American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-08-28

(Rchmond) Enquirer last winter, ,esnpct;a. "c
furniture in the Presidents House, in tbs sIs 'e
Of letter from Member Of Congress. Ths s" ~
quirer Of yesterday publishes second letter. r.a ~
the Honorable Member. who no doabt is as t ;Ja
~ respectable" and of e the first stand;n@ ,n%
te!gence," explanatory Of tie first Befms ~, y.
notice this letter. we beg leave 10 speak word =
reference to the Enquirer itself. "''sa
We were not of the number who blamed III n,
itors OF the Enquirer for the publication If II,
letter about the furniture IN the East Room wv. W.
less did we suspect them OF the infany Of forging
Written and signed by Member Of congress Sc q.
protested to have seen with his own ewes flo a WV
tiers it describcd,i it was inevitable that The Editor.
the Enquirer should give it implicit cre,enrc, ,nd |
should publish it accordingly. That it should tnm
out to be, notwithstanding its claims to credial,
neither more nor less than an infamous liz. mi,
proves that the Editors Of the Enquirer had attae
ed confidence to the signature Of their corresnon
dent, which the correspondent himself did not d.
serve, and that Members of Congress are as cana
Bile OF lying as other men. Ii the public were beGr,
disposed to doubt the truth of the last pronosion
they will now doubt no longer. Neither did va
blame the worthy Editors for refusing to surleudp.
the name OF this :. respectable Member-lor d
testable as lying is, and cold blooded and premel
itated, as we believe this misrepresentation to hayp
been, we are yet for appoltionng punishment ID
the offence. We shall not undertake to pronounce
the precise degree Of punishment which lying IL.
serves, for the laws are silent upon the subject
but we do not conceive that this individual. wLo'
ever lie is. deserves for one thumper, the immea,
urable, hopeless and eternal intamy, that would
follow the revealment of his name. Through lne,p
commiselation. We were glad, and are still pleas
ed. that the Editors Of the Enquirer refused to sv
up his namc-and though we are well satisfied tba
we know tie name Of the respectable" author d
that letter, as we'll as theY do, and are iurnr
more and more convinced BY his last letter, that
his first was a wilful Misrepresentation, yet nv
shall never reveal it even under the sanctity Of con-
fidencc, and We hope for humanity's sake that /.
may never be known to the world. Whatever
may have been the intent with which il was writ.
ten, it completed, failed Of its effect. No injury
has been done By it to any. besides the author him.
self-and though he who contemplates and attempts
a crime. is already morally guilty. yet as punish.
mcntis inflicted Tor example sake, that examples
IN fact rs efectually set BY the indignation with
which the Public have yiewe,l that letter, as If the
author were discovered aud given up to punish
ment. Let him 90, and We answer Tor il, he mr.
any other respectable , Member Of Congress
will ever write another such lie for publication.
But although we blamed the edtars Of tic In.
qulrer neither for publishing the letter, nor lu.
Withholding the name OF The author when il vast
covered to be lie, vet we did blame them ln
their long and obstinate refusal to correct TIL
misrepresentation. and for the disingenuous nude
in which it was done, when forced upon them by
public opinion. The letter was written early il
January. In few days Gas soon as the Enquire
could reach Washington and letter ieturnl a let
ter was received IN this city from the Hon Robert
Taylor, then a member vt Congress from Va. de-
claifng the letter respecting the furniture Of inc
East Room to be false, and that that room yetrc
manned unfinished. This letter was shown II
the editors Of the Enquirer, we think a, the re-
quest of the writer. but they coGll not bear %
make correction which implied that gentlemen
Of their sagacits had been imposed upun. and wout
relieve Q (his IS their familiar designation Of the
President from their impntatnn of having furnish
ed the East Room in style of royal masniicence
Correct II at least they did not. and though re-
pcatedly called upon, and assured that the letter
was untrue il all its statements. no correction ar
pears, until the Indignation Of an lnsnlted Pub
lie. which began to thunder in their cars through
other papers, Ethe Petersburg lntelligenccr aspect
aly) and the Instinct Of self interest, came 10 The
aid Of truth and purged it from them. we say
parged. for the delay in making the correction
from January to May we think) and the style u
which it was made at last, proved that was forced
rom them BY necessity resembling medical &c.
tinn. For the late and ungracious manner in winch
hey corrected and admitted ialsehood, and when
they had been Instrumental in circulating, We alone
blamed them
liut to retarn to the explanatory letter OF the
respectable" member. and by way of introducing
I, We Sll again repnblish his East Room letter.
Iram tic Enquirer.
Extract Of letter from Washington, dated jan J. 1917
"rhs being the day which the Presidents House :
brown open to all visitors, wet among Others, 10 pay
tf res2eci3t 20 him; rather should fairly cohes
vent the Fart Room for tie furnishing Of which We
al voted S25, oJO al the last session Of Congress wa
ngious % see, how thai amount of furniture could ~
lowed away, IN single roon and W curiosity was lu'
as'ief Il was tru, gorgeous sshi 70 behold, hn w.
90 much the look # regal maSncence @ be re''se'
gsecah'c % MI old Jae'Reasd Re publican feelings
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