Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-05-08
PIlILO DEMOS.
FREDERICKSBURG. April so. ,sa,


FREDERICKSBURG, April So 1874
TO tbe Editors Of the Enquirer.
Gentlemen We shall make apology again address
ing you reply to Locker no
Eenppears in your paper OF the ssd.
lie affects 10 he mortified being Dragged into this
controversy" lie fears tue prope,y OF filling the resnec
'aOie columns of tue Enquirer, with little
regarded by its Editors readers"
Had feelings of Propriety Influenced him when penunr
his dtst communication this controversy would no,
aLen place. and lie would Gave spared all the not
n, atoms that may arise out al it.
lie attempts to excite the sympathy Of your readers by
p'eading seLdJsncs' This is an old hac Jed
wee, aud viii No more avail linn than cry Of Stap
sAJ avail the felon who i caught the Of running
away With stolen goods. We did attack the LOCKER
"nit was he that attacked the Adams Meetings aud ~.
rs members Of those meetings, repealed his by derry
my his statements lie hope, that by eort lie
has cleared himself of the foul eharst" which we had
made against his first Has hc Let u. Dried, eI
anime the process by which lie arrives at this cun tai.
conc!usisu.
lie asserts that his Of numbers prcsen, at
tie meetings in favor OF Mr.. Adams" correct; and he
you To" vercatiun of theAsserOn Col Clarke
Mjor CrutchGeld Richard Johnston C. L. Stevenson and
" ~ Gordon Esqrs"-We disposed question The
Fe'aely o' tbose gentlemen They doubt in
correctness oil whatever they authorized thea Looker-o"
l" assert In their That the statement OF the num-
Orrs IS erroneous, could if necessary he easily established
"y the o"hs of the persons were anponted Inv The
"an 10 count The votesi and there many persons
present. N favor of Mr. Adams" who did NOT cIoosa IN,
'-P"r''cu'ary ON the resolution respecting the Vice
H'esidei aud that the niy question on which; c,,,
was 'e at The second meeting. Thus will readily be
perceived how dnteested bystan ders may have been
mistaken.
h" do those gentlemen really support allegations Of
TIE Lo'keron"f Mr. Stevenson saws he did u,t au6or
s name to heuSet except far as lie was himself con-
@cIHed, va. the fact of hi, having Leen ,ey.,
RON p'"reedng in his address meeting MriIior
nor ""f"oF''e his name 60 lie referred except as TO his
~ o. Tue numbers of the meetings.. Clarke and Mr.
'On''Uh were nsi at s second meeting NOR were tey in
"r near Tie NOISE although the LOCKER o saw
'hey "e'" IN The ROOM Tie reader will Judge how far
ht As supported 10y reference 70 thsm
az 40 'he Irohd assertion that - large majority the
meetings were dsTt' and the uritesaI YunEee nation,
we" he Looheron" has not the hariihuod rEainaiu il
In the face of our denial Bur SAYS il nnr be nG,,r,
FFum wLai may il he inerredi Why--" The gentleman
""o VAS hrs chosen chairman Inol the presidcd
y an escorted 'edural" majority of
nmiiiee are considered federais,s" In the address
'' '"nhtee not weird is said of the rep,bhcen yTisc-
"''s o. Mr. Adams' That Yankees were prc.ent NAV
DC Jtsd nom Use Tact that Oveyyu with them,
aud they generally backward la heIpine their
frrmisn
To tue amiole spirit and nniehies logic Of th. pnrn
graph, every intelligent liberal minded man will lot
iai TO APPLY he proper epihet.
That ajuTi! OF the committee are fed
'ras's is 50 "oto'ir'Iy untrue that in>iuousy en-
"e"' oIing TO make that impression he a,roitly avoids
crert assertion that They They are ghlsr.d
i'oe' als ny whom 50 considrrcdi by the Locker.
on Inc gentlemen Of that committee willing Co
fe judged 10y his standard Of politics. According to MIR.
WeSer's definition, indeed, Ge,Ieralsl is zone who
supports she Federal Constitution hey are al fdrnyts,
O" according 10 the old party Observation-Disclosures
which are only kept Up by politicians OF the o.est
'dera very small number them are or ever were CON
sidered fceraiss by those knew them The ndlres,
OF the committee iSbeiore the world, such rs Il L. must
spenk for itself II Looker-ou has read IT, h. nust
nave seen that the rcpubcahisrI of Adams IS distinctly
md emphanc1liy ursed-1T Ihe Ya,tees" hoye or.,
r"' our iown hey certainly did oteyr,. the Adams
meetings for, at the numerous Of the two ne.tinps
iere were not an four who took INV mar, in
the proceedings And the heart aud are not much
&" be enVed, which thus by vulgar aud iHsidou re-.
marks, attempt to sgm"t1e accident Of
birth class Of citizens whose industrious frugal and or
a'ry habits, command general r"spect-and which the
" LookerOn@ aeht profit 10y Initiating.
The name Of Carter l. Stevenson ESQ is introduced IT,,
the Locker on" with much seeming oxidation In bis
iFs piece he calls this gentleman "apyefssing friend OF
MIR Adams" criic Of which we shall not aueInp, 10
define the meaning or dispute the application. the
manner in which Mr.. is mentioned IL is evil
dcnii toesire of his writer induce belief
he whom had charged with design 10 d,iu,J ae
osfuct the meetings Neither shall this device avail hin,
lie has told that The first meeting citizen asked il
free dtsalsio" was intended" he that Il wa.
nottha tie meeting had called for the purpose nj
considering the eligible mode offornng an eo-a
ticket for Mr. Adams, and the idle purpose Of
cussinE bis merits. Eut te ctrsn persisted r ATTEMPT
ng ~ make himself hsayJ, and ~ forcing discussion
spite Of re- eaifd calls oder from the md iron
other parts &c The hail and in hc face of be notice which
was read 10 him, pnly SHOW ing that he, an enemy
Gir Adams had right interfere the business Of h,
meeting. W. forbear detail al the ndcc orous con,ue
~ i, Individual u was be that d6iJr5 aud attempted
"'bni onh rustr1tc the Gr,t meeting This Is one Of IT,,
circumstances That The Locker on in Ills report has
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