Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-07-28

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| Zion. SAMUEL l. SourHARp,
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Livery material statement contained in this letter
was proved 10 he utterly false.
MIR. Southland testified, that no never authorized the
expenditure service alluded to- that no such acco,n,
was ever submitted TO his decision; that he never saw
The Gratis OF DIR. Watkins, aud heard of them
until since the present charges of misconduct
against that man; and that he was wholly Ignorant OF
any secret service expenditure accounts drafts and
cry other Circumstance alleged by Watkins this
PLANTATION.
II was prove that his letters of 10TH 20h and 81 a,
March were, usual. deposited in the Post Office and
that one of them bad been answered.
IL was proved, that the present Auditor had sent the
letters drec ted to Tobias Wskins without the addition,
OF 4,h Auditor, to him. or back to the Post Office.
IL was proved, that Watkins obtera,ed one of Pauld
ngs abstracts, by running his through the entrv
under the head Of arearages in the presence of one OF
his Clerks and that another Clerk received Harris alb
sracis from the Doctors hands, mu.ila oL and eras-
oil "a they now appear
IL proved by his own record that The letters nc
companying the Reconceincnts alluded to- were sign
cd by his own hand.
On every point the testimony was conclusive, that
his explanation ia an entire fiction from beginning TO
end
Here is direc confession of guilt and an appeal TO
Mr. Southland to save him, by swearing the fiise ex
planaton he had given TO Harris! What now becomes
oil his charges OF magnity against the present lh Au-
dot OF conspiracy against his clerks and OF pcrsecu
ton against the present, administration, Do VIM no, re-
member, how like the letter of Watkins TO Harris was
the language of the National journal, the Baltimore
Patriot. and all their coaduors' Every thing was attrb
uted 10 The naagni,y OF Mr. Kendall, and Dr. Watkins
was to appear siandercd and prosecuted man.
How were these charges TO be sustained? We now
see; u was by PERJURY BY falsehood, MIR. Ken
he established. By perjury he was to be made TO
feel the full force of the reco OF his blow upon him
SELF BY perjury, the charge o! persecution and OPP
preston was to be established against the present admin
is,r2tiou.
Where u-ht public sympathy now TO faIR On him
who ir't deirauded the treasury, then turned and
charged high crimes upon those who were ATTEMPTING
ab~h his innocence and their guilt by the blacklist of
pejuries' Had he found willing witness and prov
clerk. had conspred to de':roy him. by the foulcst
means. what sympathy would Mei' have found from
the people! The National Journal, all lis affiliated
presses. would have heaped falsehoods upon ne rris
until they aud their families would have been srnk y
The lowest depths OF nfsmy. They have cause 10 thank
Heaven for the failure of this dabolca plot and of ts
complete exposure. embrace this ocrason 10 saw fy
words in relation to the present ih Auditor No man has
been pursued with more unresning asehooi and ma
snity than MIR. Kendall The Coalition papers have re-
presented him having heen heeuar in the streets
covered with rags in state OF starvation sick and
wretched, whom Mr.. Clay kindly took patronzed ana
made respectable; when, like viper, he turned upon
his bencactor, and attempted TO destroy him have
Tor stating, that the whole story the oI mag
nsnt hearts and wicked heads Mr. Kendall was n ever
IN stale OF beggary, sarvaton, or want. lie
never sought received the charities Of Mr. Clay.
lie never saw Mr.. Clay until many months after ne
was settled in business and doing well. Mr.. Clay
yer patronizAd him, in the slightest degree aided
his Advancement except perhaps by taking his
papers. !. can scarcely be said, that Mr. Clay ever
rendered him favor and certainly which has not
been tripy repaid. He always independent of
Mr. Clay for his comforts his character and his
as he is
1t is true tina; while Mr. Clay in Europe nc con-
tracted with Mrs Clay 10 teach her children one year
aud faithfully fulfilled his contract 1t is that after
he was settled in business he sick few days in
MIR Ciays house. In the former he earned all he
received in the latter, he ea,ed as a rend i'm
neither, did he ask any thing like charity Ye. ont OF
these incidents have been manufactured beggary rags
starvation misery, every" i'll that flesh is heir to- -
from which have been told this of ingrati-
tuie was rescued by Mr.. Ciay-why, Sir tits all like
Gen. Jacksons murders and Dr. Watkins innocence; II
originated in Jdsehood and caa be established only by
perjury
You will see that Dr. Watkins, in his letter TO Mr.
Southad states that it 10 relieve the brou GIT
on him by his 'long and ardent political warfare that
he turned TO the Treasury. Mr. Harris testified In
Court, that Watkins told him this money was TO he re-
placed and that the funds already raised partly in
Baltimore Can your Clay Committee, who were so
devoted TO DR.. Watkins that they were deermn
cd to make him Editor OF the Journal ever since lee las
been an jail, explain this matter?
All the evidence in this case will soon be published
The people then form their opinion of the man
ner in which justice is administered in the District
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