Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-05-27

The opportunity Afforded you of scattering yonr appear
ahee IN the supreme Court OF the Richmond ENQUIRER
appears 10 nave been particularly grateful your feelings
You seem TO he so much pleased with yourself aud YOUR
"iend almost pity to disturb you. AS writing is no
my trade shall not follow you through all YOUR wind
ings The greater portion Of your piece requires no notice
my hands: only design noticing such parts as seem 10
require H. In my appeal to you, through Enquirer OF
The 2sh ult, did assa your motives: said no
.ng unkind TO you, or Of you: addressed you in the
snfseier which you had voluntarily assumed as the
friend OF the Hon b. w Leigh Surely YOU have
neen pleased at having such client as the Hon b. w
Leghone 20 pure disinIeresied; free from par
nsan feeling; 80 kind and decorous TO his opponents
How Tar you have thought proper pursue the same
course, will appear from oil the low and conemnI;
ore 'esnuatohs, contained ia your address The ritter
OF ms r does no, expect any his humble
vices You seem TO be with tbs k;aJ Of -
wees which are likely TO be rewarded. He assures Won
he does not light Tor ards: doubt they would
De lns ssoecePtooe to to himself Unlike your
e lie has never held office: he has had the good
fortune be elected 10 high responsible station bv
Tue People aud been unfortunate as to have the
scar OF disapp citation placed his conduct by the same
reopie. NO. SIR, he is not candidate for any office.
could be influenced by pecuniary considerations would
DC 'ounu lighting 10y your side The insinustion per-
ecty understood, ii is "part of the sysern; yet did
not expect TO bud so respectable a 'Sire" Time, only
w' tell what is TO be our des,iay. In these changing
mes yours may be similar to that OF the late John Tay-
Tor, Esq TO whose political ie you assinaed your own,
in many respects.
a portion Of Mr.. Legh's letter TO Mai Lee is before
The public l, seems TO have been the keeping his
friends IL any breach Of confidence has en- made on,
them IL mast rest they surely must have cont,ibuted
mainly to the circulation of the report which YOU have
thought proper to call "5ase calumny." You say the
repor, has done Mr. Leigh great injury, circulated the
manner Ia whchit was, then, surely, he ought have
been thankful Tor the opportunity publicly afforded him
IN January 10 put to rest forever. He will deny or
you Tor hn) that he did learn, after put bill
cation in January, that Mr.. Wallace was the ndvi.
!'~ S~~s sea 40 hold ,he Why mir. Leigh
has not authorized you TO publish the whole letter.
/ oil the original handed him early this month
anu, IN lew days afterwards, lac set out for yir-
gnia. suppose on further reflection, he conclud-
ed not 10 lst any more OF il be You say in your
puonSaon' that the papers in your possession should
nave been published without the call. They ought To
have been Published when you received them which
was suppose about the LIST of April. You also say,
demanded the publication Of the whole of Mr. Leeh's
letters TO Major Lee. did such thing. only re-
quired you 10 publish the whole of the letter. part of
which you had publicly used am much deceived II the
pubic viii be satisfied with less than the whole letter
wish now, cir to examine you, and see how lar your
professions aud your practice correspondhe whole OF
your abored article in The Eng is designed 10 prove
that he who repeats report sustained in every par
cuiar by iacts, IS guilty OF base camny." You will
recoee that, in your public Address the Essex Eec
lion you introduced The name of VIM Bernard "a most
worthy llgent, and highly respectable old Gentle
mani as one OF the firm and early friends OF Gen.
VINO ha1 recently abandoned him, and hen cursing
him al the corner OF every in
(four own words) do not think you spoke Of it
as report The Impression lett my mind strength
ened by the Tact oil having from the
hborlcod OF Mr. BenaFd that you had conversed
WIN hun on The subject, and that il verty 1t would
nave been strange indeed, il the report had been true
that you should have brought forward the name of an in
divdual in private hle candidate for any office n
puoic address Whether it Tor effect, or not, leave
you 10 say But IL is the extraordinary that you
should have done SOS the statement turns out 10 be
Jdse IN al lis parts, without The shadow shade TO
port H. Ihls am authorised to say, by that gentleman
III am not nisinormed, friend called on YOU to know
In what way you obtained your information; and your
r'p'y was that you did distinctly recollec who
Told you ~! tcH not call this ssbase caumny'' ON
your part ~ you choose, you may give a your
own piece VIII Afford you one, il you at any loss
have made no effort TO disered Mr.. Wallace, as you
Intimate have not the pleasure OF his acuuaniance 1
have always heard him spoken of as a gentleman and
good Federalst, who has never abandoned his payfv
when was most in of his services this is more than
can say OF some other sure think at least
as well OF him do, judging from OF your re-
marks in your speech.
Your criticisms pass with me for at they are worth
nave never pretended 10 be learned man have never
undertaken TO teach others. thank YOU for your quota
uons rom ihat good book find in it, among good thper
| maj 'Sreat men are not dilcays wise.'
AS you are kind enough to wish a safe deliverance
rom my difficulties and better employment &C. m,st
most cordially reciprocate good feeling which that
wish indlcaes II is the only expression in your hole
piece, which does not betray feeling which do not
hink the occasion called for; which did not think
you suffered TO Turk in your BOSOM and much less did
suppose you would exhibit 10 the public But sir these
are strange nes and admonscl not TO be stIrpris-
ed al any thing.
fon are much annoyed at the signature chosen had
no rgh' 10 suppose IL would be acceptable TO you: vet
SHAH not change i. II you particularly anxious to
know the real author, you have only TO address the Edi
tors oil the Enquirer He aware of ever having shrun
from any responsibility which he may have incurred; he
never WILL With feelings entirely void OF passion.
am, respectfully VOX POPULI
Essex County, 22d May, 1884
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