Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-05-06


: marked by certain cI,aracteristicaI traits,
which tend Ia Illustrate the okjects aud design
uf this weH -ttrssd attack upon ur, refer, for
a further explanation or IL, To- my letter 10
Mr.. Cram ford on that stihjrci.ts)
In the latter part Of the wrk prcvions to-
my departure froei ths1ciiy, on calling tr take
my leave uf he President, met with Mr..
Dickins, tn whom, in short conversation
with him, communicated my intention %!
leaving the city on the Sunday ioIluwipg. lone
day before lie date of Mr.. Crawlurd's COM
municaiiun,) and, but for AN accidental engage
m~nt ofthe Secretary Of state, n hich prevent
I'd his signing paprr that il was necessary
ior me To carry to the Treasury Depart ueni,
I'll! after the hours OF business in that Depart
nenf had elapsed, should have departed
from the city before Mr.. Craw ford's commu-
ncation was made; and probably should not
even have heard of il, till after had left the
United States.
But, independent OF what I stated to Mr.
D'ckins, my intended departure was strong
y Indicated by the business was engaged in
transaciing in the public Offices. Ii was gem
crafty known and, If it had not been, il was
very natural To have been expected.
Deprived Of all opportunity Of defence,
victory over me might, indeed, have heen "a
sy but surely, the triumph would have been
most gnoblr.
BY way of awaiting myself nf further charac.
teristlcal trails, beg leave To state, that in
specton Of the public documents is Sufficient
to show that, in repeated instances, aIr Craw-
| lords replies to calls upon him by the House
Tor information. &c. have been So tardy and
protracted. as to prevent the possibility of in
vestigaiIng them during the session in which
the calls We're made; and 10 require great
degree OF chari'y-poSsi5iyh however, not more
| than is Justly due-to resist the belief that he
has been as much disposed TO cvaie, as To invite
a scrutiny into his conduct.
Even the correspondence which acc 5inpan-
led the report IN question:, though required ny
| "A resolution of the 9Th May, 1899, 80 he laid
before the House as early as practicable, after
the commencement of the then next succeed
| ing session, has been delayed TO se late PEE
| ROD OF the present session as la rentier an in
vestigaiion of 1t, b:fore The first .'fsnioy in De
GENDER vert. impossible.
Notwithstanding all these circumstances il
may be that Mr.. Crawford did not intend To
take an undue ad, antage of my absence. He
must well know with what indignan, cnndcn-
! nation such an attempt would be dcnutncrd
| by every magnanim0us aud generous busom
! What surprizes me most il, that inst appre-
houston of So degrading Suspicion had not
indnc.d him have exhibited his insnuaiion
IA htfte sooner, or to have declined il aitoge
Their. But, whatever may have been his in
tentions, could not have bhen more dis4d-
vaniageousy affected by any coairirGnce or
u,
pii.e me oi fair opportunity OF defence.
Scarcely convaiescent from a long indisno-
| sltion, exhausted with The fatigue oftra,ellrg
ana required TO procred on my Journey with
all convenient despatch, mus; leave him nm
| answered. or content myself with snch de-
l"nce As, with all these Disadvantages, u very
short time OF necessary delay on my lourne v
may enable me hastily TO present. IT, what
regard with the most concern il, that writ
ing, as mast do, without ha,in it in my
| power to refer TO, and re-examine certain,
documents, shall not be able to avail myself
OF some important circum stances which they
would establish, and may be brtrayed into
some slight inaccuracies, TO which all men arc.
| haoie VINO have to trust To memory alone. |
| promise, however, To be more accurate than
Mr. Crawford has been, in cases in " hch he
had before him every means of being entir.ly.
! so To be continued
WAsBINGTdN, May 3.--The New York
! Patriot of the Goth ulinio, contained com
nnnication importing that Mr.. Adams had
suggested to AIR. Fuller an arrangement rs iih
Mr.. Clay his friends, in regard To the Vice
Presidency. MIR. Fuller, who is n Rrprrspn
| tative in Congress from the State of Afassn-
chnsrt's, denies fhe charge, by a letter Ia n
gentleman in New York, in the follow ing
| terms
81 do hereby assert, that there is NOT one
| 'y''""ie VI 'FulI w those allr5aiIDuS. MIR.
Adams never uttered "A word tn me uf thc ma
ture there pretesded; nor did ever declare.
or express word that had the remotesi bear
ing that way TO any person whatever"
] This is complete rrfuialipn, certainly, of
the charge, though we ourselves should moi
have considered the offence very heinous that
Ia friend of Mr.. Adams should be dispps, d In
place Mr.. Clay in the Vice Presidency. We
cannot conceive, indeed, that such "a DISPOSE
tion would be offensive 10 the political mora
i MY, or Incompatible with the greatest posi-
BILE preference for The first person for ihe hiyii-
or Office. We look at these imputations of
bargains, &c. to the several candidates for The
Presidency, on arrpu 9sSFp,Fs,vsr satinns oi
their friends, resi or Hetiiiuas, sesa 5ai or
/ Fpprposfd, in general, With utter ncreshililg
/ ffle men who are candidates for the Presi-
dency, however f2a-oslerous the conduct oi
some of their supporters may ne
! above the suspTciUn sf any Thing like corr1pt
intentions; and we verify believe that no one
among them VIII come b. fure the People " ith
purer hands, or less adyenfifuus aid, on this
Occasion, than Mr. Adams IL is not Inne
since an equally ridirg lous attempt was mad,
10 iDpicdte the friends of Mr.. Crawford in
regard to tie selection Of a Vice Prpsident.-
Ihey, ut east, have put the brand Of fnIschood
on the face Of the charge Of underbahd deal
ing, as applied TO them, by The open and man
~ manner IN which, IL the face of The world
they have declared heir preference, for the
second as well as for the lirst Office IN The gov
eminent. N;oI III
LgJdyeHe.-The Paris Ouoiidirnne STATES