Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-07-15

ges aga,nsi Nj. Cnwford, which you could no, CON
pie,e until you got o Wheeling, for want Of docu
men's sou expected 10 fad there
I, a. 40 moi recolsct that ! made such siatemen
20 Mr.. Campbell but think made some siusio
TO what had wr,stts, Ana stated some things, in PC
neral terms, adnitng my preparation TO meet, AN.
deierminaiiun to repel, attack that had expecc,
would have been made upon me but cannot sun
pose that could have stated hia, any thing Tx,
preparation for the particular case Of Mr. Craw
iords repof, WHICH WAS entirely unexpected To me
Questoni,y Mr. Forsyth. ia one Of the A. Il
publications, Which accompany your mortal To the
ouss OF representatives, you refer to short arci,
calling 'hepublic attention to impressions by the
Secretary d the Treasury, which produced al inv es
ttsai'on in hai House. DO you allude, in this par
Of your to the article which the Goun
d,i,s Of What you call IN your address, the a. b
"a. ThdCommutee decided tina, this question wa.
Qses,ior, by Mr.. Forsyth. Vixen did you reach
wheeling after leaving this city, ON the 24h March
A,swet My impression 10, tina, I arrived there on
the sirsi Sunday in April, winch was the Lib day Of
that mou,
g Whn did you leave Wheeling
a. have no d,s,nc, recollection OF the precise
DAY, but think Il was about the leth OF ArsiI.
" DUG apply to the PfesiJeni Of the Uaited
S,ars or the Secretary OF stale, before you left
sn,n'"s.'n, 'or pe,n''ss'on 10 remin here tor a
the accusation which you understood Mr. Crawford
TO have thought against you
a. do not. have never seen The President
| sinca saw tae report Of Mr.. Crawford TO Con-
@ Was there any thing in your instructions which
fnevepsed you from remaining at Washington which
d.d 10. equally apply to your remaining al Wheeling
n. had no written instructions at that time But
me fIes'dent bad expressed great anxiety that 1
should get Oh AZ soon as possbie--and the arrange
nsent WAS, that should leave this ey 80 as 10
TO my own business, aud he ready {, meet tina
At New Orleans on the first OF June, al (ar,hest,
when was 70 carry me out In conformity 10 which,
left this CITY on the sab went Baltimore to settle
some p!'vne ousnsss, and also, To lay in some
cies, which intended 10 take to Mexico l after.
wards went TO Wheeling, where I also had private
business 70 attend TO, connected with a part Of nv
business in Baltimore
@. You knew, then, that YOU were not expec,ed 10
leave the United States till the LIST June.
a. Inc arrangement was, that should reach n W
Orleans by the Is; OF June at tho farhesl-and this
left me but little me considering the extent Of my
business, TO arrange my private afairs preparatory
10 gong 10 Mexico. Ibid not believe, AT the time
Fnor do ye, beiieve Than the President would have
conserved 10 my staying for the purpose suggested by
@. Was not the vessel in which YOU were to eu,.
Dark, 10 course OF preparation for her voyage,
when you leli this city!
A. II the vessel had arrived here I did pot k,ou.
". L, was expected thar she could reach Nav Or.
leans about the l5n Of May; but there was no GER
ain'y anu, pink, sue had not arrived.
You say, "u was expected" What DO you
mesn by that expression
A. waited upoo the President in consequence Of
wish he mad expressed for my early departure !;
aud, ~ conversation with hun, lie me 10 go
10 the Secretary Of the Navy and ,uouirc about a
vesse' 10 Garry me ou on the m,esion called the
Secretary OF the Navy, who called ~ Cum R.ds ers
To consult Upon the suhjecl-and from ,hen,, ] uu-
derstood that the vessel IN which il was concluded
should go, not arrived, but wis sho ,Iy
expected. CON- Rodgers spoke of some repa,rs
winch would have 10 be made upon tile vessel made
some racnls'Ion as TO the time these repairs and the
Voyage 10 New o'ieans would take, and in this way,
1T was estimated that the vessel could probabi
reach New Orleans by the middle Of May or be-
tween HAT lime aud the ls of June"
u fon stopped AT Wheeling, then, instead Of al
washington, Tor your own personal convenience
-. ieit mere because " necessary 10 TEND
10 NJ, business al Baltimore, and part Of my bus-
ness at wheeling, which in the route 10 my own
home, thai intended TO visit previous my depar-
tuie.
isee, by referring TO your Address, thar, in ad-
oition 10 The numbers of the Washington Republican
there are ten numbered documents, G0m No. to
No 10. Were not all these documents in your pos
SESSION At the time Mr. Crawford's report was u AIDE
10 Congress?
A. They were not had no expectation Of such
ao attack as was contained in MIR. Crswfoid's re-
pof'"nd had preparation anticipation of su CHI
an attack as constitutes the subject Of tina, report IN
rrl ton 10 myself.
@ Which OF these documents were then in your
posse sson
AL had No. eleven {ID-I had also No. IL had
| the paper from which No. IS taken--aIi among my
papers, but not collected for any purpose of attack
l may hive had some OF them 10 the published docu.
mems; h'nk had, at that time, sone OF thss doc
umens III my possession. was preparing TO leave
The city, aud, u had had auy printed ns bat
my own, presume must have returned the II and
my own, had sent TO Mr.. Cook. Nothing was col.
erted Or prepared for the subject OF my memorial,
or 10 be used ioi any such purpose, ull after Mr.
Cook furnished me The copy Of the report.
q Did you send Jour address by mail from Wheel.
mg'
1.-The Committee decided this TO be an impropsr
4I q. Doyou know when tia. Address arrived in
Washington
A. do mot know, but presume IL mus, have arr;v.
ed here the Ia,te part Of the week before IL was
scented 10 Congress. After il written io mari, !,
was detained for some time, with the hope that 1
| should have been sble 10 obtain document y want-
ed from the residence Of the Hon Mr. RuyyIrs
about ten miles from Wheei,ng--fo which sdence
sent twice 10 procure u. IL was KEPT open from nm
paragraph preceding The last page - Of The priv.
Ted address. J had intended TO have pursued til o
subject farther at that time but, from
from the want OF lie document desired. and fvon,
my anxiety 10 he longer detained concluded no,
10 do and referred 10 the A. g. publications IN
consequence thereof. had TO have copy Of II
made, winch would Of itself, have occssioned some
delay, aud this was increased Ivy waiting ior the do.
cuu,ent above alluded TO. sent on The cory Of suci
part as was ready, as believe, the MAI, before tie
Tor gIosI was forwarded. think, enclosed il 10 Nc
lCvOk. When left Wheeug, Gny inien ion WAS, 10
svnI myself OF the earliest opportunity Of making au
sddhicnsI defence aud did no expect 10 he able
% make iu defence uniil could reach Edwards
lille, where hoped find some of The documents
hat could establish the truth OF NY statements. On
nv journey, AT Shawueeowp, IN Illinois, found my
publication OF 1919, announcing MY Intention to re-
ire from the B~nk OF Edwafdssille, from winch
tIace transmitted that publication 20 ibis ciy dnu,
dter ny arrival al EdwardsyIc, wrote "noihei az
dress the House Of Representative, and had OBJ
tiped documents 60 accompany II, when was pre-
ored 10 transmit when the Seigean-a Arms arris-
FL AT my house-intsnding f Congress had adjourn
ei to get the ssme INSCRIBED Ia the NATIONAL inteii-
queer, Il could.