Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-02-23
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WIN 'tihS 1nd tournaments" / trust shall bn par
9onod 10Y exhibiting another feat In this shall en-
"e'Vout 10 give you no further cause To complain OF
PgIta'uy' 4o9 shall figure cons icuouSy The hclO
~ ,hs p,rco' ana II In the enjoyment OF this singular
distinction, the part you made 70 act shall attract
the pucilc gaze and rdicue, and the catastrophe b,
tagical shall not be L. blame. You have couricd
tue PcFu0uS honor, and surely il is for knight.
"W" soUe', To SHrinI lron the voltcstoI 10 be an
palled at its issue.
Mycour'esy, sir is ever ready 10 entertain the COM
pa"y II may attract Ia my DOOR aud Whenever rem
uC~FH enters, even of the iougblc livery of Cur
''.s' nc SNAIL have no reason 20 muTmur nj want
loi pohleness and hospitality 20 give him bot II an ko
hoM"6'e and satisfactory reception. Should he leave
II oiS-atished however, avery sght examination into
ms c"i!acfe' will explain the apparent deficiency Of
these virtues.
have had quito leisure cuorch TO have received
inuch sooner the obligation which YOU fclr YOU owed
me- ana " YOU arc content with tie which YOU
nave thought It incumbent On yuu 10 oatr for the
lapse OF nearly two months before the debt was
repaid am sure, am. But we arc unfortunately
nor the arbltcrs OF our own acts. The public viii
lJu"gc' anu there are ever suspicious aud evil dispo
SEQ PERSONS more fond of nicunedlinw with other
oalrs than their own, VINO vl not accept your apo-
loGN-anu Will esteem the delay less croditable TO your
hc10 than your heart. They VIII be hardy am un
generous enough to that the very ',ceq and
teFof brains which YOU SO tceliu,lv coinnns,in,u;c
IN me, has operated to produce the delav instead Of
me amuble fen expressed ,iat Won niont he regar
ded as an "intrudcr." Il, not proiral of your com
passion bcSeoch You sir, charity begins at home; and
wcen there WAS mover more lrUtiiu the APPLICATION
OF the adasc, or more urgent necessity for h, ever
CTS" OF The virtue than ~ NoUr case Dly utter lay
and week utter week ~ we psonIisci the hone md
tAni'Zed with the expectation o b,hoiinr the liter
AIRY prodigy. Public curiosity was ;nnaicut I'D he
graied but from The time consumed some cn,,irctl-
red that II snotharnd in the pnrt-icnt womb
while others imagined IL suppress from ,rr9en.
tlai motives. ! confess had other hopcs-and al
though | knew th> t1rdy brain thlt was IN obour
I'D nr.s md In,
pu'cd ability Of the learned Doctor. was prepared
OSec 1t spring into existence fuprmei and rcrl;,,t
K" Minerva from The brain Of the fthcr Of the Gods
WlththeSc expectations, one posses loss moral
courage than give myself credit Tor, and less sup
ported by consciousness Of the Justice of his cause
might have been awed into significance or been
vanqushed even by anticipation. But how great and
may add how deplora5e orr disappointment:
cts tale
Told by an idiot, fll OF s)u.,i aud iry
Sjgnifying nothing"
shall not attempt To convince Won that vanity had
no par III the composition of the communication of
Draper Far be 1t from me to deprive YOU of solace
to which you seem 70 cling with the desperation
al a ship-wrecled marincr to the last ulank and
charge upon me so frequently. and 50 triumphantly
bow easy would IT be to retortthc charge if twas
deemed OF any Importance. But this much have
thought important to say, that urged the publica
ton OF Draper i'll the Whir. because il had been
excluded from the columns OF The Enquirer, which
had published the address to which il was rcplv
and because knew that the liberal course of that
paper was dIametrcaliy opposed to the sgucamish
particularly and sanctmonous dignity of the after
| was indignant that the paper which admitted the
SANDERS against Mr.. Taliaferro should refuse to
publish vlndcation and deeply impressed with
the injustice of such refusal ! communicated my
name 10 the editor, preauming it TO be an iudispensa
bic custom before the communication could he n,,b
lishcdi ami that might not avoid any
that my course might incur. The manner in winch
my name became known, was purely acciJcutnIS
and not of my seeking.
.,Ir hon vntt y. 7
pinned because you did not violate custom in
obedience 10 which you say you have written under
fictitious signatures. Nor ram disposed to comDli
m"nt you on the sanctIty with which YOU have ob5er
we'd II, Il neighbourhood rumour is to be relied on.
But 1t may be matter of sincere rer-ct however, IN
the public at large. that the author of those ritirs
was not sooner and more universally known Per
maps they might have been read with NOR, nIsgstra
and edhcation aud 1t would have given them greater
weight and celebrity TO have been acconyaned yiib
me name OF the distinguished writer Were all man
klni Ike you, possessing the same Ohl.gue sense of
lus-ice and ever ready to lliinterpret acts and mo-
tYcs, might then, indeed, calculate too largely on
their charity.-But to their honor NAV It he b1neJ
that you stand alone amid the ordinary SAMPLES Of
human existence.
As IN extraordinary means Of defence you have
thought proper to draw a parallel hot,yecr,
Mr.. Newton and myself and TO make the con
irast more imposing, to cyalt his name aud excel
!ence have not failed TO give all the benefit orhirh-
y wrought, coouring. Although in the benirnty of
IA
seem very striking VIII - brought into view with Tho
rare qualities ofttot gentlonan,f shall not rcpinc-
II does not import 20 deny that che is distingish
cd, or that" am but little known" that Ibis hands
arc full Of briefs" or that "mine are empty" Pow
cr'yl and obscuri'y are my only heritage: and
thought and hoped that The ari5ocrdtc ins0ence and
pride that made them crime aud reproach had been
banishcd our soil with revolutionary opprcs ors.s
But when you insjnuate that Il fr,ra r12n Ht oSj1ct
Of ing scoTn and affect aJreadshp foycg1 ~ mn hcq,f,
yDu charge with that which rs no nnrt r.
character and must beg leave to ea7, grossly mis-
Represent truth. II has been my good fortune Hereto
'rr IN he short, but not unevcnt 20 live in hor-
10 bec0nos me here 10 explain the manner u which Mr.
N'r'on became acquainted "Itl my uauc Otherwise rom
be emphatic onc 80 which uu accused OF yaptc il i,b be
Supposed by those who kn0" not. fiat had rdusrI,.ly
acknowledged myself ths author of Draper am aware the
cnaTTc mas rp Importance but rs cerpncy unpleasant 10
'j u1rr unjust hnpW1icns, e.cn ut however trivial q nature
WI do this i Extracting p1 OF lrtor which received
ron ihc Editor ~ lo Wh5, explanatory OF tho manner i'm
Whrn We secret Di ihc authorship was dvHoi and will add
That with the exception ~ ew confidential fcnIs and trcn
under thc injunction ofsisncc never spoke 10 solitary midi
y lu1l nm ift Uf irr