Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-02-14

note 70 the 2sth page does uoi elucida.,
this fact because there is "A variety OF
ways in which paper may lend itself 10
the malignant purposes of another
g Written by Gen. Mason;" tie addition
of these few words wonld have been suf-
ficieni; but your well-known lacouic
style ofexpression iorbad YOU TO make
e,es this small addition.
| The Enquirer ieMt itself 10 tlie malig-
| nant purposes of Gen. Mascn."- i, did
! SO, never was AN act done with so poor
| grace, or with snch unfeigned reluctance.
state the facts; lei others Judge Of
| them.
| Al a moment when HE controversy be-
tween Gen. Mason and yonrsclf began 10
| wax warm, wien many of your mutual
| friends began 10 fear II would end in
blood, 81 federal paper I" beyond The linn
It's of your district. - thrust Itself into your
| quarrel, and attacked Gen. Mason in
terms of the vilest yiuperaiion. Ii cIiars
ed him with cowdrdice, with shrinking
from you IN an affair of honor in 1878;
| wiii shrinking from another gentleman un
The iu*ilngs of Loudoun. The mailer
did not end here. This libel WAS eagerly
seized upon and circulated by The cderal
paper of this city confess was irrlla-
ted by ihrse shameless repeiitions, evil
IDENTITY dictated by party spirit, and cal
cuiated 10 rouse the chi,alrous pride oi
The contending parties--I SAW that iIiey
were made from political motives against
niau with whom WAS proud 10 be ass0-
Grated IN politics, and a. fttror of anol h.r
whose politics | did not ihe-buf did |
retalia,el Did stack or depreciaie YOU +?
No, sir; placed YOU on equal ground"
| was sorry 10 see your lives opposed
sorry TO see the terms i'm which two spcl,
men publicly spoke of each oiher-(chi-
vairons men then thought You boih-l
blushed even for the state itself. Thes,
We're The sentiments ! expressed.
placed you both on equal ground"
from that moment this paper has been
silent.
Blu, my forbearamce was not initiated
by The federal print OF this city. One or
Two pieces from Gen. Mason's pen have
not been re-publisied by it-and TO this
moment, he has not been fully, and, of
course, not fairly heard before this public.
Justice has noi been done him kcre-it
has been denied him III party paper from
party feeling.
Appealed 10 me- for justice--it is un-
necessary TO state all that has passed be-
tween us-Finaiy, he wrote me, that he
did not ask me- 10 publish his last piece
against you-wlich 10 This moment, 1 be-
hevr, has never appeared in the federal
PRINT OF this ciiy--bnt only 10 put in the
declaration which closes ii-w HIGH decla-
ration he himself drew ont.
confess, this application gave me pain.
| telt and feel the highest respect
for Gen. Mason. respected him as "a po-
iiilcian and a. man. felt for ilIn 100
as one who had been injured by the edi-
Tor oil neighborlng press. Bur also felt
what was due to HE rules, on Which this
paper has been conducted since the mo-
ment OF lis birth. For Ii years has the
Enquirer been closed 10 pri, ate disputes
upon this broad ground that public pa
pers were mol the theatres for priv ale CON
teDtIons.
But at last determined TO adhere te
my rHles, but also determined 10 do in
This case wbDtI had done in some 9th
&c private controversies Without con
sultlng Gen. Mason, mot knowing al
HAL moment whether he was AT home or
noi,) threw his piece into i,and-bilI
and the hand bill into the paper. But
the hand-bi!l was no, issued before in
siruc,ed my agent 10 receive any reply
which YOU or your friends might wish TO
make 10 it, and have IL circulated in the
same manner. THE EDITOR.
The Editor Of the \. Y Columbian attributes
10 the " editors o. the \. intPiigencer, the En-
qiirer, and the Democratic Press an interest
ia giving the late trial of the Editor of TIE
National Advocate "a false colouring -
Where is the interest and what turns out TO
be the fact that this very trial is proved to be
entitled to the epiihet of "extraordinary' by the
| fact that ne,p trial has Just been granted 10
| the Editor of the Advocate.
Mr.. SpooneT nlagnifies our Republication of
| a paragraph from the Advocate into our an.
| probation OF the g only" paper which breathes
spirit hostile t. the State" of New York
| FL has yet to prove that the Advocate is hos
| tile TO the State of New York--He has to shew
that we approve Of every paragraph we re-
| publish. We hunt mp every article which con.
tains any thing interesting, without pretending
| IN all cases to vOuch for its authenticity The
subject of the next presidency" is certainly
| an interesting ore TO the naiion--if was this
| that gave zest to the paragraph we pub
lished--if that paragraph be false, let Mr.
| Spooner prove IL to be such, and we pledge
ourselves to re-publish lis proofs.
MIR. Spooner,i i'll subsequent paper. is pleas
! ed 10 call us g congeniai spirit"-a" worthy
| compeer" to the Editor Of tile Advocate, whom
| he intimates to be guilty of some dishonest
| conduct, which we are 10 enquire" about" at
| Washing ton" We presume he did not mean
| any comparison in this respect with Mr. Noah
| ny calling us his worthy compe er."-1ake it,
however, in its most cirR sense, il is very rude
| compliment, and like many others ct the sour
ed and profigaie Editor of the Aurora, is un-
| worthy of an answer.--But we trust that here
| theicOIRparison ends-ihat whatever similitude
| there may be in manners there is none IN prin
| eipies.
! --znZN @ WHN o -fggz-s----
| wARR1EDl-On Wednesday the 4,h inst at woodber
~ king william county, the late residence Of Isaac
| fluaries, dec. Capt. ARMISTEAD COLEMAN. OF Ame-