Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-12-21
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From the Buchanan Commercial Journal
To tho Ereamcu

To the Freemcn
OF Roanoke Bo.ctourt, -Weghang, b0h an" f'r""""S'
FELrow.CTIzESs ! beg leave to lay before you
GONE additional testimony in relation to the corrupt and
unaerhanded conspiracy which has been at WORK Tor tc
purpose of DESTROYING character as 70 James Wv
Doweli and his friend Oliver Caliaghan, nave no fuF
Their notice 10 take of them The annexed ceTlica'es
show where the former stands When the latter thinks
nroper to seek Judicial investigation OF the charges
which have preferred against ham, shall be prepared
10 sustain them 1t IS not my purpose 10 nandy eP1elS
ofcontempt with them, or degrade myself by engaging
in newspaper war with them; nothing which they can
write or publish will hereafter provoke me to notice
them
We, the undersigned do hereby certify that We heard
Mr. John T. Anderson, public speech delivered IN
the Courthouse at tlncast!e on Inc tis' aay {" e b
tetourt April Court ISIS dcnouncc Mr. Jas McDoweli
ne site IN The sevcrest terms Among other things,
he said that Mr.. Mcdowell had written attacks upon
him, which had been published IN the FincastIe Demo
crat under the Edora! head, containing charges Whch
he knew To be false for which he pronounced Mr. Nc
Dowell an infamous lar This Mr.. Anderson
speech to which Mr. Mcdowell afterwards replied IN
the Democrat over his name, and an extract OF
which he has published in his late address
NJ PENDLETON,
q GEORGE ETZLER, JR.,
mo B. MOOMAW
have not seen Mr.. McDowcs late address. but
recolect to have heard MIR Anderson the language
contained in the above certificate, al the time mentioned
JNO. LINKINOGER.
We the nndcrsIrncd do hereby certify that heard
Mr. John T. Anderson in public speech, delivered
BY him ut Fncastle, the day OF the election IN April,
1888, re Jew an address which had lately been publish
ed in the Democrat over the name oil MI Jame3 NC
Dowcll He pronounced most Of the statements II
contained 10 be false and pronounced MIR Mcdowell
an infamous liar and dasardly polroon, fer Sncak'ng
into newspaper, to obtain personal satisfaction for
the personal cast;gaton he had gwen him, IN the
l,1,. -Iy
demanding satisfaction in manly way.
JACOB PETERS, ia,
GEORGE ETZLER, JR.
Benr called upon BY Mr. John I. Anderson, here
BY cer,ifc that some siderable time after Mr.. A. de-
lvered his speech at the Ap-s Court, 1875, l hcard
Mr.. Nc Oowe say, in conversation with him IN re-
gard 10 the speech delivered BY said Anderson at that
time, that while he (A.) speaking, some OF his
friends came in and Informed him {McDoweD that
Anderson was abusing him very harshy, and that nc
(AcDowelD first determined to go in the court house
and dirk him down. while then speaking but some OF ms
tMcDowciis) friends advised him to different course
Given under my hand, this the Goth day OF Novem.
Der. 1899. JAMES NJ. FIGGAT.
The certificates, which accompanied my previous adj
dress shcw that the rude and insulting letter which
was addressed to me some time last August purpongt
be letter from IL ofiny constituents (and which was
ushercd forth to the public through the columns Of the
Fincaste Democrat, with most insulting editorial IN
which ~ assumed that mad Oeen convicted OF
falsehood, BY IL OF ny respectable constituents, and
was threatened with aidavits of fifty in proof OF
the charge, if dared to deny M in fact the pro-
duction Of James Mcdowell and Oliver Cullaghan-
the offspring Of their personal hatred and mai ce that
most of the signatures thereto annexed, were either
procured BY fraudulent means forgery, and in tn
work of assassination in the dark, MIR. Oliver Caag-
han, friend, put foremost, though It s equally
clear that his confederate, Mcdowell, though more
wary and cautious deep in the nire as he was
,ha r,n6 THIS letter with the itorial
also the work of the hand e Editor to the con-
frary Notwithstanding was republ shed in the r CHI
mond Enquirer and many other newspapers the State,
with supplementary editorial ommsnts in Of
them | could not have been insenshlc 10 the fact,
that such Of things calculated to tramnel
me Gf not wholly dsluay me) i'll the discharge OF my
public duties your representative. anxousiy de-
liberated to what my duty required under such cir
cumStanccS. ! of the fact that said letter
had been fabricated and gotten up by such men, and
such means, hut TO expose thc and hold them up 10
the public in their characters, with their false and
corrupt devices, would be to throw the community into
state of ierment wound the feelings of some who
stand connected with them in life who entitled to
respect. and friendship and 10 suhjcc! myself 10 he
blackguardcd through the puhlis prints These con
sprators and confedcratcs still active. 1t was
evident that nothing but entire destruction would
satate their rapacous mall hy.
In October was again assaulted through the CO.
iumns of the Democrat, in rude and indecorous
and this letter was again relied upon 10 prove that
! had failed to redeem my pledges which | have
made my constituents, and guilty of fasehood
in denying them ] knew that most of those, whose
il, where my personal friends, and
that they had addressed such letter TO me,
and that the few who had consented to put their
TO it. had been made the dupes of designing and artfu
men, therefore at once came forward, and in my
previous address exposed the whole plot to the light
Of truth, and placed the distinguished actors and
movers thereon, IN their true position In the DIS
charge of this unpleasant duty it will be remembered,
that relied alone upon their oicn ,citRrsSes. The
certificates of the two Mr. Owens, Dir. Elmcre, Mr..
Andrew Mcclure and Jonathan Beckner, were 10 the
point They were, in fact. all that were necessary
destroy the whole effect of the letter. and, in connec
ton with the certificate Of A. P. Eskrdgc Esq., of the
conversation had with Alr Slower and Burger was
sufficient to make every honest doubt, least
the integrity and honesty of Mcdowell and Cailaghan
and render harmless their future attempts to nure
It was consequently very important; matter for
them, TO get clear of that testimony they their
witnesses, and they were estopped from impcachng
them. letter was handed me in my office the
ming of the eth November signed BY Andrew Mcclure
and Jonathan Beckner, demanding the cert fcates
which they had given ne. have no doubt that tbs
letter was Matched up in Callaghans counting room,
and was, doubt the suggestion of his brains, and
one Of his shallow devices 10 deprive me Of that i'm.
portant testimony At the tine it was handed to
me, the Buchanan paper had been issued with these
certificates, and the Fncastle Democrat was issued
with them the next day They my property,
and had no idea ofgying themup. Having no doubt
Of the quarter frcm which the demand originated and
the design, Indignantly refused Being toiled in this
attempt, the only alternative left them to publish
the afhdavits of those men, iHFb:ch they made
to charge with msre reservation, suppression Of
the truth, dc. should suppose that ! have lived
70 bat little purpose, il wore necessary fss ne, DO.