Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-04-13

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thihh Ne t.,al assert Tia, Mr. Duaur sl,;ii
not choose for Us. Mir. Clinton Is nul
OF" " Aia.nus Apollo"
CORRESPONDENTS, &c.
lie following ma;eriel passage vas
| mh'ed IN tie publication in our la>i-W Z
laslen la supply th"omissina. lloccurs
b"tuern III" iasi letter of Gtu Jackson.
| ami tlie ld>tui Gen. Scott -
The force oi'',, cxtiaor'inaiy letter wa, laid
aside until almost forgotten. When Certain Of
ms feelings. General Scott sat down 10 reply
| L" ~. He thuusht OF New Orleans and some
other affairs, IN which The partirs had been
respectively engaged, aud Il appeared 10 him
! maj u hiaceo! pistols couidaGi uoihing tuil.
Character ct her. lie conceived That al The
| age hr had then ATTAINED, some iittle rvDutA.
ton tor temper and moderation began 10 he
| an OBJECT worthy of ms cousiLeTali1 n, however
they might be disregar,Ied by his opponent
IN iaci II did not once seriously occur 10 Iiini
| that the courage OF either r0uli. Lc put in
| question; and therefore. lie tduud himself
perfectly at liberty 10 consult iis sense OF
lnstice ana pToprety, rather Than his p;.sSiuns
fct lie understands, that on iii, pciut q enc
raj Jackson SIN his shoulders and looks ,nvs-
teriously whilst he suffers his mmiors TO HAT
| ter bim that lie has obtained a triumph
miserable vanity Most pueriIc and um,arihy
conce,t triumph over The fears OF General
ocou! ne latter does not doubt the courage
several affairs, in amy ore of which he was,
probably exposed 10 greater personal danger
than General Jackson has encountered in his
wnoie military career And here let him not
De called fool for boasting ;" for lie mas
say with one of the greatest OF men, mine
enemy hath forced me t. it," Butts ii a boast
III AN american, TO assert his indifference TO
personal danger General Scott has command
ed some thousands of his couutrymen at difie.
REM Tunes. ana does not remember three
individuals among them, who were deficient
III mat almost universal attribute.
But The foregoing letter has been represent
eu as challenge, and the reply TO ii non
acceptaDce-On the ground Of religious scrlples
The double falSehOod will not escape the
reader, although II be true, that Geu Scott,
IN playful humOur, chose To treat The letter
as challenge. Aud as to the other point,
however Tepugnant To his principles il NAV be
TO do conirived murder either under forms
or IN violation OF them; or by his own volnn.
tary seeking-general Scout, whenever he
shaii thlnk II necessary, will be free to
defend his Reputation against calunuy as he
would be TO stay robber who would attempt
his life on TIE highway. He knows ufno code
OF morals which would disarm him i'm either
case, nor does the promise III the following
letter; for as that was made without cousi
drration, so may il be withdrawn without
explanation or apology.
The part OF Gen. SCOTS last letter 10
which tile foregoing passage refers, is as
follows: We re-publish it Tor The sake of
understanding this passage:-
81 regret that ! cannot accept the clai-
lenge you offer me- Perhaps ! NAV be
restrained from Nishing 10 level pistol
al The breast OF a fellow being, in private
combat. by a sense of religion but lest
this motive should excite the ridicule OF
gentlemen of liberal habits OF thinking
and acting, beg !vave, 10 add, ,har de
cine The honor OF gcur Invitation from
patriotic Sc'7pteS. NV ambition is not
that OF krosiraluS. | should think il
would be easy for you 10 console your
sen under Tbs refusal, by The application
OF rev epitbe's, as coward, &c. 10 the
ehJecl OF Your resentment, and here
promise 10 leave you until The next war,
10 persuade yourself of their truth"
In last Saturdays 4" Compiler" the fol-
lowing communication appears from The
pen OF General Scott, who is now in this
city -
10 THE EDITORS OF TIE COMPILER.
GENTLEMEN
On the 18th ultimo, ] commenced multi
plying manuscript copies, with notes. sc. of
the correspondence into Which ! was acct
dentally drawn in 1917, with MAJOR General
Jackson, intending to have made ont some
twenty copies i'll that shape, for the public.
Before L had accomplished that intention,
some friend, no doubt, availed himself of one
OF the first copies put into circulation, and
caused it to be printed in pamphlet form
and 1t now appears, that the correspondence,
from that impression, has found its way into
several of the public papers. / confess, that
circulation has thus been given to it, much
| greater than was expected or intended. The
printed copies, which have fallen under nv
observation, are, however, wit.i the excep-
ton OF certain typographical errors, correct
My present objects are to disavow the
printing ofthe correspondence, and to recall
the word garbled," twice used in the adj.
dress TO the Public.'--Have the goodness
to append hereto, the letter and extract of a
letter on which the charge and the recanta
ton are respectively predicated.
will barely add, that although the first
letter appeared TO have been cautiously writ
ten, should Immediately have desired my
correspondent TO re-examine the subject,
but that had reason to suppose, from him.
sell, thathe had left New-York soon after the
date of his letter--The above retracton is
voluntarily and cheerfuly made.
remain, MessTs. Editors,
Your most obdt.
WINFIELD SCOTT.
April 9th, 1919.