Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-02-23
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GrxrtrurS-f have received YOU, letter OF
The 10Th ult aud rscoPn,znr among re s,gns.
lut.s IL II. name n l.srsan, ft whom long
aud on nv par nun erfnptrd friendship, has
survived all The htirtnr>s u palit,ral disSru-
SOU u would have nil,tI Il mo pleasure To M
svar with rSplici uess hnd cnndnr AZ OIL, ihosr
prrsnns, MT each aud EVER, one of You. upon
fle onl, question IA relation 10 The subject nut
t"r al ,uul letter. which ~ men ~ ~ ciilzens
Fan ackuo ledge yum ilfhI 10 a X namely
whether tie interrogation was lin selt ane of the
p"tsons nj ndrd hy me ~ The extract Nhich
gu have rivru, hnm IA ntemeut nuthnrlsedhv
me aud pablished in the National Intelligence,
OF LIST OG last.
Had you or either of Won thought proper 10
ask me this question, II would have been mere
satisfactory Ia me IN receive the inquiry srpa-
rnf,l, from cnch individual. than array Il in 40
ia phalnus each respons BILE not only iur mn
self hut ior all others. The reasons Tor th.s
mus, he 50 obvious 10 PERSONS of your med.
truec, ihu ,rus' YOU viii spn,e the the pain
OF detailing them.
But gentlemen, this il not all You underinbs
yuur muuisii ~. ~, In your own names atone,
hut ~ the representatives. ofa great aud power,
inl party. tlispcrsed throughout the States o
Ma saehuset aud Name; Apatiy, eommand.
ing. NJ the tine ~ which vour inquiries refer.
devoted minority IN ,hr Legislature Of the thrn
United Commonwealth ind even now, II judy
cd of hy the character of ia volunteer dclcga.
ton. of grent influence aud fespectahiliiy.
cannot recognize you on This occasion, AZ
the representatives oil thai party, Tor two fen.
sons FIRST, because ,on hnve neither produced
your credentials for presenting yourselves rs
Al. A #... f..f
sous Tor presenting voutselve' without them.
But. secondly, aud chiefly. because yonr iuirn-
ducion Of tina, party inlo this question sentire.
ly gratuiiuus Your solemn declaration that
Won do mol know that the federal ot any othrr
party al the timp 81 which nv statement refer. >,
intended 10 produce the dssolu'ion Of the u
mon, AMI the formation Of "a ne" eoni"drrary,
does not take the issnG, which Nouf own state.
meni uf my charge ms you are pleased To con.
slider ~ has rendered. III" statement nnthor
.rd bv nr smoke not Of the federal party but
of a ridiH ieaifts Of that party la my own let
ters To- the Members Of Congress. Who did me
The homo nj that ngnntz'ng crisis TO our Nation
Al Union, # soldering NV confidential opinions
upon measures untrr drlibcraiioni expressly
ac1n,,ied the rieat body of the federal party
not only OF participating ~ the secret designs
OF those .adri, mi even OF bring privy to or
rrpeat fhnt derlafaaon. Nv II know that 10
party were not prepared tor that con>u son. l.
which the IN, Assure, and designs OF their leaders
were msiigaiing thrm and INV rIttcin" ankle.
" tor The substitution of The Don.utr course for
the embargo arose from the imminent danger,
that the continuance aud enforcement OF this
aiter measure would promote the views Of
those leaders, by egadug majority of the pso-
pie and ofthc legislature ~ the pitch of phs NJ
chi resistance. Ivy state authority, againsl the
execution ol the Laws u the Unipn the only
rneciual means BY which the uninn could be dls-
solved Your modesiy has prompted YOU
10 disclaim the character Of leaders OF the
federal ,party al thar time. II | am to con.
,idrr thu. as more than mere d,Savowal ol
form. must say that the charge which lament
10 sec has exc,lrd 30 much OF your sensibliiy
had M reference TO any OF YOU.
Yeur Hyowed oblrcl Is rnnl roverEy. You
call form precise statement OF inCis aud evidence:
not aiIrctag 40 fira you know, any one Of
vou, but 10 enable you iairly 10 msei aud to an
swet II.
And you denned,
!. Wao are the persons designated as leaders
OF the part. prevailing IN Massachusetts m III"
wear 1908, whose objecl ! assert WIS., aud hnl
been, for scvera years, dis,o utlon ol the
mon, and the establishment Of separate con
iederacy and
2 The whole evidence on which that charge
is founded.
You Observe that it is admitted, in the state
ment of the charge. that is not provcable IN a
cont OF law. md your inference IL, thai am Il
cou, 81 not ~ ppssrssion Of any legal evidence
by which 10 MAINTAIN il. Yer you call upon
NE Ia nnnle the prr.ons at c,ed by The ch,iRr :
a chnIgr IA your estimate deeply sugmaii'log
upon those PEA sons snd you permit yourselves
remind M" hat NV sense ni justice aud seq
rf'pect uhlier me- Ia lis lose al that do pos
s.ss, NJ, s,'nsr III justice N YOU. genle"en. IL
| tuces n,r e.. remark tat leave yunr sell ~
] tprct tptIr moral influences oil yonr own minds
..ithent presumIng 10 measure It bv thu &c n
tam Of mluf
! 5upposr then. ,hai in complain vnh your
j call. should name onc, tpo o. three prr.ou,
! IS intended 80 ~ included ~ the ci,nige sup
! ppse nrlher 81 thoss per.on' 10 be one m yon
You. however, haVr given thrm n"icr. that
havt no rvidenrc ng iiust them, bv which III"
! chug" !, prpvratl,. IN = cont Of law--nud yon
k1up hn' |, a. wnll ~ yourselves, am amrna.
/ lr 10 the laws ~ the lrns Of the baud Dpcs
,our s"ll-resper cons lnce you hat lie person
~ nancd If -, ". Wonld furnish the eydonc
against thrnsriyrs which ih"v have henu nort
Grd that do not possess Are you sure TIA
thu corlrypondrncP Which wnnlI prove then
gut my moi i" the l'psr of25 y'.a,s Lave beer
committed IN the danes Ia th"se days ri fall
Tag an ! ireHCherons nI"rnol les, NAV they no
have forgotten that any such correspondence e
I yer exnd d And have spn ANY gnarhnt"r T.
off,. that sh puld not be called by snn non,
more imp 'raIive thau 'urs 10 produce IN h"
templr II instlcp, NE proof, " ich you say
have mol N lie branded for foul aud malig
nant slandeter ofspoiless mud prrsecut"d viriuel
Is il moi besides, irnas unable that p rs"ns may
exist, WIS, though twenty five years sinc" dris
en IN the desperation nf disappointment. to !hf
meditation and preparation of m asures tend
lus Ia the dissolution Of the Union, perceived
AZ yards the error ol then W Us. AID woul
/ unw gladly wash on, from tcir own nlemorl.'
'her paficipaion in projects, upon which tbs
stamp Of ideilble reprobanon has last Is i
nat possible that some OF the couspitator
have been called to account b iore a higher
than earthl9 tribunal for all the good and =