The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-08-09

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h4a pes .,,,.;s a,,,;ssien was doubtless, ere
slllsl. .,,rr,ftinns. sehiek appeared 10 h'm
:. ,aey 10 erhikii his case mos. oaee,',eo',s.
|, f,fse The aibasai 81 ffe Pasi'e. us
.s1sJcney certainly vas t. eXeif I" sasps,
-, IN The public mind, that the "fisaaa'
si ~. US az had been upon the ilifs ol the
,.,',,ar.,neat, and that IA the answer 10 ihe
= .ar cpll Of the House vi l7th Jaiiaary'
Mad beea suppresss.sa. e,.,,.a,..,
E" A. gussell's delivery Of has dnfhcGfs y
n.,,..~.,,ent of State WAS entirely spon-
,o,,s Il had not even ben askef q!
-, i, ur. Brrnt and the enquiry Ehifh
- - pseot had made of him, whether te
-. furnish duplicate 81 the letter { ,iied
~, AZ resolntia.I oi the House, Il all-
.f.a;;an should be made to hin for i, had
yi,ho,f nav knowledge and Dir.
Rent had told him So. Us. itasse!i 'l-.i-
rel his dup,ieaie al the Department ita
a.nje litter, and as il the original itseii ilaa
hen also puhiie. What thcn co.'s az
n,ssell mean, when he says, titgi he 81 II
IT, M examination 2. What does hc mean,
-. ss.,ne that ! lad tie sole power TO pub
~ \ or net. as might judge proper, aai
..,...i,lt nv oYn feelings apd interests,
:: = f,rp,iar nv dccisi0ng There was a
.,,alnt;au of the House of Representatives,
sal;p, mon tie President to cause To he
ea,,l,,Itnic ated 10 them letter speeiaealiy
Jesisnated. Th writer q that letter al
,er T,peateA Expressions more than Two
,,,,,ths before 10 n.e ami 10 hf. Btl,ey,
,,,t he teished that !etter might be CON-
,,nn;catpl to the House, nov brought To
The Department duplicate Of II, AMI says
was At bertg to publish 1t o. not, as II
mirntsut my feelings aud Interests. hr
Russell is not 50 ignorant OF the duties 81
Secretary Of State as not TO know, that, IN
,be usual course OF business, the resolution
NJ the nouse was referred by the Presi-
deoi 10 the Department OF State for Il re-
mort, and that when once his letter hat
bpen delivered by himself at the Depart
ment, il was my Indispensable duty 10 re-
pot copy OF it 10 the President Tor com
mucst,on 10 the Ho,lse. Had IL Direct,
charged me with trpabon TO nay country
AS i, indirectly did dttie less, my only and
inBexile duty as Secretary oi state was,
To rrnort it 10 the President for eommuni-
cation 10 the House. BY the terms OF the
resolution of the House, The president M
deed might have withheld II from the
House, if in his Judgment the communlca-
lion would be Injurious 10 The Pltbitc inter
Sst. hut of that the President, and not L,
was the Judge. Suppose even that the
President. in forming his Judgment, had
shuusl. pr, per TO consult nly opinion ai1on
il. win what face could ! advise thai u
should be withheld : If the letter was not
q tissue of INTERPRETATIONS The Secfetl-
~ of State, and the Minister of tAe United
States in France, were men unit to io!d
any station whatever in the service VI ttleir
calEttr5k and that was the impression cyl
IDENTITY intended to be produced y the let
ter al least throughout tie largest and
most growing section Of the unioa. Upon
what prctenes co,ill / ha9e advised the
President 10 withl1i1 the communication
az Injurious 10 tBe public interestS itthere
was trplh in the letter, its contents could
not be too soon known to Congress aud
t. he nation. II was fitting that the CON
spiiatprs against the peaceful and un0li"n-
eng inhabitants Of the western country,
should be unmasksd before the public, ard
that the world u the west should b. sppri-
zed OF the whole extent oi til,ii obi ,stiions
10 the great cDnfder in theis s,;9or and u
GQd.
Cnreceiying tie paper, therefore, my on
~ dnty vas 70 report Amy oiit to The
IrtsiIeit, li,r cnlaiEun.cat.ani 10 The House,
in ans;zerto tI.eir call. On pertsal Vi Il,
Hound that Ii vas marked duplicate, but
not piioafe, and that ii bore date Paris,
Iiih i'ehmary. 1&-2,p
Aiy ifst impression certainly Vas, that
1he error Of Tins date .a3 in the dme, and
MT in the ph.ce, i-appo5ed il M hi:d,sr-
tency, such as mel u.5iiA4ueltly nappcaa IN
copying l0pers tao other thaa tn eur
rent year, v hich b ne hurry Of writing Is
substituted uneonscinusly for the date o:
tn original. neutrality-suspicious. lie
word tqpg had been wri,enolosc al The side
Of the word dapiica'e, and scrapel out
The trasugoha heenma,t Hiti acadions
and delicate hand its attfana',ea of thu
feyla"e Of tha pap ,,rasAotPcr,s ptihle 10
al disappearing eye and III the freshness
Of The i;k Nyhe, performed, musl have APP
pared to be complete, l. the progress ot
tlackeiif K, Incidental to ink after il has
bon some days written upon paper, the
taees Of tn word soon BECAME perceptblr,
and are now apparentu pon its face. Both
tnwords the date and Ire whole letter,
re In the hand writing Of Mr.. Russell.
On reading the letter through. found j
had been composed with a view 10 be nc-
er'ed and understood as if ali written at
faris IN February, 1913, Yet was colt.
Rdepi had rot al baen 50 written ] WAS
particularly grNa with the foiieAi,.s i,as-
sages Il will frankly aYow, however,
mat my Impressions we're, md still ar.
bai Great Britain, calculating on lhe sue
cess ofthe powerful expedition which she
HAS SENT against Orleans, coaj
oen'ly expected that she would haze be-
come the mistress Of Louisiana, and ali
us waters aud that she did not, ~ this
went, intend TO abandon her conquest IN