Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-04-24
RICHMOND, Va, FRIDAY, APRIL "a. Iii
rIr os,vEGO CORRESPONDENCE AND H,Rri>oy
~ COUNCIL.

THE DSWECD CORRESPONDENT AND liRIiSgy
" PRINY COUNCIL.
The Lynchburg VlrgInIan treats the Oswego tN,,rs,
,ondence as hoax and a ytorgry t'ParticuI,.,
r,,.s he an our next 1t somewhat problems,
whether it's readers will hear Of more particulars r.
ph,delphia Gazette denies, there ''such seltco7,
tinted BODY of three, and says, If there be such CO.
mittee, .they are an aggregation OF mpudent and !
uol;tje asses What viii John c. Wright \ Co :
TO this compliment:
.now avowedlv stand How will h. stand /. he ,Lo
bc elected President: ale Will, then, tOo be pu, M
der another commission, whether OF lDIocY, lIy,-.
or OF .DuRAScE VILE, we leave you, from the %,
and the preseut 10 infer for yourselves In this So,
Of surveillance, he is TO pay no regard, pcu
,ermission, to enquiries from the people or 10 H..
wishes, however strongly expressed. nor, rr!..
his own incnatons or opinions, bat, IN every r..
meet is to remain the poor antomaton O! the h.
ar. who shall have made ham. And who 81
should like To understand, are these keepers 10
This is, indeed, tellow.ctAens, an imponan,
ouiry. Can there be any proof more overwhrin,.
than that developed in these unheard-of traMsacot
any concession more uncqulvOcal or Illuminating Of nj
ter unftness of this man for station winch calls r.
H here we lave %,eT br6 and SSS nf ID,
man. of whom it is affirmed by his friends and a. +.
dams, that he stall not or rW not, answer plan en-
mon enquiry Or can that be greater extreme d, +,
ropanCe n prctcnslon more ut war with the ye,v ,
ments of Representative Democracy, than the ele.
ton from enquiry here claimed, or indeed than &
qualification of the right of enquiry 10 any one
seeks the confidence and support of the People. &
YOU, teIow.ci,izens, we are well assured, will not,
rate for one instant such folly such arrogance
| Since writing the above, we have received thcs
lowing handblll from the Office Of the Oswcgo
ladium, of the 10Th inst. 1t removes every p,.,s.
doubt of the authenticity OF the Oswego CorrrSpar.
encc. II does more-lt dSspatrs all the cal.a.
which has been propagated by the Aladsonlan and ot
conpenial prints, about the responsibility Of Gen
| CORRESPONDENTS Ii was asserted, that VI. notea,.
was nothing but the keeper of Nine Pin Ner, d.
with much other such humbuggeEy. Now, soc TIE ,,
The very effort which has been made 10 dscTtd.,,
whole Correspondence, first as a tOrgcry and tlr
cmanaling from the lowest source, shows us hos ami
Gus the Wings are TO break the force Of Corre.pa
encc. which places the Hero Of Trppccanoc IN a p
of view so little crcditablc to the Candidate OF ..r
partv-so little suspicious To the rood and glory ii: q
country. ShoHid he be elected President o the [
(From he Os.rego PGi'odi~m, d .iprd 49,
THE HARRISON CORRESPONDING
The extraordinary letter Of Gen llarrsons keene'
which we published IN our paper oi the i'th OF Mag
last, has excited the pity, We may say the concmP
honorable men of all parties. 1t was generally knos
in our village al the time il was sent, that letter r.
been addressed 10 Gen Harrison by the | mon Assoc
lion asking his opinions upon certain matters, @
np been read IN the office of magistrate 10 scv,'
gentlemen of both political parties before II was
into the post office. The answer OF the COMMITTEE s.
also been shown TO gentlemen here OF both poI'r
PARTIES and in tins place It's authenticity has MOI J
questioned We notice however, that in some pan
for effect partial denial has been made. In addna
therefore to our own assurances of MS grnulneao
we publish the following atfiGav,s and ccFhtc.1
| which mt the malter beyond Cavil.
Suite Of .Ner imk, >
| OSWeg0 cOMHiy.
| John w. Turner of Oswcgo, being duly sworn,
poses and says, that the lst day OF February a,
| letter signed by Miles llotchkiSs, on behalf OF
Union Association of Oswcgo, and bearing date JAM
nv 81 $40, a copy otwhlch was published III the O.0
Go Palladium of March l., l-I0, which letter contIr
certain INQUIRIES in relation to the political! opinion,
Gen Harrison, was superscrihed by this dcponen;
follows: "Gen William H. Harrison. North Be-
Ohio, and was sent by this deponcnt 10 the post Of:
in this village on the said first day Of February j.
and on or about the l3th day OF March last, he saa
letter purportng 10 he reply TO tie letter al
named, which poSt-marked At Cincinnati, o
and signed By David GwyHuc, J. c. Wright, ami
VI Spencer, and attescd BY II T.. Spencer, c
Sec'y.; a copy of which letter was also published ~
Oswego Palladium of March 18TH l-iO.
And this dcponent further says, that before the leu
first above named was sent to the Post Office he
the same aloud in the Office of J. c. Hugunin Esq, j
tee of the peace in this village, in the presence Of
vera gentlemen of both political parties and that
fact of said letter having been sent 10 Gen llarr,
was matter of public notoriety in this village
J. w. TURNER
Subscribed and sworn April 10th, 1910, before ne
d. HERRICK, J. 7