, fafr. RIuduirli came 80
me, where was Citing in the court room, and
informed ne that | mutt attend as Juror ON
the Gay appointed for the trial of Calender. IS
atoreiaid'; and obfervfd that the Martial had
generally been accuied with packing the ;uries
IN trials OF this kind, and that he meant to take
the blame on himfclf-From this exprsfficn, 7 |
fuppofed that he intended to funmon all the
jurymen himfelf, infead of his dep,ities.-
Shortly after, fome of my acquaintance hearing
or 1T, came TO me, and one in particular, obferv
ed, that l would be placed on the hind end OF
the lift replied, did not believe any fucb
thing, and could not believe Mr.. Randolph
would act in iuch manner, being confident thai
mutt have been fummoned about the sd or
18th after the orders were given by the Judge for
fummoning the jury. However, when the u- |
ryTnen were called over, on the day of trial, /,
TO my aftonilbment, found myfelf called about
the twenty-ninth on the lit ! A gentleman ofl
my acquaintance hearing of this, encuired if il
was true; while we were talking, another gen
tleman hearing the converation, obferyed he
would go TO Mr.. Randolph ard inform him Of
the particulars, or words TO that effea. Howe |
yer, in few minutes that gentleman returned
to us, and faid, that MI Randolph informed
fiHa II was true, he had iummoned me through |
miitake, and he (Mr. Randolph) wifhed me TO !
know II, OF words to that purport.
Given From under my hand, this goth day of
December, 1904.
WIN. MKiM.
What was this niyPzke, which Mr.. Randolph |
very IngenuouHy acknowledged, / ifaIl leave il |
to MIR. Randolph himfelf to explain.