Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-07-28
To The Editors ofhe lnginian.

! e'e eohdemnlng me for the management ol the lin
from Lynchbarg to Danvilc, and the Z. NJ. Gene
id Tor not correcting the evil.
Kermit me 10 inform you, that the Conracto
mas been repeatedly Gned--lai the contract la
oeen annnlled-that il has been offered to TN
MesSrS' Prices, by the Department. and refused
ana mat II is open TO the first person who will nc
ecpt 1t. The +. NJ. General is therefore blame
less. With some ofthe facts above stated, mus
presume Non acquainted ; at least YOU might have
been informed 10y application TO your Post Mas.
ter.
rs to myself word or two. When |, few
years ago, opened and established into vou town
important lines, was a fine cntcrpri>ing citizen.
When established. through your town. the oreat
Piedmont line, Oh was glorious fellow, eve
~ way deserving public support. But when this
Inc Is, as great thoroughare by my being under
hidden, destroyed, and the small part procured
IS conilded to agents, and is managed grossly. il
You choose, the past il forgotten, and am assail-
ed with cplthets, whic,, il true, would damn me
have long since Iared with all ma contracts
had but three, and he transfers bear date about
The Isl OF April; crerhaps in March. \ little
upwards OF nine yeas ! was a Mail Contractor.
All know was indnS lons-nonc can say was
eNtraVagant. Other pursuits, more cnnobling have
been abandoncd-my lnty TO my flmiI, neglected
tile best Years otmylile devoted | may be prr-
mued to say, to the scNice OF my comrv.-and
yet, with all the extra iowarces that are CHARGED
upon me, am poor; les, POORER than the hire
Inc scrIbblcrs who dar' a>sa me Bar my fate
Is but after the fashion # the world, and it were
idle TO be complaining.
Yet, am astonishcd | thought | knew Won
entertained Tor you sncerc respect. thought
it reciprocated coule not have believed than
you, who knew me,-tlat yon, who profess to
be lmhned with the pure and holy spirit of
our blessed Saviour, would have characterized as
= severe and well mrcd castieation" one of
the most dtroclonS libckot the dlv--an outrage
upon truth n deccncy, sch as no gcntltmon would
have written and none Should have endorsed But.
am " a violent Van Bren parizan. 10y who has
Influence enough to become State senator. and is +
even spoken Of for sat in Congress-" Hnc
lila iachtgm@t Yes ecau,c, at home | am
thought OF sufficient estimation to be put into the
Senate, against my earnest wishes, am dcnoun-
ccd, treated with outrage and Injustice and in my
own person all the Socia charities violated and
condemned. Thank Goo! my feelings, (pocal,
mean) strong as they my be, have never slim
ulated me to the practlce,f such injustice
OH will please insert tbs letter in your paper.
Respectfully your ob'd''. ,crv't.
WM. SMITH.
u Mr.. Smith misun,erstands our remark, in
relation TO the e" caSrigaiiol' of the Danville Re
porter. We did not meanto cadorSc nor did we
aPProrc OF the language employed by that paper
in reference to Mr.. :. personally. II we had
done 50, we should have transferred the article to
our columns. We had reference to the Justice OF
the g castgntion' itself, ard not to the manner of
is nfiC in md, l.,
the only ground of offence against MS personally,
and we hope that this explanation will be sati>ac-
tory to Mr. 5. upon that head.
rs to Mr.. SIS remarks about " hirclRg scrid-
blcs," who dare to assal him, and all tina, sorl
of thing, we presume they we're intended for ano-
thcr, and not for us--thoug, the TERMS no more
applicable to our Danvie friend than to our
selves ;and Mr.. $ must he we'll aware that it is not
He knows little Of either q us, however, if he
thinks we " dare" not do Whatever sense ofdn-
" requires at our hands, if it be to aSsal
him for gross disregard of his self imposed obi
cations to the public. But it is not necessary to
discuss matter, merely personal in its character:
Still less shall we look 10 Mr., S. for AN exposition
Of our Christian obligations which he has very
necessarily, and somewhat maliconsly, we doubt
not, dragged into the discussion though it may be
as we'll TO say that We know Of no Biblical pteccpt
which binds any "proessor" to pass over the re-
pcacd delinquencics of others, by which he and
the community are sustaining injury.
Mr. Smith tells lis that he has been repeated
" fincd''-tha the contract has been annlcdn
that " it was offered to the MesSrs. Prices, and
that it it now u open to the first per-
son who will accept I've were not aware Of
any of these facts, as Mr.. Smith seems to suppose,
nor could we have ascertancd any of them, g by
application to our postmaster except the very
unimportant circumstance tina. the contract had
been i" offered" to the McssrS Prices But we
would enquire ofMr. Smith, if Mr.. Stockton has
not been anxious to obtain thi, contract WHY
was it not then, on the refusal Of the Prices given
to him 2 We would ask, how it is, if the contract
has been " annucdn that Mr. Smiths stock is
still on the road Has he not himself prevented
the transfer of the contract to Mr.. Stockton, by
charging him heavy profit uponit a.! And if the
contract is so good one as to isly this claim
if il paws the contractor so well as this fact would
seem to indicate, Are not the repeated failures to
comply with it utterly ndcfcnsblc There is, it
seems to u.s. something exceedingly suspicious both
in the course Of Mr.. Smith and d the Post Office
Department in reference to this quito. We cam
moi conceive WHY if if is cnpn "A the FIRST pcrSon