The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-04-18

visa hna iohofaiic aegaiffaare aefcre rs
conscience and eoun,is but - he haih boin
POW CT and dnpasitf0n f. ID nj iatsise aha
further itfT, ;..tsi ss.ss Li= lssts. y feiAtins
things ~ they hapraned.
fhNay 1870. 1 was informed hs seserd gen
4 neirin hi place, Vi be were dealers IN fai,ae'
co titai The ilfshonsss practice Il netting, aierm
TOO familiar to rognire explanation, had be-
come more conu.o than Formerly aud my As
distance, as IN. conductor OF the only new
napcr In Lvnchhnre. va. solicited in putting II
down. A slstemen, Of facts, furnished by
those gentlemen, was srcodingly Published,
accompanied hy some commentaries OF my
own This ssteme'it asserted that the rrhr'
| tee of nesting vas become 50 common, thm
there was strong gf,'i4d To- suspect .hnt some
nfthe in recfors eonniyed al It'll reprehended
the practice q, q fraud on the purchaser, sio'
latinn Of the law and IL honesty land rs neees-
sarily ieuding by destroying tie eredi, Of the
Lyuehbnrs inspection, 10 check thr prosfen'
s 9th, place, mud materially to affect the in
forests of The whole bode of planters who re-
soried 10 II for n mnrkr,--induced by these
considerations aud by these only, for vas
personally no Vic Interested, readily gave
pnIlirhy 10 :" hi il wa. hoped would art o,
an ndmonilion 10 the carelcssness of the in.
sperfor, or a. an slnrm TO his dishone sfv-i
did not undertake 10 stntc the existence of The
grievance upon my own knowledge, but upon
the representations of gentlemen, some of
whom heli,ye had suffered by II. and all vi
whom had Witnessed hs detection These gen.
icmen nfe here still and IL their evidence
should be insufficient Ia prove that II did ex-
lat, and exist extensively, some at the inspec.
tors themselves, men who ARE known 20 nll
this part Of Virginia, will supply the deficiency.
Inegcr meant 10 charge Mr. Wade, or any
other Inspector, with eonnIsing nj this prac.
tcc The warehouses AID the inspectors were
alike unknown ia me. never heard IT such
person as Zackheld Wade, IN the hsst of my
recollection, until was cautioned by a friend
20 he prepared Tor personal attack, which he
threatened II will hr naturally eHgnirrd why
Mr. Wade evincrh such extreme feasibility on
the oocusion' and why, as the charge was
coucheh in generlties, aud might hive been
shared hv So many. he should have been At so
much nsins 20 locate the whole OF IL on him
self know NJ least one Inspector, who oh.
served NJ the time that ihc only fault he found
with the publication was, that II did moi Sc.
.erely enough censure The practice, and who
was 50 well persuaded II lis truth that he re
iected uvertures ihnt wire nude lam 10 unite
IN certain arrangements 10 destroy he circu.
lall'h w lut paper INN nlhb' w. ~ 10 phTu-
enlafly unfortunate for Mir Wade that, in his
zeal Tor his fraternity, he has adopted the very
course most likely TO attach suspicion TO him.
self
These remarks are especially intended for
the planters. and 10 oounternrt Mr. Wade 8
nssrrlion ut The election that ] had clarpcd
them with nesting their i,baeco, aud tlrat HAT
was the reason their crops sold so low-No
honest planter cnn take the publication refer
red 10. to himseli--ihc dishonest one is wei
come tn do So n, for him, aud the inspe tor
who assisted him IN executing the ( aud, il
wns iulcnded---Mr Wade may hank his own
otfcionsncss for having thi. muttes revived
II he court, investigation imagine there will
&c no difficulty in obtaining il J. LIP.