The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-10-20
POLITICAL.

FROM the Knoxville Enquirer.
Tho following hitter, tom the Hon. AaihBie
" Ultfiams. has been handed ou,, 10y a friend
for publication.
Csn1nAuE. Tennessee, September %, 1928
Drm Sin:
%tl'o,gsih, when last in Snnfin, where I tend
The certificates lfom Winrhrslrr, procured by
Judge isaacits 81, the Mob. il was tile darkest
page of human nature thni had ever heen turn.
ed upon me. aud | was nat 50 much surprised.
nor fell 50 deep fesrct for fallen mnn 90 read
Ing, last nie hi the Nashville Committee, on the
ah'its of Burr n jackson. ~ | think. froul
Il strict a%nalysis, I'll IL report will mjure the Gen.
eral more than any thing | have sand Of him
! only charge him of offering me Commission
IN Bn,r'snrmy. Ihey-lha Jackson rave a lisi Of
officers 10 Burr for iwn regiments. | have IN III
too, he spoke To lne Of the division of the Union
hat Capt - convinced him ol
the fact aud distressed him highly, insomuch he
wrote 10 Smith. Dixon aud Clhiho, ~ SPOKE
OF a bail the, fix the date of that ball
10Th Of December 1909. three days fin.
ally before Bnrt lefI Nashville; they, In fine. lay
every ming upon jackson they say his object
was only Mexico, and contend for The quo ami
mo only. They seem Ia take psnai delight,
though unnecessarily, ! think, IN traducine, al
TEL giving me every essential support aud from
tieir Ger iiicHtes aud false statements, make mr.
cat an awkward figure about what Burton says,
fB.) ! will tell you now. sill. the history II the
Burton statement. a I Ovt rton Circuii Court.
III May. which lasted two weeks, was lolorm-
ed by James Z. Ihomp on, Esq. alto. NJ Law,
Of what Burton knew, when wrote 10 T.. Hen.
derson withopi effect, to procure ms certificate.
Aler holding another Court NJ Sparta in June,
for three weeks, saw Burton at NeNinnvlile.
aud IN the presence Of James Kos, ~. James L.
thompson and Bloomfield l.. liidlrs, Bqts. al
torn'es Al law. aud some six or eight gentlemen,
| took BurtOn's statement as published. Before
publishing u, the gentlemen before referred 10
ex 'm'ned II, aud believed IL 10 b. correct. aud
Mr., Ridley copied II, and said Il was su,sinn.
ilally Correct. Al er holding the court At Vim
chester some four weeks, aud, after the publicn-
ZION had been nade N the Sparta pnpe,, | n
gain saw Burton Al Mc'Minnville, aud told him
that Col. VIM L. Anderson had known him
when he belonged TO his brother Patton Amber
sons company of BUR- men, al The Clover Bo-
tom (htm) Drake, Hnichings, Donaldson, Hays
and others. He observed he ksew none Of
them, Bur had mt date TO his Fsiatelnent
which he could moi remember, Il apart from thai
circl instance, The publication was substantially
correct. ! then observed 10 him land he agreed
l. ~ 10 get soine friend 10 write down what he
knew, and IN The way he wanted It wrI,ten, AMI
put II IN the hands of SOME person who would
Keep II tor the inspection OF oil who were curl
ous enough to see il (C)
As do not remember 10 have given Won a
history ofihe Winchester mob certificates, 80
fI AS my part of the CASE Is involved, | viii now
give II TO you You know that the editorial re-
marks in The Enquirer were first based on n let.
ter from me 10 a private gentleman in the neigh
borhood of Knoxville. and tlaii was requested
or informed, thai Mr.. Meredith wanted me TO
procure corrobo,aiing certificates, ms the matter
had been denied in the Register. According,
being then AT Mc'Minnvilie, | wrote witlou,
effect. 10 my friends in Winchester To procure
ih0m, having no doubt. at the time, / should
succeed IN that particular. Being again press
I - by the friends of Mr.. Meredith from Sparta,
wrote To Col Tall and others, with as little sue
cess. Mr. Meredith was then under the neoes.
sliy OF pnblistlng my account of the matter writ.
ten ~ Carthage, whichtby the by, was not lnton.
drd AT The time by me for the press, being
not as full rs |. otherwise, would have made n
The inst Of September, m Overton Circuit
Couit. | saw Col. Tall, from Winchester on his
wny 10 Kentucky, where he told me, " Sir. | 10
ee'ycd your letter requesting ccrti6ca,cs but
was really afraid 10 show il. am not afraid
Of any one man, bur OF these people Of Nincles.
ter, am afraid. showed your letter only 10
my son, and we wer. both of the opinion, thai
II ! did attempt 10 procure such certificates,
should be IA corpse IA less than - hours. And
al, ! advise you @heii you go next December 10
hold the cou't therr, 10 bs upon your guard
sir, you will be in dagger | observed, indeed
Col, Al there be such danger | will not 20 II
hold couri no where, Unless | believe my person
10 he entirely out oi the danger OF the rude vio
hence OF mob.
There is another matter which I will mention
before close this letter from Nashville, pub
lisled ~ the Richmond Enquirer, giving a his
tory of my Incorporate use Of spirilnnns liannfs
and Gen. smith quoted a. authority, ioI III,
passage Of law especially limiled To correc
my uesieence, ltom the USE Of ardent splrt..
sbserVed 10 Anthony DrbIeil, Clerk oi the Cir
cut confl at sparta. in August last. To inlimsi.
TO the bar, generally, as they, nome ofthrm
mad for the .asl fifteen or twenty wears, seen o.
heard OF my intoxicaton in or out Of court, ina
would deem II kind aud necessary ioI them Il
certify the inct. It's account of the matter Il
ine afterwards wds. although, they, the bar
knew the charge was falsr, not one oil then
would venture TO certify rs he believed. Genera
: jackson II the law oftbe lad in Tennessee, AM
: few men dare to speak the nuth, tending to TN
> prejudice Of his clalm To the presidency. hes,
: things are all true. Publish this letter with M,
same II you deem il proper. oi.. the Jackso,
! folks may ialk is tbey please. knon my ow,
tile 20 credit, aud the people are obliged to be
! lieve me. aud they will, in the end, believe M
; il they are unwilling TO do il at lhs TINE ; IN
Nashville Committee TO the contrary notwiit
! standing. Nashville committee who are they
: \. b C. T.. I, q. III. DC. " all, all, honora
, bic men, IN the nne Jackson sense Of tie word
They have II IN their power 10 certify thei
word III one instance, aud make IL veIity ilsell
to demonstrate what gentlemen are fl for.
Yours, &c.
) NATH. ". WILLIAMS.
NorE a. II Was written, | am told, b.
WIN. L.. Brown. whose eKpectaratipns were blss
tad on an investigation OF his standing at Wash
ingtOn, when he claimed for himself the Ollie
ofJudge Tor the Supreme Federal Court, OF b.
claim n the event Of Mc'Nalry's resignation
: That his ptetensions SOME time past were /
! that way / vas informed by his bruther-in-la