Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-01-07

10 me. And moreover Capt! b. mas
within the last few days declared thai he
had not been authorized by the County
Commissioners to make any such pro-
position to me; nor did he even tell me
that they were willing to dismiss the suit
on my paying costs and attorneys fee :"
II will be noticed, that I" positively de-
ny that Capt. b. ever made such Propo'
sltion 10 me" as contained in the pre-
ceding statement, made by Judge MIX.
VIZ. that "the plaintiffs PROPOSED 10 me
! through Cakt y tina, il | would pay the
costs and what they were bound % pay
their attorney, they would dismiss the
suit" In this, Capt. BIS. letter, here
with sent for duplication, fully confirms
my statement-thal he did not commu-
nicate with me as the agent of the Coun-
ty Commissioners, who were +" the hiain-
tDS," or had any authority from hem
TO make any proposition to me on the
subject.
And now as to the latter part OF my
statement, in reference to the deolara-
ton which bad a few days previously
been made by Capt Buckmastei, | have
to state, lha, friend, who had called oh
Capt. B. at nv request, wrote me let.
er, dated June %, in which he staF rs that
Capt. b. says that be did not ieel him
sell authorized officially TO communicate
to you that the County Commissioners
were willing to dismiss their suit against
you upon your paying costs and Turney's
fee; that he has no recollection OF tel
ling you that they were willing to do 50.
| deem it unnecessary to publish the
whole OF my friends letter which is on
other subjects, or to drag his name be-
fore the public; butl have thought pro-
per to exhibit his letter TO Capt. d. who
| know will take pleasure IN award
ing to my friend, or rather ! should
say our friend, the merit OF having unfi-
ed 10 most extraordinarily ret-huNe
memory, nobieness and purensss OF
character which place him far above the
suspicion of an intentional error, or q
improper motive. 1t is however dae 10
all parties 10 add, that Capt. b. talnks
he was misunderstood by our friend, !
who, with his usual magnanimity, is rec
to admit tina, he may have misconceiVed
what was said.
AS to any individual opinion which
Capt. B. may have expressed in any
private and una uthorized conversation
which he may have held with me, or as
to what may have said to DR.. Todd, is |
entirely irrelevant and foreign to the
point in controversy between Judge MR..
aud myself; nor will be diverted trou
it by making explanations as to what
passed between those gentlemen and
myself. The question between judge I
MR.. and myself is simply this, did" h /
tfaintFs hrshose to me through CAPT. |
b." to dismiss their suit, as stated BY |
the Judge, and Of which he says Capt. B. !
informed him l say they did not Capt
Is. asserts they did not; nor does he ad
nit that he told the Judge SO but on tn
contrary he has exhibited to me proof
that, when called on by Judge MR., hc
had written him that in the conversalio.,
he held with me, he had not acted as
- the agent Of the COMMISSIONERS nor
had he any authority for so dong"
And the next point in controversy is, did
| correctly s'aie the declaration made b,
Capt. b. 10 my friend? 10 that friends
language, as above quoted, refer for
proof that | did.
From the foregoing statement it will
be seen how incorrectly Judge NJ Rob.
eris states, in his late publication, the
assertion made by him in his letter oil
June %, and how grossly he misrepre-
sents my denial of it, in mine Of July 8.
And by comparing the letter herewith
sent for publication from Capt, b. 10
Judge MR.. with the one he published
from that gentleman on the same sub
ject, the same unfair and dsingenious
traits OF character are evinced-the same
determination to suppress The truth, and
misrepresent the facts. This will more
sIrik'ngly appear when l explain how
these two letters from Capt. B came TO
be written. In reply to letter from
Judge MR.. Capt. B. made him an an.
swer, copy of which he has since fur
nished me with, and which is herewith
eoclosed. This letter Judge MFR. re-
fused to receive. He then wrele him
self the letter which he afterwards pub.
ished, and which he prevailed on Cap.
B. 10 sign, in which it will be seen no,
only that 1t con, aims some additions, bur
many omissions, some Of which are in
timately connected with the subject, and
essential TO correct understanding of it.
To enable the reader The better to com.
mare fhaSe letierr I ask The {aunr nf hnu