Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-05-07
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eoPS or letter from Ii. Campbell, esq. f. 4.
>. To Clergyman at OxfUytl

t-yH'0H >ipotH street, Warch g. 1919
he'e'chdS de3r NJ - The hiIte mr. and gena
rous minded manner In which |n,, ,n'i,s - {,
my humble eNeriloms iA f.vonr of the ,i,St Of
D'l'>h hdrds (Dssian,) aud The pleasin,. "a el'
"iposeu upon me, TO acquaut >ou w,tL
rrsne,,,',, I'm "t me highland Society, with
SPe., 70 my proofs OF that poets auiheuti-
Nv len Hdteringly ,ou hold IN he 8. RI a
Vn's re s'l ap'e ones Yet Ofiere; L, lie world =
l.ni ~ NE To bfotm yOn that | have vel had
no answer from the Highland Sorietvon H.
suoJt CT; but my noble name-SsLe ~ Ca.i ~
ote3ud'nane. mas AN opinion similar Ia yonr
VN", 81 me merit OF the w0rk-aud Ike a trma
Sae', hnS generously promised me that the
n..,'I," n,e Sovie'y wi,i avoId the imputatom OF
H-V"ce' ana 40 the author Justice,
SNct ast wrote 10 YOU. 1 Save heep hrv;
-" i!eas"fably employed in another i'm
F,fto literary pnrsuN. and have been as snc-
Is ~ and inppy ir The result as uas i'm ~ 4,
VI my researches ib Ireland
tou Wal have seen by The public prints thai
Tue wa OF ~. late SIR H. Francis is tot,jIv
voin OF any St"e thai would lead 10 the real
snttp' Tie Leiiers of Jun Us ThourL
hisiesty answer 10 Mir. Rn~rrs ,rh..n ;',I.
io-d'ta on The subject by that gentleman
~ iVin Hollands, makes II evident To the
Will ti!dt he particularly wished I, have
beeh considered the celebrated anthor 1an,a
y0h VIII iAier, that tue tdnburg Rcyiewers
th"uSh psHSGDie critics, have not vet attained
me second sight. so peculiar 10 their couutrv
meh, ieeS Sltted wiiii lie gidAionry of metaphy-
sizes liIhntiley are.
To he brief with nv reverend e,;ora r.
IN.
zen 10 acquaint him, that the Uuiversitv of
O"ioiu "aS the honor of having given TO The
w"'!u lDdt nigh priest OF political scruttny
"""t"S, IN one ot the greatest ornaments OF
o'"'"iI anu d0ep iiterdtuTe-thei late DIR vii
'ot-ahu thdthe vas coysecrated BY Enpiand's
o"Ce iiInStiinu> prime minister Lord Chatham,
anu by Lords Sondes and Archer. ar ,yhnaa
house several Q! his celebrated letters were
+" ti'teh aud THENCE conveyed 10 MIR VilLev
VINO communicated them to WoodlaH tLe
primer: ms, my dear sir, is not fancy Tho
JGG S!m1cs OF W OOdfaii aud Hessey and r,,I,,r
d'e 40" u fore me, cOntrasJed with Mss OF IKE
'e ~ "ImOt-and there Is not, nor cannor
oe 'hd"ow Of doubt but the same hand trac-
eli Tie characters 10
IL there could be any doubt for moment
entertained OF the fact, II would entirety he
zone away Dy the signature OF Lord Chatham
~ "pt OF ihe papers now before me- wherein
thlt Luxurious. Statesman promises 80 ,pdan,
nUHDI. lsmOt for any i0S>eS he NAV incnr
~ publishing HIS Political Ess,ys = aud f.r
,He', ny the death bed Avo|h OF ihe Doctsr
IHBSei, declaring Ia the most suleiun AMI
iesii"g manner, p" that he Doctor Wilu,ot9 On
" was the author OF the letters at issue !" The
pager vas then sealed and delivered IN his
at'idDie inefe d daughter OF the laie DIXIE of
Chmberlapd) his (irend > with a strict MINI,
ion thai She was not 10 open il unfti sav.,r
year aiieT has deah, which ne &c d nor add Was
:d!ihfully attended TO. On the whole the
COMpaiiSon Of tie Mss. in The Dos,eSsion nT
w oodiail dii that at the " Heroic EtisIIes I'm
az u! Hicuatd Philips, aud those in The ms
SeS"'0" 81 his niece uncOntTOVerttbly assert
thdi DR.. w iiinoi WAS the author of me ,yorEs
10 question. The absuidly OF tlie cIa,,ns az
Inc hdier ntS aud suckers OF Sir = Fraucts
10 place hiIn in the chair OtJunlus is so ,,,I,,-
t. lidt wonder how any person who has
AtteilVeiy read The letters OF thar auihor
c"n'd tor moment hesitate to pronounce him
Que % thc most unlikely men 10 produce such
"n'iuS,, OF To whom such writings sbouII
be dNtilbed! The KnigAt was only 22s y+,rs
od when Tic letters first appeared O. the Doc
'Of was III lie pointed eie sance ard acninen
0i ms nervous style had been twenty wears
SHnect % admiration al the University and
ne "ad long been 10 MIR Pitt and Others what
ljeid Swiii IS reported 10 have been 10 tfarlev
La OF oxford. 10 HE every sentences OF The
"D'"teu 'ettefs portray Their emdnation
nom d comprehensive, deep, eUii ghteued and
"tll Wdtmed mihd-nOt tBe nnud Of a clerk
% y, "heii Tie glare and TIvoiilies of youth
a,eoiteh more attended ~ tlIau tue exuams on
" 'mtenec' ana sucl have been told was
Isaiiy Tue saseOf SrP. Francis at that are
Inc bIlitS Of my paper will not ailDw me al
PTeSrui ,o!ciie extracts from Tie letters of
Lold ia fhaiD ava his Colleagues to the Doe
tol cat nisht do so, aud they would con-
vIhee--s0esfsa cham O1 unGuesii0nable evi-
deuce neVer before saw.
VI itii aheieEauce OF person the Doctor nos
scs@ed the easy pOlileDess Of counter. and
~''N the dsSiSIdhce OF his intriguing friend
nary BeduCeTk. he like The great Intd sts,t,
"heh Ambassador IN France turned ANNEX
s''sc \ na9nt - .i09dyahtage. On laying aside
zoe clerical Costume, aud assuming tts i.e
Shn Swprh'be va par GHesSs introduced by
Beaucleik 10 The Ceie0fdtr.t Mrs 1h..,,,,t,'
tee tHen mistress OF Lord Shelburup and.
th'"hSh his intimacy with that Iady nc
acquired knowledge OF tie private views
90" tTdn'ecli"ns OF Lord s., that was
n''i" 10 hn "hile before tie public as Juni-
cpnid reciie VIA would ii a volume. of
gre CONT trufsl C,Ou. Of fiiose and later times.
@ht hnl that nave wuitei 10 tie end nf ,t,v
? lpei'- hO"evcr you may place the GrnieSf
900 &C in Wbit have written lgOin the proofs
1Vtofe tee, indt Dr. VI umui. ANA To otber
nan "a earth wrote =" Tie ScitcryeJ Jutilty."
Aud ihat an, Rev. aud Dear SIR. very
ieItlih'iy Jo"fs, Iredat Jndasus \ peiia
Ia CAaIIHlLL.
-ite uas ~ gears.