Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-08-11


. testimony was sincere, Whist becomes oil tha
black catalogue oi previous plots aud s.st
designs portrayed IN your expose u II DO iio
siocere, yon have promulg sted to the Amerr
c can People. whose Chief Magis traie you ARE,
+ under your own hnnd. that VII ich you did mol
. believe Winch alternative shall | choose IN
\ pnrsuing this discussion | cannot make "a
choice. AMI will drop the curtain, leaving to
+ the historian this parI OF your life. TO seek
/, Tor other lights Ia solve the paradox, or In.
b woke raiIio &c tear 10 blot out the record
b OF II. II no" appears certain, however, thai
was retained in - flee most reluctantly, not.
! withdrawing my capacity aud fidelity
! merely because you were uuwing 10 mort
I ~ Pennsylvania by letting her suppose that
yo" wished IN put n mark OF disgrace UP
GA me. | nov perfectly comprehend this M.
/, ntnciailon in another point Of view. II idon.
} ilhes the declarations which, from Time 10
ti'ne, emAnnied from those who were alleged
10 oe Ia your SPECIAL confidence. aud TO hive
} constituted your most inhle0ual couneh. II
I was declared by those psisons that | Ind no
snare IN your confidence, that you would be
glad "i apre,est 10 remove me, aud that you
had endeayored III VAN, by county hinls,"
To let me know that you wished me 10 resign,
ana fshese YOU FROM the responsibility OF the
act to all OF which, IL was added, was utter.
" 'nsensible. IL Is also evident from this adj
mission, that. although was, during all THIS
period, iaboilng with The most Intense nssidni.
W Tor The country, and for the bench, OF yonI
lame, that you were seeking with scarcely
less diligence, for some pretexl which would
enable you 10 encounter, with safety, the DO
htical hazard oil morlity ing Pennsylvania by
putting IA mark OF disgrace on me. II fur.
Their appears, that while these Thugs were do.
ing, THE person. above referred &C., were carry
'ng them wafipre against mo Into tho papers
OF fehnsylvania. O0e OF them, at least, was
conducting tho influence OF yoJr name into
the elections In thai Stale, 10 the disadvantage
aud inlnfy OF one OF your own political friends,
| aud for no olhoI reason than because he was
my personal as we'll as political hicnd aud 10
be an enemy Of mine and OF the ndminls-
lrnioh oil my native State, was known 10 be
| the direct passport 10 lho favor Of this conn
| cll
| say. while these and many other such
things, Which might dlscloGe wi hpnl viula ing
the tube have prescribed, were daily az work,
you " treated me With kindness 10 the last T.
reposed on your imputed trankness aud
| sincerity. treating the =" mhligu influence
which surrounded you with silent indifference,
determining TINT II was not less dao 10 your
Character than 10 NINE, that should not seem
10 give credit 10 the assumed authenticity u
acts SO dlseredtable 10 your fame, aud thai |
should expect from yours " alone the only in
formation upon which could act in such
4 case, not Indeed ia " c0urly hints" bul in the
| honorable righteousness oil republican lIanknrss
| and simplicity. II 10 now proved by the do |
cunents no often referred 10, that tao charsc.
ter which had thus formed, aud thus relied
upon,vas but an object OF my imagination and
! that instead OF the = respect with which WAS
- treated To the last coming iTo the heart
II was but II covering tor deep rooted hosn- |
~, which WAS only suppressed through fear oi
"nort, ing Penns, lyaua," Il that have been
during the whole period oimy political con.
me- xion with you, an object OF your unqualified, |
and now, undlsgulsed unmty,as well Us sn0-
| jeei for the suspicious aud scrulinizing espIon-
age Of those VINO, II now appears by The yeri-
| hcalIon of their saying, acted under your
| special authority. | canOol but doplore TINT
| YOU have made IL necessary Tor me, IN my own
| defence ,thus to speak of these thing, but,
| SINCE IL is SO, rejoice 10 lad, IA the laboIed
| assault upon me, such clear internal evidence
OF the truth as us. But you alleged that you
4" offered (me) posilioi of dignity and trust,
quite equal 10 (my) deserts" II Is true you
| offered me tho mission TO Russia--bui, after
what has bern now seen, can any doubt in
wha, light must have UNDERSTOOD that offer,
| at the une II WAS made Aud although you
| have been unable 10 hnd any motive Tor my
| refusal but =. ambition aud interest there are
| not few, trust, who looking INTO their own
hearts, can realize that when ofiice Is tender
| bly, accepied-siill lfss could have accepted
IL as n sop 10 reconcile Pennsy vania 10 the a.
gency Of an inmate OF your h0usehold, In torn.
| ing "a new party thsre, ior tho benefit Of your
designatrd sncaessor, An bition aud inter
| est The IorIner sreks high station, ami
| the latter enIolamen,s both were offered, but
/" the clicumsianceS' in whIrh ionno
my self placed, forbade tho acceptance, anu
| 1 soup nj onJ, .enrement TO domestic HE, not
! i.nagtning that ms was 10 DO further disturb.
ed.
now pass To the sequel OF this exiraorjinn.
ry document, IN which | EUd Il labored At
tempt 10 adduce facts in support oil
/ hn idea previously IncnIcated, viz that WAS
tue aggressDf IA al the differences which exis-
ted IN yoDr imagination, aud was seeking 10
the last lar some preleit Tor a quarrel 10 !
carry home 10 Pennsylvania What are
hose facts ? Soon after had appointed CERTAIN
officers III the custom house nf PhIiadelpha,d dis.
! regarding The oGicions and improper inierlef-
eucG OF ihB Second Auditor OF the Treasury, |
who, MS was Informed, bad been some time
on Il political visit 10 that CITY, and after |
had heard thai the persons who tprmed bis
circle there spoke OF my appointments as nn-
warranted IN my then situation. ! received
| note from you, IN which you designated me as
Acting Secretary Of the Treasury" not only
on the outside, with marked peculiariiies, but
also IN The body ofthe note. l could not sup.
pose 1t to be an inadverlence. II was no, re-
curing TO familiar address from an UNUSUAL
one, but the reverse. and being the first time |
you had ever addressed me IN that manner,
carried, as thought, on its face, evidence OF
deliberate intention. The notes which passed |
| between US on The OCCASION have been pup
| lisned; aud am content that an impartial
public should decide from tue face VI our two
irl notes, eyenunconnected with the visit of
MAJOR Lewis TO Philadelphia, which OF US has
thc appearance oil E" seeking cause Of offence"
| 10 this transaciion
! The next fact is, that | wrote an angry letter
to Nh. Barry. informing him that had heard
that one OF his Assistants had said the Depart