Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-08-11


the last" coming from The heart. il Mas but q
covering Cor deep rco,ed hos,il,iy. ~ L,,h was
only soppress-d through fear Of '' mori,ying
Penps, lvsn,s," and tia, have been, during
tue whole period Of my political come xion
with you, an objeci or your unqualified. aud,
now undIsguis.d e.nity, rs " ell ~ . SUD jeci
Cor the suspicious aud soru,,ni<ing espionage
OF tbose Who. il now appears by the verifies-
tom Of their say ings, acted uIdeV your spe-
cial authority. . cannot but deplore that y Gu
have made IL necessary for me. in my Own
defence, thus to sresk OF these things, but
since IL is SO. re- joicr to find, in ,he labered
assault upon me. such clear in,t rnaI evidence
OF the truth ~ Il is. Hut you sllege that ou
% offered (me) . position of dignity and trus,,
quite equal To (my deserts" 4, IL true On
off, red me the mission TO Russia 4; but after
what has been now seen. Can any doubt in
what light must have unde rs,ood that ofier at
the tune IL Mas made ard, although you have
been unable to find any motive for my refusal
but q" an biiion and interest,"" there are not
few. trust, who. looking into their 90 n
hearts, can realize that when Office is tender
ed To begui'e integriy,h canno; be honorabiy
accepted still less could . have accepted IL
az . sop to reconcile Pennsylvania to the
agency of an inmate OF your household ~
forming new party there Tor the benefit Of
inierest!"-the former seeks high station.
and the latter emolumcn,s: both were offer
ed, bur the "oiIcums,snces" in which found
myself placed, forbade the acceptance, and .
sought only retirement, TO domestic life, not
Imagining that this was to be further dis
turbcd
now pass d" the sequel Of this ex,raor,li
a'ry document, IN which find labored al.
tempt to adduce facts in support of All idea
previously lnculcated, viz: that was the AZ.
grcssor in all the differences Which existed
m your mag ,na,ion. and was seeking TO the
last for some "pretsxi for a quarrel TO carr,
home tn Pennsvlvsnla" What are the facts
Soon after had appointed certain officers Ia
the custom house OF Pbiladelphs, d,sre gard
ing the ofiiciuus and improper interference
OF 'hc Second Auditor of the Treasury, v no.
as was informed, had been some ,ime on .
political visit to that city /; and after I had
heard thst the persons who fornird his circle
there, spoke Of nv appointments as unwar
ran,ed III my then situation, Z received O note
from YOU, in which YOU designated me As
Acting Secretary of the Treasury" NO, on
iy on the outside, with marked peculati,ies,
but also in The body of the note conId
not suppose u 20 be an inadver'ence. Itwas
not recurring To q familiar address from an
unusual one, but the reverse. and being the
first time you bad ever addressed me 10 tina,
manner. carried, as I Thought. on its face,
evidence of deliberate Intention. The notes
which passed between us on that occasion
have been published; and I sm content that
an impartial public should decide, from the
face IT our two FIRST notes, even unconnec,e,l
with the visit Of Maj or Lewis to Philadelphia.
which OF os has the appearance OF seeking
cause OF offence" IN this Transaction.
The next fact is, that wrote an angry let
ter 20 Mr.. Barry, informing him that heard
that one ct hrs Assistants had said the DE.
partme mt held q certain bond in terrorem o.
yer me. will publish this correspondent ce
also though an inconsiderxble item in thi,
scrap of history. from which 1t will be readi
| Jy determined. whether the disposition "a
quarrel began with me, or those w, o had
entertained n purpose SO IN urious to my cha
racter, as to have IL believed that the s,Ien,
repose which was looking TO, must be al.
tributed to- the base ms,ive Of avoiding the
payment of debt TO the Government.
could not doubt the report. and wrote. not
ian angry" but n respectful note to Mr..
Barry, stating what had heard. and reques ~.
ing hiIn, IL he supposed was indebted IA
the Department. To bring -uit. AS ! could not
believe that he " ouid make the collection ol
debt depend on such considerations Ills
reply was mainly IN the same temper, although
l though, he Unnecessarily introduced some
political matter into his letter, out IL was no,
offensive; nor, though declined the discus
sioJ, did reply to him in that feeling
! supposed he had missppr-heutled q sneIe
point m the case. and explained IL for his ia.
fornIat'oB, but las last letter convinced me
OF the truth, NO, only OF what had heard as
TO the threat; but that IL had been written 20
give all the fleet he could 10 tho ohiec, of
The original declaration of his subordinate -
saw too, in that letter, germ of the feeling
since SO fully disclosed, and disposed of Tue
matter - thought 1t merited, without fur.
her notice. should have deeme 4 these in.
cidents too unimportant for such notice. but
for that which you have gi"en them. They
certainly constitute no proof of . disposition
IN me TO seek cause for quarrel" They
are OF the same character with the absurd i'm.
puistons as TO the publication IN the TeI-
graph, with which had no more 20 do than
Major Eaton had and because I would not
d'sssow. under menace, am represented
by you ss the aggressor, and because . would
rot present myself without defence 20 his
pistols and siiletto. or neglect my duties To-
call IN aid the civil authc ritles. have be
come, IN your judgment, q "threatener Of
Tue peace" To the mind which has long
been perverted BY the workings If suspicion
and passion. il is difficult, 20 present the mos,
clear and sober truths with efTcc'; end ma,
not hsVe satisfied you Of the Injustice a. any
OF your suspicious. lean therefore only add
that nothing was farther from my intention
than TO bsve bad any difference With you. or
any neHber IT the Administration, on m,
retirement from The government Lam no,
w expect, however. that either srRuneo,. mr.
evidence Sili noe produce . chsnge "a ,our
opinions, or dIspel the error which has So an.
happily snveIoped your short career IN civil
station, and So edectuSliy bIghied the f.ir
prospects which attended your induction IN.
70 office
You viii observe that have confined m,
remarks almost exclusively 90 tie e6ccfs,
have bot touched ths oo'fupiinS ctuse N III