Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-10-22

The promised explosion contained In column aud a
half that print this morning laid before its esders
anil with the Characteristic modesty OF Its edit
tors. They say:
In the first place. the in,im alton which contains.
of our having siondered the General Post Once. Is
wholly grs,uious. We have net asserted any thing
falsely Of the Departments nor have We 20 stheu the
truth "a TO appear falsely"
We need ~ further than that prin, OF yesterday
to prove our charge. In publishing letter from Rus
sell and charging that the Postmss er oil thar place had
been reformed out OF Office, AMI vaga0ond indicted
the authority IT that letter, The editors were guilty
of a known caumuy. The Post-O!hce was vacant, AMI
no commission ,,s,;Ssed TO the indy idual
commended in the letter published by the Intelgencer
Here is one known deliberate and malicious caluinny.
But the calumny OF the .ntelligeneer has been often
reiterated, alter fawning AMI counting ami beggng
for the patronage OF the Department. The Postmaster
General decided that he not authorised to publish
his ADVERT ement of The mail routes IN more than one
newspaper in the district that decision rests the fol-
lowing provision of the PosO.iice law, page T. Sec
ton TO-
And be il further enacted, that it shall be the du-
" Of the Postmaster General to give public notice, ia
one newspaper published OF the seat Of Government,
of the United States, aud in OF the
papers published in the State States Territory
where the is to I've pei formed tor at least twelve
weeks, &c." This decision the Postmaster General
was would communica ted 10 The editors OF the
Inteigencer by Doctor Phineas Bradley in the follow
ing letter, published in that print OF this morning.
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENTS,
Office Of Mail Contracts. lOh June. 1929.
MEssRs. GALES s. SEAToN, Washing ton Guy:
Gentlemen: Since wrote 10 you on the ffth tt5l1
April last, the Postmaster General mature de-
liberation has decided to restrict the Of Adj
ver,isements emana,ng from the Department, to the
Official Government Newspaper at the Scat of Govern
nent. This notice, together with the publication in
two newspapers in each State and Territory. through
which the Routes pass and the supplying Of each Post
Office and Con ractor interested therein, with pam
phlet OF ADVERTISEMENTS will he believes aifJr all use
full and necessary information; and he that you will
receive this in,m ,tion the result Of his Judgment
unnluenced by any consider alton other than the pub
lie good.
l am, gentlemen, your obd't servant,
p. BRADLEY.
This letter proves that the editors of the Intelgen-
applicants for the patronage of the
and that IL refused MIR. Barry beieSed ts,t he
was restricted By the law to one newspaper at the
OF government and gave the preference TO this That
he consulted the interest OF the department. by doing
will appear by its greater circulation. But il seems
that the Official Government spaper was used!
BY whomi-by Mr. Barry as has been frequently
charged! No; but by Doctor Phineas Bradley! Does
not the attempt, now made by the coalition press, TO
make Mr.. Barry responsible Tor his acts, furnish
strong Jnsiihraiion Tor his removal What evidence
have we that Mr. Barry ever saw this letter! 1t does
purpor to have been submitted TO him, and il is
not probable ,at il ever read by him, and we
think fully warranted in sup2ong that this part
Of the letter was Intentionally introduced by Mr.. Brad
ley, for the unworthy purpose 10 which il has been APP
piled by the editors OF the lnellig, ser.
We ask those who have had 10 the flies Of the
lntelgcncer. TO compare the tone Of that print be fore
the date OF his letter, with its bitter and malicious
saus since that date, and none be at loss
count for the ruling otive operating upon its conduc-
tors. They have made out case; thsy admit that
they drew upon vi 6. Abraham Bradley in ancipatio
oil the patronage OF the departments they have furnish
ed the proof that they applied for it, and that wa re-
fused TO them, and their files. furnish conclusive
proof q their whining and hylocrca approac to
Mr. Barry before that decision, and oil their calun NOUS
attacks since They pretend that the draft was not
so large we suggested. The books of the depart
ment show that thy received in 1925 than three
thousand dollars, and we fully borne out in our as
seron, that they drew Tor that sum, by their own adj
missions; thai they drew Tor the whole amount which
they eXprc,od accrue in 1929 We leave the world
TO Judge hOw lar the caumnies Of such press unde
such circumstances, ought 10 ast The character OF TIA
uepai tneh no.