Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-03-30

twenty days preceding Had been ncurrec, in any
point or particular the actors IN those scenes were
present 10 correct il. l. was published three days
after III cXtenso Had the published statement been
nsccurate the press open the actors III those
scenes and 10 the auditors of the speech for the sug
gestion of the nacuraccy No such suggestion was
made, IN the house in the journals OF the day and
1t was because none could be made. Ii then be
taken ior n statement whose truth admitted by
many unwilling witnesses. | shall therefore assume
that every statement made IN that speech precisely
accurate.
In that speech stated that Mr. Henderson and my.
self, IN The meeting of November @3d ''distincty e
pressed our decided preference for the scheme of the
gentleman from Albemarlc" C(icn. GORDON i. e. cil
decided preference oft to the western plan but IL
greed, 'n Difference 10 their opm ons,' &c waive
our opinions, aud concur with them in supper inc
"thelr avorite plan 10 The crct Of rOtn for a. and
giving II far trial in the convention. Eve!v man
present (nnd have already shcwn You, by Col Mcr-
GERS evidence, that there were strangers pre-
sent) every man present. say, who understood En-
gllsh, understood rcSCrving right aud CXprcss-
ing an intention, To vote for, aud support ou favor
ito plan. after the failure of heii tavorte plan OH "a
fair trial Their iavore plap had t,ro air trials ON
The 5th of December. ESoc the printed speech for
details. We then at .ibeTty TO vote for our
tAvorlle PLAN But, operE ted on Il quote from the
specch by the solicitations four political friends"
(and that the Hon. Philip Doddrdge was one of the
most mportunatc ga tlosc solicitors presume that
even he will not be hoid cnnu rh TO dcnyN "who were
"a party measure, and who did consider the votes
~ have just mentioned as decisive we reluctantly
consented to give 1t another trial expressly
eng OGI determination To abandon H. anil cote S,,
chat zee considered TIE preferable plan Of the gen Ic
mar from 3ibemGrie tsktn the former stou!d5c
''SG'a rejected"
Ecre there is complete cxI surc Of the falschool
of the statement that he GstORisjcd aiScoycr,
some days before the lo;h of Dccembrr from tho
coartrsqtionS of Mr. Cooke, an intention which SIR
: Cooke had oponty dro'red before him and before
Strangers, by the strongest Implication, and not
20 be- mISundCrS God, long before rs the o2h Nov
Now this may seem 10 you a fasehoud too unjnpor-
tant 10 provoke elaborate an exposure | think
otherwise talsehood. apparently very insign IL
cant, Is frequently used by way OF preparation for
greater. As the archnE of he brUwS Of Hamlet
prepares you for q actual presence, the stage of
his uncarhy vlscr, this age trek Of ''GStoHiSb
men Is played Otto prepare you for tie 'Unpqyahek
ed scene UrtLe 10Th II, cembcr.
What Remains of the statement I have inst now
specially quoted is OF greater Importance and deep
CT mSEgnty. Translated into plain English it a.
mounts 10 this: thai some days before the 18th Of
December, aud while still held ont TO my western
friends that would, however reluctantly, give 10
their tavorite plan another and another fair tri
al, secretly and trcachcrously communicated To
Judge CPshur and through him to The eastern party,
to encourage them to hold out in their opposition TO
the western plan, my continued preJjycncc for Gen.
GuriOn's plan, and my determination to vote for il,
after had given sham vote III favor of the
western plan. Judge Upshur is the only witness who
:
copy OF tins letter. To him icar"ssly appeal for
the truth of what now say, before God and man, to
wit, that the statement IN question Is an untaW-
Gus calunny. And he, and every other of
sense IN the convention, knsto, after my public dec
laration III the meeting the 2G,h OF November that
would most certainly vote for Gen. Gordon's plan
(t none better presented itsrlr) af'cr the western
pan Should be .ctcdtct, freely admit In my speech
OF the l9eb 81 December used this language: And
''in fact, sir, our opinion, from the publicity Of the
"mectiRs, ana the circumstance have Just mention
ed gaS rs notorious IN this Lody from the very time
'of those meetings, IN The last week in Ncvem her
'as If 1t had been published in the newspapers of
"RChmrnd. This fact | stare without the zard of
contradiction. And state il, sir, W tn reference
10 n.st grOfniless opinion, which some Of The
"gcUlrmcn Of our parry have vrnturcd 10 express,
that hclr strenuous efforts carry their favore
''pan Of representation had been frustrated by our
ndiscTctIun IN letting be understood by tn" gen
";icmen ofthc opposite party, that though mcau'
Ito vote for that rlun, and give 1t fair trial We
would eventually vote for that of tho gentleman
from Alb 'marc, If the western plan should be de-
'icatcd. Sir, that We had it IN our pow: To conceal
"our opinions, after 1t had been openly oppressed
bCUrC the adoption Ci tie western plan as a party
'meaaUrc, ) utterly ridiculous, and the imputatIon
thrown on us Is grstutous and unlaundcd -"
Nhl!ci was thus Indignantly repcling the imputa
ton of even indscrcton, for the SANDER was then
~ It's infancy. and has but lately grown M into one
of treachcrOus communications with the enemy. the
writer Of the circular Sat mute in his place The
witness, too, was present, by whom he could have
proved. on the spot, that had been guilty not of an
IndscrctIOn only, but ola trcnchery whose exposure
would have driven me from Richmond overwhelmed
with disgrace and iufimy. But he stood mute and
left my statement uncontradictcd! Nor did he dare
while we were in the same city, so far as I knew
even to hint al the infamous charge which nc has
preferred against
LTo BE coNTfNrED.l
From lie .NUi0nat LteHigsncey OF Saturll4y.
. TO TIE EDITORS,
WASHINGTON CRY, MARcH 2JrH, 1880.
GETTLEMEN: 1t has never been my wish to op.
moe fl,,o d,,it,i ,,cC I