Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-07-17
TESTIMONY AND DOCUMENTS

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TESTIMONY AND DOCUMENTS :.
accompanying ne Report q the Special Committss Of
| me House Of Representatives.
ON THE MEMORIAL or KiSfAN EDWARDS.
| IContinued.I
Daniel p Cook, ofMe House of Representa-
Gpes, s,oorn on he part Of .nr, Crusctord.
Z. Did you receive the address Of Mr..
Edwards To Congress by mails and if so, at
what tim.
| A. received il on the Saturday next previ-
Gus to the Monday on which it was presented
to the House, accompanied by letter through
the mail, requesting To place il in the hands
OF the Speaker, after supplying some docu-
nents which were referred To- In the memorial,
| but were not forwarded with il. These docu-
mentsl supplied, and, on the next day, did
place it in the hands Of the Speaker.
q. Was the address itself communicated by
mail |?
A. Yes.
@. Did the address come through ma il adj
dressed to you?
a. No.
@. TO whom did it come addressed
A. ! submit to the committee whether this
is a proper question:.
The committee decided that the question
should not he put to the witness.
Y. State what reason You have for knowing
that it came by mail at al.
A. BY the mail proceeding that which /
believe brought it on, l RECESSED copy of a
part Of the same memorial, with letter from
aJr. Edwards stating that he expected by the
next mail TO forward it complete /; and by tho
next mail received second letter from him
stating that he had by that unaii forwarded the
memorial, as suggested in his former letter !;
and the person To whom il was sent did early
| on that day place the memorial in my hands,
which was IN tho original blank envelope, hay-
ing the post mark of Wheeling upon il, and
din ecttd toy Governor Edwards, whose hand
writing know and therefore l believe that
it came by mail.
4. Was ii opened?
A. The seal Of the envelope had been bro
ken.
@. think twas early in the day that you
| received both your own letter and this en-
veiope?
A. think It was not later than ten o'clock,
Q. Do You not know that Mr. Edwards is
not the author of those A. B. publications,
printed in the Washington Republican, which
he has avoWed in his memorial?
A. Since understood his was the author
of any of them, have understood from him
| that he was the author Of all of those which
relate to the subject Of this investigation. /
did understand that The fret number of those
publications. was communicated to that paper
by a different person, but have since learned
from Mr.. Edwards that he wrote all of those
| which refer to the subject Of this Investigation,
| and know oothiug To the contrary.
z. Did you, in supplying documents for that
memorial, furnish any but printed ones?
A. [ furnished nooe Others. The rest came
in the packet.
@. Was postage charged on The packet you
received.
A. If there we're, I have no recollection of
it. am sure paid no postage.
DIP. COOK.
Mr.. Cook called again.
q. by Mr.. Forsyth. Please to separate
those papers which you furnished for the me-
| morint of Mr.. Edwards, from those which
caa(f enclosed 10 you.
~ | furnished one, and, am not certain. but
| two, Of the A. b. publications and furnish
| ed Nos. AID 2 Of the documents annexed te
the memorial. My impression is that these
| are all which furnished.
@. You state that the seal Of the envelopes
which was tCDded TO you had been broken.
Were ths papers within j, sealed up and d.
rected to you?
| A. They.were NOT. Ireceived six or seven
newspapers,snd documents directed immedi-
ately to mysf9, but the memorial was not.
q. Whs2 otiye did Mr.. Edwards state to
iy?
A. lie expressed none. The memorial and
the letter to the Speaker of the House came
| in the same envelope. DIP COOK.
jeremiah Elkins sioorn, on The mart of Mr.
Crawford.
| Q. Had you conversation with Mr.. Edwads
about the A. d. publications?
| A. have heard him aIlude 10 those publ;
cations, and mention bis being charged with
the authorship Of them.
! @. State what took place.
A. think il was an article in the Richmond
| ENQUIRER, wi ch led 10 The remark heard him
| make in which article il was stated that" Mr..
Edwards. of A p plot memory" or words to
that effect, had been nominated by the Presi-
dent as Minister TO Mexico. Mr.. Edwards
observed that he was not thi. author 1T those
publications Or, rs think the expression was
that he was no more the author thin the edi-
tor 0f the Enquirer himself
@ by Mr.. Cook. Where and when did
this conversation take place
| A. II was at Mrs. Queen's boarding house.
and during the prndrucy ri Mr.. Edwards
nomination before the Senate. cannot fecot-
lect the particular day.
Q. Was ony other person present at this
conversation
A. Probably there were others present. ]