The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-03-28
THE QUIRER.
RICHMOND, lLdRCY %, 1899
FOX The ENQUiRER.

a rcbiy to a letter ur9er the signature ofs soi7
CI''%e,' published IN tie last Enqstver
John Clarke complains of the interruption :.
ceivcd in his defence, as he calls tie ctfusions
whcn have appeared under his signature. He
lays that " an enemy, that had a spark Of gene.
','"y II" ms c0mpostlon. would have remained
silent. at least, until The defence was ended -
i"thiS reply, four letters have been published By
way ct eyor,um-a-cordn;;t To this, the defence
might have lasted an age But admitting tie cor-
FScthcss Oh his opinion related to others ba-
wing attacked me, he had no right to expect the
smt"est indulgence or delay. It seems, [ have
| AGAIN introduced confusion in his Camp This I
ahtlc 'i'ated, and now assure all concerned that
shall not give them time 20 rally and form hi,
"h;u they are v;nnqushcd, this days Arcu,
wi; partly prove.
In enc Of his letters he stated, that v.. tho
author and tinisher of the whole work, by which
He WAS "NcHt'irown, that was alsr the pice,erept
oil the armory c0mmittee-drectctl every th;p.r
mad more weight ana influence with the ierisIa
! t'irS, tian the governor ard council-severs1 cy
governors and eX-cOunciiors-manv generals
cooaels, ma JOS and other men OF / dents md
renown; and no, withstand;ng All this. am Too
desp'caole 10 receive punishment from himeo
great man is he.
rms great man must recOllcct how often he
threatened to call rue to an account. ns enor &c
inc legislature should rise, and nuw behold ms
substertugc h is too denifed the road "a o.
aitai'on before him is 81 obyloIs hat he Cannot
| notice M.
This great man knosps, that for veral months
was ready to meet rs summons. that u.s. b ,C,re
his nfdnly WAS established 30, nov. sborif
prove my self bad citizen tn inteyilpL die coursc
| OF the law. Covered with crimes, de .r.,ie,I H..
sracsd and consigned 10 wretchcdness as wei, as
lnla'ny, know ot no ole, who is a more pro-
in'ne':! c!' r&ctF !;;r &c ,eititeiit,l.- and snai
not willingly deprive that tenement of so ing.n;.
| nus an a. list.
III I .hn ItI,I r.n 7,
| sed prosecution would be imn.tli,teiv entered
FgA,nst me, and that the penalty woiid he rioinI,
ianicttd hes DIES, cannot so drbasc INV n, n =
as 10 become the Foe OF this unhappy and des.i
cable mm must therefore leave him 10 the in
cessant punishment inflicted By his own morbr
mind
| Were it otherwise, what claims 70 honorable
notice eau Il man support, who has defauIted the
pubic treasury, by certifying tie stpai,abI,.
inlsrepr sensations VINO has fabricaicd c,lsc
accounts 10 support those ialselioolis!
Is not such man fit for plots, for treasons. f,.
consplr"cIes, nay, tor any thing, except for acts
OF honor and virtue 70 these he has l,id an :.
reriastlng farewell Early initiated, and farn.i;.
arzcd with fraud and deception, it was nev,., m.
lot 1" know more OF virtue, truth and honor tb.n
that they were attributes To Which general no.
mage was paid. OF these lie can pirate. lust q
nouSh' 10 promote ms schemes OF deception ant!
! fraud.
With a mind thus prepared, supported bv O..
false confidence, and the means alluded 70. this
high p'i-s OF mposto:s, tbs public 9efaulter
without rival, has been enabled to suuapder A.
most half Il million of dollars, a great oa,t os
which will be lost for ever.
Having in vain, f7r several months attemnted
tohx an inputat.on on my character. fer aome
reprehensibe act, poor John Clarke in the psroy-
ismS ct disappointment and vengeance has al
iuded to my n''sfortune-and in the usu;, stvI.
ofnisrepresentatlon. lffor these deseis = con.
demna,ion, am convinced that I shall bold,a
! pre- eminent station All immoral as he is, he
lierc, that my mifortnnes will, far, very far sur,
pass ms wees If IN the present tide of times
msfortunes to be treated as crimes Jtno,v ~
40 man against whom more charges can be made.
| shall therefore without hestat,on, plead guilty
but my worst enemy knows well that taIln3
in this they can g no further. But what havs
they TO do in defending the defalcations of Dmbic
money, with the receptions long practised upon
an unSusPertns people, or with the wounds and
murders inflicted by the bursting of the ar,no,,r>
muskcts' These are the charges -!
! HENRY BANKS.