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

To he reprrhS.si,i..
But nerd no such apology. Except their
mlldnrss, there 10 nothing in The terms uf my
publication regret, az would modify. Add
am ready I" mret III. consequences.
In this qualifications, am charged with hav-
Ing USED towards Captain Porter, ga tern,
seldom applied I" Others than pirkpnckets,
negroes aud gamblcrs." As this specification
does not cundescend 10 designate this nprro-
brious term. arr M. strictly bound to nntcr
it. But Captain Porter in his evidence refer
red toit. Il is the word "no,rd" This word
means "emiueni,'" disiingnishs.l.n Itsume-
tunes means {. notorious" which conveys the
idea of dIsrepu,able disiinciian. certainly
did not use il in tins latter sense. lfCaptairl
Porter has chosen TO understand, in its worst
sense, term which h- might have better APP
Piled IN one complimentary, il is only Of II
piece with the greater indiscretions he has
in appropriating to himself terms
applied ny me only a. my Anonymous assailani
in the Georgian; and which, by strange ia
tuity, he insists On arpropriating 10 himself,
though he will not directly avow himself the
author.
But [ have outraged him, il seems, in ano-
Their passage, in which latter refusing TO con-
slider r. Wilson as either champion or media
tor, between me and my assailant,) declared
my determination " to hpld 90 upon my real
enemy" The cumnod himsslf ought not
TO be offended, thai. "a lshiak r. Wilson,
tcaptsIa's clerk ipl ss6s substitute
(" foe tile Commssad lg Dlh6Q nfssthe naval
forces in the West iodies - il hesbe really the
author of the anonymous libel, which / at
iIibuted to my enemy. II that author be not
my enemy. anaxHis loss to understand
What snmjt1sis. hope TO be protected from
n sf hoo - a
on me. arc offerings of his a,nity.
Capt Porter has intiuated that the matters
OF this publication contributed 10 my arrest
He iscertainIy mistaken for, in his cross
t Ssi 1I'natioD, he admits thai he had never
seen or heard Of il, when my arrest was de-
manded. The fact is, that his application To
Capt. Hull for my arrest, was made on Saiur-
day, the 9th day OF December, and tins pub
LEGATION issued from the press on Monday,
29th December. 1t had bean placed in the
printers hands before my arrest was asked
for and issued before il was served. Motives
for this prosecution can, therefore, derive M
extenuatiOn from the offence Of this publica-
ton, il offences could be found in it.
have intimated my intention 10 ask of the
Court the poor and inadequate ationement,
which censure on my prosecutor would af-
ford me. For that end it beh0,es me to bring
more distinctly under your notice, some other
which tend 10 illustrate the
spirit Of oppression with which l was pursued.
until Capt. Porter perceived that his own con-
'en'rnce was endangered by the prosecution,
TO exhibit this altered tone, which then led
him to attempt TO triumph, by negotiation,
over my fears, my hopes, or my inexperience !:
and finally, to deyelope the latent causes which
converted his contumely into affected ndif-
ference.
have before stated, that nv arrest was
demanded at the moment Of nv expected
departure for the Pacific. / know, sirs, that
II has been given out, that il was NOT then
believed that Capt. Hull would not depart 50
speedily and that my triGs might be teI,nina-
ted IN time TO allow me to resume my situation
on board his ship. Bui Capt. Porter's letters
To me expressly contradict this. They shew
that when was arrested, he believed me on
the eve Of departure J" and that, when ap-
piled for my charges, he did not contemplate a
speedy trial.
Attic time ofmy arrest, he, also, was on the
point of departure for the West Indies aud
without HIM, my trial could not 60 ON, for lac
has been the principal illness to support the
charges. Remember, too, that all the mat
ter now charged on me, (save the publication
ofihe -" which came out after my arrest, J
had occurred, and were known to Captain
Porter, some time before my arrest aud
enabled him to adopt that measure sooner.
Connect these facts, and no mind can be so
blind as not to penetrate his motives. Iiehoped,
by deferring my arrest to critical moment,
that my desire TO resume my situation in the
frigate United States, my apprehension of long
detention under arrest, my terrors Of court
martial, would prompt me to listen TO degra-
ding ard ti,,,u ahto
over me. If this failed, il did not enter into
his imagination that he could be exposed to
incony enieDce. He meant to sail to the West
Indies, leaving me under arrest, and with the
same indifference with which we crush a
reptile in our path and pass on reckless ofthe
agony 1t endures.
In this temper, and with these hopes, he
asked my arrest. In the very act of doing it,
he maintained neither dignity nor tempsr :
but, to poison the confidence of my comman-
der, then bound on long voyage, he made
his very application for my arrest, the vehicle
of gross and abusive reflections upon me.
On the very day of my arrest, wrote to
the Secretary of the Navy, asking a speedy
trial, and the detention of Captain Porter as
witness for me. On that day, also APP
prlsed Captain Porter that had done so ;
and requested my charges, tina, might lose
no 'Ine IN preparing for my defence take
the trouble, slrs, to examine that letter, and
yos will see it was one Of business purely /; in
tended TO accelerate my trial, and not to invite
negotiation.
The reply Of Commodore Porter, illustrates
the policy he had adopted. He perceived from
my communication, the possibility that he
might be detained, and his own measures in
terruptsd' He did, indeed, furnish me with
partial view OF his intended charges AID
10 alarm me, menaeed investigation Of ancient
ana remote transactions, which he afterwards
bad the prudence to withdraw. But, instead
nf combining hmself To Tho .aa.la.a = LIZ