Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-12-21

generous constituents would not require NE 70 "
- an instrument 10 execute one oil her hoDirst s1.
they have III least not instructed me 70 q" s'' CIV -
do r,cuea IT, shall checriIllv give them my P',
! at ,noihrr in L. who can become one OF inc cN''"
ttrs az YIN C. Rivcs for DARN" To MAINTAIN, y,
Ia American Senate his Republican, pTihc;r!cS' ar
represent ;r;llv the wishes "i mty"F;'E - NJ 49,
Ec This IS the language contend J .'a'c "'"
h,,d That I should l2oh 10 III" "l!i OF NY ''
tu,nts and resign f Was satisfied that my. H.,
- cf ,ho,u wcr.. opposed II on NE shnjrc' - -
Sub Treasury. opposed to tnr t''cti".' :" ~ ~
H.. can, rban stated n NJ. Stovcr that woalu
if minority Il the ht'gaeS jfo"s ny .sd - the
Ia - ,avnr Of The SuhTieasury, ard opposed 70 'I'
sIac,ion of Mr. Rivrs. He never received any su.i
letter from me ii 0! the arts ne fcso''" -,
10 rc, men 10 cert IS 10 what he wished 70 prov,
the extracts which he has published from ny :, !;
/ c Tin, he dad tell Mr.. Slower iaSchood. IL Is
rn,olIv untrue as has been alleged that was "PI
nTi..d of the conduct Of Callagnai Wh'!c c'';h u
AHrqlany during the time OF my cGfltSi'o'''tt
with HIM II is true that he represented 10 me- nun
al. that some malicious prosecutions had o'cn ~
-. - o,;r., Inn by personal enemI"s Tor chaFG-
;nr i.pa fees and that advantage had hech '""'n -
n few errors, which hal 'c"ihch'ai!y occurred :" ~
Office Relying upon $ en'"n's, mace no '"it"s'
cnoury into the matter ant. the last Alicgiiy court
hon learned for the first time. that ne had been con-
y:c,eG BIZ the reports of two sets OF commissioners, P
pon,ed By the Judge pursuant TO inc act OF tsse''
recurring the Judges to appoint commissioners "'lIy
wears to inspect the fee books OF Their cicrhs u o'
| Ipt n
tbcm md ;ntcrnnG the legal fees after the execution
had been issued and the Illegal fees collected and hat
unon the report Of the first commissioners, rue uu
been directed against him, by the court to snow cause
WHY he should not be removed from ONCE '"i .""'
;ng epal fees aud afterwards cxprngng and altering
b;s fee books TO conceal it, during the tendency OF
which rule he resigned did not commence me
practice in Allegheny until some time subsequent -
! these prosecutions
IN relation 10 the afdavs of SIX seven persona,
VII oh have been published, in reference TO the pledge
VII :ch !; is alleged | made in my Newcastle speech,
have heretofore published the certificates OF ~ E" -
pcrsons IA 10 what were my statements on INA, SUP
;ect Their statement not merely negative, hut IL
liz Mao affirmative They not only say that did moi
give the pledge charged with, but they also arln
what did say, and which corresponds win my own
recollection All Of them state that they hcar' 'c
whole Of my speech there, except .apt. ehoasinSS
who saws he heard the part of which relates 10 tnat
subject Seven Of these gentlemen, on whose cert'h
Gates rcv are opposed 10 me IN PocS, ana ihi'e OF
them are among the Il whose names are s9nea 10 lhe
notable letters Al Of them, suppose are At eas' as
capable Of comprchrndlng speaker us those VINO nave
given atfdavS.
II is not nv intention fellow Citizens, to ircspass on
your patience, BY reviewing mnutely the a:ndavliS
which have been published 10 sustain the charge ihat
had made two distinct pledges, to W.T. t0t II I"l:
Shanks was not elected, | wonld rcsign-and "a, u
majority of Rivcs and antSub-lrcasury delegates
should moi be elected from my district that would
resign never gave either of those pledges never
thought of such thing. 1t may be- that was 5" IN
dcrstood BY some 1t is point upon which any honest
man might very easily fall into an error.
This may arise either from want OF ccarncSs and
precision in the speaker, dulness in the nearer
None of those who have given adavlts or ccrthcatcs
against me, pretend 10 give my precise language
They only piyc their recollection of the substance o!
NV remarks: aud will say that any man vino VIII
swear nuua irdlv that gave either oi those pledges,
j. unworthy; al belief ! never intended 10 be control
ed in my by my Botetour constituents alone or
by majority OF the Delegates from my District
have always held that the representative should obey
the will Of majority of his constituents, resign. 1t
was nv intention 10 have resigned my scat III the Sc
nate, ii | had asacrtaincd from the result OF Tie
last elections from any other source, t'ht ma
inrity Of nv constituents IN avor OF the Sub
Treasury and opposed 10 the election ct Nj kivcs
To this effect pledged myself, bn: no farther. ]
made no conceamcnt of my opinion or m!cntonS
Thus far am sustained by the aihGavIts OF burger,
Brckncr, and the certificates and admissions o nearly
al Of the l. whose names are to the anI"rS i"''rr ny
thc extracts Of my letter published by CaIiaghan by
the II who sirncd the certificate Of what stated III
nv Newcastle speech, and BY the statements 81 Jaw
thon and irchcr Il they are worth any thing. he
statement Of Mr.. Eimuc zone "i the 10 as c"rti!'rd ~
nv former address, shows that Capt Fcrrcr, whose nj
6day is relied npnn 10 prove hat made Of these
pledges in nv Newcastle speech, admitted TO me that
he never heard me make either of them lhe follow
ine certificate of Mr. Mcdonald (thc Surveyor OF DO
tctourt and of Mr. Figgat will shcw that Mr. Jacob
with that OF Mr. Daniel Obcnchan, they have also pub. .
lished, admitted me that he never heard nlc make
the pledge which it is certified he made affidavit TO- !
At the request of Eohn T Anderson We would state I
thai we were present II conversation between sad An
dersnn and Jacob Obfncha'n, in Fncase, at the Octo-
Der Court 1890 and heard SAID Obenchan say, that he
never heard Andersen say that he would resign his seat
in the Senate, if Il maior; of the delegates from his
district were in favor vi the Suhrcnsurv, and opposed
10 Mr. Rves, hut that lie heard him say that he would
resign if he should ascertain that majority OF hs con
sucnts were in favor Of the Sub Treasury, and op
posed TO the election nf Rves. The foregoing state
ment was repeated b. said Obenchain, At least twice
in our presence. Given un6er hands this 23ti No
vcmber, 1889 u. McDONALD,
JAMES VI. FIGGAT
had no conversation with Daniel Obenchain, on
this subject except that which Jacob audes TO- re-
fer this not for the purpose Of rejecting upon, or
mpairing the reputation # those individuals, nut to
show how easily honest may be imposed on and
wha, little reliance to &c placed upon a!davitS and
certificates, procured by such men as Mcdowell and
Callaghan. The Messrs. Obcnchains | have always
regarded honest men, and 90 not believe that they
would be guilty of wlltul talsehood. With these re-
marks viii dismiss this subject
The cock.andbu story which Callag CHAN has pub
shed about his clerk accidentally passing five dollar
counterfeit note, with the array Of certificates to prove
the. it the counterfeit note ! referred 10 in my
late address, (hen the first iniinaton ever had of the
pass ng Of this counterfeit note from these ccrt
cetcs,) is shallow device to require comment
Mr.. Caiaghan is barking up the wrong tree; when he
institutes his Judicial investigation against me, viii
prove, by three four respectable any the
community, that his friend, Mcdowell, charged lin,
mo, his cerk,) with passing counterfeit note 10 DIFF
ercn. person. and detailed circumstances show that
he d d It knowingly.
IA 10 his Allegheny certificates, would respectfully
advise the gentlemen who gave them, 10 examine the
records in their clerk office before they give any
such.
In my former address and in my public speeches. |
charged that Mcdowell had assaiird under tho Ed
toral head in the Fncas,c Democrat, that be was The
author of those abusive editorial attacks with which /
that sheet has been filed and that he was in fact the
! Editor He has several occasions denied il, and !
introduced The testimony Of Cawtnon (wh ch he wrn,c
lsclf} to d;sprovr my charge, and sustain his vera