Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-08-17
Extract OF q Letter.

-, Va. August 0.
~ sec that the Ith Auditor is publishing sketches
Of defaults, SC in his Department, and that your
contemporary" rcpublIshcs them with great glfst1.
Hhe object in all this Is not TO b. mistaken and is for
effect. The present holders OF power doing h'tie
10 be admired the discomfort of the people must be
sottencd and their imagnatlons amused, BY something
and with some ingenuity the politicians of the Cabl-
not, have teImined to fall fu second time of To-
bias Watkins Flebrowr, Hay. and those agsinst
whom, defalcatons established or alleged; under
the plausible expectation, that If abuses be pro-
we'd TO have existed under the former administrations
ergo tor0ri-this administration must be the ex-
emplar of rectitude, and the pink of .4dinisfraons
\ bright idea, which think must have been struck
out Of the noddle Of The thinking Secretary Il is
quite too deem to havr been conceived by any less
profound thinker Be, wish TO say q word TO your
Contemporary
He sPems immensely pleased with Amos sketches,
dreaduy shocked at the disclosures of default there
in made and 70 be greatly concerned at the loss of
character which his country nav sustain by them.
Amlable, patriotic gent. man! ] could forgive his
hypocrsy for il is nothing else-I could overlook the
malice which turks under his affected horror Of defa ut
md deiruii.rs-but when he shakes hands with mos
Kendall and joins that worry in his scheme of inyol-
wing the members of the late Cabinet in the guilt of
DR. Watkins tries to make the heads OF the Gov
Prnmcn responsible for the delnqucncIes which have
e-er occurred in AL Governmental am under the
necessity of refreshing his memory to inure nobody
and nobody's feelings, but recall this consist ent gen
"man 70 sense Of prudence and respect for the fee
linrs Of others.
Docs he know then of no defaults in DTirginig:
Docs he know of no case of default. which imposes
upon aim, the obligation to forbear from pushing the
consequences beyond the immediate case of the de-
iaulter. lie does know such a case. With what face
can he pretend to think the last administration invo
we'd in the turptude Of It's criminal subordinate agents.
Did he think thus. VIXEN certain defaults occurred
under Madison and Monroe Did he profess to think
tins at Ndf time?
| repeat that wish not to wound, but to save
The subject is delicate, and bcsc"ch this Editor not
to force me and others revelations. which moth
ing bat JWetice ought TO recall from the oblivion Of
time and the grave. His party is successful-he
and his flourish upon the ruin OF the late ad-
mnistration-ought not this 10 suffice him. without
attempting to turnish-he private reputation of those
who lately administered the Government?
Your friend truly. J. &. g %*""% =
JUNIUS.- g brief space, three row claim,
ants Of the authorship of the Letters Of Junius have
been brought forward IN England and the u States
lord Temple, and brother OF DR. Lloyd Bishop
Of Norwich, in Englaad-IIorne Toolo in America
and usual, very ingenious cases made out in IA
vor or each
The following just and energetic description of the
style Of Junus, appears in the Boston Centincl Of
Aug. II. from correspondent
''The dic;on and style of Junius are peculiarly his
own. Prcgnau, with meaning. his language differs
ing snrcasms, he is solemn, naughty. and impatient;
and whenever he is disposed 20 be playful, it is the
lion dandiug The ape, But seriousness and stcrnnoss
and straight forwardncss his prcdOmna;ing traits
All is open and above board lie laws no traps for
weak intclccts, for he unwary. 10 tricks
Of shorved policy. Stripped Of ell equvocations, he
addresses minds Of the FIRST order lie spouks to his
contemporaries, and, at tho same time 70 postcrity.
Though his awful warnings are in the dgnIGcd style
Of prophet, he hints at deep, dark and portont-
designs yet unrcvcalsd, no mines of combustb
Just ready TO explode under the people feet. There
is nothing like Burkc's hurricanes Of cloaucncc.
when beating m FOR volunteers TO crusade against
revolutionary France, nor any attempt to- Tighten
reason from her throne that revenge might take her
place. On the Contrary, there appears throughout
ms energetic pages, loyalty to The monarchy. homage
~ truth, and generation fthe laws. His rcprchcn-
sjvc manner instead &C rancor has moro the air Of
tho supernatural inspiration Of Prophet laundering
IN the dowsy cars Of stupid sinners than the vulgar
passion Of dcruaGogun.
Whenever Junius shall no discovered he will DO
found among the very first rank of the lustrous En-.
glIsh ADD when his writings shall become more stu
died his very severe and caustic passages will
he the lcust admired Ills nvcctivcs call forth tho
shouts Of tho multitude, but il is his TRUrus ths;
cuts the deepest PIIILO.JUNIUS.
Cambridge, 7th Aug. 1880.