Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-11-27

might have crept in, fa,tered that honorable
parsonage more than he cetild have hoped or
imagined. He Immediately addressed letter
to the Editor, acknowledging his ciyii,y,
| wishing him success, and cong-atulating him.
self that paper had sprung up in Richmond,
which promised 10 check the overbearing in
fluence of the Enquirer Had General Smyth
! stopped here, he and the Editor had perhaps
been battered into good humor with each other
and been al this day very good friends. But
the gentleman proceeded to express his regret
1T some cause 1--WE forget WHAT that prevented
him from subsc riding TO the Wing, and plainly
indicated his belief, no; exactly in words, but
still ntelligibIy, that his Speech had been sent
him by way Of inlimating retr:ction of what
had been said respecting him in the paper at
Lynchbuig, and as a hint To him to subscribe TO
the Wing. This his obvious Interpretation of
an act of common courtesy, stung the pride
and irritated the feelings Of the Editor, and he
answered Gen Smyth with more warmth than
prudence-that if General Smyth conceived,
that the Wing containing his Speech, was sent
him either as an inducement 10 him to subs
scribe 10 that paper, or by way OF atonement
for, or retraction OF any sentiment expressed
of Gen Smyth by the Editor, at previous
period, that Gen. Smyth was wholly and E.
gregiously mstaken-aud he wished him to
understand these sentiments, whatever they
were as again repeated. The General it is
known, keeps black book, and perhaps he
may amuse the public bYaa publication OF this
letter.
We should not advert to these by-gone e.
vents, but for the purpose Of explaining the
fcelin g that has caused Gen. Smvth 10 display
the name of the senior Editor of this paper so
conspicuously and malevolently, III his adj
dress adopted at Wythe Courthouse, We
do not complain that he has done so-he
has associated my name with others Of lar
more weight and responsibility than mine or
his, and God knows l had rather sink with
them than swim with him. He knows my ut
ter adherence Of his person, and detestation
Of his heart and social principles, and that IN
these feelings all who know him unite, and l
am neither surprised nor offended that he has
sought vengeance in the mode he has adopted.
In his address he says: "The d0uceur 10 John
Hambden Peasants, of $3.50, oh the pretencc
OF services which were wholly unnecessary ana
never rendered. is an act OF corruption more
open than any committed by Robert WalPo'e
himself" And again "fhe anti Jackson, or
properly speaking, The Adams Mectlng In tue
CITY of Richmond, with brother In law OF
member of the Cabinet, Judge CabelD al
personal and vndictive spirit in which the
opposition was conducted and this sentence
was written by Committee OF which John
Hambden Peasants was member.
In relation to the Sle5o-ruc ] received 1t
true never cached Buenos Ayres, TO which
destination it was assigned to carry me. On
the other hand, it i, equally true, that the OBJ
eci for which | was sent, was an important
one; that I actually embarked FOR South Anne
RIGA and was prevented from reaching there by
sickness and The conviction alone, that Should
not survive the ex petition. What more would
General Smylh have had me do? was the
carrying dispatches 10 Buenos Ayres worth The
sacrifice Of my life? Did he make more SIR
cere and strenuous efforts 10 come up with the
British in 1918, than | did to reach Buenos
Ayres in 1925? 1t is no less true tina, neither
souch, emolument nor honour, for neither was
thusto be acauireG)by this carrying OF despatch
&c N Buenos Ayres, and that The whole affair
cos, me from beginning TO eEd, many hundreds
,,ors ,han received from the Government
Was !, lust, that being withheld by the act OF
God from discha-ging my undertakings should
not be COMPENSATED for labor. loss OF time, an"
expenses? Will the Hero OF BLACK Rock and
the expounder of ST.. John the Apoerypha', say
that that would be jus,ee3 Yet he twits me
with having received douceuf from henry
Clay, and speaks with virlsous indignation OF
Sir Robcr, Walpole and corruption! WIN
this typographical Hero, pretend to compare tins
transaction of mine, with that of his own, when
"under pre,ence" of expounding the Apoea-
lypse, the key of which he declared, upon MS
honor" he had discovered, transferred some
Thousands from the purse OF a crcdulous and
auizzed public, 10 his own! Heaven mus, IN
deed, have been hard run for eontdsn' Sn ne
Gen. smy,h Of Wy,he, was entrusted with the
key OF the Apocalypse
I'VE dismiss the General and the Address Tor
the present, 20 return to them on WeaNesuay'