Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-08-11

OF INJURY from charges made ainst them witiou, no.
tice. Until they shall have been notified of the s,ns
ana had ample time for Their vindcation no sten
,heir prejudice will, be taken" Mr.. Barry NAV
nave learned prerogativc ut " asbngton hut he has
surely forgotten right. Instead of comnlvipg w;,I,
my reasonable demand and giving me The ;norn ,'
non so respectfully solicited, and which as mon of
hohor, and more especially public officer be w.
bound, from his duty and his oath to have nfinr5oJ
he closes upon ME his books but spr eads before ,o
henddH, lpossibly the most proHigate and unprnci
pea wretch that ves) the files of his office for vear,
pas-for 1t Is to Amos Kendall as am I'll -
Mr. Sanders. that ain indebted for the nofice taLo
OF me IN the Argus of the 18th inst purportin to b
communication from the city of Wasl,;nnten r.
will be perceived in the memorial that an a9r,Gi a.,
peal is made to the pride and feelings of Mr. Barrv
when 1t Is suggested, that my Office was made stbe
,neui.' Vi system or improper management in his
late struggle for the Chief Magstr of Kentucky
but the master key Yet to be touched J'be
Fihtrodnction of The name OF H. Clay, under whose
auspices; 1t was represented that central commits
tee had been organized at the seat of Government
opposed 10 Gen. Jackson. and to whose eommn;ca'
tons 1t was stated had granted unusual facilities
sealed SCI my tate. he annexed statement of John M
Black, Esq my assistant in the Post Office will n,n
tins matter in proper point of view.
Having lived with James W. Hawkins, Esq former Poet
se d. inns place, more than two years. being called
The manner i'll which said been conducted d,; o
lance come before :" s 'e p, ec
and duty demand of me- aud for which Justly ncensed aud
much for who has seen no where but in the h 700
vale of obscury and who wished to remain ms. @
unknown "'ee a''es
Sometime previous the August election of 1928 On. oman,
thy OF documents to be conveyed in the mall increased with s
possibility TO send all the man, owing 10 the scarctv If n;,
bags ana 'e sudden swell of the mail Il followed then as
matter OF necessity that part of the mail should be reta,f
IN The office, until the mail departed Tiki, h,ni
s s a' do aSea sss ,he iso" of partially
@ 'at "ty part 81 ne mail detained wan, of
the former administration This rule was universa,y ,
strictly Observed; always sending papers, other ocien,
offices Of either the Commentator or Kenluckia, @ ,
s 'ne,;t.y OBTAINING packages from the latter A'''
other times, the mail kept open the STAGE drove SO
ae door to receive IT, although the hour closing had exufed
ior lie special purpose OF accommodating
the party which he aached; thai they mill, -, NV
OPPORTUNITY OF conveying The latest intelligence friends OF
feqacntly been admitted inside Office for the p,rs
condemns and eeeses ,e NOW gooa easy so
course in Post Master The gentleman car az he WIN
state to the world whether he did obtain from ON hoas
the privilege of using his flank the purpose of senua IT,
different of this State the famed documents 6a
tlemam IN conjunction with r. p Blair and others can
whether they did not under the privilege been loane
the Several snperscptos and enclose documents boh
s ?s'e a l3r meer Oh days after e gentleman
VINO FAMED iof ranking, and whose generosity This pa
oular cannot but admire. had Left Frankfort These are The
same documents about which much has said and which
reported to have been suppressed by the late Post M,
more base ard slanerous fasehood uttered
shortly after The election in August 1928, my brother who
was deputy Sheriff Of tie county, being ill., devoved on me m
perform ,ls duties as deputy; in the discharge of Inch WA
necessarily absent from the Office all TINA eycs, ,,a %
and Sundays hich !'ne assisted Mr. kins as f5e
~ my ofo' ean was at length partially restored sp
the Sheriay aud again resed former station in the Pos
Office Not long after this Mr. Hawkins was taken iIl,n
brother again suddenly thrown upon the bed of
important and Indispensable business of my bro,s IN H.
county, required my immediate attention. What to do nnde
such circumstances could tell III locked, the Office fer
few hours, it might he made grounds for cnnpa;p T,era
removal consulted with Mr. Hawkins who was unable 70
leave his he advised get person n, .ua
could aeend to Say NJ the Office while was absent made
t.ie a''e't scverat-they busy-couid NOT Ger
mem. Al last by opportunity, prevailed upon MIR J. FL
ne done 90 tic was seen TO lock unlock the during me-
absence by jackson man This e;ogi-srona aro,ns
Tor removal We're made against MIR HAWKINS deduced from Ma,
above circumstances What generous and humane sou '
lcould say more, bnt word am done bar.
appear useemly in me- but being plain blunt ncrson ~ ,
education cannot clohe language robes of ornamenr
will not act the OF the bsared y ps n1
Wa" s.du M cce u innocence in The dark takes
s'e''ef III Tie hhieiVious shaoes OF secrecy.
JOHN M BLACK.
Need speak Of the character Of Mr.. BIacs, T.
woid De useless were this publication not to extend
beyond the sphere OF his acquaintance II tba
10 say, that no young gentleman in Kentucky st.nI
higher III private WORTH In strict and sterling integri
ty, than Mr.. Black His character throughout Efa
Is Tue euTeSt guaranty that any aenent made nv Irn
will be received as it dcsefvody ought To he With
perfect conviction of its correctness. will onv add
on this SUBJECT that my successor in office has en-
ploved hila, as his assistant
in the communication from the cit Y of V,sJ,;,.
from amos kendall and published in the rms, ON
tic 18th inst 1t is stated that on the first dov 81 -
1872 was liCeotcdto the Government Si2e3 ~
RS IS utterly llsta1tbe balance due on that day
latter deduchng draft drawn on me in favor of NJ
Hutchits of Paris for 1920 dat ed January 1000
; was agreeable to Mr.. Barrys showing 1878 10
Why let me ask, was not credited by MI Barry for
this draft of $1,000 Was it that by omittinr TO piy
inc the credit Of the $1020 drawn on the Ist of I
nuary 1929, he might produce impression thai the
mode OF drafting upon Inc individually had been abon
donet! Was it to produce an Influence in the nend-
ing election for the county of Franklin in which i,
was known, That one OF the most highly gifted and
talented men IN the state. and warm personal a
well as political friend OF Mr.. Clay, was co,:I;Jts
vas it. that Mr. Barry, Knowing the charges
me- contained IN the memorial, were alto9efbs95 m
founded and unirue yet, ha wing removed inc IN
termneh as he had commenced in injustice 10 n,,n;L
me, by nflicfnr lasfnr ininrua l. T. - PuuIsh