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

why not, in your official capacity coll ms. OF /
have ne brought, before proper tribunal, TO |
answer the charges you have preferred al ainst |
mt, aud thereby giving me a chance of de- |
iendinS myse'fl why speak ,ninriously of
n,e 10 juHi0r officers which You do not !
denyi. Why the " many frequent ard ,
tree conversations respecting ISe and my
ccrdGct. winch HOn have taken so much
pans In unierscoreS why use the Insulting
sNrreSSiaD, that Non Z" entertained, aud SiIlI do
cutertain, the opinion that my conduct, as an
ot!cei, since that affair has been such as
ought forever to rar my readn,is sion into the
service, aud THAI, IN rndeayOting To prevent
u, you CONCEIVE you we're pen forming duty
you owe 10 the service. aud were contributing
10 its respeciabiliiN - Why the threat that Il
=" I continued the efforts you a, I have heen
y inakina, 10 be" te-eprloyed,' you certainly
should be constrained 10 continue ihe en-
" preston OF those opinions"
Does not all this, together with the whole
icuOr aed tendency ut ,uug letter, manifest lie
most marked pcrSORm luminosity against me,
WHICH AN honorable man, acting under sense
OF public duty by which you profess TO - have
been hitherto actunied, wouid disdain even 10
slew, much more 10 tSel Z
shall now, SIR, like mp the specific charges
Non nave alleged against me, and shall notice
them III their order lila which they stand. The
first IS one al very hcin0WS character. II is,
that proceeded in sicrc!ani brig 20 Per-
namGuc0.' Coula !, sir, duriil, the period
q my suspension, have gone ANY where in Il
uaiiUaa yessci2 Couid /, with What was due
20 my family, have remained Idle The sen
ienre OF ihc court deprived taem of the prin-
cipal ineauN OF subsistence / WAS therefore
compelled 10 resort To thai description ut EN-
pioNment, with which was best acquainted
ana on tins subject gGg should have heea 81
lent. But Nom add. HAT the late Captain
Lewis. OF the Navy. Wto Rad IL from :: Nh
Goodwin, who heard II trnm MIR. L>0n, the Bril-
tiNh ConSGi al ?Ctnainbnco, with whom Nuu
undertake 10 say lived, represented me as
stating, That. Al the chesapeake had been pre-
sisf T., Y Il
heatiack OF the Leopard assigning, as a rea-
sou. that l knew, as also did our government,
that there were dcsertciS On board The CheSa~
peake; and that [ said To Mr. Lyo;,, further,
mat the President of the United States knew
there were desertcrS or buard, and OF the in.
ieniion OF the British ship TO take them, aud
that The ship WIS ordered out under these cir
chnstduceS, with a view Ia bring about Il
contest which might embrOu the two nations
III war.
The whne of this, Sir, | pronounce 20 he a
ialsehoGd, Il Tidivni0us, malicious absurd iln-
| probable ialschood, which can never be cred
| iied by ANY Elau tiat does not feel Il dispose
| llnh In impress on the oriuou OF the public
| that am an idiU!. That should two Years
aiIer the affair OF the Chesapeake, make such
| Il declaraiiom,w when evsry proof that could be
| required of = contrary disposition on The part
! di thG Chief Magistrate had been givep, caH-
, "ok TScetv" credit iiom any one, but those tlat
/ "'e disposed TO consider me such character
/ as yo" wonid represent rae Ia he. l did not
iIve with Mr.. l-yoa, nor did ever hold con
VeTSGllon WIZ him SO indicate as The one
| stated III capt. Lewis letter would have been
a"d Win Hh7t object could have made such
| i Communication Sir. Lyon would naturaI-
| lSh2Ne teit a contempt for LIan that would
! have suffered hESsclt TO be made tool Of 10
! 80 dsETaCviUl affair. fnwnd MIR. LYON
| lianihciIDg business in peTnambuCO: lie pro.
/ HNCeu 10 mC letter from MT. Hill, the Amp-
| flcan Consul "a that country, recommending
! INN as eatiIed 10 The confidence OF his cuautrv-
| men, every one Q! whom IN that post, PAT their
! ',CS:ncsa iIIo his hands did this same, aud
/ tlGS cOiIt3EBcrd acquaintance: he ,vas
! Mad aud friendly 10 me, but never in any ,e.-
! peel ihdel;cate, as would have been IL hgh
| degree suclI conversation between ~. Of Mr..
, Goodwin 1 know nothing | have never SCI n
! '1,in III ali NY iie,t nos did | conceive that his
| hcarsay evidence can ever tic OF any kind OF
consequence against me; i was the first that
| informed tic President and Secretary Of lho
| Navy, That Sucha irtterwaS iu the DepartRre mt,
| even before had seen II and again, ii the
! mere oral testimony of a British agent was 20
| be considered as evidence sufficient tn artaign
aH American officer, think the Navy would
| ckiy he la smch a state, as ii might be de-
:Irabe for their nation To place il in. AS TO thu
, impressions made npOn The mind of captain
Lewis, from Tins information, and the strong
| remarks lie E,ade upon tue subject, which
| You nave thought proper Ia quote, they hy no
| means establish tile correctness of that iOlor-
| Inaiiob bRt only 20 TO sfew the effect il pro
| duced upon The mind OF an Individual, who
seems 10 have imbided pref udice against m :,
acqual -itaDce with him He is now in his
grave, and am perfectly disposed there to le,
! iIim rest y0n must, however, have been la rd
pressed Indeed. to he compelled TO resort TO
such films y grounds as those a degree, low
eg than even second handed testimony TO sup
ort Your charges against me. These COM
munIcaitOnS, you observe row in Tie ar
ChiVeS of the Navy Department. OF this fact
SIR, had iors been apprised and had you
when searching tlie records OF that Depart
Hent ior documents TO Injure my character
Looked !ittie further back YOU wOuid per-
paps have found others calculated TO produce
g very aiherCHI effect. OF ms desire 20 re-
tnrH To the United States during tle late war
the!e arc certificates in the Navy Department
CT The iTst TeSPectabiiity, which, IfSOn had
been disposed 80 ind aud cuute s.c perhaps
laying OF the samr shelfiiUn whence yOu took
those, thai ycC appear so anxious 10 bring TO
EubhC NIcc meaDInS letter appl yiuz Tor ser
vice, as soon rs az oPpo''u"iiy offered, after
the term ct my suspeusiou * ,iTed aud one
letter shove all you should soi have p, ssrd
over UnHOtCsd, that which you received from
my baud Oj May 1903. Addressed to the Sec
Tciaiy Of tile Navy, vhIcA was one al the
principal causes OF SOuI Of. Ming the first
COR aiaud tAat you vtTt 4 or IGNORED With
ava rs y insN have tut 0ttOn ~ 1 will se-
mind yOu, Oh this Gee -lCU that, but little
more than one north precious to the dat of
that letter, J. by ny adViCe and argulR. uis
a.ed you tTOm zen mug the service at your
gCu" r. ~ \ pc, because yOu wvic removed
irOiH the tI.i lieHteuancy e. ihe New York, 10
mat OF SeC0Ud OF the Chesapeake bnI dIl
ti and much more l. now forgotten h, ron.
! vet there are others tbdt rPcSilect those rII.
! tuinsiaDces aud the history OF your conduct
50 me VIII Oni!ivc yOn, let my tate he bat u
HAY, l ne affair OF tie Chesapeake did GER
! tdiuiy rNcltc ans ought 20 have excited, ihe
! indignant feeling, Di the nation towards Great
Britain but, how ever IL mag bsve Ju,siiicd a
declaration Of wat against tiiat VO0cT, IL WAS
NOT ~ You asset. very one HdnIts one Of Tic
| principal CaU.ts OF the BAT. WaT. That ctd
II Il q % ana HI % D.