The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-06-27

MGRIpIAN HILL, June II, 1925.
SfR: II Vt rrcrlrd your letter OF yes
terday's dde, acknoNlri sins the receipt
Ola paWptet p1blished by me, respecting
the procrsdl rs Of the CCart of Engujry.
aud transactions At Fox rd3, sc. and rX-
pressing your surprise that should have
cont ricd II proper, While my clse and
the report OF tie Court Of Enquiry were
| still under consideration Of the Executive,
to make publication relating thereto, aud
especially publication in 30 many re-
! sprcts deficient ADD Inaccurate"
be5 cave To state 10 you III II the pub
Iieatioa alluded to WAS put 10 press, and
nearly ready for distribution, before | re-
oeised any intimation frnm you % an o.
pnlon on the pat Of the executive that
| further P' oceedlnEs ia thecase were deem
cd necessary az animation which, occa-
stoned to me great surprise. and 1t was
eniy WtA the hope OF removing from the
| MUD Of the Executive an idea Of this ne
/ cessliy, which induced me II circulate ii
alter being go notified, which induced me
/ To circulate L after being So notlfrd, is
you Wal Sc 10y the note accompanying
the IA uptiet sent YOU Il t,W days after
! your uHticatOn, which, pardon me, sir,
dld believe WAS intended Tor HE sole par
pose ot stopping my puhileltlpa, asi could
find 10 other motive fer Il, Gor have yet
peer able h fad any other, as | an, % this
def eot arrested, as WAS ln.urncd by you
| ssouid be
l., 10y an iu'iu1ioa Of tie drfeirace,
tad Inaccuracies which my pamphet con-
tans, ~ IS intended II convey the idea of a
misrepresentation On MY part, beg you To
paint Uut IN what Il consists Ihe records
OF the proceedings, as puFishcd, are cupl
I'd from the record Of The ia ige Advocate
dad the documents, whether rejected or
otfer"lsr, for or cgciiS! NJ, 81 tlr as |
could possess myarlt Of them, accompany
the publication and | certainly have
not omitted any cg8iaSt ne that were ad-
mtied by the court as testimony on the
contrary, nave Inserted Que of that cha.
ractcr which was reject ed by the court as
0nauthcntic, to wit, the Porto RICO govern
meut publication,
There are one Or tWo.titlnG Topographic
al errors, the N 81 important OF hlch is
the word clothes instead of colours, Ii the
testimony Mr. Plat, page Is, aud think
an omission 10 itlicisc the words " fear
tui Odds III page 81, winch surely eau not
be the Inaccuracies and drlicicnclts alluded
to, as tne fist error IS calculated to operate
against myself and the other, If ii reaIIy
exists, Is OF n Importance. There is also
an mimpOrtant letter from Won Il the
court, transmitting the rejected documents,
which hy note in page 81, and the report
of the court, | acknowledge not to be in
my possession. Thefrst was refused To me
by tnc Judge Advocate the latter, am
still ignorant Of bat publication Of both
nov respectfully invite.
The Anonymous publication in yestPr-
days journal, of the same date of your
letter, and taken in connection with the
language OF 1t, leaves no doubt of the
source whence II originated. consc
qaentIy, considering my re'a.ion5hi2 to
the Department, feel restrained from ma
king suitable comments thereon. 1t is,
therefore only left for me to express the
hope that the promised period for rectify-
my the errors, aud supplying the def
Clcncles, which are SAID 10 exist in the
panph!rt, may SOON arrive aud until it
does, hereby voluntarily pldegc my sa-
cred honor" that none will appear in it, ex-
cept those have Indicated, so far as could
~ every effort on my part, contain know-
ledge ~ the proceedings Of the court. and
have no doubt | have obtained them cor
reclly,
Fiji iSintendrd II intimate that the rea-
,oning9 contained in my defence are al
lael9u5, and present an i,"proper view of
The sNhjrct, | can only sly they are the ex-
PreseIno5 Of my honest. unaidrd opinions
aud convictions, aud that should have de-
ifered them before the court had / been
allowed the opportunity Of dong so. They
lie before the public the public viii
Judge Of their FaIae, and nov more than