Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-04-09

Fly letter 10 which yours is a rcpi7. is.
doubtless, somewhat bold in It's charac-
ter, bni, believing that in an affair with
you, IL was only necessary To have right
ON ones side, ia order To obtain approba-
lion, bad no other care in lis compost
iI0n, than To avoid every thing, person
ally offensive, as tar rs the truth, AVID .
FAIR discussion of the subject would ncr.
NH 4; aud stil! rest persuaded, That tile
tact corresponds with ,ay intention. In is
true, liza; SPOKE al .usc, aud treated yuu
as a MAN, without Me petty qualifications
OF common usage; because ~ addressing
GOT, they we're islrn considered as so NANNY
'':niinuln es; but am NOW 10 apprehcnd
HAT UNI, ersai success and.appiause have
somewhat spo'icd lon AMI thar shall
ni'l'na!eiy lac obliged 10 fill in;o The COM
men place I"1n, observed al respect 10
common place peoi',;, and consider you
aS no.hihg more inin gentleman.
Permit mr To reoaest--i think have y
rlghI Ia ,ieinaii,i-a >;yhl al lie oy,oincl
amoms e.ows i.i,er which has given rise 10
his dircussin:i. /; / mistake not, YOUR
correspondent is u .rcsirr perSol!aye Than
YOU, perhaps Imagine Hay so l.iel. that
he LAS once essay "a 10 ST. himself above
i'ie highest IN OFT; political sphere. The
letter si,alih lie returned as soom as he
hana Is compared with that OH cerlai,t
aSenl Ell The parsonage aliudet, 10.
cannot ciusc tins letter wilhuu. -eN-
preSsinga belief, that on The return 81
your voi!Itd masnauin'ity, ! shall! be se-
queStcd To burn the one which has elicit
edit, by way OF apology for the injury ii
does me. Accordingly, il has been seen,
as yet, by bur one individual (of my staff
anil shall be held i'm reserve. until a Ger
tam time has elapSed-aitending iha;ju
expectation. In The mean time, | Shall
have lie honor 10 reman, sir, very res
pccl!ully, your most ob't. seryan',
(Signed) W. SCOTT.
10 Ngj General IRdre,c JachSeA.
No reply has ever been given 10 tue forego
ing, ana OF course G;Heral Scout has never
seen the anonymous letter. His suspicions
ana The whole correspondence We're fnll,
communicated, in JANUARY, 1915, to a par
ucniar flieid Of Governor Clinton, who
was perfectly ~ liberty TO give notice
thereof 10 thar parsonage Whether lie did SO
or not, Genera; Scott isnot informed 4 copy
OF Tie correspondence Itself would ha re been
sent 10 Mr.. Clinton. but Tor the prohbilory
regulation above cited, and which came out
before Gen. Jachson had time 10 reply TO the
letter, II he bad been disposed Gen Scott
until his opponent had set hmLhe eNanltie
"a precedent not diAapproved by The War
ibeiN tmehtl supposed that the first sentence
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mterdicied manuscript COPIES as well as others
Ohtii then "a distinction OF this sort appeared
10 bm absurd; for how easy would II be tor
any OF the numerous persons 10 whom General
Jackson has delivered copies, or rather parts
OF the correspondence, 10 print ihem1 The
moment they passed out of his hands they
ceased to he under IlIs cuntroul,
Aftei all, II Is pOssiblc, that the suspicious
above expressed are uitJuSt, as il respects one
Individual; although there is ns room 10
doubt, thai those views have been effected. al
least so lar as they respect General Jack SON
should General Scott ever discover or fiAd
cause TO believe, that Mr.. Clinton neither
wrote uor dictated the ANONYMOUS letter
there is no apology which one gentleman may
presume To prescribe tOanoIher, that shall moi
be promptly aud cheerially rendered
And here, General Scott must in candour
state, that sometime dnring the summer or
fail'of 1878, when threat OF Gen Jackson
Chat lie meant 10 visit New York tor the
purpose OF " calling out General SCOTT
puDhShed III Georgia paper, on information
derived, as was said, from an officer direct
from FLORIDA was mentioned IN the he airing Of
MR. CiiIton, the latter repiied-.. General
Jackson would have enough 10 do If he under
TOOK TO night every body who thinks viii, C;e,,
Scott, on lie subject of the famoBS ofdsr"-
intimating thereby, that he fAIr. Clhton) was
sun one oil those persons General SCOTS
| informant who had previously heard of Inc
suspicion entertained in respect 10 the anony-
mons ieiier, was certainly Impressed in that
incidental conversation, with the idea that
hr. tliGton had 10 agency i'm debating the
letter. General scott would be very we'll
content 10 yield himself 10 Tie same belief
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