Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-10-12
Sc DEFENDENDO.-No.2 9.


Sc DEFENDENDO.-No g
We must again intrude our own concerns upon
the Public But as the charge, made by the 'sApos-
tate" Editor, has been re-echoed by several of his
compatriots las Niles, Green Hammond Stewart.
NC, &c, &C., we feel ourselves compelled IN no
tce II. We shall dismiss in rs few words as pos
slbe-Some of the references, which we are about
to make, we should surely not have submitted to the
rupIc, but upon compulsion." If there be any
appearance ofvanty, in our statements the render
must excuse them. They could only have beenex
tored from us i'm self-defence
some weeks since, the Editor of the ~ Y Con-
rier and Enquirer published tho following para
graph:
7ae Richmond Enquye-Tho real vnuo of th. manor to tho
OF S OF may be gathered from the opinions
duct. Speaking of that and its editor that tho
CURSE to Tho Mr. $ &c SSsep re% 0ys ana
know lis Is %G.S % "y @ Gee,
no Mr. in Virginia the which
proc and akDoos Mr. to sec il in Mr. JnTTrSsoss
The Editor of the an. Y Siandard" was kind
enough in terms, w ch dare not repeat, to tako
our Part-and TO publish the following communica-
ton from one of his Correspondents:
Mr Editor,ln yesterdays Courierit is said that Mr.
Jefferson never read any thing but the erisemen, in
the Richmond Enquirer and had confidence in that ma
per- Now, sir, for fact in contradiction Of that asser-
ton.
"Iuns Workman, of this city issued proposals TO pub
ish paper called the Standard OF the Union and sent
Mr. Jefferson prospectus of the same. Mr. Jefferson
sent him the amount of subscription but declined taking
'he paper, giving that such
" oil lis engagements, the only paper he read or had
nne to read was the RICHMOND ENaUrRERM
mi, 0LD TIMES"
defiance: "o
are not the habit making declarations a, to tho opIp
of JnFrERsoNs the Richmond Enosiro5 % %
iuVnp n IRON highly esteemed and vaued correspondent
j, own amd writing defy contradiction challenge de-
,oS. writing and Mr. Rrorr will say in his column, iba b
wishes eS6Sod s Rd By eSmp IL S9T 1 he
we quietly awaited further developments-bu
from that moment to this, the Aposiate has prescrv
ed the most guarded silence npon the subicct In
the mean time, the paragraph has been transpIaned
iho some OF The congcnia prints of the Opposition
WIN suitable COMMONWEALTH. Niles uttered the
cuckoo note of "changeling"- did C. Uonnond%
SO dld others OF the "same kidney"-and nm oh
scure paper, conducted in Baltimore under the name
OF the "Freedom's Banner" the name of whose
f1dltor we never thought it worth our while 10 en-
qure, was pleased to say that "Mr Jefferson IL nm
pears formed Just estimate of the PRINCIPLES OF
TINS political .4rnotd"'-Let that paSsi
lime wore away--and as no further proofs yvero
eNllpHed' we requested gentleman in N. York to
can ON Mr. webb, and see the authority on which
he had made his asserfion--Al that Mr. w exhibit
ed to the gentlemen, who waited on him was small
scrap OF paper cut ont from a letter and pnsted ON
another piece Of paper The extract was embraced
III about ID lines, and ran as follows.
EXTRACT V a letter from Thomas Jefftrso, Pm
h"ced, read no newspaper now bu; Iche's and
in that chiefly the advertisements as being the oulv truths
we can rely on Wv ny ""''e
Upon this little scrap rests tI,c hole H. p
KS beng chdngeting, Gposiate, political mr.
noM in MIR. Jefferson's estimationl
we had supposed it barely possible that in some
nionpeht Oh dscontent, perhaps of pctuance, from
winch the greatest of men arc not exempt MIR Joc
ierson might hare oppressed sentiment onnosed 90
inc otherwise uniform course of his feelings and re-
latons towards us But we were satisfied from Tho
wel-known character of J. W. Webb, and from tho
unVaryng confidence we had expericuced fror,
MIR. Jefferson, that Webb had made this cxnros-
SION, Whatever it might be- much worse tban !,
really was. But we were certainly not prepnred Cor
the very gross misrepresentation of which he has
been guilty. Let us take the scrnn bo,ve,or -. ,
find it, - 40 W.
ISL is this all that Mr.. j. says about the Enor,irer?
IL is very evident that his letter has been earbIed
The word indeed," which ushcrs i'm the Extroc,
SHOWS lat ~ IS torn from IT'S context Is there no.
ulhg Uter u, about the Enquirer which points moro
distinctly to the subject OIL which he is ,vrng3 II
the highest compliment had been afterwards nod
TO the Enquirer, should not expect IFS nroduc
uon either from the Justice off. W. Webb or ofthat
esteemed Correspondent" who was mem cnon0b
TO garble letter, and present such scrap for he
use OF such disgraced apostatc Honorable men
would shun all INTACT with such corrupt;on In
STEAD OF furnishing him with nutiIated extract Of
ruo,' LOT tne purposes of Misrepresentation
AS Tor ). w. Webb's regard for principle truth or
Jusuce, we refer TO the Portrait, drawn Of him bv
the subsequent extract from the JInssHon GozeHe
and the Cincinnati advertiser.
~ Inc period mt which the letter was written
would shed light upon the exiract But tIerc H. ~
date to the scrap. Mr.. w did not recoIIect !, ,nG
when requested to procure it, declined doing 40,
lie also declared at ho was not nj liberty fo so, IN
whom u was addressed The letter most probSbIv
was W!uen at time, when Mr.. J. had Withdrawn
bipiscIi very much from the field Of potcs-and
when parties ran high, and the newspapers Teamed
WIN many partial and passionate statements about RI
val candidates. We have not the slightest doub nno,
our nluds, tba' Mr. J. bad reference in this extract