The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-02-20

am, Sir, your moi hurlb & OBJ Servt.
w. COBBETT.
Hon. r. B. Sheridan, Someriet- place.
November ls, 1906
DEAN STA,
= anfwer your letter JUN received, with unquali-
fed truth and fneery, but with the promptnefs and
brevity which the preure of the time, according to
your requiition, requires.
Frem the frong aGurances made to you and O.
thers immediately after MIR Paul offered himief as
Candidate fer Weitminfer relative to the dpeiirion
Of that Gentleman towards MIR. Sheridan, feel my
ielf bound, in vindication of my character for
verafty, TO communicate to you, very fully, the
grounds upon which theie aIuranees refted
AS the prelent diiioiution declared, and MIR.
Paull's addrefs publihed, received letter from
that gentleman, requeng my afitaEee in his favor
/ anfwered, that entirely devoted, from princi-
PIE and perlonal regard, MIR, Sheridan and alto
expreled my opinion, that he undertaking a
ter without any chance Of ucces. To that commnni-
cation received the following anfwer from Mr.
PAUL
On commuuicat ing this to MIR. Sheridan, he hew-
ed me MIR. Cobbetts letter to him. ] requeted him
to leave it in my hands, TO i've me copy Of it,
and to allow thew it, with MIR. Paull's letter
TO sle Mr. Paull's FRIEND being confident that the
reiult would have been obtain the fecOnd of
MIR PaulPs party for MIR. Sheridan, my fira obje9
being, svow it, the FIGURING Mr.. Sheridans eleai-
on and as an old friend of Sir F. Burdett, having
myfeIf no objection to MIR. Paul. MIR. Sheridan
peremp,orily refuled this and fad he would not al
low either letter TO be ufed a canvas i'll his favor
among Mr.. Paulls friends He thouget il would be
a dfhonorable proceeding on his part towards Sir
Samuel Hood, with whole eauie he had allied him.
felf and for whom he had requehed, and ihouid
tnue to requeh his friends to canvals equally for
himfelf This palIed the Sunday evening previous
TO the day of nomination, and the day, the
pea reaueA of MIR, Sheridan, fe off with his folci-
tor, and the Chairman of his principal Committee
Major Downes for Stafford to aflif in the conteft
In which Mr. Sheridan had JUN heard his fon was un-
s1peaediy engaged.
After this tatement, you will judge OF my iurprize
onIhearing, on my return TO town, that MIR. PAUL.
was the decided opponent, and active cenfor of Mr..
Sheridan.
But Mr. PaulPs letter was not the only reafon why
Jrelied on that Centlemans preference to Mr.. Sheri
dan Upon the evening ofthe day WHICH Irecei-
we'd Mr. Paul's letter, met that gentleman and Mr.
Goblet at the Chronicle Office, and they both ex-
prehed to me their decided diGinclination by any
means to oppofe the views Of Mr.. Sheridan. But
faid Mr. Goblet, what have TO do with the Com
modore What claim has he upon the Electors of
Weaminaerl why hould he be inpofed upon US
Still more, MIR. PAUL told ms at the Crown and
Anchor Tavern, that he was forty TO hear MFR. She
ridan abufed BY fome OF thofe among whom he
eanyafed
With thefe circumstances in my recollection, you
cannot wonder at the rPrze which your letter excl
ted in my mind.
/ am, dear Sir, yours Gncerey,
?. FiNNERTY,
TOP, Moore, Rfd.
TaaSdy Dzsy0ig.
DEAE SIR,
am not oppohng ME-. Sheridan, Mr.. Cobbett
Is a, my houfe, and wanted merely fpeak to you
withont attempting, what would be both improper
and slsIes 20 weaken, in any ihape your attachment
t. MIR Sheridan. We differ, however, with you to-
tay about our fuceeis.
am really and Gncerely yours
JAS. PAUL..
re Mr. Finnsrty.
cbs,irt.5f,sd, NoV. IL, 1906.
sp.
Having fren IN the Morning Chronicle Of this
lay, paragraph purporting to be the report Of
S eeeh made w you at Wiss Rooms aft night in
which paragraph il is dated, that offer was made
by me to you to give you Mr. Paull's leeond Votes
II you would Rand neuua;" and knowing, as ! do,
that this Naemsn 10 groisIy aud feandaloufly fafe
cannot Of eourle, believe that you made itbut nun
regard il as trick Of the candid and independent Mr.
Perry, A. this patement may, However, be belize
we'd by the very few readers which the Morning
Chronicle has LETT requea You to deny the tatemeut
through the ~ annel Of that print, or, which will
have the fame eea, TO pubIih my letter. upon which
the nasement is iaid 90 be founded.
can have no doubt Of your complying with thisre-
q. - ven no. Dr. ~ iu0icr MIR Paul.