Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-07-26

the Senate side BY side with Daniel You ought
rather to complain having thus voted But the
truth IL, that have only spoken collectively Of the federal
party with whom you had been recently csssed not by
my tongue peD. but by your official conduct. But
Tor yoSr extreme constituencies this subject YOU would
not have thought Of giving my gene, against
party. personal application 10 yourself.
You have referred 10 some expressions used in card
OF Buckskn which appeared last Friday in reply TO the
personal vuperation OF your brother aud Dr. Blrt
termann being lev eed at YOU Really YOU must be
unusually sensitive II you regard every alusion Of this
SORT as aimed al yourself You have discamed any
neclion with the attacks Of personal character which
nave been 80 repeatedly made upon me- Of ate by your
brohcr will confess frankly that had become almost
persuaded by the force of that you had gil
ven your count,nance TO these attacks. When you
view these circumstance. you will admit that my suspi-
eions chad yielded TO suspicious readily rs YOU
seem to have done) were better founded. Perni, me TO
recall TO your memory few incidents:
When came home from the last session Of the Assem-
bly, found that animated aud active canvass for the
House of Delegates had been commenced before reach
ed the county Ii was confidently OH all hands
mat my defeat was inevitable and no pains spared
to make good this assertion Many charges had been in.
dnsrously circulated omy prejudice among my former
friends Having s'ased myself in the House OF Dele
gates, for your election the Senate and having as
informed you by letter from Rchmond) inc urred the
harsbest ccnsre of many Of my oldest and best friends
there, after you failed to fulfil the expectations which, in
common with your other friends entertained, thou ght
had righ, to hope, that though known to
differ the leading political que sions Of the day vet Won
and your immediate friends would at eas, lend your
influence 10 AID IN the aitenpt to put me down.
through the canvass with this belief, which certainly
justified well by long intimacy a. by the mart hch
bad so recently borne in your election TO the Senate
You may Judge then OF my surprise and notification
when on the morning OF the election il was announced
that poll would be held for your brother, and when
perceived that by this sra'agem than hundred
IN" my votes were cast sngy on one OF competitors
heard that you had said the night pre- vous to the cleo
ION at This o'ofhcrs house You did not vote either for
or against in the election, although close one
The election found myself personally assailed by
this same brother, in the editorial columns of newspaper
but recently established here by Doctor BImermann of
nd tterb otl Tho
your brother had gone together distance of fifteen miles
your house. as wa: supposed for the purpose OF consul
'aiion You admit that you consulted by your bro.
Their as TO one Of the articles which he published against
Notwithstanding all these appearances visited YOU
twice, whsn though repeatedly asked you have been
in my house since your return from abroad. In addition
10 this, have heard that you said that induced by
policy and not any preference for you, sustain your
election to the Senate I was unwilling TO weld TO
suspicious in rup,uring friendship such as ours 1
wrote TO you in April, Il think) informing YOU of my
desire 10 have an interview, that might converse
freely and understand each other perfectly Your
answer which is now before me, couchcd such kind
phrases. that dispeed The cloud of suspicion hch had
began TO gather around me; to your friendship thought
no more oil ii till our interview at Stanton Why did YOU
not write 10 me, or see me at Richmond and inform me
III the manuscript which SO much 10 have exciteJ
your misgvings in Decepber-and, if you allowed that
circumstance to weigh in the scales OF CARDS Inv
dn yom make 10 me afterwards many professions of de-
voted friendship?
|, too, have been frank, you perceive I have no.
thing to concc al from you others. do again
to dcprerae your hostility, court reluctant friend.
snip feel that have been injured by the nputa
winch while you protested yourself my friend you not on.
ly failed either TO communicate TO me blu,
which you now allege for your own ds,rus
Of me.
could not he identified with the new political relations
You had'assumed, yet desired that might continue
friends, though should probably belong 10 different
parties am not one of those who think that there can
he personal worth negriy in the nbcs of DO
iic,l party, because do not admire adopt its enets
have always had the pleasure recognize many of INV
best friends among those who did agree with me in no.
tics You are stranger TO the feelings with which
entered public fc and which have steadasty cherished
had occasion not long since to express 10 YOU in our
espondence, the dsrst with which reg arded pot-
cal lie, account OF its tendencies aggravate the sum
my feelings How keenly have they been touched by
recent events which have almost induced me to ex claim
d" And wha, is friendship but name %
You ascribe 10 me- language and with re ard
to you. which never felt uttered have spoken freely
i'll condemnation OF your recent public course, but am
not conscious of having imputed 10 Won apv thing
which could affect personal character IL is true
that have been caused 10 feel sensiby on my own ac-
count the effects OF your course in the Senate You can
account Tor this when you recoec the pertinacy with
which urged your nomination at the time of your cleo
ion when most il not all friends had not
to nominate you then fou may remember the circum-
sances-N shall never forget hem) of that election
how was particularly appealed by those who doubted
then your political orthodoxy, aud how declared that
felt authorized by long intimacy as well A. the letter
you wrote to MJor Yancey and myself give the
that these suspicious against you unfonded
Judge then, OF the relation in which stood those who
your election you declared your purpose of voting for the
Force Bill. have been tainted more than once with
having abused the confidence of those who lis,ened To m
appeal in your behalf For il presumed that from
our long intimacy, knew you better than seems did
was patient under these denuncaons, because was
conscious OF the rectiiude Of my conduct. Little
however, very little did expect he charged by non or
your trends with duptieHy That charge has been made
and must now appeal directly you 10 acqut me of
IT, and TO make some PREPARATION for its gross Injustice
had made my arrangements to leave home ON Friday
next for Lewislurg, where compelled 10 attend the
session OF the Court Of Appeals but You express de-
sire 10 have interview with me- will postpone nv de.
parurs till the latest possible moment as 10 me at Won
here on Monday, you cannot let hear corly
from you
am very respectfully, yours, SC.
THOMAS W. GILMER.
Castle Hill, June 29th, 1898
SIN: received your letter Of 26h instant last even
ing IL there doubts before concerning your sen.
iments towards me- there be now for The whole
tone, spirit and language OF your letter are utterly
cabe with any profession of friendship. Iis the
entirely useless again TO discuss that matter NV purpose
is simply TO or two msspprehe nsions into
which you seem to have fallen. You write as if YOU
thought my doubts had been founded principally if not
exclusively, on The manuscript communication the En-
quirer This is, however, great mistake. was but
one and by no means the strongest among
other causes OF dsrUst, which forced themselves upon
my unwilling reflections In regard 10 that freely adj
nit and regret that led into error in spposine YOU
to have been the author; hut by force of intrn
sic evidence which, must still believe would have led
most intimate friend into the same error This how
ever VIII best appear from examination of the manu-
script itself
In relation TO your conduct and in other re-
'Pecis' conies' my total inability TO reconcile them with
any sentiments Of real friendship. am the last person in
the wofli COMPLAIN of a friend dneripg ma, -