The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-09-02

correiponded with them--I now fay ii did not.
CHRISTIE. GREENUP.
July nth, 1906.
It is duty we owe to obferve, that Mr.. S.
G. Hopkins is itated to be at lealt 2s years old.
TCERTnICATE1
Having oblerved in the WeRern World a publ;ca.
ton in which Mr.. John Brown is charged with having
been engaged in treaionabe confpiracy, to trani-
Ter and iuhlca this country to the dominion of
Spain, and having feen with fur prize that n let
ter written to me in 1888, by Mr. Brown. is re-
TERED to as containing the evidence of his gnit,
do IN Juttice to Mr.. Brown hereby declare that
| never received from him any communication Ell
ther written or verbal, which could authorize or
Ju'ty the itate'nent contained in that publication
In the year 1885, when the application of the peo-
pie OF Kentucky to be admitted into the union as an
independent late, depending before Congress,
Mr. Brown wasa member OF that body; and was, as
have r-aion to believe, very anxious that Kentucky
mould be received into the Union ttate and uled
his belt exerlons TO effect that object
After that application had been laid over for the
confederation of the government, MIR. Brown
wrote me letter informing of the fate of the ap-
s,iii opinion OF the
failure In that letter encloled paper containing
statement in the hand writing of MIR Brown of which
the following Is the fubiance, and the beft of my
In conversation had with Ier Gardoaue, the
spanh mnter, relative the navigation of the Milf
hihppi, he hated that if the people of Kentucky
would erect thernfelves into independent tate and
appoint proper p-rion to gociate with him. that
he had authority for that purpoie and would enter
into an arrangement with them for the expectation of
their produce New Orleans OH terms of mutual add
vantage"
'Fhat paper contained the above ftatement of Gar.
dn9ue's remarks oyLr, for Mr.. Brown fnbioined no
ohiervations expreve either of his appreciation or c
appreciation which induced conclude that IL had
been forwarded merely for information Mr. Brown
never intmated to me, either at thar time or anv o.
tner, that Mr. Gardoque had ever any pretenc-
made HIM any proportions tending TO h perf1nal ap-
grad'zeent, as has been erro,eouly iuggeed in the
"e'tern World. And to the acdged project of
inhl-cng Kentucky the government of Spain and
~ railing an army maintain revolt again the u
nted States do declare that nothng Of ,h. Xiv,
was ever iuggeited to me by Mr.. Brown, nor to the
heit OF my recollection did hear that fuch ideas
were at any time advanced or advocated bv him or a.
ny other perion nthe Wellern country, until fav
the Charges publhed in the Weifern World.
regret very much that it snot in my power at
preient to And the letter and paper above mentioned
fear they are lot or deftroyed.
An'"f ren y=ars &c 10 i-ifa,nine, from
niereer county and left my ton Jofeph in poIeion
of my houie in which left large bundle Of old let
sers and papers. Three or four years after nv re-
nova my fon informed me that all the old letters aud
papers had lett behind were dearoyed and as
cannot ind the letter and paper referred To among
the papers now in my poffeGfon luipe9 thew were
among thoie left in Mercer county.
SAML. MCDOWELL.
AuguG 4, 1906.
Inc editors of the Weftern World have nj.
tempted to refute the preceding Certificate bv
the following remarks and letter:
In giving place to the foregoing certificate
from the Palladium, by MIR. Samuel Mcdowell
we beg leave TO fuhioin letter which he wrote
TO Mr. Wood. dated the 2efh of JuIy. ,.ns
In this letter it is to he obferved, that Mr. Mac
Dowel' never once expref1es his filrprfe IT the
itatement given in the Weftern World. He on.
ly requefts ] w to fet the matter in proDer
light with refpe6 to him Samuel MsDovrlN.
hut Dever once deiires him TO alter the ffatement
with refpect to Mr. Brown. If Mr. MsDowelI
na1 then imagined that the Weftern World
nan exhio,ted fafe charges againit Mr. Brown,
he certainly would have had the peneroGtv for
Brown, to have dcGred J w 10 corretf tb,m
81 far, however, from this, he is PERFECTLY 6Irnt
with regard 70 Mr. Browns innocence, & with
e. MS accufer the greattf PROPERTY. w.
mould not have thought ourfeyes ar liberty IN
publilh this letter of Mr. Mcdowell 90 7 w had
not the foregoing contradictory certificate an.
peared IN the Palladium, which we fi,ppoCe ORR
g'nated from the fame caufe as the retraaion of
governor Grcenup.
DEAR SIR,
When ipoke 10 you in Frankfort, Ian week, you
told me my paper Chat is the Weltern World would
be lent regularly to Nchollonville By the pea and
have called at The poit-ofice, but find none of INV
paPers-la'n afraid they Popped on the way here,
by lone Perlon Peafe to fcnd the papers, if por-
hble, as with to have them. Mr.. Talbot told me
when | fubleribed, at Woolford, he would nav Won
my iubicriPon when the frl number was publigbed.
u he has NOT will pay you the firR time fee you.
gu mention my name in the fri number; and az
lone people think by that aernen about the letter
rom Brown TO me, you meant oimplcate me- or make
appear as tho was one Of the cnnfpirators Asthe
matter leems doubtful, would thank You to fet the
matter in clear light as am eonfcous of NV own
Innocence. And do not think myief implicated bv
what IS laid in the fri number of your paper After
my beit wihes for your PROPERTY believe me to be
your friend, aud very humble fervant.
SAML. M'DO WIFI