Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-02-07

morning, could possibly have experienced from
he peru.al oil The comments ofthe editors of the Lynch
OuTg PfrSh,dn, on the conduct of the Executive of
Virginia IN relation TO the execution of the of the
Ih oil January 825, for furnishing the magistrates OF
inns commonwealth, with Henng's Virginia JUSTICE
as your past conduct would not Justify the belief that
the predic ions which had been made that you like
other editors of the Metropolis would in a short time
either sink under the domination of the ruling party
or purchase security by gliding into their measures,
snail form the charitable conclusion of your shaw
ing been msled by partial statement of factsn and
shall correct The erroneous impressions" under which
you labour.
That the Executive should resort 10 any subcrfuge
to do away the mputaon OF gross partially and ncun
sistency, clearly dcducbe from public documents,
is not a, all surprizing. am only astons,d that ed
tors of acknowledged pcuetrat,or. gene al topics,
should have manifested much less than their usual
discernmen on this particular subject where the
OF correct information much in their power.
will not insinuate. can believe that they have bee
so far betrayed into abandonment of their avowed
principles Of fearless impartialty To become the
echoes OF so absurd fabrication has been invented,
10 vanish over the inconsistency and partiay of the
Executive Department.
While attempting to palliato the conduct of the Ex-
ecuve, and protesting 10 set brother editors right
in matters of fact, You have into the palpable
yourselves. You that after the rejection BY
the executive OF the first 5000 copies of Ienings Jus
tee offered by MIR Cotton, "ior indifferent binding u
$4,000 OTTER copies offered by MIR. Co;tom,n and
accepted"nOt the but other and better books. y
Now. were disposed 10 tho elegant language with
which YOU have furnished me an example, would saw
settlement IS unt'Uc, every essential point Ii is
not true hat tue first 5000 copies offered By Mr. Cotton
rejected for Indifferent bnIingn only; for il The
Executive had meant that. why did they not say it
The books were rejected in the general and un-
qHaad terms. II is not true that 5000 other copies
offered and accepted; for that was impossible in
the nature of things. Mr.. Cotton must either have
possessed nngic oand BY which he could produce 5000
ohc' COPIES OF the Justice in less than month"; or lie
mast have been guilty Of gross fraud upon me- in pub
sh ng COCO copies, when only sold TO him the priv
iege of publishing 5000, [scc note Al accuse him
OF neither He will not IT, nix the Editors the Wing
for placing him on either horn of the dilemma. Nor
VIII nc be under greater obligations TO the Executive
For, on no other principle they reconcile the in
consistency of their conduct The truth is that after
having of the worst bound books either replaced
ny others, re bound, the Executive received books
OF the same edition, printed paper of the same 0,ai
y and on the same type, which they had before reject
ed because they were not executed agrceably 10 the
requisites OF the law" Whoever, of the whole com
6lted 2o,cerS whatever his sta0n may be- authorised
you to state t!at 1000 otc, copies were offered by
MI Cotton, and accepted by the EXECUTIVE after the
rejection of the first, gully of cool, wiIful
and deliberate fafseh0od knowing it To- be SUCH
the law and TO the tcstimonyn appeal with oon-
idoncc refer to the official of the Executive
as furnishing the best commentary their conduct II
VIII be that, by the ADJ ice of Couuc! of the ,tb
OF October, lsee note B. general and unqualified re-
lection OF the 5000 copies OF the Justice made; and
that on Isl of November following, that order was re-
scinded ana the work accepted. Sce note C. man
at all acquainted With such business could for mo.
'nent, believe that IN the short spsce of time, ucrve-
nIng between these adVces, 5000 Other copies could
have been preparcd.-That there was Il neral mpossi.
btHy OF doing IL IS sclt-ey!dent any axiom in
Euclid Hence the conclusion is inevitable either that
StttI must have printed 5000 copiss moro fl,an
Isie contract with me authorised. with which do not
pfesune 10 charge him. and after having Attended 10
n The worst on the public, and meeting with dis.
appointment. they were withdrawn and others substitu
te the books receive by the Executive ON the ST of
iInDr ;{I,
which had been rejected the 18th of October with IN
alteration IN The binding of some of the copies ONLY
unless tins conclusion be admitted, assertion having
the stamp of alsehoOd its face, has been made 10
oxonernate the Executive. That you should have been
tie d'peS OF such statement alone surprzes me; for
utterly disclam the idea of your having rctailed a
iasehood knowing ii TO be such | have always admit
tel aud still admit that the printing is as rood as couId
be done such paper, Chin nl2ctine paper with the
qualities of which totally unacquainted until a
Ter the book pubished) bnt maintain the position
mat except III the printing aud the rlttoridk part Of
the work 1t is wholly unworthy of public acceptance
and again assert that another edition not could have
been prepared between the two contradictory ayices
of Council.
Perhaps, ia some region of the most bcnglted super
sutton, the wonderful exploit ascribcG TO Mr. Cotton
I'm order to reconcile Executive inconsis!cn Of hay
ing published 5000 copies" ofaa ot0oo bo0E of 824
fTSes IN Tess than one month, Ly single press might
be considered miraculous, and be be canOnizcd. do
not THINK however, that even Executive dctatiOn i'm
Virginia, will have sufficient influence TO add TO the ca
endar OF SAINTS the name OF another ST. Peter or pro-
cure general credit to such wonder orl1ing powers
most itiful subteruge has been resorted 10 by the
party interested in deceyng the public 10 balance the
inconsistency in the conduct of the Executive by al
tempting 10 show Inconsistency in mine Tue artilice
was so shallow, and so much like argument addrcs
sed by iee16 mind 10 another of the same grade Of in
tclec!, that should mol have thought worthy of re
iutalon, or explanations had it not been repeated b
you; for whose talents entertain high degree Of res
pecI It's said that 'arpauled The work aanship"
Now, was the paper purchased on the strength Of my
Judgment, or OF Mr. CoUom's' Or, was the contract
for the binding made with Mr.. Cotton or with me?-
Will any man bayo the hardihood say that had any
agency in the one or the othet The paper was procu
red By Mr. Cotton at the north, UHdcr his o,ca inspec
lion, partly by purchase and partly by being naD,E.c
tuFed expressly for the purpose, as I understand
never sheet of it, until it was in the printing Of
ice; and then was wholly ignorant offs properties
IL was. what called D,achao paper. Never bav
ing published book such paper in my life did not
know fact of which have since been in formed by
experienced printers, that in l0eHng it down. TO re-
the in an