Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-06-22

hest this State (okc for the present 10 Feo oos
the eontest for tAe P'eAidsRey."
II appears by memorandum of mine on the
back of Col. KS letter of the 10Th Jabuar,
that answ cred il on the so h january The
contents of the letter / Go not reco!lect. II Mas
written as speak in casual unguarded Goa
versa,ion with a friend, in answer to his request.
kept no copy and although long since sppli-
ed to Col y. for one, it has not yet been furnish
| ed. 1 never enter aimed the ideas imputed to m q
in the extracts t. Inch replied. and could not.
think, have written lie words and -entences, Ell
ther in the sense collocaton as published. Col.
King, in his reply, assuming to quote from my
letter, saws my language was, as to the
lst Point" With MIR. Adsu.s be affiliated.
We are an,itPdes to him." ard to the
I'd That writing the several candidates II the
administration aud opposition. for the Vice Presidency"
them pull,
Col King allege. tina, if mean in my denial
" that the coiiocation of words and sentences
are not precisely as he (I) ,orote them and
me N to shield myself under technical su6ttr-
Juge, that may De one thing but il mean thai,
my letters did ,ot contain wha' he asserts, then
am /" grossly mistaken or casually torgetfui'
COL King, unless l mistake, will find he pune
tua,ion of hrs printed quotation variant from my
letter, and changing its sense, and he will not OBJ
ject ~ the position that il is only by d psrticu-
lar ccloca,ion OF words and sentences ,bat
we convey our ideas from one to another in
bal or written language, and the candid reader will
not call that '' technical subterfuge,'' which re
quires The preservation of so much good faith, in
quoting another's language, to avoid colo
cation OF the 80 words and sentences" that would
change his meaning and make him convey different
ideas.
Those who compare the charges and reply,
will readily if there is any change OF ideas
the new collocation-- others it would be useless
to point out the difference. But if it be the
binr IS ~. H., -.
were not the free and easy manners nf the Wes
tern people, as ossy that his political principles
wee opposed 10 the interests of tie Wesiern
States, and that he woGld ever adop, those inte-
rests-or it it be the same hing to say that OHIO
should stand aloof from the contest for the Pres
dency, as TO say, she had better stand aloof, and
let A, b and G, pull for the Pee Presidency,
for we had little interest in the game; hea, indeed
have beea 90 grossly mistaken, or casually for
ge'ful -
That those who do not read the Telegraph
should understand this article, have made it lon
ger than / wished, and have probably said more
than was necessary. The affair is noiU personal
IN which the public feel no interest. The let
tiers in my possession from Col. King and other
friends, having material bearing my corres-
pondence, W uld a; settle tlis unimportsnt
dispute: but shall not violate the ssnciiiy of
confidential friendly intercourse or correspondence,
eUen to rePei gross injustice mySe.f {. oil. King
-upposes TO have thrown the - gaunil=s OF
truth or falsehood'' him, and processes himself
" ready TO abide the issue l denied he truth OF
two articles, one of which appeared editorial in
the Advertiser. and the other editorial in the
Republican of Cincinnati; now unless my friend
Col. King avows himself editor of these two pa
pers, or avows the writing, or procuring be
written, the articles in question, cannot disco
yer how my denial IL 'bIowinS the gauntlet at him.
have too much respect for him, 20 engage in a
newspaper discussion # the question, whether he
or are most apt TO he" grossly mistaken or
ally forgetful.'
I O. WRIGHT