The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-07-03


uent insurrec,ion and rebellion against the
government watch you have sworn 20 up
port I; when We see you in the ssttitude OK
| ASsassins whettins your dagsers tor thc pur
pose OF sIabbing the public tranquility -
wten wc see political iucentlianSs collect
ing reasonable combusub.es for I, general
coaf grafton, it is surely high time 10 put
| the well disposed part OF the community up
ON their guard.
The extract was obtained as above men
toned 1t was shcwn TO at least a Dig II
persons before it was left in my possession
thought it my 5ounden duly ~ have It pNb~
lished l did not wish to excite personal
luminosity II did not wish tWdrag You before
the public, (cnpri. a, politician i tnrAk
you to BEL and therefore sent IL IL 4 dis
tans press. No iptination was given u. your
name, character, or particular place Of a
bot!c, ard you might sui nave remained IN
state OF peaceaoie obscuriiJ, had not your
own inprudencc counteracted my isnIt.nt
intentions. Mr.. +. was however a pubic
man, he wrote on a puOuC subject, and
thought it but right that his numents Shouts
be publicly known What now becomes of
the viilain"u, declaration tina, the extract
was obtaiied by false and fraudulent pre-
fences !" Were any pretences Whatever made
use ot to get possession ut your letter
Stranger as you are To every ching ike
moral honesty, ynu dare not stand forward
anu answer tins Question III the AIR
native. But " was dcsignediy mu
t'!ated. IL Is possible lhat in iran riding,
or Iii pointing, some trif.ng error may have
happened--it is possible that a comma or a
p"renthess may have peen misplaced or
omitted but IL is not true that il was done
designedly, 1T is not true that the sense,
spirit or meaning of any one sentence has
xrssh ssft
degree Whatever. The original letter Is in
your possession-Produce 1t let il be com
pared with the eXrac, as published in the
E"qnIrer and then ler the world Judge be-
! tween Us. Let me tell yoi, sir THAT the eX
tract was made III the nuuse where the post
| oihce Is kept II was carefully examined
aud compared with the "rgInal in the pre-
sence and with the assistance of a gently
man who is no wa, Connected wi h either
otthe parties concerned Dut whose vera
city and honour are unquestionable.
My confidence in III a who took the eN
tract, and IN him who assisted in its exam.
nation, Is such, that l hesitate not one mo
ment 10 hurl back the toul assertion with
con empt into the teeth of the scoundre who
made 1t. And yes, say the Editors OF the
Federal Republican, " IT the guilty party
should " have the hardihood to come for
| ward We are enabled to undertake that both
the fraud and the perpretator shall be expos
ed before the public
| From what has already been said, and,
from what can easily be proven. by the most
respectable testimony, it will be seen, that
this insoent threat merits no other reply tn an
such as was given by the renowned commo
dore Irunion on certain occasion, viz
=" l spit III your face and call YOU horse
But. Sir, you are held up rs revolution
arV officer who hac lived RI he C-u;f =.
OF mis- tolls and daMSers cast to the mercy
OF blind and infatuated party" &c For
! the benefit ot those miserable tools OF Balti'
more, who edit the Fedora Republican, Your
Military career, throughout me gvhoie 4yQ,-
shall be faithfully detailed, In TINS nci gJour-
hood where you are well known. it would G
altogether unnecessary to say one wo d on
t e subject; bur IN rider that your Bali
more friends as well as Mr.. Pickering him
self may know the extent of your" tolls aud
dangers" feel myself Constr aimed to under
take The arduous task,
kpow then; MessrS Pickering and Co. hat
this IDENTICAL revolutionary o6fcer did com
Irence his services before Is stOn, as
truly stated (; but it is MT to be regretted
that the world has not also been intorme,!
when ard how hi, " tolls and dangers en-.
ded He commenced his services und.,'
the friendly patronage of a real soldier and
pair ot, Col Hugh Stephenson, who p~o~
cured for him a Lieutenant's commission
We know little of any exploits OF his until
the latter end of the year 1776 when he
was (trgether with the greater part of the
regiment to which he belonged) taken pri
s"ner by the enemy at the surrender of
F"rt Washington Most of his brother of
hcers remained in captivity for or years !;
but 1t vas not SO with our hero. He was
one of the favoured few who were liberia
ted by the enemy how, why, or wherefore
has never yet been explained w neither
he took protection and swore allegiance
to his Briiannic Majesty, we do not know
but we do know that ne IS a devoted
friend to royalty. We know that he has
eciared that the people OF the United
States are not lat for republican govern. .
nent ; that monarchy is the only kind of
government that will suit them. We know
That he never performed, or encouraged
others - perform any military services a.
ganst the British after the year 1875. We
know that ne abandoned his rank in the
Virginia line. We know that long before
the close of the war his name was stricken
off and ne was no longer considered as be
longing to the army al all in fine, we know
tina he deserted the service of his country
| in the time of her utmost extremity that
he remained at home and enriched himself
| by specuia ing on tine vitals of his bleeding
country, and OH helpless and distressed in
dividuals, amongst whom we are compelled
TO mention (and with sorrow we do IT'D the
widow and orphans of his FREUD and patron
above named !! Such are his tolls and
dangers The fruits of which he wishes
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