Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-07-10

committee; that could lend him yonr money, and
that must not refuse hiin-tiu Greeniolc had loan
cd HIM some which he had most hooralbly paid, and
tha, he knew could do likewise ?-ali Her,ade,.
.hctdte cannot recoiiect all his willy aud subtle inn
porinn'ues, the time and place, and every circum-
stance connected herewith then, indeed, every thing
which tie may say depending upon his fistl and g,it,-
less memory, Ought &c lac dsseg;,rtled.
CT the report of .ieap,ie, .lf.ilfc know nothing
iaiu'er HAN that MIR Simmons statement was moi
agreeable 20 7erapder -hchie, thereby intending
TO couple the other members of tile committee for
understand the objections were made by 9enfg,iey
.hc'ae alone, when lire other members were not pre-
sent. am very far however, from attaching thai
mysterious Importance TO il winch .acrtu, Nc Roe
;gan attempts to insnuate by saving that Mr. Sh,n-
non tiid not examine into the accounts kept AT bank
MI Shannon had free the srli1e books Of
ne Society," to'ons and courg, and examined every
thing macii, to be examined conce rniny Tho -,
eSfsriofiy, and mnutel,.
ffer1ider cRis still lwel's uprn n matter Of itself
inc most trii'ing, and heretofore deemed unim-
por'ant TO itc rcuce-Tha: the adj0urnng order ui
Your incomplete meeting, WAS not on the morning of
the I2tlI June published ,ss,fim e hte,d;n and en-
deayors TO shew thereby that intended to prevent
ihe asSelnbiagc OF a competent meeting. Can ANY
u'ihs DC more ridiculous 81 inconsistent The sug-
Scstion originated with Alexander McRae, and only
shews, when suits his views, how he is disposed to
turn a mole-mll into Il mountain. Look at tho ud-
lournng order, If YOU please, and ask who was de
.re,en 10 attend to MS publication will find
mat no one was-Nas IT the duty of your clerk
No y! Was II the charman's duty No I. was
nobody business.-And but for the recollection nj
late hour near sunset, when from home, and without
the possibility OF getting the journal, as take {,
copy thereiroms notifications of adjournment were
written and FASTENED to each of the presses in this
CITY, barely IN time tc inscrtion.-Bu the
Jolly oil harping on this subject better shcwn by tie
iact well known TO most of the members present ut
the time OF adjournment that if every member and
all the property insured in the city Of Richmond, and
WITHIN twenty miles thereof, could have been brought
10 INC meeting on the next day, there would still
anN
worth oil property 10 constitute one.-Ihis fact was
announced by me the th of June, the force
o. the meeting had been ascertaned, and mo doubt
was caught up by Alexander McRae tu swell Tho
meme oil his song of . dampers and " suppression
rom the pcrtinacty with which . .9Lrd,des. NJ
nae auheres TO this, IN my view, light matter, he
surely must have attributed To the urgent request in
tended tn have been made in the morning paner,
virtues, and effects far surprising the most famed
quack medicine, for il rouse all the members
within 20 mics OF Richmond, and bring them to the
necuhS III person or by proxy, IN the short space of
or hours--lh The information was To 90 out, and the
members were TO come in, within that time 1T WAS
10 do 1--we times as much in half day, onr or i've
weeks advertising IN ten newspapers printed all over
the state had done.
Lei me ask you, rather let me tell YOU, that the
meeting which stood adjourned TO the 2d Monday in
June, was droCediy ordered for the purpose of ttLng
mo consideration the slate and condition oftc conat1
Dfh'ch oil me S0ctty-A committee had been appoint
cd To examine into the state and condition of Gle
country branch Of tie SOciefy and that il never entered
INTO the views oil the meeting which created that com
mltce, tlat any thing except the business of the
country branch was To be transactcd-What other liz
terence can you make from this order, " Resolved
that Alexander AlcRae, Branch CRcaiham. Bcnia-
min Sheppard, James Clarke and Peter j. Che.
vallic, or any three oftcm be appointed commit
tee, with iuil power to eXamnc into the state and
condition OF the funds belonging To the co,u,iry
branch 81 HiS Society," that they have power to ex-
anime inio the existing laws far AZ ii. .,owntra
" branch Of Hte Society i concerned &c With the
r-sifr
power, shortol travelling about and SOLICITING
was resorted 10 by me, TO procure full mrefiug vi
me members OF tine country branch III he So. cfu
complete lists of the members. and forms Of Dro> los
annexed accompanied by the notification of h,, m Get
ins and the order appointing the committee who
were 70 report were IN addition TO advertising in ten
newspapers, sent, postage pad, the clerk Of each
county ~DeTcin there were insured membcrs--ff the
members OF the country branch, after all dis did no,
iee sufficient interest in their affairs, TO induce then,
10 come III person, or TO dcputZe person to at
tend Tor them, surely no one bat" Alexander NcRre
Will Tor moment accuse me of having done aug In
TO throw damper on the meeting.
must repeat that as the meeting was not called &c
take INTO view the affairs ol the tonas but was by the
very order creating H. confined wholly To the affairs
OF the c0Gtly branch of Tie Socirty, | did not exc,
make NJ complete statement OF the affairs OF tho
towns Tor the meeting believing and taking it TO
granted, from former practice, that the country mem
GERS, majority thereof being present in person or b
proxy, are fully competent act upon all or any bu
sness relating TO their branch OF the society," Hence
DID say on the day ct the meeting that il was TN
dersood TO be particularly for The co,u,tyu branch
NE Society, and this has also been probably taken b
1terander .hchae evidence ;lIai wish TO avoid
meeting.
Let these weighIy matters have their due influence
nut pray You give them no more weigh ticn, dis
passionately and they will kick the beam against
leather, .HtTd''dey .ncRde's mighty importance, al
tached 10 them, 70 the contrary, noiw ithsiandinc
otapdng on the rock of conscious integrity, | bid
nay, boldly bid defiance 10 an investigation tho
rough and perfect investigation OF my whole oiicia
conduct. On the subject of my official bond ! vii
only refer you to the 18th section of the LIST article
yonr constitution, which provides that Your f. Agen
SalL TeH9tR an office till election ,, ke ul7ce
which election may be made on the I'd MonIny il
November annually, if the Society sec cause 70 G.
INTO an election and to the I'd section Of the ID ar
tc!c, which gives TO the standing committee th
power TO fill up the vacancy in the Office of T. Agen
completely and to all intents and purposes Til,
bond now IN question is conditioned for the dschalq,
Of duties as tong as may remain IL office.
II there was, as Alexander McRae would insiuu
aic, any cause rendering recurrence to the bone
necessary, but which II Is reiterated there Is mt
would not sleep before my securities were made cnsy
scme OF them are my best friends, and would pr
with the last SHIRT from ms blcl, before thev shout,
suler one cent Tor the extension o thcr kind Offices
must conclude, by assuring YOU, and the public
atiarset that II was with great reluctance that in
uudcd for one moment ON your notice That Il wa
win mingled feelings OF sorrow at n domestic Attic
ton, in conflict ish the strong excitement arising i
my breast from TseiriHg ct He ene instant the scan
daous lnsnuItions contained in the in1ammaforv
address of Hicrnlder &c Rae, and the news of III
death Of my mother, who departed this life a fey
day previously just in time to be saved the agony o
hearing even hint of candal leyollcd nj enc Of hc
children. Imagine To yourselves the conflicting emo
TONS which would arise ia your own breasts ON such
concurrence of events, and need no; describe mine
The iusinuaiions3 however, were of that characte
which seemed 20 forbid silence under any circ,,m
stances, and without advice, determined To- oxnns
that man to Jo;ir view, who had assumed the name o
" alriegd." have done IL, and have brought hin
Out III hIs own name rs long a. he adhcrcs to IT, IN
may Dark ana shul, and sri forth his euyenomcd de
amauon as much i's lie ples without the fear o
being noticed by me, thro his channel A con
trovcrsy with g pefsor t.N 10 DEGRADED and wild
all so backyard and ecrri3gs lam NOW, ccnvinrcg