Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-08-13

The lac simiies, which the Secretary had beer
compelled To employ, during his iudispostion
were lawful or not. The Attorney Genera
decided that they were lawful: THIS was the
question submitted to him. Pressed, howe.
yer as the President was upon the subject of
superseding Mr.. Crawford-with the view of
putting these opportunities TO rest, and of ius.
iiiy'ns refusal TO adopt the measure to winch
ne was advised, he did request the Coinptrol-
Ter To procure and to make TO him formal
medical report on the state of Mr.. Craw ford's
health, both. physical and mental. The Comp
trOlier Is Judge Anderson, formerly from Ken
lucky, an old soldier Of the Revolution, an
old comrade and friend of Mr.. Monroe, a
man IN whose friendship he could contde, on
whose honor he could safely rely The re-
quest Of the President was complied with
The determination Of Mr.. Monroe TO trust to
NE honest dict0fes Of his o,on heart. and not 10
The interested opportunities of his cabinet
MINISTERS" was completely justified by the re-
suit OF the investigation. The Report was
unrquIvocal, and conclusive as To MIR. Craw.
ford's entire exemption from disease. Ii was
signed by four physicians, one of whom WAS
DIR. Potter of the University Of MARYLAND,
gentleman Of the first character and talents in
his profession. This gentleman accompanied
his Report with this emphatic remark that as
regarded Mr. Cro,c)ord's mental po,pers his
MIND 'oSs so entirely uiimpdired by his illness,
that ne ions not only fully competent 10 the dis
charge of the duties of mis- o,cn DEPARTMENT
but Of any other Department Of the Government.
| THIS Report ,cas handed in to the President
On receiving 1t, he sgnifed his positive de
termination not to disturb Mr.. Crawford -
and the same day, or the day after, he de
parted from the city. The terms, in which
the President declared this determination to
the Comptroller were so expressive, and thr
manner so emphatic, that it spoke infinitely
more " than met the car"
! The story, which Mr.. Peter Force, or some
| oil ms masked writer's has got up, 10 transfer
the honor ofN. Edwards's sitting in Mr.. Ad-
ams's pew, from Mr.. Adams, to third person,
is as follOws:
| Mr Edwards, few Sundays after his arrival in
nus cry in obedience TO The summons of the House.
y,s,,ed, Tor me first time in his life, believe, the
Unitarian Church. A stranger, nf course to the
SITUATION oil the pews, and TO of their occm,a nts
he proceeded DOVE The middle aisle of the Church
as most strangers DO, expecting doub,, tina, some
nody or other, seeing that he stranger, would
'nu,. him to a seal. MIR. Joseph Gales, IT, one of
he Editors Of The National Intelligence, whose pew
adJc'ns that OF Mr. Adams upon seeing Mr.. Edwards
apparently looking for scar, with his characteristic
pohfensss, got up, opened The door-not Of his oon
pero, hooerer, bm that Of Mr.. .aasms-and invited NJ
Edwards TO a seat. Mr.. Adams, at the moment, had
and found his pew occupied by Mr.. Edwards"
NOW" mark how plain tale shall put him
down" Mr.. Gales himself, has addressed
note to MIR. Peter Force, explaining the real
facts, as follows:
" shall not permit myself TO adver, TO the motives
OF The writer;oT Of his miormsaf, for this nisrepre-
sentation, burconent myself with stating the facts as
| they occurred.
" The first time ever saw Mr. Edwards in church
| he was seated in the pew of Mr.. Adams
" On the Sabbath morning following, entering the
church before ,he bell had ceased ringing and when
'hefe were very lew persons IN church, aud walking
up the aisle, iound Mr Edwards had just preceded
me- aud stopped IN tho aisle, apparently hestatins be
tween The door OF my pew and that Of Mr. Adams as
=, 81 loss 10 determine which the right ONE
Having seen HIM, on the preceding Sunday, with NJ
Adams IN his pew, aud not supposing he would par
cuiariy prefer a seat in mine, endeavouIed, b.
ing the only persoa within speakug distance Of Gin,
20 remove his perplexity by indicating hin, the new
winch supposed him 10 be in search al which niece
OF service, on entering the pew, lie crv,y acknow-
| iahr 'cated." "a -
| We go further than even Mr.. Gales has
thought proper TO do in the preceding true
statement. We aver, and we appeal 10 ih.,
whole Unitarian Congregation of Washi5 ktos
Tor the truth ofthe averment,lhat N. Edwards
was seen in the pew Of Mr.. Adams sererai
times before the day on which the occurrences
| mentioned by the journal took place So
veraclous IS this Journal in the declaration
that this was the first time the said Edwards
visited the Unitarian Church.
.9gdfH--We aver, on authority, which, if we
were at liberty to disclose it, would at once
silence the N. Journal, that Mr.. Adams did
ask of the President permission for Edwards
to visit him, and that the President did refuse
II. We shall not pretend to dive into Mr.. AS
motives for being the beagaf of such Com
Inuncation. Let the impulse be what it may,
we do not hesitate to declare, that it little com
ports with the respect which Mr.. A. ought to
bear TO himself, or the duty which he yves the
President, TO solicit an interview from the Pre-
sldent, with prehigate and convicted calum-
Dlat0r. Let the impulse be what it may ::
let MIR. AS design be wicked or charitable y
the fact of the application is ndsputable /; and
| If it were necessary, we could repeat to the
Journal, the very words equally delicate and
decided, in which the President did himself
the honor of declining the visit of Niuian Ed
| wards.
This article has already extended to grea-
ter length than we designed.-A few words
more will dismiss Master Peters with bis
Ijugglers. He would have us believe, that
no effort was made by the cabinet minis.
tiers" TO retain N. Edwards in the public ser
vice. To produce this impression he ual
tiers with US in a double sense."-He denies
that there was any discussion about the ac
ceptance of his resignation--and vet does not
tell usto what point the extraordinary discus
sion in the cabinet was directed for part of
two days, and portion Of one night. PRAY.
Sir, wssit about the re-tendering Of E's com
mission to him /? You know that "the final
decision" was not yet made by the H. of r.
and that the same principle which might have
led the affiliated" Secretaries TO dine in pub
lie with Mr.. Edwards, might very consistently
| have prompted them to advise the President
| not 10 cashier the Mexican Minister.
"The writer for Mr.. Peter Force" says,