Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-08-23

incapable OF m~anGuvring to avoid rcsponsi-l
bill,y. Witness what has bcfallen to youi
by denying that YOU made any advances of
cash TO Richard Eppefson, for those negroes,
and TIC introduction OF your certificates at
tested J. "A. upon your own agreement TO buy
negroes, which you considered conclusivc;l
when the tact IS, 1T Is conclusive against you.
as three days after that date, your payment
10 Richard Ippcrson tor 1929 15, which you
stated, SiX months after, was made for that
express purpose, renders your own certificate
null and VOID to all intcntS and purposes, uud
places YOU before the American people in q
new dress, which | would not wear Tor ten
tunes us many bubbles as have been floating
about you, and the favor of all your aidcrs
and ahettors in concealing your crimes.
Now, Sir, you ought to have some knowl-
edge, and certainly had, of tie brittle glass
house IN which you live, before you permit
ted Your irresponsible editors to throw stones
at every windo which WIS not thrown open
TO Hume your path to the presidency. How
did YOU expect your declaration of war a.
ganst me, brought forth by your celebrated
h~iographcr of Timbcrlake memory, was TO
pass on W~!ihoutan effort on my part to place
truth III opposition to talscloodl In that |
have succeeded, and | wish never to be put
to the trouble again.
confess your superior skill in blood and
carnage, and, when displayed against the
enemies OF our country, you have ALWAYS had
my hearty appreciation. Whether the result
on iortultous circumstances or of gcncralship,
IL mas been the same is the country, vet |
must confess tho recital of the SLAUGHTER OF
i"hn Woods (who was in your general order
accuScd OF previous dcscrtion, which [ know
TO be untrue, by the express words of his
icIDt3ID and DoDn- ctho. ,,~> e G., -
character for integrity aud TRUTH furnishes
your military fame, in my estimation. very
much HHced, and cannot fail doing so IN
that OF others. Lastly, | mover had "A slave
brought before me for offending, against
whom / gave an unmcrciful sentence, such
rs you are SAID TO have done at or near uovr
o7cn "rfStdc at the Hermitage, Of late, in the
attempt to execute which, 1t is said vorIr own
Slave was killed, and all hushed up without
any proceedings IN court against the man,
who, IT Is SAID, in executing your order. or on
tho way 10 do il, kjiicd said stree. Nov. Sir.
II is possible you may have some prcHara-
ton 1or washing the flood of this human
pcIng from the cSCutchcons of the Hermit
age, but as there is no bank secret about this
matter, and | have been written TO on the
S~unject, and | must still presume YOU above
conceaimcnt unless in bank matters. If is
qu!fe as important 10 the American people
TO Know the truth about this affair, as it WIS
that Mr.. Writ should be duped into a false
report against me, on ca parfc testimony pro-
cured by Your Wirc-workcrs, Eaton, Calhoun
and Clarke, in 1922, which was proved total
" false III The very place where all the facts
IN the case wrre known, in 1924, and again
~oroughtinto use against nc, .E,en in retire
lnent in 1923, for your special benefit, and
theirs also, as We oil know YOU sink or swim
together on your late violent South Carolina
resolutions 1t is with you to say when this
organized prosecution against mo shall
cease. I viii defend against it until yo,s
cause IT 10 cease. You began it Of choice:
IS YOU have been benefited bv il, yonr object
IS answered. ANDREW ERWIN