Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-12-21
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GENERAL L OIENO.
Such eviderce OF your guilt, has been laid
before me; and oi your being traitor ia the
parrot cause, dat 1 should be more tnan a
sceptic longer 30 dOnDt the truth oil a. Incon-
sequence OF publication, some time since in
the Democratic Press denOuncinr Won an
apcstate ] repaired Immediately 10 New
YORK, (yOur head quarters for the purpose of
learning whether yOu would rebut the charge,
considering 1t as ruinous 10 yourself, the cause
IN winch YOU were engaged, and to those Anne
ricans who might be willing to repair (iDdcy
your direction) to the standard OF struggling
MeNico. Instead ot finding YOU at your post
us expected, and us NOu ought TO have been
learnt on my arrival that YOU had fled
for Philadelphia, whittier | pursued you my
eXertlons though interchangeable, 10 discover
your lurking place, have been unattended with
success As this IS tine only means left in NV
power TO state TO You, NY GeieStation of yonr
conduct, ] have availCd myself of il. After
reading tie Intercepted dispatches of the 60
vernon OF Havana, tie letter OF Your father,
and rejecting OH YouT subsequent conduct
have come TO the following cOncluSiOns:Z
FIRST that you are cOld-hearicd villain -
secondlya traitortO the Patriot cause Third
~ "a daStardlN pOiirOOB:-an fOuTthiya SWlnd-
Ter. First cold hearted villain, for daring TO
request me to raise men for the purpose OF
having them and myself butchercd 10 expiate
Your former acts, aud to restore you 10 the
faVar of Ferdinand the beloved" Secondl, as
traitor tor deserving the sacred cause
OF liberty after having engaged IN tDe Patriot
army OF SoUtd America, aud selling yourself
and services TO the king of Span2'ThIrdiv.
as dastardy pCltroOn for iniuriug me, and
not having courage to afford ne an OuDortnui-
ty OF demanding that satisfaction, which as
an injured man | had a right TO expect and as
a swindler for having borrowed of me at differ
eut times, money for which sou have not ac-
counted.-there IS point Of tolerance be-
you'd which it is imprudent aud unDec0ming
Any man ~ 20; That you have exceeded. by VOmf
outrageous conduct, AID cannot cOnscquentiv
expect from me any regard ior your feelings.
~ on, my fellow cOuntrSmen who have
wish to lend a helping hand TO brave and OPP
pressed people, struggling tor the salvation
Of their Iuntry, pause for q moment and take
the advice of him Tii0 has "a lively interest in
your welfare, tanj who is one OF yomJ never
embark IN ANY eApcdIiion ~ winch Toledo
Is concerned. for If yOu do warm YOU OF .
death from, vhich no innocence can escape,
no art ciudc, no force resist. 10 autidotc pre-
Vent-Ihcfc was an antidole, T0leaOs oath,
but even that addmdniihe chain winch DOtMd
tic integrity OF man to the throne OF eternm
justice was solved and melted by tic tame
which issued from the traitors month, Consci-
cucc swings fiOW her miOOrings, and the appaii-
ca and adrgtfcd wretch, would seek his
own aicfN, ~ sUireudcr;ug Nou as victims
Toledo, though yDu have forfeited every claim
or pIctcnsion on the character OF agcnilcman,
AIN willing TO give you any satisfaction for
thi, Publication. (it there Should be q dyirC
spark Of bouOur OF courage left "a yOGr bosom
To require 90 lor which purpose 1 ,cill remain
in pnladc lph.a a week. / conceive IL a duty
] owe my family, ms friends. NY country, aud
myself, TO take this step, having been the agent
OF Gen. Toledo in Philadelphia, and to state
publicly 10 the world, that was not concern.
Ell, neither did knOw Of, the plots and trea-
sOuabie practices Of Cen Toledo, and ] call
upon the thcyalicr dc Onis, or any OtheInau.
20 deny the truth of what l have asserted.
The pubic will please excuse an individual
for obtruding himself on its notice, the ncccs-
slty which cOmpels him he hopes will be con-
sidercd as a sufficient apology.
JOHN 4. MICHEL.
Philadelphia, Dec 10 1916,