Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-11-01
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70 TIE EDITORS.

| a " NE EDIl OhS.
SGenhtemsn: you still make some preten
Sons 10 the character OF impartial editors-,he
supporters OF measures and mol men, that stale
cant OF affected modera,ion--you will do me
justice by inserting short notice, to The reply
OF JOS Kent, of Rose Mount should treat with
coHlemptuous silence the repetition Of his ca
iumny, but For the desire Of doing an &C, OF JUS
tice 10 another and for the remark find in his
Excelenoy's second letter 81 saw no indivi-
dual, Gays he) after the election, better pleased
" tran General S. appeared to be, in conse-
"quence OF being relieved, as | suppose, from
4" the dilemma in which he had considered him.
" self placed" The first statement, Of his Elk.
ceilency rests upon his own word, which he
seems 10 consider as er>o ficio commanding be.
liet, ard which could only ne g sti,c BY circum-
stances and positive denial; the present have
II In my power, in some greater degree, to
fepeE was placed in no Dilemma" as a
majority Of my constituents had voted for the
4" Crawford ticket" and | had nothing 10 ap-
prrhend from a second choice. But his Ex-
ce'isnoy asserts, he saw no one "be,ter pleased"
with ;he result Than myself Now, il so hap
pens, tina, left the House immed ately after
the election, in a hack with a friend, whose
name. when con'ras,cd with that of Jos Kent.
would be as the diamond 10 charcoal, who
could and would testify to the indignation
iet and expressed a, the trick aad legerdem main
by which the election had been carried.
WIS his Excelency JOS. Kent | can have
aothing Farther TO say o. do. as consider him
as destitute OF the honor Of gentleman, as he
is OF the vcracity Of man. But ! owe an apo
logy 10 Colonel Mitchell, which I am frank
10 make III this public way for having so Ear
misconceived the motives OF ais conduct, as 10
have supposed him capable OF Being Influenced
by such miserable tool as JOS Kent mau
who was indebted 10 his cringing subScrvien,Y
TO the then Speaker, for the high honor Of 1t
ing placed al the bead Of the Committee for
the District of Columbia, whose important du
ties he discharged with damb silence. And vet
this creature presnmcs 10 talk Of others
E" vain, silly, ""the tool Of some aspirant," SSc
Crave pardon Of the publc for This fp,thei no
tee OF such a vain egojist, who, like Solomon's
Tool, seeks 10 amuse himself with holding out
my character as an obec, of c rr"mp, and ri
dicue. though il vas "not desl gned for publ,
cation.
From what has appeared elsewhere in con
nexion with this matter, | fee! i. due TO my
character Tor consistency, to give an extract al
a letter from gentlemen residing in my late
Congressional District; and who stands, dcs~. =
Ve'S % hiSh dS "UF man III IL D'i"te w" NS"l
to Washington, in December, 1924, lheard fc-
quent conversations OF yours, ho'n publicly and
pri, atciy, ana while a, Washinglon in that
Winter, both before and after the Presidential
e!ec ton. oy the House OF Representatives, re-
ceNed several letters from you upon ,be subject
* uniformly unde stood your opinion 10 hr; tha'
between Adams S jackson, you decidedly pr,
fe:red Jaoksun,& would vote for MIN 10 ne event
ii became necessary in the progress OF tie clcc-
ton well recolicct OF hearing you more
than once assign your reason Tor this prefer
cree, a"d SIP ,ose no one who was III the nab
its Of Intimacy with You, could have misunder-
stood you on that question"
Such were toe opinions publicly expressed
at that time and such they continue to BE- at
present, VI. o,CNDENo.
Salisbury, DC! 18Th 1927