Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-04-13
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on to a calumny which had ceased 20 crcu-
! late at the time when | received Mr. Claws
letter from the gentleman to whom it was
written, might have been liable TO mscon-
struction, but that Aretalogous having reyiv~
ed this SANDER, Ihad thought the occasion
| proper one for publishing Mr.. C's letter. If
the public can see any thing mysterious OF in
eNpiicable.in this conduct, or in the reasons
offered in explanation, | confess myself at
loss to conjecture in what way they will do
it. AS to the base insnuation, that Mr..
Clay's letter is a forgery, the only reply
shall make is, to send Mr.. Clay's original
letter to the Editor OF the Spirit of 20
This have done, with request to show it
to any gentleman who wishes to see it,
There are many in the city well acquainted
with Mr. Clay's hand writing, which will
speak for itself. This political pimp also
says, the appearance ofthe letter at this
time IS compliment TO the ability of Nu-
ma" who (according to his own account,
has inflicted an " ircurable wound" on Mr.
Randolph. He is as much mistaken in this,
as IN many other of his assertions.-Ihe
cause Of is ahfearance has already been
declared 10 &c the renc7yaL by .4retaiQgous Of
tie IiitJut stanicT against Mr. RandoLhh of
which NUma may possibly mean by the a.
bove declaration to claim for himself the
honor Of beng-ifnot the sole inventor, at
least the principal circulator. But if the
creature who calls himself Numa, considers
it g a compliment to his ability to be Incl
dentaliy mentioned as the author of an in
famous pamphlet, (the identical epithet !
have used in referring to him)-he is wei
come to every benefit, as well as to all the
enjoyment, deriyabbe from such u crcum-
Stance---liis avidity to claim compliments
to his ability, at the expense Of every thing
excellent in the moral character OF man, is
well enough known TO all.
have but one word more to say, relative
to Mr.. Numa, for from such odious objects,
all who come into collision must suffer even
by victory, as they do when they venture on
the eHtermiuaticN of Pole Cats, and other.
such obscene animals. Numa saws, the
abortion of the attempt to make Mr.. Ran
dolph an ambassador, and the first manifcs-
tation OF his spleen against Mr. Jefferson.
happened, as Mr.. Gays letter proves. at
the same period oftime, which gives to them
the character of cause and effect" This
IS an absolute and unqualified fasehood for
though Mr.. Clay's letter mentions MIR,
CIarh's conversation with him as having
occurred during the winter of 1906 ga pc
ROD of at least three gnonths-a [eriod too,
during which it was never denied that Mr..
Cla"k's project originated, yet Mr. Clark's
own publication in the Enquirer, signed
Hampaen,s and several others which APP
peared soon after this calumny got into cir.
cul&t:on, lncODCestibly prove not only tnat
MI. Randolpn's manifestation of spleen a.
gamst MIR Jefferson, (as Numa is pleased to
style IT'D was considerable time prior to
the aliedged attempt to make Mr.. II. an
Ambassador, but that every thing of the
Kind which was ever done at all, was solely
and exclusively scheme Of Mr.. Clark S, il,
whic:l neither Mr.. Randolph nor any of his
friends had the smallest participation what
ever-On the contrary, that there was not a
solitary individual to whom MIR Clark men
toned 1t, who did not strongly dissuade him
from any such effort Several Of them l be-
heve, and the writer of this article Iknozy,
pointed out to the consequences which have
followed.
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