Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-09-28

delivered But to the rest Of the speeches ascrbea
to me ia these reports, hardly recognize myself
in them at e the reports generally, indeed, only pur-
por, TO be sketches of what said; the language
yer mine; and isvery II ever, that tie opinions
aud sentiments imputed to me- exactly those 1 ga.
ter'ained aod expressed. many in,tsnces find lam
suage and sentiments which never uttered, AMI some
times tn viry revenge at whA, said, lie TO
cannot con'en TO b. held responsible for them Much
less c'n consent 10 he responsible for pro ocns
iuioas auribu ed to by my sdversri,s in dilute
~ wing which. am not to he understood i'm outing
unfsirness 20 them; every boiy knows. how little the
summary sac OF o.e's arguments by opponent in
debate, fr th- purpo OF examining reiu lug them.
Il 10 be relied ON osition oil tn Arguments the
srlvps
am vary fa- from in en- ling 10 im,1,e any blame to
Won, gsnuemen, or TO the perez, Mr.. Stan bury.
know you desi ou aud took the utmost ,ins yon
could to give fall "A ID faithful report: bu, yon ild
10 no more than prn' such REPORTS the reporter fur
nished you, giving every gentleman opportunity &,
revise and co.rsct the n''c' OF h' own speeches.
Mr. SIS capacity and fidelity repor sr entertain
no doubt. But tn. task h had to pcri'r.n to
which neither the physical nor mental powsrs OF ANY
one man were eqri TO which, in my opinion, tn ~,
sx reporters luli mt have been hsp 90 ia II
he 60 I'D have written OIL, his repors, Immediately.
while the spe -ches he had noted fresh upon his
memory, | am very snre h wpuli hsvs give, ex.s-
lent rep) l.; bu, that was Absolutely Impossible. II
often e'sd M Ca You both did lkewse) to examine
and correct h note. OF my spsschee; bu, oSy.
ed to decae the work for want OF Il ne-the nclina-
ton did mt want. had not time ev:n to Rad the
reports thay p-ined in tn new papers ,u iny
the sitting o. the C1nvenioo; AMI il is h-', thu, with
the exception OF s,ns two or three tn which my
ton part cul, " calel by nay friends at the time
never read the printed rsport till saw them in your
volume.
L am, g.ntl men, with all respect,
Your Oh, se-v't,
b. w. LEIGH.
Sep. Gun, 1889.
W Tn. Publish hive already s,l inihe Preface
that with all the pains they h,d taken, thew cannot
be inscnsib, TO ths inpsrf,c,i,ns Of the Work. N,
S'enoCrapher can take down eve'y thing accurately
No eR)rts OF onr could supply wha, detective
Some Of thu Orators had neither the time nor the in
Gin ,on ia, mans, a,r ling IN Sketches
OF the SenogrAphe- AMI W. tse IL due OF them
frankly TO confess, that iar from having lone
justice to Of tn Speeches. Ii Is easy 10 re-
Pot the Speeches Of such orators Randolph, and
Leigh. aud Giles; and thes., any other gentleman
should think IL TO compln, ha, h-ir arguments hav.
bSsn omitted, or mi'repre ented, only
the aui the puSlic that have dJne the bss with
IN our power. II the volume we now lay fore the
public be no, cDmpe'e, s,st that it il
valuable; and we may be perhaps excu ci the h .rn
less vanity OF expressing surprise, tht instead OF
not doing more, we bave done so much w =
may nov b. excusoi 70 ding that in h FIST $50
pages t-ere ara not more than IL or 10 pages which
have not been revised by the Speakers thems Ives
most OF the residue OF the volume Ia, uni sTgone
similar scrulnY.-With respect To- Mr. Ieish's Speech
e,, is ceItIinly true, that the only Speeches tina paa
ell under his eye, ara those he msutiols; though il
would have given MS geat pie to have presented
all of them ia full, cirefllly revised by himself
and we resly admit, that mistakes may have bsen
IN ued lie III u'slf a'sisn' tue true reason aad our
apology. We think il necessary TO state that bo.id-s
The four speeches revised by him, there in the
hr l00 pages than page speechs a,criSed
to him, which did not pass under his eye;
in the 81 and 3rd hnnd ed, no. dozen lines, in
the 4th hundred scarcely than hall page; and in
the ,ohoie roiune of 92O pages th-re not than
hrtyPs in all Lin THU situation Indeed, do
hesitate TO say that the Volume considered whoe.
IS as iu'l and correct ohsr Report OF Deba'es
that has been pubishe in America-aad certainly
infinitely more so than the celebrated Debate. Of HI
Virginia Convention OF 'sS which Rspoftedby ID
Roset'on' Eq 10 those Debates indeed, it IA beliav
ed there 10 only Speech (viz: John Dawseas) which
seems to have been fully repor'ei.
proper fuTher to remark, that al hou h the ibo-
rou' avoc4tions OF Mr. Leigh have prevented him (ve
ry much TO on regrel from correcting the ,ors,
aud thus prevented from giving snl full
p'ft Of all his speeches. yet, this isno the with
most OF tls 9th, Speakers Their Speeches have been
printed from h r MSS, from corrections care
FULLY mtds by themselves. And it This circum-
sancs that so much lightsned Tho labours OF adm-
rabis Senographer, during the Session of the Convsn-
ton as t. enable him TO accomplish with such As,onsh
ing success, The resPiusbs otcs he had nd.rtaksn