Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-04-29
o TWE ENQUIRER
TO JAMES NJ. GARN EFT. ESQ

Sir-From your very amusing aud Instructive Address.
70 uIe People Of Tins county on Monday Ia't, it appears you
nave been duly constituted attorney Tor the Hon b w
Leigh, Tor 'his part OF Virginia, and in that character I
now address you. fonr defence Of that honorable sentie.
man was commenced. by reading a letter from him 10 Mr.
john a. Parker. who had addressed some nlerroeaiories TO
him, through the Enquirer OF the lOtl, January last, in re-.
'a'ion to a report respecting his opinions Of the :. Alien
and Sedition Laws"-Then followed MIR. P's reoIv. I'm
a letter from MIR. Wallace to Mr.. Leigh, containios - en-.
tract from his letter TO Maj Henry Lee. Alter having
read these papers, you took the responsibility OF pro.
nounc'ng The report a base cdlunny. 1t is true, Won all.
solved the author OF the interrogaories from Thai charge
bui pledged yourself to ferret out the author of the renor,
ana NIX IL on h'n. NOW, sir, the writer OF this attended
most patiently and stteniiyely 10 the whole of yonr de.
fence, but most particularly 10 the extract of MIR. Ieigb,s
letter 10 NJ Henry Lee, and he does assert on his resron.
sibiIity, that MIR. Leigh admits, so far az he could uude,.
stand him in that letter, in the piainest Ianeuoee which
could possibly he used, nl that lie has ever heard charged
TO MN IN relation to one OF those Laws: And here let me
ask you. sir, QorI desire To do YOU Justice \ if tcou din no,
enter into all explanation aud defence of thsi law wbile
vindicating MIR. Leigh against III. charge of en,ertaining
similar sentiments. In his letter 10 MIR. Parker before al
iuded TO, Mr.. Leigh cautiously avoids a denial OF the re.
port; but says that he does rot remember ever TO bav.
written any letter in relation TO The =. Alien and S.di,ion
Laws" yet IL is possible he may. .pneaI IN - 49,,
hlSh' miilue ahd honOurdbIe man, TO say II YOU had been
placed in Mr.. Leigh's situation, conscious of never having
entertained sentiments which had been attributed TO YOU
u you would not at once have said, 80 | never could have
written such a letter, because | never held such opinions ~
think hazard nothing by saying, such would have been
your course.
In the name and on behalf OF many who heard yovr de-.
fence at the Caroline and Essex elections. moi on. nj,
"hom nave seen who is Satisfied with i,) / call on YOU
TO publish the papers which you then read, and il is psr,i.
quarry required OF you to publish the tDhoie OF Mr. Leigh
letter TO VA. Lee. The public can then Judge on ,eho,r
me base cGIumny shall rest. To This demand, Mr.. Leiph
cannot object, because The papers have been publicly u.eJ.
You seemed TO think, that lew wiom YOU addressed on
Monday, perhaps nat one, knew any thing ahou, The Laws
10 question hope you will pardon ME for calling uo,y
alen'ioh 10 The following extract, from Tie Virginia Rsso.
iuhon' oil 9S II is taken from an old Poll ical Bill.
printed by Jones s. Dixon" ia the year go. Lonr
you will understand the text:
" Res0iUed, That the General Assembly doh p,rticu.
'aTIy protest agsinst the paipable and aisrminr infrscdo,s
oi ne Constitution, in the two late cases nf the :" Alien AMI
Sedi'lon Acts, passed at the last session Of Congress: The
nFs' when exercises a power 80 where deiep sfed TO
The Federal Government, and which, 10y uniting Iegis1,.
i've ati judicial powers 10 those Of the executive sul,.~
verts tle general principles OF free government, as well az
me particular organization AID positive prov sious of te
CONSTITUTION; and the other Of which acts excfcises in liz.
manner, a power not delegated Ivy the Constellation. bn,
on the contrary, expressly aud positively forbidden by one
OF the amendments thereto"
mhen yon shall have compiled with the demand nov
made, the People Of Virgini, can then zee ~ heu,er ts
opiDions OF zone OF her stars quadfare. with The much.
talked-oi and much abused Resolutions Of '0s. csn,o,
c'o'e this communication, without urging Won again In
Pu1Ii'h al the documents. Nothing 1es. will satisfy
YOX POPULI.