Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-04-11


able advocate, general Taylor, the "pin-
ION had formed, and my correspondence
with The Navy Department upon The sub
ieci, in order Ia afford got an opporim-
niiS, should you deem il cxpedien,, 10
protest against my being member, on
the ground of my not only having inrm-
ed, but expressed an opinion un!avorahlc
10 you. You did 30! protest against my
beiHg member. Duty ceDsl aimed me.
however unpleasant II Was, 10 take my
seat as member; did so, and discliar-
ged The duty Imposed upon me. You, |
Ind, are incapable Of estimating The
nDilveS which guided my couduci In this
transaction
For my couduct ~ 4 member of that
comr, marital, | do not consider myself.
as, IN any way, accountable 10 y0. Bat,
Sir, you iiavt thought III TO eir.iurr, iron
your Impressions Of NY couduci rs a
member of that court martial, inicrences
OF personal hostility towards vou. In
fluenced by feelings thence arising, YOU
commenced the June couespomdrncr, Il
correspondence which had hoped
would have terminated oar cOmmunica
lions.
Between you and myself, there never
has BEEN personal difference hu,
have entertained, and do still entertain
the opinion, thai your conduct 49, an a.
ficcr, since the affair at the Chesapeake,
has been such as ought 10 forever bar
your re-adnsslou into the service
In my letter To you, OF the l7ih June,
although disavowrd the particular ey-
prnSSioRS 10 which YOU invited my alien
ton. candor required thai | should ap-
prise you of my not having been sill
respecting YOU. informed YOU that had
had gerry frequent and free Conversations
respecting yOm and yO7O condHct and the
words we're nHdeIscorcd, that they might
MOI iali /" attract your particular allcn-
ton. Had You have asked what those
frequent ana Tree conversations were,
80 uld, wit the same i5anknrsy, ave
told yon; but, In tcad as making a
demand Of this kind, YOU reply 10 my
letter Of HE I7th Jane, " That MY
de laraiion, II correctly understood bv
ynu, relieved our mind" &ic. That ynu
might correctly understand hal | hid
mean, addressed YOU, as before oiiscrv-
ed ou the 29i June, aud endeavoicd,
by nndeTScoriag rriaiu precise trrnts, 10
convey o YOU my precise meaning. go
'his last ieifCr never received q reply
Under these circumstance | have
Judged l! eXpedicuI al His time, 20 siai,,
as distinctly as May be- III my power, the
facts upon "hich ground the uniav0ra
bic OpIuion which | entertain, and have
! expressed, OF your conduct as au .fiicer
| sIDce the court martial upon YOU; ahiie
die lain all personal Ell uiiI iOw ARDS YOU.
SOme time after you had been susp nd
ed from the service, for your conduct i'm
the affair Of tlIe Chesapeake, YOU pro-.
ceeded, III merchant brig from Norfolk
| 10 PcrnambucO E; and by communlca
lion from The late Capt. Lpwis, whose
honor and veracity W"Te never vet qiIrs-
| TONED, II appears that YOU stated 10 Mr..
Lyon, tie British consul al Pernam' uco,
with whom YOU lived. That If lie Che-
saprake had been prepared Tor ac1iou,
you would mol have resisted thr attack
OF the Leopard assigning, "a reason,
that you knew, (as did also our govern
mrni,l here were daseTiers on hoard yauT
ship; Thai The President of the Unii."r
Stat : knew there were dcsrrtrrs on
board, a1d Of the intention OF the Bra
tlsil 10 take them and that The P,rsi
deHi cagsed you 10 go out in a deieucc
less state, Tor ID express purpose Of hav-
ing your ship attacked an d,sgTaccc, and
ihu b'a'n Ills iavOrlie object Of invnl-
wing HE United States III war wIlh
Gf al Brian. For confirmation nl Tin.
information, Captain Lewis refers IN III.
Thomas Goodwin, OF Baltimore, flit bro
ther OF Captain RI q Y, of HE Nav
who receive d II from Nj I,on himself
IL "rencP was made 10 Mr.. Goodwin
Who, ia an official commitment "a. con
hrmed all that Captain L ISIS had .aid
ne VeracIty auh respe, tabiiiy of Mr..
! Goodwin are also beyond question:. You
will enabled 10 Judge of lie impression
ma &c upon Captain L.wis' mind, by Tie
following strong remarks ne made on the
! subject:
| arm now convinced that Barron is a
! traitor, tor can call by 90 other name q
/ man who woulI talk this way to an En-
! gli-hman, and All English pan in Office. -
~ communicaiicmN are now in 'lic ar
chiyes OF tie Nav, Department.
! If, sir, the affair IT the Chesap axe tx
cited the indignant feelings of Tie nation
towards Great Britain and was, az every
one admits, one of tie principal cause.
which produced the late war, thd II no
behove you 10 take al active part in the
war, Tor your own sake Patriotism out
OF The question! But, sir, lustead of find
you 10 the foremost ranks, on an uccasIot
which so emphailCajly demanded YOU
best cNeIliODs, ii is said, and Is credited
lhdi you we're, alter The commencement
OF Tie war, 10 be found IN tie comman,
Of vessel sailing under British License
Though urged, by your fiIcnRs, TO avail
yourself Of some one of The opporlnmtie
which were every day occurring, in pri
VHieerSt or Other fast sailing nerchan
vessels sailing from France and other pla
ccs, 10 return 10 your country during ih
waf; u IL not known that YOU manifesto
a disposition TO do so. excrp,ing IN o.
single instance by the cartct john Adams
IN which vessel, you must lave known
You could not be permitted To reiurn.witi