Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-04-21
FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA ENQUIRER.
TO JUDGE HOPKJNSON

Dear Sir: have seen letter belring your SIGMA
ture' addressed to gentleman in England, and pub
ished IN me London Morning Chronicle, from which
II has probably travelled through the British empire
and IS now making the tour of the U. States.
SELF and ai tsw 7eP at dscaGy tPgnrd
who is not here TO answer for himself vyoTld 49,
restrained its republication in this country and
especially IN this his native city. in the neghbour
hood of winch his widow and daughters now reside
nus nope was founded upon principle of common
justice, ana upon those syTpathics in OR naturc
which prompt us TO respect the misforuncs oCoILor
and more especially TO avoid opening sfresb tho
wounds winch have 50 recently been inflicted unon
me Ioarts OF the widow and the orphan, and which
have not yet had time to heal.
These considerations have hitherto rce,r,incd 49,,
as the particular friend of the deceased from notic
ing the letter; knowing that the next host him, .,
us never having been written would be to let il mass
OH lhto OBLIVION rs soon as possible since il is owl
dent upon the very face oft that your friend in En-
gland md made all improper use Of your confidence
and That 1t was never designed by you fer pubIIca
ton.
But since these considerations, Obvious as tbov
arc have been dlsrcGarded since tho sentiments thus
published with the sanction Of your name have been
enlisted into service for which they were never do
signed, ana have gained, and still yaninr noto
f!ey' nave no alternative ort either silently to &C
qiesce IN the version which YOU have -riyer-ps If
would appear from your statement without much in
vestigation-oi the doctrines of the New Jcrueola,,
church, and their Influence upon individual charoc
Yer ana happiness, or to nuke plain statement of
those facts IN the case, with which am personally
acquainted
With your principles and practice indiyiduollv
hnVe nothing to do IN the present instance Permit
me- however, to observe, by the way, that have
been led to consider a state of indifference mr. nou
trallty in relation to religion very danperous ono
and that 1t is an evidence Of true wisdom and Of sound
judgment, TO prepare for future state of eyiscnc.
which the Scriptures inform is to be eternal and
to regard this world as preparatory and Introductory
thereto. '
With regard TO tho dcceased believe tl,5, Inc so,
down and deliberately counted the cost; that he vos
cnabedlo make proper estimate of the things Of
time and The vast concerns of cfernity: md oltbnr
he was not exempted from largc share Of those
CSJes and anxious solcitudcs, which ore the common
lot OF humanity, yet his faith sustained him md M
iordcd hm that support and consolation in his states
o! trial which 10 Is the peculiar Office of rpI,on IN
lmpart lie sought for peace where alone il can bo
found, in The "Pyincc If Pc4y." innstnuch a4 Tho
doctrines which he embraced taught him 10 rcoard
hls Saviour a Being in whom "dwells all the mi
ness Of the Godhcad bodily as ono who "pogsosscs
MI power IN heaven and on earth" as ono who in
ycs oil TO come unto Him, that "thoy may find rcsl
unto Their SOULS, consequently as a Being exclusive
Iy Divine; they taught him to regard the Scriptures
fountain Of "Hciag ,cafers cfnanating from tlo
great Head and spring of all life aud truth and that
obedience TO their prcccpts IS necessary order to
overcome the cOrruptlOns Of nature, TO cnkinde
spiritual life into the soul, and to open the mind to
perception Of heavenly enjoyment
II would be most easy here 90 give a particular
statement Of circumstances and to enter upon a re-
citn Of domestic caarnItics and Of causes, which led
TO pecunary embarrassmCnls Of n very distressing
nature but differing widely from that which you al
lego ms tho cause Of "brokcn spirit" bat forbcar
lest by vindcating the memory Of tho dead might
wound tho feelings Of tho living. The circumstan-
COS TO which aude were doubtless known to YOU
as they were TO myself and others less intimately con-
ncctcd with lis family.
Yours, respectfully, NJ. NJ. CARLL.
Those Editors. who hovp nubIishod TuJoo TI,,L;n-
sons letter. orc respectfully requested 10 rive this
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