The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-09-10

CIT Is not true then, as Mr. Turner has affert
ed 4; that Mr. ]. did 50 forward his reli,.natior
to the aflemb!y' an,. that 8. the ab,iication o
the government is'' a matter of record
1t Is true only, that Mr.. ]. after having ferved
during two entire years, was unwilling to az.
eebt of the appointment during the third year
| and that the motives of This determination did
not ipriDg from any fear OF encountering the Pc
riis Of the itnation, but from defire of pro.
Noting legislative enquiry into his conduct.
That !uch was really the motive of his dcterrn;-
natoi, We can eftabih by tie mott fatisfacto-
~ evidence. We can prove it bv the follow
ing certificate of the venerable Judge TYLER ;
for every man dcierves to be called venerable,
VIII" has fpen, long life in the fervice of his
country. We can prove II by the journals
OF the houfe of delegates, which we have ran
lacked liz gain for Mr. Us. letter of refgna-
ton. or for the Gghteft hint that may ettabliih
the fact, but which furnfTes us withthereal mo-
tves oi his conduct in the relolution which fol.
lows hslow.
"Mr. leferfon finding the end of the Gscond year
OF his Administration, in 1891 thar fome people were
diieon'ented with his conduct, with rcrpea to Ar
nolds and Cornwais's invafions, declined OFFERING
tor the oihee of Chief Magarae, but neither reign
ed nor reiuled the acceptance of it. His particular
friends, however, exprelieda with to appoint him a.
gainba onissaving been movedthat an enquiry ihoud
take pace the ucceedng riiion into the condu3 of
the executive for the iait year; nothing more wa.
faid on taat fubjeGt bet Gen. Mellon, who then was
at the head Of the Militia, was elected Governor
Mr. Jrteron was fens TO the Atiembly in the fall
priDg following, anc there called on the houf. for
the threatened examination in very handfome ad-
dreis ba- by this time even thofe who thought him
culpabe, began to think otherMiie on real reaeai-
on and better nforination and the hovfc by gene
raj vote, dreaed their thanks to be delivered 70 hin,
from the CHAIR by John Tyler then their peaker, who
did 1t accordingly in and affectionate manner
The appointment OF G. Mellon was ar Staunton where
the aiIenIby fat. MIR. yeferlon believe was imme-
diately fent to Congress- aud from thence to France
where he continued even years, difcharging his inn
portant affairs, highly the tereif of his country
and greatly tie of rhe governm, nt of
France. JOHN TYLER"
Richmond, September 9, 1906.
"General Mellon was elected governor on the
18th of June, 1881. On the very fame day
houfe of delegates.
Pss'psd, THAI at the next felton, of aGenbly
enquiry be made into the conduct of the executive
of this Fate for the lalf le months"
4" No man who examines the bent & bearing
of this refolution can be any longer at A lofs for
the reafons of Mr. JefFerfon's conduct. No
man can hereafter attribute his withdrawing
from the Office OF governor to daftarily and
putillanimous ipiris.''
E'iHPIdce OF levitt, inthe lOth paragraph,
infert Jouett," to whom, by refolution of
the Houie OF Delegates, an elegant fword and
pair of piitols was prefented, FOR his activity ia
watching the motions of the enemy in their in
curlions to Charlottesville.
8. In place of this fentence in the 18th para
graph" But it has already been obferved, that
this re5igaOtion was even Prior TO Tarlton's ap-
preach to Charlottesville" infert the following
" But we have already proved that MIR. J. did
never fend in his re(ignation to the aGembly.-
We have ALTO proved, that the term of his Office
had expired, even prior to Tariton's approach
to Charlottesville