The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-07-20

of Quincy, Mass, ON the 4ih.
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From, The Hmthester Republican.
MORE BULLYING.
| 1t will be remembered by our readers
that some time since general Rector. IL
Missouri, surveyor Of land, murdered in
duel Mr.. Joshua Barton, a man of great
worth, and universally believe ed. The cha
racter of Mr.. Rector was thus washed i'm
inaculatGin the blood of ,irtuous and
useful citizen. II seems, however, that he
was rot as pureas he might be, and as he
| supposed he had proved himsc,fby his pis
tpl for II is fixed by demonstration that
many thousand dollars was drawn from the
public treasury Upon false certificates Of
survey, ly this /" honorable" surveyor and
HIS deputy and nepheic, Mr.. Conway, and
that this money was applied 10 the dis
charge Of thri- Joint partnership debts
This Information Mas given aud the facts
pro.rn by the honorable David Barton,
senator of the United States, from the state
Of Missouri. 1iie attorney general made
an able report az inst general Rector aud
his deputy and nephew Mr.. Conway upon
which ttry were discharged by the plesi
dent from otlire.
Gen. Rector having already established
has character N the aiiair with MIR. Joshua
| Barton, Mr.. Conway of course must eStdb
i'sh his and accordingly transmits "a
challenge 10 the honorable David Barton,
which Mr.. Barton treated as il deserves /,
as VIII be seen by copy oil the correspon
| dence below.
When such wretches attempt to bring
virtuous men down To their level, society
shonld ffuwn. This bullying, clustering
e. III ~, e..
time but, in the eyes of the discerning, IL.
soon finds It's .rrrl, and sinks TO its proper
insign,tcance The days in which murder,
however horurahi., could be borne With,
are past. TIE laws of God, the laws of
| man, and The sentiment of society, are now
united an this subject. Too many orphans
and widows have been made--too many
fathers and mothers have ,aok under PIE
turcsorrow-ando our country have heen
strip, of TOO many of its brightest orna
ments--to enable the bully and the du,li
longer 10 hold up their heads in society.--
Mr.. Barton hes been lisefuirrprt sentative
hut the most prascw worthy act of his life
is the immediate publication Of this CORES
Pondenr", and exposing the savage in his
proper rolurs
70 The Editors Of The Washington Repubr
iicGn.
= Washington, June 26, 1921
EenHemen-At about half past o'elociS
This evening, after having taken passage in
| the morning stage, received from Henry
W. Conway, at present delegate from Ar
! tansas, and nephew and late deputy of the
late Surveyor of Illinois, Missouri and AR
kansas, the following paper, No. Q, lin pur
snance ut the motto" contained in No. ~
To witch returned the answer No. 8.
As snail leave the city ut g. o'clock in
ne morning, present you this correspott
dence, including the letter of Nay 5, refer
red To, TOR the double purposeof preventing
misrepresentation, and contributing my
nhte towards putting down and bringing
into menfrd contempt thr system Of bully
| ing and pia"leering, which is too rapidly
becoming the Substitute for ylrtuts taknts
and truth. Respectfully,
DAVID BARTON.
Washington, aiay s, 1924.
Sis Ia yo.r s,lfrxcusing statement of
the 9olh uIt now before the committee on
pubic lands of the senate, i'm which you
hooor me with IA Passilg notice, and which
did not see until testsrday,l yoaaEect to-
misunderstood my object in presenting ~
Straets OF judgements against yourself and
your uncle and Late partner in trade 1t
was uo Fart Of my object to % resort to IA
mode of warfare SD humble as that ofex
posing your pecuniary embsirassments y
but IT was and Is my object 10 prove the
material fact, that the many thousands Of
dollars drawn by you from the public trra
snry upon false certificates" of survey,
were applied, in whole or in part, in the
discharge of Joint partnt rship debts Of
Yourself and your uncle and Late partner.---
This explanation of my object am about
to lay before the proper department, where
your statement has gone; and my only
object in giving this notice is to prevent
Misrepresentation. Yours, SJc
DAVID BARTON,
Ii. w. Conway,
Mol.
Washington, June 81. 1924.
SiR-lour note of The 5th Ma, last WAS
/ received. believe, on the day of its date.
and yon should have heard from me- on the
subject before this time, had it not been
that my Official duties and other conside
ratlons required me TO suspend all personal
difficulties until circumstances " ould Justify
me IN giving that sort of attention TO lhcm
which matters Of that nature require.
am now at liberty to do so, and yon
may prepare Yourself to receive from me-
IN the course Of to-day, q DEMAND for Sails