Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-02-28


HENRY HALBERT,
Feb. 9th, 1925 ~
>. sworn TO before me; a Justice of the Peace for
Ai"''Aih county, iais 9th day of Feb. 1928.
: III. WINGArE, J. p.
Extract OF a letter from .fmoS HendcH 10 mr.
Clay.
Ibis admission by Mr.. Crittendcn, that letters
40 on a,d eriSf brings me step nearer the Point
reCo"ectW Wen the source whence ! derived the
impression that Mr.. Adams If elected. was ,o as
soclatc you with him in the executive department
ana the present attitude of this controversy re-
CURES that should disclose it. II was FRAScls
Z. nLAlR, ESQ. 81 frankfort. lie showed me
no letters from you; but be told me about the Goth
Jan. 1873, that if Mr.. Adams were made Presi-
dent, you would be his Secretary OF State. and re-
quested me, If l approved of that arrangement 10
~I!c 10 our representative requesting him to vote
ZOE Mr. Adams. know that he wrote 10 at least
two members OF Congress, in furherance of that
oJecS know that lac procured many others to
write, know that Mr.. Crttenden wrote: | wrete
myself Now, sir where did Mr. Blair get this infor-
nation: as II not from those sIetiers addressed IN
common friends the existence Of which Mr. Crit
.ehuen admits, alt'o he has forgotten their con-
te0'S! III II was not from this source whence was
~ Why do you suffer Mr.. Blair to be silent. Do
you fear that he has not forgotten the source tho
Information which ne gave 10 ne' Call on him and
ne VIII doubtless be as ready rs Mr. Crittendcn TO
give you the benefit of his recoliections
M ms investigation IS now broughtto a point.
! ne report thatyou were 10 be appointed Secreta-
I 'yoi stare, II Mr. Adams made President
circulated III Frankfort in jan 1925, is traced TO
Mr. Blair, one Of your confidential friends and cor
respondents. To bring 1t to a close Won have only
10 call on him 10 tell the public whence he derived
this information, and thro' what channel. That it
must originally have come from Mr. Adams is ev-
! ident, because no but himself could have
originally known his secret determination. That
You were yourselfthe channel thro which IL reach
i ca MI Blair, IS almost certain; because there
was no other man at Washington so likely to pos
sess the important secret, or likely to entrus it
10 nm ieei authorised to charge and lido charge
mat you ascertaned from Mr.. Adams himself that
IL erected by your influence, and the votes of the
est, lie would sc associate you with him in the
executive department.; that YOU communicated this
TACT TO f. u. Blair, in n private letter or letters,
w'tteh o. received IN Jan. 1925, suggesting to him
lne pfopriety OF procuring as many of Mr.. White
| constituents, as practicable, to write to him in
structng him 10 vote for Mr. Adams.-Your OBJ
iJect was to secure his vote, commit them. and
guard against that burst of public Indignation,
! wnich mere was cause TO apprehcnd, when Ken
lucky found herself sold 70 her old enemy. How
lar this kind of management extended do not
know. Here it had the desired effect. MANY in
! divIduas like myself, found themselves Unveiled
ana muzzied, they knew not how; and for time.
you had cause TO exult in the adroitness of YOUR
management
have always admired your holiness, and now
| put 1t TO the test. summon all your COURAGE.
and call on Mr.. Blair to come out viii, the truth
the whole truth and nothing but the truth" Does
TINS sartle you? Is your public self afraid of vo,,
p'7pate SELF Can you defy Gen Jackson and the
world, and yet dare not hear the truth from a
i1end-dare not meet in public one of your private
| letters! Perhaps wrong you. PERHAPS az vo,,
now have the name of my informant. Won will ~
once call oh him and solve the mystery But he
iieve you CiH not, and DARE NOT''