Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-07-28
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WEDNESDAY MORNIyc my % Is,o
THE LETTER.

,.sasHy as THE LETTER. fU6 =
The Literary Subaltern of the esd, reached this
Place yesterday, and if does not put the question
of the authenticity of Mr. Jefarsous letter finally to
rest seems perfectly prepared to do it. We maize
the following quotation from it. f
brom tie Literary SuJaier7,, of yuiy 20.
., MIR. JEFPERSON,S LETTER 80
ihe letter written by Mr.. Jefferson to distin-
guished capitalist and manufacturer of sassa
expressive of his opinion of Mr. Clay, and the Amer
lcan System;-the which was originally published
IN tins paper, ha, been assalcd by variety of pres
ses, from the Richmond Enquirer down to the most
stupid and ssseless paper that are in the paw of tho
present administration, -
Inc Richmond Euquirer, expresses an opinion,
tna the letter forgery, pcrPora,ed by the editor
Oh TINS paper; whilst on the contrary side. the United
Sta'es Telegraph-the organ of The administrations
asserts that 1t is most probable that tire editor of
the saba tern, is gutess OF the charge of {orgerv
but has been imposed upon. We give the language
OF tue Telegraph as II stands. and here we have H.
The Literary subal,eu published letter purpor,u.
10 have been written by Mr. Jefferson to sou,s one whose
name IS no. gwen in which the writer rs made TO
Cayl The place Of Chief Executive of he Rs
puoic No such letter appears his published cors and
Independently OF which there other which
ysy inc oeei mat The part here quoted forgery The
editor OF the literary Suhaen apprehend has been in,
osea upon and under the circumstances Of the
10 himself to make known the name Of the imposor"
For the information of our respected friend, Cen
eral DAN Green, of the II legraph, we now state,
mat we have not been imposed upon. The letter is
IN the manuscript of Mr.. Jcferson;-it is properly
posimarRed and, to the correctness ofthc chirogra
phy hundreds are ready to attest. II is penuine
letter and conveys full and an unqualified exposure
o! DIR: Jeiterson's opinions Of Mr.. Clay The orr
glna letter Is m our possession and viii be exposed
20 inc observation and scrutiny of any gentleman
VINO NAV be disposed TO see IL; and tho name of The
distinguished capitalist and citizen to whom Al was
addressed, can be thus casily ascertained If we
were at liberty to give the name of the gentleman
would do so; but as he is not disposed to appear
e. INT ms name is for the present withheld,
mould Mr. Southworth establish the commences
OF tie letter. our learned contemporary aud his al
hes OF the Kentucky Argus, and the Telegraph, will
we should think, find themselves rather eornsred-
by publishing over and over again, Gov. Raudolpb's
letter, and every semblance of opinion from Mr. lief
ferson favorable TO the Hero they concede that his
opinions are entitled the highest authoritv--nav.
they seem disposed to exact implicit obedience to
them When therefore these opinions are EXPRESSED
SO clearly and decisively in favor of HENRY CLAY,
the CONSISTENT fraternity must either acknowledge
their auhorlty--or, as usual, they must eat their
own words Again; their fears of the effects of the
letter are betrayed by their anxiety to persuade the
public Gifts Being forgery. They could not give
stronger proof of the weight Which they are sensi-
bic he sentiments of the alledged author are entitled
to; and If the gcnuneness be established, the gem
tlemeu have foreciosed themselves from arruing a.
gainst an authority which they pretend to consider
'ntallo!e So tar has nGace run ahead of prudence.
The Jackson paper in this place quotes the Ken.
tucky Argus Ia paper compared to which, the Tele-
graph Is model of purity and refinement as author
ity for The statement that Southworth Editor of the
Literary Subaltern, ''is vOgabond Kentuckian"
&c. Malice has again taken the rcins South.
worth was raised IN Providence, although he spent
several years IN Kentucky and TENNESSEE What
makes this personal attack upon him seem unpratefI
is, that SOuthworth was and IS even now a Jackson
a preference for Mr. Clay, with the
support OF the present Chief Magistrates course
perhaps in which he has not single imitator.
We again invite Mr. S, to forward the lette:'' to
US in this city, the sUrest means of proving its
character We shall take care if he does So that it
be submitted to the inspection of the wise men of the
Enquirer and the Charlottesville Adyocate--those
especial guardians of Mr.. JefTsrsons fame and popu
larty who know what is his and what not. as Fall
stan Knew the true Prince The latter has oracu-
lary-lIVIng in sight of Monticello, and having ac-
'"aty examined the autograph for May 23--circum.
stances which make the case @. E. D.--pronoun-
ccd the letter an UNPRINCIPLED FORGERY,
without having il, and the former has endorsed
it, like Dutch Doctors, who tell the nature of diseases
by smelling at the urine. We shall be glad to con-
front the sages wi,h the evidence Of their uuackery
and their uncharitabIeness.
u We have great aversion TO publishing cold
news" and have come to the determination to pub
IIsh nothing where we are not put, by those who de-
sire the publication, upon the same terms of equality
with the other papers ofthe city, by being furnished
simultaneously with copy. Nothing is more FREE
quent than an application ous to publish something,
the copy Of which has been put into other handle;
leaving us TO get as we can, to publish over what
has already been published, or if we fail, to be bam-
ed for not Punetualy doing that for Others who were
too INDECENT to make copies for use and for their
own accommodation. Re it kDown, that henceforth
and forever, we will submit to no such vassalage.
This rule we arc induced to relax in consideration
Of early friendship, by rcpublshiDg from the Enqui-