The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-04-15
ALBEMARLE ELECTION.

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The. foito1ring is Gn Extract ofa Letter from
Gentleman ia, -1l6rMa;ie, 20 ms ,Ffie,G'
IL. Mis Gig.
DEAR SIR,
The election for members to rep
resent. this County i'll the General Assembly
and one to Congress, took place here On Mon
day last Our friehd Naricey had an over
whelrni majority, Notwithstanding there
was not wanting, as IS usual or SUCH occasions,
some calun,uy TO encounter. winch he success
fully combattcd ana exposed. Ihos. Mauly,
Esq is associated with him.
:" Our friend Nelson came before the peo-
pie with more than usua! splen,ior.---in an
able, animated and eloquent speech, he iusti-
fled the administration ia declaring war, a.
gainst nation whose arrogance, rapaeiiv &
Injustice knew no bounds, and who, presuu,;ne
upnn our pacific disposition, and the inLom-
potency OF our free institutions, to buffet the
storm Of war, had dared to cherish, even the
proud and fastidious hopes of subiugaton &
conquest. In mssterly style of elodrence,
he dwelt on the ach'ev. ments of our heroes
and the iaure!s thcy had torn from the brows
of the foe, both by sea and land and pre-
dicted that the blood OF the veterans which
had crimsoned the Mississippi, q. those vet
Grams who had triumphed over the best dis
ciplined troops m Europe, would cast at a
sightless distance fiom Us the calamties of
war. The supeiiority he ascrbcd to our
raw, undisciplned troops conteniing against
merCenary myrmdons at power, for their
civil and religious rights, thrilled to the
hearts of every ono present. He vndcated
! the treaty from the aspersions; which the cG-
eaiies of the administration had cast upon il.
and commended with ,incommon cogeDcv and
novelty of argument, that we had gained ev-
cry point for which the war was wagod I
sincerely regret, that the limits Of letter
and nv owt. incapaciy. vii not admit OF
nv doing Justice, either TO the matter or roan
| ncr OF the talants cminenty displayed bv
Mr.. Nelson on this occasion.
'' It is, my friend, deeply to he dep.oic,,.
that merit and p ,iiiotisru, so conspicuous in
our co,insels, anh operative upon the best IN
terests of cur country, should ever be exposed
90 the envenorped shafts of malevolence and
detracton. But as this is a malady which
has ever attended republics, from tue earliest
ages OF the world 10 the present period, am;
owes rs origin to the moral inperfection If
| man, and above all, as the blessings resulting
from such systems, so far exceed those.
which grow out Of any other, we ought not.
perhaps, too sorely to repinc That til
gentleman has been wanioniy and malignant
~ assaied, VIII appear from the following
, remarks, with which he conc aided his adj
| dress to the people, on the day Of the tlec-
tor -
Before conclude nv address to vom
fellow-citzens, must beg permission. to saw
, something in refutation of "A report. propagat-
ed with view to in ure my character--and
which, II founded in truth, ought instly To
! blast my reputation forever. In the course
| OF the last winter, whilst I was toi,ne nv dav
and by night in yours ard the public service
--Hn'ist every faculty which possess, was
| unremittngy exerted, ct the most irving cri-
Sis OF our country, 10 support and maintain
| unimpaired, the rights and Independence of
| this nation, there were persons, who affect to
| stand high amongst you, and to be considered
! or character and Importance prop eating the
| irost urfnunded calumnies against me. 1t
was stated. as learn, that had suppressed
| the will of Mr.. John Walker, the grandfather
OF my wife. Persons going from this county to
| Richmond, did there declare ~ MANY mem
bers of the General Assembly, at the Swan
| Tavern, and amongst the officers OF tie armv
al Camp Holly and Camp Certer's this base
| and infamous caiumny. l am happy to see.
amongst this respectable audience, General
| Cock, to whom this tale may have been re-
| ported, that ifso, he may witness its refutati
on. Altho 1t is impossible To doubt, that
| they who gave currency TO this SANDER, were
apprsed, that this VIII was of record am one 8,
| the archives OF this COUNTY, yet have they gwen
to It the sanction OF their authority. In that of
hce tpointing to it) not so yards distant from
the spot on which stand, is deposited this riI!
] open for the inspection Of the whole world
| vii! proved by the testimony OF that most res
! pectabe Of our fellow citizens, MIR. Ch.les
| Terrell, vino has so recently left US for the
| mansions OF heaven--there u be sainted T.
nCngs; the blest; and another ftlloy-citizen.
| not less reputab'ci Mr.. kie,iwetber-,roved
by these most respectable men, to be wholly
written IN the hand-wr ling of Mr., Walker
In defiance of this, cid these calumuiator.;
some or all of whom, are perhaps, within
the reach Of my voice, attempt To produce ?
convi9tioD, that had suppressed the will
There are, perhaps, not ten of you now t,re-
sent, who may have heard this calunnt vet
With pleasure do seize this favorable occasion
to give to the public this solemn rtfutation.
hold i'll ny possession copy Of this will.
With the certificate o. its probate. will not
tletain YOU Tor its rsa ling. will not believe
that my 'eraciSy is SO questionable wiki YOU
as to make 1t necessary to support my state
nleat of facts By written TESTIMONY. If anv
doubt, let him repair Ia tile offce of the
Clerk there examine the original, and re-
ceive conviction. ! pronounce tie whole
t. be base and Infamous calurlny. Shield
ed by the consciousness Of my own integrity.
dare 70 mike this declaration, and shall IL
prepared to meet its consequences.
" hive no doubt that tie conscisnc-e of
those who have thus caumniated me. If COR
sciences they have, viii, without further de-