The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-08-16
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his power: and therefore, to say he RE.
PEATED II, was Tn say an un,rutb Had 7
asked him Tor money he could then have
represented me to the world as mercenary
wretch
Sd. The letter was calculated to draw
from ME compliment OF approval Of
the pamphlet in winch case l should
have stood Committed. and he might
have charged me with inconsistency. and
| thus have weakened the force of my testi-
| mony.
4th. Even silence would have been to
Mr.. Smith Proof of my hostile intentions,
and he would have acted iowa, DIS me as an
enemy. 1ta
9Th. was going to Baltimore. Had he
suspected me. the news papers would have
teemed With declarations OF my being an e.
missary of the government. How solid these
conjectures were, let the recent publication
in the Wing attest.
My confdencei6 Mr.. Smith had long been
shaken; aud about the period he left the
department ct State it w as altogether an.
INITIATED I still "endeavored % respect
ban - but ! could not. 1.-THE immediate
cause OF 1t was this; on going out of office
ne said to me---"Mr. Colyin, / give you my
honor that they will turn you out of place !;
they wiliinycntaSa.nsty you some scandaious
story and make it a pretext for your ex.
pulsicn; therefore advise you to ask leave
OF absence. so off to New York, and set IN
a paper The public will think you can say
great deal about the president. & every
body will take your paper This declara-
ton expressed with, great earrestness,
made me uneasy; but MI Smith had scarce.
y lett the city, when had occasion to learn
that there was no intention Of dismissinp-
me- and that Mir Smiths intelligence was
fa'se- l thsn began to perceive the cunning
ni ms auVice; IL was that by taking such
rash sep under the influence at fear..-I
should lose my post, be placed in a hostile
attitude with respect to the government, he
would be safe, and might be ruined This
insldious counsel, given with great artfulness
and win apparent sincerity, was. / have
since Thought. very crael in Mr.. Smith. -
JUS suCh another attempt did I consider the.
letter from him of the LIST ult which have
inserted. UHder all the circumstances. ha-
wing taken TWO days to deliberate, resr, we'd
TO answer him IN a style that should imp esq
hin w'tn an idea of my friendlness and vet
should contain no exprs- ssion OF apr obation
OF his pamphlet, nor OF his conduct n reia.
ton tot' Agreeabiy TO this determination. I
wrote him ON tho 5ih OF Jalj the following
answer ,-.. 80
Washington City. July 5th, 1911.
Ireceived your letter of the first of .hig
month CD the Sd, by a priva,e hand. and
CORDIALLY thank you for the proof which il
Contains of the continuance of your favor
and triendship
Destitute asI am of properly, and of the
means OF currsnt support for Mrs Colvin
ana my self, (apart from my salary in The
cierkship which / at present enjoy. INV
flrst intention has been % glide into pracucs
mere, 'ipossble, before / abdicate my olace
IN the department OF State Bat csndidJ
CONFESS. that 20 remain in this City or in nv
present situation, is merely after If con-
Veniehce' very repugnN nj t. my feelings, and
within the sequel, l am apprehensiye. not
De very conducive to the advancement Of
ny fortune 1t therefore, j could, in anv
certain way, assure my self of a decent sab
sistence for a year or two in Baltimore. 4
would most cheertully repair thither and
venture my future p osperty in the success
! OF my professional eXertions In thai event
the ofier OF your occasional instruction and
tue use OF your law library W. uld be ex-
tremeiy useful to me
In order TO ascertain the fact, whether T.
Can procure or myself such Current sun.
| p"r IN the city OF Baltimore, tor year or
two. unui can ge> into q lucrative practice
| OF The law there, win, on SATURDAY. the
9TH of this month, go tnyher, with the in
tehtion OF remaining there on Sunday and
returning 70 w ashiHgton on Monday. On
onAuSy' the 18th, here ore. If You can con-
veDiently be at home,I will do mysel, tie
;.noT 70 call upon yeu.
i,is nardiy necessary 20 assure you that
nave no concern IN the structures mon,
you, tate -pamph ct. now going on IN the.
National In silgeDcer. On The contrary. T
yesterday morning, at our Breakfast table
told Mr.. Gales that the writer of those
! structures was mistaken when he ass rcd
that the late Secretary OF State had ham
ded 20 the press paragraph am, nncins
ms nomination to the Russ an mi ssion ,haf
the assertion was untrue in two pa,ticu.
lars. LIST. That the Sc retsr, did to, haodi.
TO the press and. I'd. That the bar or MI;
uId not announce the nomination. (Which
as you were on the spot, would imply am
acceptance,) but merely stated the offer of
the embassy ( moreover observed. han
did not believe that you came into of6ce
by means of Intrigue
The defence OF Mr. Madison in the Ma
tlonal lnteibgencer is at once passionate
ana feeble and sanctions doctrines winch
It criticised by an able hand, would tend rn
destroy him with the people
II is believed that MI PnLnev w;l ~
brought into the administration as Attornev
Scneral and that Mr. Rodney will snc-
ed Judge Chase on the bench.
VIII thank you to- a pamphlet COPY oe
your Address to the people, to be trans,nit-
'so tome by the mail. with one end Open