Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-10-22


Hon. Mr.. STEVrNBoN.
To this mole, you are aware, that Mr. Stevenson
replied as follows.
"Presumlng that you intended your reply rs a dc
" nal of The offensive expressions IN that part of
" your rcfolted Speech, which had aIlusion to my
" self, ! am satisfied with The answer YOU have riy
" en-"
Now it quite manifest among gentlemen that az
ter Mr. otunuclls denial of the correctness OF the
report of his remarks IN relation 10 NJ Stevenson he
was under the highest obligations OF truth aud honor
to correct any erroneous inference which Mr.. 5.
might have made oil hls intention to wound his feel
ings. Mr., o Connells silence, alter Mr.. Stevenson
had announced his intention TO make their cofres pon
drnce publie, confirms aud iusilfcs Mr.. Sevenson's
deduction, aud makes Nj. @ Conne's d,savowal lie
nary and decisive.
must, however, confess, # We had had any olli
cr antagonist deal with, should not have seized
on tins point in the plcldlngsto drop The cores
pondrucc. II we bad had reasonable subject, or
II II had been Mn Sevcuson's fortune 10 have open
ed hls correspondence with an individual who, enter
IaIning scInples III relation such obligations, Gas
they me understood among Geuleincn) but WIN,
nc9enhclesa having rerpetratcd nuployoked
wrong against al individual would have felt, by IL
sell the moral obligation OF making hlm dtonemeu
would hase consented, that Mr.. Stevenson should
have gone step farther, aud demanded OF Mr.. o.
tohuell an explicit declaration oil what he had said
IN relation 10 Mr. :. But knew, from what had
hcaid OF Mr.. OConnelns character, such an appeal
subject, ny friend, Capt. Perry, not only entirely
coucurled, but suggested The course that was final,
adopted. Aud "e believed that every body was
aware OF tie extraordinary accuracy ofrhc srenogra-
piers Of England, the conclusion would be ,eadl,
formed, thai Nh OConnell had resortedt TO disn-
genuous aItIfcc, II not lalpable untrnh to sneak
out OF tue difficulty, and tins, after ALL was the only
Triumph which could he Obtained over the reckless
lbcller OF our country.
That Ibis unrlulh was uttered. will now prove
About fortnight or three weeks after lhf correspon-
dcuce between Mr.. OConnell and MI. Stevenson
had been closed, business carried me 10 Bnming
ham, where | met with several individuals who all
coneurred IN declaring that the report IN the sun
was almost II not entirely, rerbdtim what Nh o.
Council had sad III relation to the American Minis
ter IN hIs speech OF the LIST of August; yet, as an
unwingness was felt to give certificates ol the very
flct Hey atcJ7cd, from the state OF public opinion
II presume, on The slave question IN BlrmIngham,)
was therefore, without tins testimony IN an au-
thentlc shape until had the good fortune to meet
VITA highly respectable gentleman, resident OF
Birmingham, who, without the slightest hcsItalon
addtessedto me the following note, III reply TO one
which wrote him, and whose authority | lave to
use It, as may deem proper:
SEPTEMBER 6, 1888.
My dear Sill heard Mr.. O'Conne deliver his
! celebrated anti slavery speech at Birmingham onlhe
lst ultimo. HIS illusions to the American Minister,
reported in The sun and Spectator, were not ONLY
correctly, substantially, but believe literally, what
Mr.. o. Cornell uttered.
He was, likewise guilty Of the remarkable indeco-
rum of making flmg al the memory Of Gen. Wash
mgtou,by asserting that he only a slave hold
er,bnt that he had never manumted his slaves until
ii, death, when they could be oino longer service %
! him.
! retnainI dea, Sir, With much respect,
\ our obe,llent servant,
HENRY vANwART.
Gen. Hamilton.
| do not know thatsI have any thing more 10 do
! with Mr.. O'Ccnnell, unless by hrs seeking. |