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


The House IF Representatives,.
ON THE MEMORIAL or NIHiAS EDWARDS.
:, tCon,nuedI
Non. .Ntnian Edtcards, Si0orr, ut The request {
The Conmtffee.-C Continued.
z. Did Yum hat draft alier W WIS copied nv III
hrcener snd examined. and previously TO its beiu
taken from 'ie files 10y MIR. Lippincott!
A. Not that recoect.
q Was a l.'ter-hook kept in the Office Of the Re
ceivsr al Edwar isv,iIc
A. behe,s there is
Is this letter iom the Receiver copied in thu
book!
A. think that, in the letter hook saw, rha, let
Ter does not appear. There are, aiso, other letters
and one or more hiuk from Mr.. Crawford, whic
are On the flies in the ofice, which not recorde
N The book examined, or If they Were, l did nc
see them.
O. Are there any Of The letters from the Receive
to The Dspa' enen, OF the Treasury, Of the same yea
with The alleged letter, which mot recorded il
that buuk. l include Mis-. Slephenson's letter il
A. My examination nf,he fei,er-boo was SO Sigh,
that cannot pretend TO say whether IL WAS so oI
moi. do not recollect whether Mrs. S;rphe nsos ;,
letter appears upon the leter-hook or no, IL 10 ny
Impression that Mr.. CrawforJs letter, of the LIST o
November, 1919, is not recorded in tho book that
saw though cannot speak with certainty about q.
=. Were you not engaged, prior TO your journey 10
Edw"rdsviiie, IN preparing qualifications with respect
TO these documents against Mr.. Crawford
A. To thar question positively object. My con-
mnnicaion to the House 10 here ii speaks for it.
self il cannot be material when, or where, il vas
written.
[rhc Committee decided he WIS no, bound to IN.
Q. You have stated, in your communication 10 the
House Of Representatives that you the authot Of
tue A. 3. publications which accompanied your ad-
dress are you not also the author Of the Other 4 B
publications. which appeared either before sne in
the Washington Republican, against the Secreiay Of
the Treasury?
A. To that question I object TO answer. an an
q NIL tpr r mil, ticats hSh
have acknowledged
The committee decided tina, he was not bo,ad 10
an-wer
@. Have you not, at another time, denied yov be-
ing the author OF The SAID A. B. publications, Which
yon nov avow?
4. To this question also object to answer:
The committee decided that he was not bond 10
q ThepackerI now present 10 you contain the
original address presented by you 10 the Howe Of
Repre- seniutives Will you please to separate those
paris OF that address which this oiy by
mail, from those paris which were supplIeds after
its arrival here
A. Tie commune alton is before The House as a
whole, and whole referred TO this commit
tee. do not feel myself under any Obligation to
slate how us several paris go here.
The comui,Ilee dec ided that he not bound to
answer.J
G. 1 wish to know whether you are NOT the nihor
OF the printed letter now shown 10 you, and witch IL
contained in the Washington Gazeile of IN, 24,h
December, 1921 anu dated the IL ID Of that M, nj ,
sud puIporung 10 be written by gentleu,n in
OHIO
4. I do not consider myself hound 10 answe. the
question, unless the committee shall so dIrecr ne
1.-The committee decided that be was not hound TO
answer.
@. Are you The author of all those A. B. pulIica-
mons winch accompany your memorial 10 Cong ess ?
A.. Ain.
@. Were mt the materials Of your memorial 10
Congress collected aud prepared by you befor. You
had seen thar letter Of Mr.. Crawford 10 Congress-
which q he he .,f
rial /! 81
A. had no intention last session of at,ack;p, MIR.
Crawior unless It should he necessary TO my own
defence, or unless myself had been atIacke,lI had
no knowledge Of Mr.. Crawfo,d's tepo,t un,t the
morning after il was made. copy of il was uhen
brought TO my room by Mr.. Cook IN conxeuueice of
which changed my Determination 10 have Jeff her,
on that day, and endeavored then collect sub do
currents as iihougbi might be useful to me in sase
should reply 10 il. Not one word of NV address 70
Tho House was written in the City of Washington,
nor have any ,ecoIiec''on Of having conversei OIL
the sutjeci Of MIR. Crawfords report but mirh bref
members Of The House OF RepTese natives, viz .ni,
Cook, Col. Moore, and Mr.. Campbell, OF Ohi
LETT the ciiy the next Gay, The 24h without
teo plan answering u, and with the aid OF nooti-
er materials than those collected here IN the CIV
and my own memory. In making the refere,ces
which are contained in my address 10 the Hous, OF
Representatives., had recourse, in general, 10 the
a; b. pub'icai'ons which had collected here, and
which contained a reference to those documents
occasionally made some notes on my iournet 10
wheeling, where my address was written, and FINN
which place II was sent 10 this ciy--and expecthe
docnm referred TO by Mr.. Forsyth, as HAVING
been furnished here, were obtained by Mr.. Cook 10
whom ] wioie Tor that purpose. | regretted the ,p-
cess,,y that fell myself under 10 write al sIl. aid
would moi have done so, il ! could have hoped, ~
any more ptcIhc means, that would not have hem
degrading, TO have Obtained withdrawal OF an !,
situation which concei5ed was calculated TO iniur
me. Every single thing used IN nv address, 10 ,r
House was collected from Mass Of my own privae
nnIh NJ fun r.
them elsewhere, after The report of Mr. CrawloIl
was presented. These things, thus collected, win
The aid OF my own memory, constituted the maj 4.
rails from which my Address to The House was wri-
ten.
Q Did you not, Immediately after Mr.. CravforJi
report was made 10 Congress, and before YOU let
this city, state 90 Mr. Campbell, Of Ohio, thai yo
me-, , hsu ,wen, or .h,I,y pages prepared agains
place between you and MIR. Campbell, ON that suit
jeef.
A. think it was on the morning 7 Icft this civ
that met with Mr.. Campbell, who introduced
conversation concerning this report Of Mr.. Craw
ford's Ivy asking me whether had seen the ,enor,
and Appeared, from the remarks which he made .
consider that report as containing attack UPON me
lie spoke Of its being presented Al so late perio
I Of the session. In the course Of The conversation
mentioned tn bm, that considered IT,, on this Ia.
account, as being very uDgenerous, or words TO ts
effect. l stated TO him that ! bad, during the ia,
summer, received information that was q, he a,
lacked AZ the then ensuing session Of Congress an
think il is probable stated 10 him the nart,c.Ia,
Of that information. Thinking IL so prob.ble ths,
may base stated IL, will repeat VIVA, the info,
NATION was. IN travelling through Kenlucky 4.
summer, in Russelville, | received u conGden,,,
communication from ymgnis, stating that vas
be attacked, as is before alledged HAT Gov. Cole
of Illinois, expected to Cooperate in the a,,.cI
aud advising o,e 10 come on week or Two befor
the meeting OF Consress, to be prepared for IT, I
| consequence OF this information, and nor exnec,;u
10 return home for some considerable time. 4 w,o
| 10 Mr.. Cook TO call upon Gov. Coles upoo IN. s.l
jet. And have since seen correspondence D.,
tween Mr.. Cook and Mr.. Coles on The snL;.c
| which mention, because IL affords TO ANY uI
may I've inclined 10 make furtbef ;oou;,v H. -,