Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-08-08

taken IN Mr. Rives' character, and particularly hi;
feelings on this subject he could not have intcnde.
to make any such apology he would much sooner
hnvc repealed the Insnunton IN an Indignant strain
which would have made his correspondent sensible
that he was not altogether ignorant of the course
pursued towards him The pubic have a,ight
therefore, to cspeo. and require of Mr. Gimer the
| publication of this letter entire nnmotilaicd and
ungorbled. II he has scen proper 10 avail himself
in his defence of isolated sentences dlsioncd t,on'
their context even handed Justice demands that he
should put the public in possession o tho whole
While 1t IS proper TO accompany this statement
with the re publication o these letters, and extracts
Of letters, il seems unnecessary 10 transfer hoto the
certificates Of the members oflho last Legislature,
which though the testimony borne by them Is ne
gatipe and for tho most part ftiaf, being written
in entire ignorance Of and without reference to, the
subsequent, and conclusive proofs of his unlrrnd-
ness, are wholly without weight. aud undesctNinS
of notice
There is another topic IN intimate connection
with tic merits olthis controversy, which de
serves the attention OF tho npartal mlnd. II has
been the argument most commonly wieldedto crl'
inmate Mr. Rives. We nllude 10 the common RI
NOR, which, MIR. Gimer rather seems 10 sustain IN
his predatory eomnlents-that he had made an cN'
plcil demand of Mr. ltivos for the ofhis con-
hdeatia( niotmants, which he positively rcfuacd
to disclose aud thus made himself amcnabe ~
their stead. IL may be easily conlcotured, there
fore, what was ou surprise on reading this cores
ponhcncc to see in II 10 such demand mnde, nor n
ny such refusal gwen, but on the contrary TO ind
that II requistlon for their names wns expressly
caired and no desire for them even animated, cx.
ccpt as u matter Of curiosity and that, without cS,
plculy denying the facts stated by them lfs,ch
demand WAS ever made before the institution OF this
correspondence, 1t ia manifest TINT II was abandon
ed in It's progress for MIR Gmcr III his letter of
22nd June says " ipiH mol .again demand ne
ahfAoriiV or additional circumstances whicb,
t6ongh V0u Iccfc 0aioiHinQ Ia discioSe them, goa
aH,d,d 10 as hariag tended 10 alternate poH ftpm
me-" The apparent implication from this passage
that the demand was btfft nude, ls rebutod by the
fac, thnt Nlr C;n,er 40 where uses the cotrcidirc
of denaad by saving tha Nj Rlyes refused, but
merely remarks that 4e uaS 1nigilli1g ar dcci,-
neil 10 diseiosc t9eplo Now, Mr. Rvcs might
w,ll hnye been UNIV illng, and have declined to gave
mn the mines of his confidential nfol mants for The
very rcoson tbnt no such demnnd was made lor
them NJ. would have authorised HIM 10 apply to
those gentlemen Tor their consent Ia the disclosure
Bat MIR Glmcr's waiver of tins demand ~ more
explicitly made in his letter of the 2sth JUNE III
which he uses tho ompl ntic language VIZ "
/ ,LoaIL hayc been gg0lGed, II Voie had bern 8iorc
coUaannyeotipe ruth freat9 10 itis ieffer ami The
uriier" " IIcct some ontiosifN feo (thopPA cci
fainlp that is no coneera of minr,) 10 1a1tr 10
,r&o@ sood o9tces nc are ,adebttd !or us hurting
been wrjHen' Ito crafty this mere eario'np on
the part OF MT bi'me' III na"er WIN "",o" Nv
expressly d'sclo'm"d "onH eonestn,' MI RFcs
had cllh'r discios'di of 'hheh siel'' u 'oF'" "'e
names of his confidential correspondents, he would
have been guilty of lroaehefy, that would have
subjected HIM to the rcpronehes OF his own consci
able men. Ifany further evidence were wanting
to Prove that this demand could not have been
inadr, IT WIZ he found III MI. oii'nefs expher anu
repeated disclaimer OF the only eiJcct, Tor winch
he could have required these nahee. nc says
" y"N m'Sf"|e our POSITIONS pefV m0'4' y ~" s"F
pose maj am e"deapo"uR E" "e3iof mV|
me ~n~offaB dn@ dtSaono"aoe eo"'se "Au" H"s
been oScT'1e@ 10 me- Ana "ga'n'. '"'" "o''
repent u par Mc Mifa hmel--i "'" mn "'g'"fc
mRSoV ny aHSwe''"g 10 an aeehsaieh "faoH '"
plies 50 ntach tnrpfnde' Now, as NV HimcrS
demand OF these names woola MOI nhVe pec" JuS"'
fable except on the ground TINT lie wished 10 trace
this information IN order to re'nte II, ana JUSTIFY
himself and as he scotns 10 intimate any sueh oo
sign, IL ~ TAR to presume mai lie elshei GA h''
make the dcmnnd OF, II II was matt ald moi 'N
poet OF REQUIRE 1t TO be granted. II any ",lnahu
with such mn intention haa oeeh 'i"oo u WI "FpS
he could not, and we are cohlldehi Wouin NOT h"'c
hestalcd to apply to his lnioflffs iof tne'r e""S''
% the revelation Of their names, am II nc were
successful IN procuring that consent of which thefc
could be no doubt he oud have been ifec to make
the disclosure
II is olso necessary to Just appreciation or tho
conduct of these paric5, hat tie origin and hnc
nn,lre Of the relations " biel had previously ex
s,od between thtm should be understood Mr.
Riycs had beer many years nj the bar and IN po
ical life, when Mr. CHM r, then n very young
man. commenced the practice Of Inv in the coun.
" of Automatic, in Which both Of them resided
shortly aC erwards, and OF the psrod OF the fres-
DENTAL contest between Mr.. Adams and Gen Jack