Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-07-08
it'll which he was seriously al

ilicted."
Mr.. Letcher states, - He (Cook) was unabi, ,a
attend IN Congress at the close OF the sc -sion (iy
Congress.) although he had a bill of Interest be-
fore the House" Mr.. Mclean states :. fl
! Cook was some weeks sick at witness's h .nsr
being there by invitation, in order that he mig t
have comforts, than he could otherwise have
Witness thought him near dying. Presumed A.
I bout the close of the 10Th Congress Yet al this
most inauspicous moment, '' OH the close of the
| 10th Congress-" MIR. Clay designates this man. dy
ling of pulmonary disease, IL being ascertain
Ell that he tcouid accept" to discharge the duties
of this mission, his route to his own residence.
TO perform these duties would require time health
strength, activity and intelligence all OF the high
est order and strange to tell although Cook in-
structions are stated by Mr.. Clay 10 have been
- made out, and dated, by the 18th March, 1927.
Cook probably did not receive them before he leit
Washington and, perhaps, never did receive them
Il atall. Hear MIR. Mclean upon tina, point-sMr
i Cook said he expected special insirucii0ns-that
he had some conversation icith the President or
Secretary 0 State, and found the business conhl-
eL 10 hnn OF more Importance than he had expect
3D. Ii IAN hardly az Presumed, that il oo.s
had received those special Instructions Ueiorc he
lcit his friend, and alter their conversations in re-
Iaiion to them, nc would not have told him OF the
circumstance. 1t is not improbable therefore that
Cook went on his mission upon these general con-
versations, and with the letter to tho iniendent
Wives without any special instructions az al-and
Il would have boen jus, d. well for nm 20 have
executed the special instructions, now printed, and
dated 18th March, 1923 surely not within lii.
compass of time into nded, nor in his extreme in
firm consumptve condiilon, within all ,in..- In
regard 10 the 9th and 9Th results, which respect
the time oil Cooks leaving Washington, ana reach
u ing his residence, nothing is Necessary but Mr..
u Barton's short statement Thinks MIR. Cook re-
turned the latter end IF May or beginning Of
-ttne-presuines he sailed from New York some
time in April q W itness parted from him between
N prlI NJ 'nnlN "a,
New York"-and in addition - Tie (witnes-) ui,-
destood from Mr. Cook himself, that is Mr.. Cook
was going TO the Island OF Cuba 10, his health, he
was, while there, TO be employed in he service OF;
the Government, 20 collect such information "a the
: Government might wish TO have relative to that
country" The restoration of Mr.. Cooks health
n the principal object, the government business n-
cidcntal. Here then is The true key, which un
4 locks the whole mysteries OF Cooks mission 10
Cubs.--lt for Cooks health and in discharge
of Adams ..hon0rGbe pledge oi his vote; and The
business Of collecting Information Tor .he Govern
inent, the pretrx; Tor paying his expenses with
n Government money: / o demonstrate This more in
contestibly, il will be by MIR. Cay's expana-
tory letter, tha; the government preteXt for this
mission in 1927, Is n rounded upon the condition OF
Cuba in 1925, which Wa moi only different in 1927,
but reversed in all the eiiai circumstances cal
4 ling Tor the measure in 1925, even if such mea
sure could have been Justified by the condition oi
CUBA in 1925, or AT any other time. But the most
essential difference In the condition Of Cuba, in
1925 and 1927, consisted in etended dppre-
4 tensions OF invasion from Mexico, or from some
4 OF the South American States, in 1875; where
as, in 1927, far fiom any such apprehen
sions existing, the Mexican feet was bi ockau ed
4 at Key West by the Spanish squadron under La
4 borie. ihsse apprehenslons of Messrs Adams and
ClIy slept quietly from 1875, until when? until
a the close OF the Nineteenth Congress, hen Cook
was about returning home, and was pressing sore
1y for his promised rewaId--and when the mission
20 Mexico was tounu inexpedlent. Then IL was,
that the apprehensions Tor the safety OF Cuba were
revived; and Coax designated tor tie mission Thu
a Their. Wonderful 10 be told, after Cooks failure
Adams and Clay went TO sleep again, and probably
q never dreamed OF Cuba, ull awakened by the :
plosion OF their i'll atcd secretlt is not possible
10 read Mr. Clay's aborcd invented tale upon tilis
subject, without wondering ahis own egotisin, and
his contempt Tor the understanding oil others. In
speaking OF Cooks peculiar fitness tor the mission,
Mr.. Clay says - He Cook recommended
by local position, by his general intelligence by
the integrity OF his character, and by the intimate
knowledge OF the vie VS. of the American govern
ment, derived from long participation in its coun-
z cils-No lisp from MIR. Clay about Cooks pull
Inonary disease-Ought not MIR. Clay TO have
added, and otolly incapaci,aed TO perform the du-
ties OF his mission, ii in reality there had been any
4 for him TO have performed, by fixed incurable
4 pulmonary disease! Whatever might have been
his other qualities and qualifications, could Nj T..
Clay have thought so meanly OF the understanding
oil any American citizen, as 10 suppose, that he
i COulu NOT supply MI Clsy HlssiOil, by suggest
ing the most prominent points Ill the evidence-to
wit: Cooks absolute incapacity TO perform the du-
ties of his mission, on the close of the 18th Con-
4 gross? Mr.. Clay, too, by way OF another decoy,
states-"He (Cook) returned some time IN the en-
suing summer, with MIR. Barton's evidence before
end Of May, or the beginning Of June. What a
shameful OF subterfuge and disguise is here
exhibited? Is it not disgusting to every lover OF
truth, and OF his country, 10 behold such abomina
bic tricks repeated over and over again! Ii any
doubt should still remain in the minds OF the
prejudiced, ne is respectfully asked to look back
and over and over again; and he must be convin
s ced, that Cooks mission was the reward of his
vote. Cook manifestly appears to have had his
whole mind bent upon getting his pay; and The
Mexican mission being abandoned, as xpedie Mt,
Il Mr.. Clay put TO his trumps 10 trump up an C.
\ Guivalent, when his happy genius hit upon the
4 lucky trick OF obsolete mission TO Cuba,
having the great advantage OF secrecy, over the
inevitable publicity of the Columbia mission. Cook
must have been an extremely incoDvenient dun,
on the close of the 10Th Congress; for, although he
was extremity i'll, he was not speechless, aud his
was debt Of honor, and must be paid i'll prefer
ence to all others-He was not creditor by bond;
but by Honorable understanding" For the
| present, here stop, look back, and think on Uldt
4 5s gone before. QU1ERlST.
No. I.-ERRATA.
Column ~, third from the topstriks out the words
se 10 Ms vey. Column 3D. 81 lines from the top, after the
AdsnS", tact OF
the administrative term the understanding with ok vii
leave nothing doubt relation to the Bargain OF under
ttsndng" with Clay and Scott ard the pledge TO Weh,sf
tonid IN the manu,etpl Next line, for the words hon
osbIe aud yenouned read reverend aud hon table few
lines lower down, for cen =" lIesntes few 0ei
lower down, fer constr uetion read eon.raeticn few
lines lower down, after the "Tbe whole people OF
great nation nsst Iude would afford subject Of
iiecu, 10 the oOntt mpavr mna to behold the etdeysn
elericdl polite Dr. Everett jealousy boxing thu
whole political compass, snd soenny Hedging hmse TO he
Wue by fns, to in the political eo, ioDi the
ope of Cancer t. Capricorn aud from CsputOuto Gamer
fffntl,