The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-01-05

Gr'tlI 'r.5t t!sc 'p.csomS is copy OF its or.
yn Ia which / refer
<i,;-nrd) THonAs PoRrELL.
Nsss 4na-ri4, 27th .J,o,s, 1896
| Fort WaShingtor, Sept %, 1896
Ill health and many pressing engagements must
be my apology for short letter must reter
you to my letter to the Baron for several paitc,i
lars and for a detail of my perils and abuses |
must beg:leavc TO referyou to our friend Power
whom find of youthful enterprise and fidelity
ne certainly deserves well of the court and don.
doubt that he Will be rewarded
| What political crisis is the present and how
deeply interesting i'll its probable results, in all Is
tendencies, and thereby must hope IT may no, be
| carried INTO execution. fit is, entire reform
IN the police and the military establishments of
Louisiana will be found Immediately indispensi-
bic to the security of the Mexican provinces.
beg you to write me fully ON this question in cv-
Phcr by Power, whose presence in Philadelphia
IS necessary, IS well TO clear his own character,
! attacked by WAYNE, so 10 support the fact of the
outrage recently offered to the Spanish crown in
| his person, and TO bring me either the person or
the deposition OF a man, now under your COM
mand, who had been suborned by Wayne to bear
false witness against me, and afterwards for fear
he should recant, bribed him to leave Kentucky.
Power viii give you the perfect of this infamous
transaction, and L coniure you by all the ties of
friendship and of policy TO assist him this occa-
SION. II Spain does not resent the outrage offer
ed to Power in the face OF ali Kentucky Nv let
ter to the Baron Will explain the motives which
carry me to Philadelphia, from theHce / will
write again to you. Power will explain to you
circumstances which Justify the bcliefof the great
TedcheIp that has been prGctioed with respect The
money lately Sent For the love of God and
friendship enjon great secrecy and caution in all
our concerns. Never safer nynan! to be written
or sbokeH THE suspicion Of Washington is Sside
d~ake Beware OF Bradford, the Fo { Pitt retu-
gee, he seeks TO make peace-therc spies eve
| ~ where We have a report here that you are
| appointed governor of Louisiana. God Grant it,
as presume the Baron Will be promoted. am
your affectionate friend. w
Copy OLA letter in cyphcr received from Gene
| raj Wilkinson NatcheL 9th OF February, 1897.
(slgned) Manuel GayoSa de Lennos.
| In separate paper he says what follows
This will be dehy cred to you by holland whom
You know is child of my raising, true 10
his profession and firm in his attachments to
Spain. consider him powerful instrument in
our hands, should occasion offer, l Will answer
for his conduct. am deeply interested in what
soever concerns hm and ! confidently recon-
mend him TO our warmcst protection. l am cvi-
IDENTITY your aiiectonate WILKINsoN.
copy,
(Signed) Manuel GayOsa de Lennos
N. Is. Don Gayoso WAS then governor OF Match
ez and the same year made governor OF ou-
| sian2.
Mr.. Randolph stated che following to be an
extract OF a letter signed i. Power, whose
handwriting he understood could be identl-
| hed;
g On the 9th of the same month TOct.
last appeared in the Richmond ENQUIRER 2
ceruncate gwen by my sen togen. W. III New
Orleans ON the 10th or May preceding i'm
medlateiy on my getting sight OF tins piece
which was the same on the next day, / ad-
dressed note tohls EXcel!ency gen. ". NO.
81 vi tins did not keep d copy and there
lore dare notvoucn that 1t is an exact utera.
transcript OF the original But VIII be- hold
to say thar IL Is nearly Cor 10 make use VI the
Generals own languase) satisfactorily the
same.
Between my repeated declarations 10 many
OF my friends ana acquaintance / must sd Y
1t with OIuSn) and this Certncate, there is a
manifest contradiction. And between this
same Certihcace and the deductions to be
Drawn from my declaration before the Rich
mond Court, there IS an apparent Inconsistent
cy winch 1t Is now my task TO clear up and re-
ConCi.e.
During gen. WIS residence in n. Orleans
last winter, used occasionally to visit him
- lew days before he left Orleans |
waited upon him one morning and after Some
conversation ON certain transactions tnat had
taken pace at lormer period in the tern
country, and OH the delicate situation in when
his Conduct during the winter was likey tc
place HIM, he asked me i mad any obiecli.
on to give him a certificate that M ght heip
him TO silence that foul mouthed Bradford
and retute the assertions OF the editor OF the
Western World. replied without hesitate
on that had none, and would give INN one
with pleasure, provided he promised me IT
should not be published. On this ne assured
me that the only use ne proposed to MAKE OF
1t, was TO lay 1t before the President, with
the view to prove the faisehood o, the charges
circulated against him, vlndicate his Cnarac-
ter and secure the confidence of the executive
Inis II not exactly, is SHb5ianliQLiy wilma. The
general said lis then desired me 10 SIT down
and write the Certificate. i observed that
might not make it GU entirely 20 his satls lac-
ton; and tha5 as he best knew the poin,s ne
wished should be embraced IA it he mad JeL-
ter maze 1t out himself, and would COPY it
o TINS he agreed. Next morning waited
on his EXceAency, and he presented me the
ceruhcate, which copied, as 1t has been
published with a lew alterations One, a very
material one, is that after these words, ~
most SoLenlnty dCciare that IhuUc, " no iiH!e
carried or deHUered to zen. d. mr. i eras-
Cd the words " ctfher directly or iudirectiy"
And declared to the general that / could not
insert those words. lie did 10 insist and
cohtented himself with saying that he wished