Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-06-19

Dprincpled efforts which the hungry otiicina gen.
/ finla, who were nunda,ing the City, would m,k.
To displacc all the mott useful and efficient office
of the Government matter by what means
This OF the iabrca,ions got up by Duff
Green aud his cotere, 20 inirre me; and. like the
lnquisiuon, It was only necessary TO lodge secret
Information to couS.n the victim to the stake, or 10
lead him ort TO the auto dc fe Such is the pre-.
sent depiorable condition Of our country condi-
ton which every patriot must lament aud resist,
uhe wishes to save its fair fame from pollution, and
It's liberties from destruction. But il would een
that agains; the cypress dcsire Of those for whose
4 special benefit the Library was created, the Ex-
tecutive has undertaken, upon the gross misrepre
sensations and ialsehoods OF such creature as
Green, 10 put one OF his iorenen into an Office
over which the President ought not to have, III
delcacy did not prevent him from now having any
possible control.
deem II unnecessary 10 notice the paitry and
contemplate quiobe about my bond. IL is on
par with every thing he has asserted. aud shows
d, 10 what desperate efforts the ssnderer is driven
when pushed, and deserves no further rem ark than
that 1t is nonsensical and absurd The perfectly
"une xceponabIe bond" as he terms il. which has
| been given by MIR. Meehan, is in fact no bond at
aug because 1t has not the necessary legal formal
iues-ilas not the sanction of either the Pre- sident
oil the Senate or the Spea ker of he House Of Rem
resentalives and IL, therefore, of no more validity
than piece OF blank paper The amount of his
security security II can be called, is the same
winch gave when the Library was estimated Al
| S20,OOO, and yet property 10 the amount of
1 non
S3o,UOO has been illegally pu, under the charge
OF man wholly irresponsible. on the bare word
| OF pensioned calumniator without decenrv and
without truth.
| Another power will We. determine upon the ,e-
gahty OF this proceeding. and no doubt take such
steps as their nsulted rights demand. l am nv
sell Indifferent as TO the result aud should not now
have obtruded on the public attention with these
| remarks, II the insu.terahe arrogance aud false
hood oil the minion WHO has assaiied me, hal not
rendered il Indispensable. Every one who knows
him must know, that
J S'd n'svait pas CERT II suran .ts auns,inp
GEORGE WATERS TON.
Rejoinder. The following is the Reply of the
United States Telegraph OF the i6th.--lt is time
to shut the scene upon this controversy:
THE EX-LIBRARIAN.
Poor Mr.. Watterson was Yesterday literally
toan,ing at the mouth. The very Editors of the
asylum were ashamed Of him; and in place of adj
uniting bis distressed article into the editorial co.
iunrs, as heretofore. they not only placed i, in the
most obscure corner, but before undertaking TO
publish It at all, actually obliged him to add his
name, at full length, that it might not be mis,a-
ken, by its resemblance, for bona fde lucubra-
ton oil either MIR. Feudall or Mr.. Agg. A more
ludicrous ehuliton OF frenzy has seldom been ex-
hibited; aud for unauthorized billingsgate, even
the gifted thirty-six must yield the palm 10 MIR
"aterston. So great indeed is the extent of vi.
Imperative talent displayed, that we are inclined
10 suspect, that is actually one of his own hest
his abuse with any ol cradle degree Of gravity is
Ia much more difficult than 20 answer ne soHts
objection to the legality of his successors appoint
ment, IN which he still persists.
! We quote his own languages as a tolerabIe spe-
cmen OF his style--and facts The classical ac
! quire ments OF which he takes occasion to boast
AS proof OF his fitness for office, may be estina-
ted from the circumstance, that OF the three quo
tatioDs III his tirade--the first is in bad Latin the
second in bad Spanish, and the third in bad
French
g" deem it unnecessary, SC. (Sec letter it.
| self. Editors Enqiirer)
An enectuai and 10 all but Mr.. Watterston a
conclusive answer to the above statement, is to be
found in the following extrAct from the receipt by
| Mr.. Lowre for MIR. Meehen's Bond and the an.
proval OF tie same by the President OF the Senate
6 The said Bond is accompanied by letter from
the Hon. Samuel smith, President of the Senate,
pro tenn, dated the ID instant, in which is stated
/ that lac approves OF the said securities and of the
sum Of two thousand dollars, the amount stated in
| the Bond WALTER LOUVRE,
Sec Senate"
This very document, was sometime ago. nut in.
! 10 the hands Of the er-ii5rarlGn and rsddGy him
| vii! he again assert "that Mr.. Mechan has giuey
no fond that II has fl2f the sanction of either
tine President Of the Senate OF the Sneaker of the
House of Representatives, and that it is of no more
vGiiiity than O piece of 5iaak p0per?" Will he
deny, at the same time, that his Bond was invalid
that it never bore the approval Of either of the
officers required by law2 VIII he tell US what
period Of his dismissal, that we may compare il
with the sum o! Mr. Mcehan's; and saw in con- |
cusion, if he is prepared to make good the lost
and damaged books, Tor which that bond was
granted?
But the Slibraraus case has broke down so fair
!y his own showing, that we feel ii unneces-
sary follow him farther through the insane yul-
garity OF his yesterday efusion, order to salts
iy the people OF the strict proprety of his dsms-
sal He has admitted his ''supercilious Conduct
/ and we have she1n his utter unworlhiness as !
we'll as his mental and physical unii,ness, for such
trust. We therefore leave hu TO reflect on MS |
past conduct, with perfect liberty in future, TO be
as abusive as he may choose. Should his elias i. |,
cal "reminiscences he -canly as reported he M, |
have forgo, the saying OF the poet thou gh he can
I not now avoid feeling its hUfH.
/ Rdro an.scsdenten scele,;un
DeisTuii P-ds PaHG claude. /
We give Mr.. Wauerston this parting recon-. |
| mendalion-to read his last ucubration in the |
Journal, whenever he wishes to be particularly |
! sei-satised, dignited, or supercous-and should |
a perusai not ensure perfect complacency, let him
recall the affair OF the burning OF the Library itself;
few OF the choicest and most chaste passages in |
that delicate production Of his penthe l.. Family
/ in w ashington; and believe, that whatever his !
own situation may be--the people are not blind, |
and can see farther than either himself or his |
| friends OF the Asylum will admit. GU. S. TEL
We are indebted TO a correspondents for the fol-
lowing extract from Mr.. Wauerston's favorite |
work.
| In the l.. Family at Washington, page rs, we |
find an account OF ball at which the family were
present The following san extract from the !
succeeding page
| Dickey was as merry as a cricket and as busy |
az tumble bug he danced with low, fat, squad
ola woman, the merchants daughter, who sprawl |
ed through the cotiIlion like mass of flesh with
out form or pressure, and oged and leered at bro.
Their (Dickey) like cat at a mouse hole, till | !
thought he would have tainted. After the dance |
lie led her 10 seat me- and sailed about the |
room, bowling to and complimentng the ladies' so |
charmingly that was really proud of being bis