Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-12-22

'asTopreseoiations, aSr ycdecidc on The best mean
OF exposing them w. Ill remember that we ofe,
discussed it, and chiefly whether it was bette, Z, ad
dress v'ndic TO the public throughthc Enou;-
fer or appeal directly 10 the Assembly itself as SCOT
as 'he report OF the committee OF france shou ID come
70. ING latter was though, by both TO be the more
eiiec'uai course, ani Chat most respectful 10 te a.
gisiaturc accordingly wrote he letter 10 Tie S,ea,,
CT OF The Ionse of Delegates which arrears on the
journals OF February 1898. had been apprsed o,
'hat would be the report OF the committee tuance;
and was IN w assDgton whes ii was made to the
House. From thence transmitted the letter You
had seen it before left Dumrcs and had she,yn !;
TO several distinguished gentlemen Washnlon and
neither tuey taoGgit there was any thiny die
respe ctful 10 its 81, c.
was, and still very confdsut that lie terms of
tue act Of Assembly fully sustained the construction
faced on II by the Auditor. But tue mileage by
lhe River rone exceeded The expenccs of The trim
Though not much for tile expenses of transportation
that way then more than double what thew are
now me ou'tsti tiny letter &c shew, that | was
mosotty' as well as fcgdify, justified in aysng my
self o the provisions Of the act, In the close of nv let,
Ter however,, after maintaining by all the argument,
IN mypower, my own construction &c The act preferred
TO submit the decision 10 judicial tribunal had no
idea that this appeal could be misunderstood but il
seems mat by many members OF the Legislature il
was construed into wantun defiance of an nneach.-
sneut-aac this have been Informed from many sour
ces was The cause of the excitement which iy letter
was SAID 10 produce. SCc! idea never entered nv
head; Is il IN derivah,e from my letter
That letter was referred to the commute for courts of
justice; who made report il honorable to me.
which came in very late in the sion aud on the mo-
uon oil The Chairman was laid the table have IN.
dersood that besides the ateness the PERIOD another
cause induced my friends to adopt this course They
had 10 doubt of tie report being concurred in by the
House. But they thought it would he disag eeab,e
circumstance that If should meet with any, he !eus,
opposition. And from the excitement which has been
before alluded 10, arising from strange misaprrs
henson, and from piece of secret history, cf the
Al mi I.tnhI ~, Co.,
to be movers in il; which you will remember, and
which )or6e0r TO repeat-it believed that the re-
port OF the committee OF courts OF Justice would tot bo
concurred IN by the House without some dssentinr
voices.
| You may remember that in our frequent ccnyersa
uons on this snoJect during its penGency before the
committee OF hnance and the House, declared my
liked determination refund the excess of lie
whatever might be the decision of the House or @ ,,c
courts. raat it enough for me that the committee
oil finance thought i: ough have been drs.gD =
But at the same time said that would not drop a
hint OF this purpose pending the nves;ia aoD lest IL
might be regarded, Indirect way Of slipping or,
Oft To the same effect wrote 10 my friend General
i,ade OF tue senate enIoinng secrecy hiru which
have reason TO believe he viola cl and dos,
ring him TO preserve my letter evidence that the
reinndnS was not an alter thought with me-
some months after the rising of the Legislature
d't refund the excess, accompanied with letter 10 the
auditor explaining my motives which lei ter is now on
the lles of the Office. and three wears AFRO waa
published. This is the refund,ng which, in The Tele-
graph, am said 10 have been Reluctantly Induced to
make in order suppress Intention on the pari nj
the Legislature 10 ''GTrcisn me-"
IL IS certain that might have avoided the whole stir
which this aiiair produced; was done by the other
Judges in The same pIelica,nent will, MYSELF Whose
names were scarcely mentioned in connection with it.
and who are nov probably hardly known as having
been involved in it, And you may recolect thai such
! course was suggested by friend of ours then in
Eionmont, in letter to yourself. But you may also
reooiect that unhesitangly rejected il, declaring
that was not conscious of any improper motive, and
that 1 could never even seem TO shun inquiry and
scrutiny into my conduct; but that rather beh owed
me to seek IT. IN this you entirely concurred
have no knowledge that my nane has ever been
brought before the Legislature r candidate for any
once SINCE my appointment TO the General Court
Bench IN 1919. i. is therefore that ans letter
which ever wrote, could have been adduced TO crush
my pretens'ons have indeed or twice seen no
tees in the public prints calling public attention 10 me
as proper candidate for tie Senate of the United
States But these you Know were w,!hou. any previ
Gus concert with no; could they have afforded
occasion for an appeal 10 my letter to the assebly
or any otter letter.