Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-07-10
RICHMOND, JULY 10. 1897
FOR THE ENOUIRFR


To NE Members Of tie .lipUaL Assurance Society
In the Enquirer of Tuesday last, did myself the
honor OF addressing you, and attempted to put you
on your guard against the false and slanderous insin
uations OF an insidious intorneddIer, whose name
was then FULLY exposed TO yOuI view.
That intermeddier, however, seems 20 have taken
great unbrage at the exposure, and in language en-
phatlcaiy his own and well suited to himself has re-
ped IN strain OF scurrility low and debased too
vulgar and dirty to be answered. in cxtenso through
the columns oil respectable newspaper
Touching some new matters introduced. however,
IL may not be anlss TO give few remarks these
shall DC as brle as possible, as sure YOU cannot
personal.
.9lerander .hcI2ae has been pleased to ascribe NV
communication to the pen Of some hircIjug This
is impudencc the most inatcbless-T dare him TO
name the person.--No person aided or assisted and
am not, and never have been, in want Of help in
me expression ol my ideas in plain aud hope, in
teliglblc manner4-But TO cope with 9isrq,Gey NJ
Rae in blackguardism and scurrty am free 10 adj
init that do stand in need of aid from some person
educated IN .3erander .IcIices school for scandal
and defamation.
.7ieuu,der .ifcRGc has asked the writer for mo to
shew how 1T IS that have grown rich--It may be
sufficient TO answer this by saying that il has been
done 10y pursuing those maXims which 4iergnder Ne
Rue mover had the industry and application 10 pursue
That have acquired my properly by Industry and
economy, by patrimony, and by a COMMISSION in life
;bc most honorable and tendcr-JbatI have attend
ed to my own business, have not been sfrc tgfter
mottdier IL that lyiici concerns ne not
Alexander RlcRae las told You that he does moi
remember TO have applied to me 10 borrow larpe
sum Of your money IN June OF July, 1919, and yrr,
lamely attempts to get that suGect-if be doe,
not rccOllect most distinctly every circumstance at
tending that affair he possesses the most conyenien
memory imaginable especially as hc pretcnds To re-
COLLECTS with 50 much precision, events Of 50 much
earlier date Will you permit me to ask alexander
cli1c IL BE- docs not rccolect tie frCuuent and prcs
ing nsimt0ns sent by him to IN June or Juy 1913
very short time before alexander Roe came under r
~, and 10 uac commonplace phrase f" exploded
That yielded so far at last as 10 90 to has housc
was introduced BY HieTrHder HcRae into the soafjt
rest rom Of his doucil--the doors were closed .
was scated-~Lei me ask .Neraudcr &icIqe fCI,o doc
not recoliect tic manner ~ which he introduced th
inSidious proposition, By setting forth 10 thc most faf
tcrrg manner bis great resources, the grcet project
he had Ia view, the many irons he had in tie fire. m
the certainty Of their yielding him much pfoGi s.
Does he net also recOlleci after aucmptino 10 she,
his unqucsiionablc responsibility, his rgtworthincs4
&c that I've then intimalcd that ho wanted, in ordc
TO give foil effect 20 his enterprise the moderate suf
| OF ; 10000 That " indispensable 20 hin fl.a
/ nc should have its Does BE not rocclecf d,rGsrtlt
tiat told MIN had 30 money 10 lend Docs h
aot also rcco!ect that he then told mo he know ia
/ Mutual Assurance Society had "a great de7io f RIO
ucy, and that could ard must lend lin a len.
; 10000 Of 10 at that timer Does be not a-o rcco
lec. iry answer, that u be wanted to LofyoV mono