The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-05-27

the clothing of his family, to supply himself
with some of the hair.
70 THE EDITOR OF THE ENQUIRER.
SIR,
There appeared in your pager of the 1etll
INST statement in the form of g Communities
ton from Port Royal" respecting the late West
moreland Election and the conduct of Mr.. Bank
head, SO utterly inconsistent with truth that
must request leave through yor to lay the fats
before the public. The subject though certain
ly OF little moment tothe teople Of Virginia, to a
certain dfsttc gf ote cosntry may not bc altoge-
Their unnteresting; and in sny event the atten pit
10 expose crrer must at all times give some i'm
pcrtahcc To every communication
me writer OF the statement alluded to, SAYS,
that Mr.. b. had been induced at a very late be-
NOD to offer his services to the people, and
that IT was not .7tH late in the day IF the coiot
preceding tfe election, he prevailed upon to de-
clare nimself."--The tact is otkeypise Mr. B had
carly iii March and Soatstinss bGore tie day # he
preceding the election, the ist;e alton of res
pectabie but deci ed Fe4eyaiist, publicly declared
at Westmorc Ind Courthouse on MS way dawn
the county, and elsewhere, his fnseAtion of oF.r-
ing Previous 70 that coa,t 500, he had conveF sed
with Mr.. McKenneY, one OF the Republican can
didates, on the subject of his oebosi.ion-snd OF
the very morning of The day wien the writer OF
the Port Royal Communication heard him so
ga aiy solicited to offer lac declared to YOUR cor
respondent and TO others, that unless Mr N.Ken-
ny would consent to be governed BY the tctermi.
naticn OF their mutual friends ne could not poIi.1
farzD decline because, he had can n1ittei himself
TO the gentlemen Of his neiehbo,hooI 6ejye he zYs
i3arn,edf MK-'s dec a,afion, and therefore
God N that respect on e,ynni eroaid qDith him
y. iadeed, Mr.. Is. was not induced to offer uns;l
Wcstnloref;tnd March court, Ire is deprived ofthe
only plausible excuse he has ever given to the Re
fn6licans ut the county, for defeatiae the eiccto
OF their candidates who had then declared them
selves; and his Port Royal friend, who intends
to 90 him service. would, by making the disco
very, be doing him an injury. Whether Mr.. B
ofcred his services 'nawch against his inclinati-
on, his subsequent conduct sufficiently proves
mere were, however, some Republicans who
thought 1t, more difficult TO persuade him TO DE-
cline, than to irdloe him to oyFer.
he Port-Royal gentleman continues-Mr. B.
. nntling that the division he would occasion in
the Republican party would inevitably throw them
into small minority, yuitGregu soon after the BOIL
Voas ope>'ed and supported the election of the re-
naming Republicans hing could pslIiate
TINS shameful misrepresentation of facts, but the
writer's not having been present on the dav, and
probable having been deceived By the information
OF some one who had ar interest in the deccp.
tloh Almost the srtole county car testJy, to the
truth CT the following statement:
Mr. b. continued OH the Bench ur gustingr. f
you Please, from the time If the botis 6giny oe,I
ed, until he gave his o7on rote He. was the t,v,
hundred and eightieth voter, and but nine 6eysous
except the candidates, affeyS1ayds opted When
~ persons had voted, he had but one vote, and
when the poll was closed he had SO, iHciuiiHs
those OF the four candidates. The votes of the
zine persons polled after his retreat, were not.
ard could not have been, influenced hy that cir.
so that the remaining Republicans
were, III fact, thrown into as small a minority
not Intentionally, It is hoPedA as Mr. L. could
throw them into
The Republicans Of the county (tle Port ROY
~ %Hn''@mans opinion 70 the co7'trary mi with
'tandng9 thought that Mr.. b. under all circum-
stances, had no reason to calculate on getting
sbectabte vote," az least from themoHc had
been induced TO offer by a FederakSt--He had
stood poll at time when lie did know OF. ought
% pave known, there was no chance OF his own
election, and an injury might be done to his po-
Itical fllends-and what perhaps had greater
weight with many of them, he or some friend
or nm, and with his consent, did propose to Mr..
Coz, one Ut the frfe,ai candidates, chat Mr.
Campbell, fsaerai gentleman, should determine
winch OF the two should decline in the othe,'s fu-
'or. The ground, it is believed, on winch tliis
;0atifroH was TO have been placed, was, their Inu-
uai support OF mr. Monroe in opposition to Mr..
Madison.
Now, although liberal Republicans think none
ne less OF man, because he is supported bygIibe.
al Federallsts, yet when coalition is proposed
,n any ground common to both, it is impossible
or them not to entertain some little alarm
As to tie county's being "deeiaeaIy Federal"
he writer Of the foregoing has great doubts about
he truth OF the assertion He believes the par
les are nearly equally balanced, and that any cleo
ION Jairly and byQ4eyLy conducted will sUpport
nm IN the opinion.
THIS add every otherrcT,ark made in Tire com.
numcdion from Port Royal only proves that the
writer knows nothing OF the county of West
nOrcland, or OF the transactions upon which lie
commented. We can have little doubt but chat
NJ BaHkhsaf himself would have cOntradictcd
he statements oiIrs friend, who has most proba-
'ly been betrayed miHtenfio1diy into error. II
you'd be uncharitablctosu that ne had any
mister object in view, or that he erred from dc
igL.