Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-09-19


to, the Vice President pronounces That j.
would have been dihouorabie for him TO have
| "rIitrn the Nashville letter TO mjure que OF his
| associates IN the admiuisn alton No rational
| eiog will, think, dissent from this seuieuc' .
But he is by his notes, convicted of this diSign.
| orGbte act. INV il is respectful, submitted
10 the decis ion of the e0lig htened readers of this
eyiew, whether il is more dishonorabis to
have written that letter, Wiiich contdinJ but one
idtseh0od. 10 Tho injury that associate, than To
have established press. for uidifying The rspu-
intiom ofthe same as,ociate, which tesmed Oih
daily taisst Gods upon Hd; associate.
| The Vice pfes,dput AFFECTS much patriotism
and great yenerstion for the fundamental inst l.
tuIions OF the United States There is none OF
those iDstit uinns more vital than tho liberty OF
the press. That liberty eau never be impaired
IN the United States, but by its licentiousness
| II is firmly believed that n press pstabli>bed
) u III, Union, carried the lcen'ibu>ness OF the
! pies, L. such extremes rs the Washington r.
publican, no, even exceptn, lhr notorious Pc
! Ter Porcupine. The Vice President is there
| tore Sn eneny 10 the liberty NJ ihe press.-A-
| gam. II Ia e.pecliully sub NIT d oihe cou'inu-
| nity, to decide, whether Il wus more diSh0nOr-
G6ic TO have written the Nash. lille letter. than
Ia have eAened N,nian Edw ards 10 Conspire
| with han 10 hla.t ny reputation for eter, aud
| fix a stigma upon my innocent aud unoffen.
submitted Win the fullest confidence, I'll the
answers Will be such as a slItuous community
ought To give that the diStOnOrd6ie conduct.
rises Ia regular graduation, hnd terminates Ia a
l climax Inc Wee frtsdent is liberal in his
charges IT my .unity against hlm. am re
pres snicd by HIM as his utierest enemy, his
most inveieiata enemy. IL is tue | teel no
iandship tor him. aud have mol since the pub
icai'o" oi the Nashville letter, and have never
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that period What Is the evidence which he
produce. ofmy enmity TO him 7 lst. My lettrr
t. Alfred BaIch, Est. ID. My l'rtr to Mf
| Barry, respecting The cleo fonot Nlce Pc sdenI
| lhe reader lsrequestsd To compare tina eva
| drnc" Win the charges which have Jst been
p.tahl, shed by legal etid, nee. against the pICe
| Prpsiden,, AID decide between u, which has
furnished the mot evidence oil onmIiy and
recruitment. Somo h ,ghsh author, | do not
| recul-ci wdich a TINS moment, says that Il
man who his been N ured by annther, may iur
| give the injury, an even become the tread ot
III person who reelected the mi Try, but iha' the
| person who milcted the Injnry, cau never be
tecouciIed TO, or be the friend oi The person iu-
jureJ. II this reasoning APP lied 10 the wee
| President and self il must be evident that be
,aa never become my friend, but that II is pcs
si1le shout become his. But what does ihr
Wee President mean, when lac charges me with
| Ueng his bitierest enrmy I Does be mean
| that | would do him an act of IN ustce OF per
sonal injury II nv means ths, he is wrong.
! here is not human bethg IN the world 10
whom would do personal injury, OF an ac,
OF injustice But If he means am not friendly
10 has { ,thsr promoton he Is Ugh. kno
| his radical unwuIthlncss, aud could not cph-
.ciruti ,usly aid his further elevation 10 Office
~ were TO do il, ! should ieudrr myself the
accom- lice OF the Injury witch lie might,
aud probably would hhCt nion the commu
nity.
ter insists uppa Mr.. McDutia's evidence. and
that evidence is the ioundatIDu of almost all his
! reasoning aud of almost all the inierences
drawn ~ his elaborate liter of the 3Otb OF
| May 1880 II Is proper al once Tor me tnsay
There is no truth Ia any part oi MIR. McDutie's
statement, except that ! passed through the
,nage OF Edge6ed, in the summer OF 1918,
aud vas hi the house of Col. oimpkns. Eve
RI, tang be, ond that il Mr.. McDUttes state
ment IS the fiction OF his bran, (see Judge
Moore's leltsi.'') After reading thai letter.
the reader is informed that passed through
the village of Edge field on Friday morning,
aud arrived al l. 'Kmgton, Sunday, TO dinnet.
Col. SImpkins aud Mr.. McDntlit neither 20
ssssed merItrd my confluence. M"ssTs.
Moore, Cobb and Dudley Dpon, veg my
PERSONAL aud political friends ana neIghDors.
Ctn an, man IN has senses believe would nav
made The disclosures "A tributed to me, Nv hir
hit Duiiie Oh uddy morning., and on sunday
should have cautiously refused all such ION
mu lIcstinns 10 my personal confidential and
political friends But III the Presidential CAN
vass of 1923 and lS2i, every thug was wIe.
Died bv MIR. CalhOLn aud his friends, to InJnie
me, aud none OF those friends WAS mote acuyt
than Mr. McDnttr. | remember IN one OF his
dinner speeches nj Cdmbr ICE, th'uk, he de-
sIgnaled me rs The radical Chief. a term at tia
time in the estimation Of Mr.. McDuhie and h..
patron Mr.. Calhoun, OF the bnterest T-pruaCh.
II The fact, contained IN Nj. McDuife's letter
totle Wee President had been known, they
~o0ld hav. been proclaimed Mt every Gross
ruads nustri ground, and even upon Tie house
tops, not only Ia South CdfoDi, hut through
ont the unnrd Stairs. Nots whisper however
Was Il ara 81 them during that period of eI-
CItehenI, brcanse they had not been matched,
aud we're conceived end brought forth 0nly
n1nen il was heliet ed TO he ,sary tor the
Vice frrslaeni,s defence. Judge Moore, whose
lrurr is herewith published, has been lot ma
"y yeas judge OF The inte'iol court ol Osle-
tboip County. and very extensively known IN
tins state, and WheIe he is knoan enjoys the
reputation OF man vi honor, honesty, and ye-
IacIty, equal TO that oi aay man in the state OF
uoIted States His statements are therefore
entlled To luli credit Dr. Dunn, who now lie.
sides Ia IVES. tennessee, no doubt TecUllecis
the same facts, aud viii doubles conhrm them
when required. II may be III ht 10 state that
L,y visit 10 Col. oinpkins house was Con
Gued to the time which elapsed between the
breakfast OF the passengers and the stnru0g vi
the stBge. Every person who has Travelled III
the Stage, knows mat u Is GENERALLY ready to
stsTt bel ore the assengers nave hnished then
neals. My visil to Col. oInpkins' must there
fore have beea bat Tor avery lew inmates, vel