Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-05-03

,,,, boib the courage to psi'es' 'ge aga
,,0o,ed in their hands, To be exercised Tor
'" ~. rood a, che bidding OF party.S The
pr ,,roctaim 10 the world their disre
.,,o;, solemn duty, and their more SOL
~ II, Tn. letter to which we have refer.
ID i, .ubjOiued
,Ls v York Courier and Enqaifsr.
f 'o" admitting The justice OF the sweep
N"NV contained in the following letter
y F"i IA friend aud member OF Congress.
of az with bis request aud lay 1t before
He will perceive that we have
Fo'rr'ssd all whether for or against US, except
O'"'". xbv he voted for the editor OF the
i,sh "a Printer TO Congress. We have
sfs,ad those reasons al his suggestion, but
nsrceiye any good cause for doing 50.
pun" 49,. bss arriv ed when il Is proper that
% IL. .bould know why he was elected, m
4 ,9,bat they may understand how little CON
II "a Congress reposed in him, even at The
me- OF his election
4 rhe letter is written by one against whom
zach in the Telegraph was not levelled,
.oera careful revision ofall the circnm-
attending the contest. IL is not surprI-
,hsrefore. that il savoufs more of "pru-
'h :, ,ban nv reply, when il is remembered
character as an officer was assailed in
ner supposed by some 10 be- The official or
'gr t,be administration, and consequently
g.,npd 10 be founded on official documents.
~ charge was positive and direct, and known
tho author off 10 he FALSE in all its parts.
y. the fsbricator and publisher of such
roo he deserved at my hands the severesi
,a,sbment could inflct upon hun and il
Inning him from Maine 10 Georgia in the
,.,srter Of an unprinciped traducer Of pr-
N ,,cutation, will, to Que who is already so
II koown, be sufficient punishment, he shall
lie time receive II.
gs states IN his paper of MONDAY that he
-, son!ied Al the War Department for the
's,ments con nected with nv leaving the ar
- ht, has been denied them on the ground
.s,t they can only be furnished on my Hppll-
anon This may be true, but most probably
. ,,l.e and therefore to OF late all difficulty,
,.y request OF The Adiulant General to furnish
m with al aud erery document in hrs Office
,sIstloe to me, which he may Requirement ex-
,en,ing the confidential reports OF the Insrec.
.mr General Let him inspect ALL and let me
,rae DE result Of such inspection. If there
bs anoht oa the f les of the department, or any
wbpre else, against my reputation as an officer,
lat il he forthcoming and let the editor of the
Telegraph be exempted from the degrading.
blpbIiag charge Of originating ant publishing
a most malicious SANDER.
JAS. WATSON WEBB.
April 22d. 1880.
WAsuSGros. Monday, April l9lh, 1890.
Nh Dear Sir-Ihe United States Telegraph
nj This morning, contains another attack upon
YOU while an Olhcer OF the army, and induces
me 10 presume upon our long acquaintance,
10 address YOU upon the subject of your late
difficulty with thai punt. You must pardon
tbis apparent Interference in what may pro-
perly be considered your private concerns, and
| am sure YOU will do so, when you reflect up
on the motives which prompt me TO address
, ou, aud the fact that although ngio a private
matter between you and Duff Green, yet il
originated 10 your presummg 20 carry your
DEVOTION to the republican party so far, as 10
expose the repatgd organ of the administra-
lion.
When YOUR frst article appeared, denying
that MIR. Van Buren was a candidate for the
next Presidenc and calling upon Duff TO make
a similar denial in behalf Of Mr.. Calhoun. we
did not understand lis object; but when the
relegi arb eyaded the call by assaillng your
Taper, declaring that " The measures of the ad
had nc, yet been sufficiently de-
Vcloped," aud expressing doubt " whether
Gen. Jackson would be alive at the expiration
Of TWO years, or il alive, whether the people
would consent to his reelection we saw at
Dnce the situation of affairs, and watched with
ntense interest the progress OF the discussion.
It was clearly evident TO all OF us thar Green
was determined 10 hoist an opposition flag, but
il was equally evident that YOU had exposed his
Intentions before his plans, or rather the plans
of those with whom he counciiled, had been
bronghtt 10 maturity. His unavailing efforts to
deceive the public in relation to his future in-
fenlIons by asstiling VOC. were followed by an
immediate movement in the Senate TO he con-
itmation of executive appointments, which for
months previous, had been permitted 10 lay
upon their table. In three DAYS
more appointments were acted upoN than dur
ring the previous three months and at this mo
Inent great portion OF the appointments have
been disposed of. Thus you see much good
was the Immediate result of your exposure :
but this was not all. Tie friends Of the pres
tnt Chief magistrate IN every part of the UNI
on, witnessed with disgust and indignation The
course pursued by Green. They felt that they
lad raised him " from dung hill TO a throne
Iiom iniamv to fame, from poor, desplsed,
aud condemned outcast, to a situation which,, il
properly filled, would have given him both
wealth and reputation. They saw his full de
termination to sell them for a mess of poltage !:
and the Legislature Of Pennsylvania, with a
pFomPtness worthy of the cause, boldly came
forward and nominated Gen. Jackson for the
next Presidency This somewhat alarmed
ureen, and we We're again favored with a je-
suIIlcal article, approving of part of the pro-
ccedIngs OF the caucus, bui profoundly silent
nnpon the principal object of the meeting. The
Legislature of your own State, which had on =
previous occasion declared their appreciation
Of the Courier and Enquirer, next slept for
ward, ami with "A unanlInIly unparalleled in
your political history, boldly declared that the
CONSIDERED the course of the present admins
ira, ION sufficiently developed" to accord to il
Ihelr confidence. and therefore called upon the
present. Executive TO consent to reelection.
l nose proceedings arrived in this city on Saiur.
Jay ard are published in the Telegraph of this
'norhing WAhOm comment, and account for the
' 'ti attack upon you which has called forth
, = nave now acceded to you the praise which
! 'hlDk YOU have m riiad and must turn q a