Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-04-06

II N1Onho III ChlI, t.sQ.-SIR--itis " in
| u much reluctaoce that now undertake. II
notice Il publications IN Your paper OF The i,lh
ult. IN which feel myself deeply Interested.
! This publication. presume TO nave nern made
| under the authority Of tue author III ihr post
script, asserting thai the docuneniS referred IN
and upon which II il founded, was Su;,>,antiail,
! contained in that publication. These DE- "a
mcnts will hcst'show ttiS You will with rEis
| receive tasm aud v',h this. ( mast nov
] request that you viii he pleased 10 insert
them IN your neat paper. It,s unnecessary for
| me to make any renflg rs upon .he mott, eS that
| NAV have produced this qualifications, believed
| to be as unimportant TO toe pubic, as IL is and
| must be injurious 10 iny feelings. Neither do
! srpposesl prOperN 2, 10 comment upon iLe
| principles thai may have produced the Chali-
| ceilors decision N this case; no doubt arising
! ont OF those duties, due 10 Ike county and
lis laws. But owe 10 myself 10 state, and TO
| explain The motives. that governed III that
| cOniSe. and measures, which has eventuateJ
| iua very disasreaIie result; and here mast
! observe That | most cotrcisnIiuiisly believe
tia, have been gu.ii, Of no offence n.ainst
| Tie sttictest Neutrality neither have COM
! United any intentional offence against those
| laws. that govern aud protect me.
For the purpose of settling, DID, extensive
and lengthy accounts, existing between the
late j. Williamson and myself; by consent OF
1 late parties, arbitrators were ppointed by the
superior court for Chesterfield county. Is,
! those gentlemen, an award was made up in
| my opinion, and also in that OF most respectaE
! bic counsel, not supported, either by known
mercantile customs, CT the evidence fled in
tlie cause. unquestionaby ari: ing from those
Sentlenien's ant o. time, fully outside these
! lengthy accounts. and TO apply the evidence.
| But Notwithstanding this, III the opinon OF my
! counsel was precluded from all redress,
under the Law respecting awards, until after
wards, and upon "A more particular eXamina,
| ton, discovered that numerous errors had
| been made in calculation to rectify those an
| injunction in ChaUcery was applied for aud
| obtained /; aud by an order OF the Chancellor
f..l
| report upon those errors. But to me il
! appeared so plain. that the iua ivertence of
| the asbitraiors had done manifest injustice,
| that notwithstanding the opinion Of my coup
| sci, aud the opinion ot tue court Expressed i'm
| the order OF account, thought il, al least not
| Impossible, bnt probable that ifthese accounts
were fully stated, By a known and accurate
accoinptant, jrstice might get be done. 1
beiievc that the Commissioners in his regular
report was lied down TO the order oftLe court;
and had 10 idea that the expeDce of any thing
| done without that order could be taxed i'm
| The bill OF COST, never had the least idea
mat the Commissioner was Judge, neither
did ever dream. that he might moi be
employed, and paid for making ont the state
ment wanted by me. The whole record would
| necessarily be In his hands to comply with The
/ order at the court: this last circumstance
| pointed ont Mr.. Bryce as the proper person
| TO be employ ed by NE 10 make full statement
| OF al! those accounts founded upon and 10 he
| supported by the evidence contained in that
L
| al my own eXpence. This fnll statement of
| the accompts was not designed 10 have any
| connection with the report npon the errors i'm
| calcniaiion, embraced b, he order, for these
| bar and bench seemed 10 agree that could
| get relief, if they existed; l therefore did
| request Commissioner Bryee 10 make this full'
| statement OF the accompis for me. ~ did tell
| him that Iwouldpay him literally for his work.
| might also have said IN his hea ring that
would give halt of the sum that had paid or
more 10 have justice done to me but that
/ Commissioner errs III his recollection when
| lie says that I offered him half, i did not do
| so; not that should have deemed il immoral
| 10 have given bim abe whole amount of my
| loss, under the mistake of the arbitrators as a
| compensation for stating the account SO clear
| ly that the mistakes of these arbtratcrs would
| appear evident; bnt my counsel had SO dis
| cOuraged me, from making an attempt to set
| aside the award, that had 10 idea, the Com
| missioner would fake, OF of right onght 10 be
| put off with conditional fee !; my offer was
there fore q liberal lee; aud probably at the
| same time using matl expressions arising out
OF my convictions az the hardship Of my case
| and having "a tendency 10 shew that my anxi.
| ely tor redress was greater than the sum in
| contest would warrant shelving in fact that
L would prefer giving away double the amount
! 10 that OF having any pat OF il taken from me
| III this manner. That the whole of my con.
duet amonnts in law 10 a contempt of the
Court, has been decided by the Chancellor,
| and "A fine OF s 20 imposed. But that ann
innocent OF the most distant intention imISro.
perry to inference the opinions or 10 bribelthe
Commissioner.ii us decided by my own con eli.
ence & must allowed to say the Reverend
COMMISSIONER, who !lus construed my Offer did
Thy his own stat0mept) three times forget hat
duty which his Bible, and his profession com.
Rands and Teaches, what he owes TO his bro.
liner, IN that hfs did not take pains to prevent
so harsh a CONF lusIOn from being uncIaritatsIy
drawn, by deTDanjIug an explanation, and if
alter getting dis explanation. he had forud
my views inco Ilpatibie with his idea of moral
iectitude or against The law OF the land of
which ~ is Sai'l he is - Judge, the same sacred
volume will tell him. and his pastoral duties
ought also to Lave told him, that he ought 10
have told me that what ! asked was wrong.
re did neither; but he immediately Carried
the tale as construed by him TO my adversary
and thus placed himself in situation from
winch he could not escape but through the
court From this last measure, / am induced
to presume that the reverend Commissioner
either las not studied or that his system of
theology differs widely from that of The late
ehceiiNnt DIR. Dwight, as laid down in his
lZoth Theological sefmon-but possibly Mr.
Biyces system Mzy be derived from a more
enlightened source than that OfDT Dwight
pfev'Ohs TO my being called before MIR.
Bryce as Commissioner, never had spoken
10, nor knew him farther than seeing him,
occasionally pass upon the streets, and being
'oiu VINO lie was, and respectfully spoken Of
can 1T be supposed, that under those. circum.
stances, would presume to offer TO bribe this
man To 90 an improper act 7 think not On
the contrary my affidavit states, (and il i. no,
contradicted) that an appeal was made 10
MIN ior Information, byeXpiicitly stating that
was a stranger to his duties and that 7
wished him 10 do nothing improper or incon-
sistent with those duties, * under this declara.
| ION made my rcgucsI aud offer why did not
! MI. bryce then inform me that ms request
and offer was Improper lie was to me sient,
ana while tbHs silent. he was determining las
lis answer 10 the last inicUOgaiory and his
oial evidence before the couri showed) upon
| mat course which lie Immediately adopted