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

fore the people of Botetourt county, where nave
nown from nv chldho od, (and 50 often hohoi.a
he confidence of the people in the most h"te'''.s
hammer Ia produce any certificates IN rciu'ai'1n y
;uch a calnmny Bat this charge WIZ DC cur m
where | am not personally KNOWN s:"'. s,,,,er
prr TO take The certificates 81 the rcsprc'a"c ~,
,.lo hgd the goodness attest these CERTIFICATES 49,
,thcrs, which Is follows:
We. the undersigned, at the request - ar; '"i.'
Anderson do hereby certify that We are me
witnesses 10 a cert ticuic bearing dae INC !. " =,
80, $50 signed bv Jonathan Recknrr, and pnhiisNt"
nv SIr Anderson in his G.c address Ia us constituent
wc further certify that the SAID crrihca'e ma -
III our presence. BY the directions q s''I - - NJ
precisely as he dictated il, and was r'i" !" mn 49,
Anderson, at least twice, ana n II
the undersirncd John g. Rud!s.il, when ~ 9she.
name 10 il, and We signed our names as Witnesses - -
in his presence We further state, that NJ y
read the letter with the names oil se'ch''t"o - NJ
s,i,uents referred 10 in the SAID certificate, - -
Bcckncr before the said certificate was "rten' WI. =
NJ Daotr acknowledged lie had not heard him MAKE
either of the statements charged 10 HIM N sal" 49,
and that he tcld Calll@han SO when ne c!it IT. "
him to sign: but Callaghan said II mace no
ne il was only said that some had heard MN 80.
I'd c f,,r,her certify that Mr.. Anderson did not III
t;..e l., Mr. Bcckner tina, he had certified TO what rs
Anderson was charged in said letter with having s''
- lie sneecb at Newcastle did he attempt IN any
w,r 10 deceive the SAID Beckner, but ac'ed WIN pc
feet ooenness and fairness Given under our huHas
'h's So'n gay . JOHN G. RUDIsILL,
JOHN OBENCHAlN.
| the undersigned, a, the request OF Mr.. 'olh
Anderson do hereby certify that a'h ,ii' N r.
;.noss 70 certificate bearing date the 18th OF An,
49,, 1890 sgned BY Andrew Mcclure, ana Puhi:sieu
h. Nh Anderson in his late address TO his constituent.
And further certify that the sa'd crr'iiicate was v
,cn IN nv presence, BY the directions o. sa''
prec sey as he dictated IT, and was READ 70 l'i - ~
nderson and then By myself in The presence OF 'aP
Housman and others, when he signed his name 10 u
md stoned nv name witness, N rs presence
furtIsr state tina, when Mr. Anderson first showed
and read the letter 20 Mr. Mcclure, he dened having
signed his TO il, and further sad ne hrV'l
reou.sted Mr. Mcclure TO walk down, where good
many persons were together at shooting Iaatch' ana
he would read the letter again IN thef presence VIZ"
he read the letter the whole company, ana ,nr
Mcclure asan sld that he had never seen or heard oi
The letter before that he had never authorized any one
"a nut his name to IT, and c had never heard VT An
derson saw any thing about rcsIgnnT his seat IN ue
Senate and that he was willing TO give his certiica'c
10 that effect And further certify that hr. AMER
,ou did no, intimate II Mr. Mcclure that he !lad ccr'i-
fed TO what he (indcrson) was charged III sau eucr
with having said in his speech at Newcastle nor dld ne
attempt in any way to deceive the said Mcclure, but
acted with perfect opcnncss and fairness Gwen IN
der nv hand this Goth day of November, $50
JOT1N VI.
We the undersigned al the request of Mr. Anderson
do hereby certify that the 18th day OF August !as,
we were at shooting match at Capt heser 5, on MN
Creek that Andrew Mcclure was there aiso mat Hir.
Anderson came there and read TO the whole company
Letter addressed to him. and charging him with hay
nr pledred himself To the sgncrs resign has seat III
the senate if majority of the delegates oil s fis-
trict should be opposed the election OF m G. kvcs
or if Col Shanks should not be elected IN that couhiy
which letter afterwards published N tue incaS'!c
Democrat with the names of Andrew Mcclure, Jona-
than Iccknrr and others. Is as Air. Anderson
read the letter Ar Andrew Mcclure stated that nc
had never seen heard any thing about the letter be-
fore and had authorised any one to put ms name
10 IL that he had never heard Mr.. anderson give either
of the pledges charged 10 han III said letter, and had
never heard him say any thing about rrs'Gnng. Mr..
Anderson then asked him If he was wiling to give
certificate To that effect when he readily agreed TO do H.
and went TO Capt. keslcrs house for the purpose OF
having it written. Given under our hands this goth
day o. November, le39.
JACOB SMITH
The uncnvablc and disaGrceabr attitude in which
Mr. Beckner and Mr. Mcclure are placed, is not my
fault. | could wish it were otherwise lhey nave
suffered themselves be mislcd by artiul and design
ing men. The statement in Mr.. Burgers alndavit,
tina, suppressed any part the famous letter, OF re-
presented 10 him that hc had certified 10 what | was
charged with SAYING in my speech at Newcastle, rs
untrue as already appears from Mr. Eskrdge certi-
cate, before tho public But the whole tale Is SUI
premeiv ridiculous - too shallow 10 deceive the
rest dolt Why should have concealed from Burger,
that the letter charged with having gwen pledge
10 resign, If majority of the delegates IRON my as
trct should be in favor Of the ub-Tcasury, and OPP
noscd TO the election of Mr. R;ves, when he BURGER
denied that he had ever heard me give such pledge
and does not even pretend TO it, in his affidavit
stated in nv former address, that the design Of get
ting up the letter of my az constituents, was to sus
tain some reckless statements which had been publish
ed in the Richmond Enquirer, over the anonymous sg
nature OF 81 Western Democrat, and THIS work was
prosecuted secretly while the of the author was
withheld from me BY Mr. Ritchc, ttr than three
months after il was demanded. When it supposed
that he sufficiently guarded by my az consttu-
cnts" Mr.. Richie is authorized to give mp his name,
nrovided will mike oil II until his return from
New York.
This veritabe writer tells the public, that the first
notice he had of my call for his name from Mr. Richie
was on the 9th Of August. We have only his word
for it, Near the last of July, wrote to Col Morgan
Of Richmond requesting him TO call on Mr.. Richie,
and demand the Of the author of the attacks upon
me in his payer Early in August received an.
swcr TO nv letter from Col Morgan from which the
following is an extract: 81 brought the subject Of Mr.
Rs correspondent before him By polite note, and af
forwards called IN him privately. did not get tic
name He stated that he had written to Botetourt,
the subject, and ! suppose tha. the writer will be re-
qucs,ed to consent to give up his name Mr. R. will
take the responsibility Of withholding it." This, how
ever, is in sderatcn, no doubt, between Mr. r.
and his correspondent" Mr.. r. is the only you
VIII remember who give testimony on this point.
There you have IL IN relation TO my speech at the last
april court, the following cert icate shows whether
was not m srepresented BIZ Mcdowell, in his account
Of it. in his letter published in the Enquirer some time
last April, without his name From III il appears
that he was the only person denounced by me, when,
in his account oft, he would produce the impression
that every body else was denounced, but himself II
also exhibits him sneakng, usual, into the columns
of newspaper, without his name, for the purpose OF
obtaining personal satisfaction BY aiming al me,
sassin's blow.
| We, the undersigned, do hereby certify that We
heard MIR John T. Andcrsons speech delivered on the
steps in front of the Courthouse, At Fncasc, on the
frs, day Of the as April county Court, al which time
he noticed the appointment Of Delegates by little
Caucus in Fncasc. TO represent the counties OF Roam
oLc md Ro,toprt IN the humbuu Convention ri the