Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-08-10
sELRcT1oMs.
TO THE PUBLIC.

q letter addressed By me 10 Mr.. Carter Reyer-
:, of Virginia, has lately, without any consent.
ency, or w-ii on my part, found it, way into the
H-isspapers, accompanied by statement over the
'snaiure OF II. Clay, con,rad:cting and d.nyine
r'ot any thing have written, bat hat whicS he
imseli makes me 10 say. II is not The interpre-
alton given By him to my letter, but my own LAM
gGage and own statement, that am called unon 10
t+iend, and expect TO viHdicaie
To explain the manner in which nv cpinions
lave found their way into the Journals Of the dsy.
Gems, In The hrst place, To be due both 70 The
.ib!ic and myself. Mr. Beverly, being on visi,
:, my house, requested TO know OF me, other gem
''emen Being present, whether lie o, ertures here.
'lfsre imputed TO Mr.. Clay were " ell founded. &!
d, had knowledge Of any OF the facts n.yseIE-
answered him canddly; being unable, as well as
unwilling, 10 refuse telling things had heard and
inew to be true. 4 letter detailing our comversa.
on, shortly afterwards obtained publicity In the
:. North Carolina Journal" printed at Favet,e.
ye. On The 18Th OF May last, f.,srn Iouisvil,e
,Nentucky, communication was addressed TO me
~ Mr. Beverly, stating, what before had NOT
snown, that he was tie writer Of this Fsyeteyjlle
letter. LIE explained ibe reasons for his hayiug
rsPea.cd the conversation, and requested TO be in
Ined II IN any thing be had mi-guoied or mis- d.
Inccived my meaning. Under such circumstan-
ces, cOnceaimem end silence might have seemed
'nere sfecia,ion, or indeed something of djTe
cni and even. character Publicity havip,
sen gwen W ii4e CpONtGS@iCN, and SDDe9i
made 10 me for lis accuracy, felt II to be due 10
.'Ir. Beverly, that nothing OF fabrication should be
rPuted TO hin, and Ia myself, that what | had
atsd should he correctly understood. Accord
Siy, on The 6'b OF June, aud in repl|to his OF
= 10Th OF May, addressed him letter Of which
%: public are slreaGy Possessed. How. and BIZ
Ct, hat means, it found its way into the columns of
'.cwspaper, Mr.. Beverly has explained: he states
me that ne gave il into the hands of Mr. Noah
1De, OF Wheeling, Virginia at his earnest request
- peTussl, uCder pledge OF honor that it should
= returned; and with no expectation tia; any co
~ Of u was to be resinc ,; that on bis APPLYING
:. aud demanding the letter, it " as refused 10 be
4. stored until tNo copies should he made. lie
oceeds To- cay:
Mr.. Zane an oil and most respectable zen
si1sn, asked The loan Of your letter as favor: &.
,onirary to all custom and Propriety in such cases
i'e, 80 conjunction with Mr.. Clay and his friends .
5d< copies OF 1t, without my knowledge, or priyi,v
any way, & without asking my leave 10 do 90
''2on as understood that such was the use they
'Yere making OF ~, ! demanded of MIR Zane the
eitcr, aud demonstrated against the unpreced snted
curse they were taking. lie refused 10 restore i;
ne, most peremptorly unuI they had satisfied
fcniseivesby furnishing 70 Mr.. Clay one co,y
cd I'd reserving al other for their o.nu.e"
Tie origiosl conversation referred 10. and The.
we extract OF letter from Mr. Beverly a,
'Yheeling, dated 25ih OF May, arc presented -
low that have NOT, as is charged, Z" placed ms
III in the aiitsie Of public sceusof," and ,Ist
haieFeT publicity has been given to this transac-
%, has arisen from no agency or procurement NJ
.'.ns, and that MR. Clay, in fact, has himself
ID the matter up 10 public gszs. In doing this
should hsve quoted what bad written accurately
u isfly; Tor then, the text and his commentary
Dnd have fuiied together at present. his contra
fHon - something suggested By himself, and is
4 contained in my letter.
The statement eontsined ia my letter TO A1f. Be.
'iisy IS THIS That, 10 January, 1928, member
congress, Of highTespecls5.Iiiy, visited me one
nfniog and observed" he had been Informed n,
Z friends Of Mr.. Clay, dhat the frieads Of Mr. al.
'a' had made ovefi"es to them, saying, II Mr
ny anJ his friends would mite in sid Of he
zion Of Mr.. Adams, Nff. Cisy should be Sec =.
~ Of State; thai The friends Of Mr. Adsrns vvers
giog, 81 reason 10 ind0ce the friends Of NJ,
= o. 'caeeF q ~ proposition, 1r, IT = ,rsa