Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-09-13
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Ftom the Georgia Journs, 25,h Aug
WILLIAM CRAa FORD 10 rag CITIZENS
OF The UNITED SrATkS

70 NY Ter VI 'hc DC 1880 1 10, bov.yt, sus
10 mysei, TO r'ais, ,,a Ia l6et wa. VIII ten W h.
out any a. ecis,ion ha' T. weuid h. pnbl .h.l ,,
o"evsr giad ina /, was pabnshsd snd ha IL b..
,.'b accompanied wi b roes, by tn. Wee Pr-s,d-r,
.hess poes .sidbli.b TWO mos, inpvr.soi bcs H.,
n""' Joun Z. Calhoun estsbii.bSJ tie Ws.binp on
H-,uofeso f., the pu.poss o, wi flying my repuia.
won; and ~, TIA he va. he ipsiir or ssd IN N r
OF The aarxes Of nian L yards against nv III ,l
ana private cbarae,er The eviiensv by which zoe. -.
cna's-s ME e'iatli.hed, would be r.eeivei ia snv
eour OF lu'ie. IN tbs evil Fed wo,lI; and IL ,sp,od
nJ;nss. '.ao maj which he his deemed sJui,',bI.
dgMu.t me-liis rule of eviiuLcs o. every tay' SO.
phca iop In our cour's, that where tbs par les "a
o are 'oSeier, and Que allegss fact touching 10.
s'' III 'ne premreo acd hea ing OF she Other,
"hieh IL not d-nird by the nther a. is go.d eylsrcp
ssins, he P'ry no, danyint D.. Ny letter to tho
fice esid n, Of the III Osi 1880 was answered by
Ia,, en- the soih Of thar no ~. Th,' letter. wsr
ID IN hs hands tom the Bob Der. unil ,hs
1'.h o. February, when he slpexes per:el OF not.
10 u, IN the Telegraph. shai, n NE sequel .,a,.
voc evdenee usol whish those noes are -ctIbei 20
."e wee rteti'ent Ioey ara such, that be at Iea.,
WIN be eon'irsinsd 20 adm. IN my latter to ,hs yc
p.esideo', Of he 0-,. 1890 charge him witt, h,y
ing esiaoi'sh;d The Washington R-publcan, tor the
purpose OF oiHyyng my reputation, and ,hat IL WI.
ei'eu ny clerk 10 his office. La OF III. no -, he
oso'es MAI Itomss j. MeKtpny. ,he edi'or Of that
Pls''' w"s eie'k in tie War D3par m-nt, white Il.
"m eii Or oil tbet pipe- He ss.ers ,ba, Mex poey
soid cu' hi' Interest in tbsi ptpsr in 1928 An, wa,
no' spptin'ed clerk IN the War Department, upul M.
,",y 1874 The Wee P:es,dsat ,hen ,dni.s I,s, hs
u'o s.sn'h mai press Tor the purpo,s piilyinp mn
reputation. have RE ~ 80. Of a,c.r,a,,nS
"hs'her the fact b. Correctly ss,-d. Bat Ter The seI
81 msumrn', i-' Il hs admitted. I'll " doe, tina. b.pe.
u, ne wee Presdee? ri I'd Mex 90 v been rpp ,;p,.
"a ~ TX before he :canie edi, r. or even nbda n,
w mar. Ia houn would IN all r-ob .blty, hay all p
u, 'oa' any eFer.rce cy the Secretary 10 prevent
s'nn'e which VAST rapei upon M, ny tina, prass
o" nsvs b.in a. figsnen, OF ihs liberty Of he
rfen bu' u the appointment vas made alter be el,.
~, su' o''' amos wa, sppsreniy made re-
numerals u services he ndeted by abus,rs r,.
iru.y Letter o; the q .tober, i.fssm Mr. Cnlb,un
.hh lie h'd beet charged in a Cnat,es,oD p.psrw III
Yang sohsernsd with hs Ninan Z W ards consuirAcv
W destroy my 'efutit or, aud chiscl hin with vim
tkS''ed Edwards 10 the aei aud wi h rev,.ns t,e
esafg-', ard f,a'e VIA General N ollie Informed ma
o. n, tCa'houn) daily wits Ed wards, Tor or 10
'ff osioie ne set out for the West. NJ psr eff tbi,
IA rye l. den ed in the notes The whole ch re /, b.rs
ore acmil,s". 10 the Vice Pre,ideprs eisno,ate e,.
sy OF the ~ CT My 1880, to The P.eiteu,, speak
ns oil me ,shvi,le letter, tie s,y, she (Mr Cav.
ord offers no reason for cSarg ny me with SO dsbon
orcofe an act, as that Of bensyipg The IL
me eshine'' aud that for tie purpose juire ono
Of my associates iu the edmiuis,ra!ion" III ades
,.w tines luz her on. But ehy charge me- aud no,
mr. ADAM" In my leh-r of tbs 81 osiobsr last, 10
me wee President, stated, II copy question iron,
your letter OF The rs Of May 1890 thus expressed
you AK, Why not charge MI Adams with bsvipy
written L =" Z" Ny reply IL, iha, ,bs sn,w.r -
eneiurv.. That Letter Contain
'sn. Jackson, and giving IL TO you (JJtn e. Caibonn)
dmisting for The sake OF a-gunent, that Mr. Adams
'ss disposed to itjure me, wilt, think, suppose
IA, nc would voluntarily s5erihe TO you halt The meis
his actions, to the whoswas The most srenu-
Us oppossr OF his wishes. l. the intrinsic evidence
4 the ieuer, fxuoi i, upon you (Mr. CahouD) and M
pom NJ. Ai'ms, subsequent everts strongly eo'robc-
ATE the evidrnte deducble from e published letter.
70 the going reasonirg obi is taken in the
notes Toe TeascLiog, 10 therefore, admitted to be le
siiim.te and sopnd. BIZ, Il ay possibly bs urged hy
ne Wee eiien, ibN this carrying the pviSriplo
Il nitais.i6n lar This W Iuld De admitted il Mr.
;ahoun bad contp Cd hi. f's; aud had no.
ended them to res'on'ng. La my Letter 10 'he Vtse
eat OF the ~ Oct. last, tie, 'you cay hat
he decision OF he Cabins, @asunaoiu ousiy agreed tc.
rnis, boie' e, 10 be uni,us, aud beeve knew
TO be untrue, a, the line you wro;e J.. My reatCps
are the ollo~ ing The Cabinet delibe
ed Tuesdsy MOI ping, aud Friday evenias.I
'hought all the questions had been de;ited. and Mfs
Aians wac dire ciso 10 dfsf noe 10 the Spanish Mic
l"er, ccniorm4biy 20 those de si-oDs led
of for Georgia Sunday Gorning, and IN or'sr pre-
pare the department Tor my absence was hu,iiy en-
pioysd ofie-, when about OF o'siock received
a from the P.esidsUi requesting my attendance.
Wh-n ebieFed the sresiesf part OF Mr.. Adams note
had been ri cted and ,he remainder was shorty after,
bsssuse II was written not in conformity TO he deti-
'ioDs which had been made by the Cabinet, but ex-
press'y contra 10 them. He wa then sc 'in direct.
ed write the noe, eouformaby 10 ths decisions This
W LATE Oh Saurday evsning. The 'xt morning, at
II ier G,o'sia Mr.. Adams letter Of 'be rs Of il
ly 1880 before mr, reItsraes al the Arguments he
urged in The cabinet, and in il h, informs IN, "Tsat
The exposition whiib appeared In ihs int-life aDser
was no, written by HIN " Ftom all these facts think
il is fairly infersble that M. Adams DID ag'ee
the dssision Of he cabinet. and that you must have
koorn l.; for il 10 ha, he did egree
Saturday, aud highly improbable that sny srguD'o
been twice directed 10 draft his note IN coDforciy 10
decisions which had been previously msds" To thi,
train OF rsssonsg The Vice Pfssdent appendt the fol-
loving note; This appears 10 be tequi'uF the
decision may have been unanimous, and rev note
beesssary, because the note did not agree wnh IL 7
am perfectly wiling that the intelligent, resd.r should
tecide the question Of logic, between u.s. by ed ling
single obseivs,on, that 10 The ordinary routine
the duty OF the Secretary Of SAFE, 10 have drawn tho
exposition which appeared 10 the Itegencer. and that
be would have done IL, IL highly probabls but from bio
ipi I'd In tia
fore going noe, he Wee President evidently otj
the argument presented in my letter II be xcsps 10
the srSumsn 10 his ease. rs was more strongly bound
10 ezcep, TO thai which ieadd 10 tx upon him hs wri
ting OF Inc a,hvis later, II il ilrs,sl and
sound. especially az n was presented IN compliance
with he expr.ss dsmard, sobtsiosd in biz euer OF his
ooh oil Msy, 1880 BY bis o. senDg 10 'bs csffeft
sess OF tbs srgUUeDt IN casa, snd wIiviog aby ODE
jsclioo 10 hat fuTneed a. request he must be
-idered "a having stqiesced ib ine efrscines, and
Legitimacy. aud spnndoes' OF hs ecncInsip, 'hs, he 10
the au hor Of he Nashville leuer.
viii, now, exqlan tie reason why s6o 'dor ho
Vice Preside, the suhor Of no ao'es appended 70 my
auer 10 he Telenspb. his slahorAs letter OF tho
29'b Msy bs save, III, MIR. Csawiprd, was at Mis
edgevis, on he Is h o. August, few days atef he
s"ssd hroush hOgusi,. and LITTLE alter, there sp.
pesr'd statement IN Ih~ J unal, somewhat varied
from iha, made in EGG Fl Id bot agresinK with H. in
mos, Of the pa'iculsrs ssrnoi lay ny baud 0o ihe
a''iele, W hsvs ds'iOc, fee.lsetoo Of u. founo
jount rems,nber Il; ei,c"ms'sne's bxsd " upsn Mr..
Crs ord md IL has my knowledge been denied"
Here il IL ihs Mr.. Calhoun 'eles Urou my sis
tense ~ evidence Of gull asFvdercs taa had
muDisated cabinet secrets 10 he Editor Of lhs Gs5rea
Journal sboueh he does not pretend, tha' the sales
| mfn,in ne Georgia Journal we cha gsd upou ne,
by hat Journal, sod does net 'tTs any ~ lbe
circumstances hath Gays hyed u up>n me, When
ln l. ptssumsd, that h bai Clrk's pamphlet b.
lore him, md which, ib'ugh written by che no" Vio'
dieiive and ualiEnsn' bldg that eVsg SYsedj admits
bat the Eito' Of tbs G!o's'a Journal ,oFusy d'nisd
H. the io.lcwing paragraph, ~ "ls may be pro.
pes W ss q, that sd ro, a. bas Teen srronsonSly
suppassd derive our intern sou from the Ssersisry
! L. rsrna rftng ma