Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-07-28

tStS, and appears - me - iCrntIi; TIE Two parties com
p!et,ly. Il i SEslfuily draws for the purpose for which
/ was intended. ard If Garrison himself had drawn It,
il could not have answered the purpose better. The
border States. Maryland. Virginia and Kentucky, are
perhaps more Immediately interested IN the matter.
TO THE PCBLIC.
| shall make no apology for thus appearing before
vou, however unpleasant 1t may be. have a duty 10
perform 10 myself and nv friends, which ! shall fear.
lessly discharge. 70. the last ten or fifteen years II
has often fallen 10 my lotto Be engaged IN political con
.rorersi,S: bnt IN no one INSTANCE have ! eye. assalieG
private character or the motives Of my adve!sG!ges-l
have no taste for that k nd Of warfare; nor hare | ever
published am thing, IN any form, which | d. not hold
myself Al all times responsible for.
Soon after nv return from the South, in March last,
heard from various persons, that Mr.. c. q. GrIswoid
had said, TINT he herd Mr. Van Buren, declare, in 1872,
his opposition TO the war. believed there was some
mistake in relation to the matter, and paid but little at.
tention TO the report, until the third Monday IN April,
heard Mr.. c. Al Braxton, in a public address, atlaP-
pahannock, charge Mr.. Grswold, 10 his face, with
having made the declaration, and he. Ir. GrSwnId, I'D
not dcnu 1t. confess, | was greatly astcnj-het. tina;
he should not have done 50: because, up 10 that time, ]
highly estimated NJ. Griswold's veracitv-he IL 4
mrnister cf the gospel, and ! cuGld not BRING myself,
then, 10 believe, that ne would be guilty Of telling a
wiliul falsehoOG. and the declaration itself was 50 com
pietelv at war with all the evidence had seen on the
subject. determined TO probe the matter 10 the bot
TOM. and satisfy my own minj.-Io that end, address
ed a letter TO a distinguished Nir@inian IN Washington,
ask ny his dtl. IN tNat letter, i SPOKE OF vi. pIlS"oIu
in language which he could not object 10: land | here
take occasion TO say, that | have not the least objection
TO the publication of the letter, fit has been preserved
Il kept no copy-and MIR. Griswold wishes it) The
only paragraphs in the letter which were published are
the following
"Mr. Griswold, a Sub Elector, declared, in his speech,
that he hard Mr. Van Buren, deliver a speech in oppo,
sition to the war. He is a minister Of the gospel, and
10 deny, fatty, a statement within his personal know
ledge, is rather a delicate matter, IS you may suppose.
bot. vet we have ventured to do 50. on the authority OF
the letters of Nessrs. Wrigh, and Butler, and, also, the
speech ON. 7. Tai!madge." He cMr. Grtswoid) al
leaes that Mr.. Van Buren, did oppose the war, Until
public opinion drove him into It's suPp5rt'
The above was published in the Globe with comments,
with which had nothing 10 do,1 ABOUT the last OF
April. or earlvrin May. On the 18th day of July, two
months after, Mr.. Griswo!G publishes a card n the
ENQUIRER, in which he says: "The nhoIe article, so far
as reiateS TO me, IS faise from BEGINNING to end, 9TH not
u line or a 1ord Of truh IN IL, crcept that am a Minus
ter of HE Gospel, and tha, / did sag that Mr.. Ian BIZ
ren did oppose The rar until pubijc opinion drore i'm into
its sspport. :, Immediately on seeing the above. ad-
dressed a note TO him through the Enquirer OF the i'th
instant, signed Essex, in winch say, Odd you m
tend to denv that you have sad that you heard Nr.
Van Buren, declare himself opposed 10 the late war N
1872" This shor; publication was every way res
pectful 10 Mr.. Griswold.
Soon after | had obtained my dinner Yesterday, court
davl was invited 10 visit the Courteous 81 see anc
hear the dolngs Of "the Tippecanoe CluJ, 20, 20, ]
believe. Soon after, ! entered the Courthouse, and
found MIR. Griswold addressing ''the Club. lite com
mcnced some structures, neither courteous nor chr'sttan-
Ike. on the author Of Essex, and then declared mat
h. would not answer the piece, unless "Esscx would
,pm,sk himself. Al this stage, | stepped forward, and
said. she is now unmasked, and before you. Nr.
G-swold Immediately said, 81 am sorry 10 ind you are
The person: but viii answer you thropghthe papers.
THIS did not square with ny feelings, at the moment,
or with nv IDEAS Of a manly and open course, ana de-
,,,rd.d an answer forthwith:-the accused anc the
accuser stood before the people, and face to face. he
ye. hcsitateG; and defied ham 10 deny ihe man c"aT='
ra then SAID, If persisted IN carrying The matter any
further. he would publish too letters o. hihF' ""o"
vyonld bcqr hard On me-. But how sadly must he have
been diSapDoint.d IN his Object, winch was evldehtly 70
deter me, when | again proclaimed, as ioud as my Zee
Bile voice would permit me, "thal ! da IN thr P.ese"ee
Of the people of Essex, absolve MN rom a. oe!'I"eS
n npbl,sbipg anv letters of mine, private or puoiic,
o;,bar 10 friend or foe" Mr.. Grlswold then stated,
and FIVE times reite rated, that ne dtd near .Hr. : an
Burea declare himself opposed TO the war, between
June and November, lcl2; but dene" tua. -
MAD said so. previously. in 4 Putttc speech, or ulat "
Van Buren, made the deeltki.3 - : 70 bs having
:a;s %. IN his spcech. bat | walre the poIa', ana 'a"e
nm on his present position, which Is suiacsnt = ."
As NJ Griswold's memory IS c1ceeoln9t! a
annex a certificate, signed by every Psfson 80
std he ;, . IA do so. Il was late. and da not Cat III
As - ,;rb,. bu, il cannot and will not be de-
ned bv HIM. as | am authorized 10 say, oF - c"H.
date friends. now appeal ia hohest ~ :" - 80
party. TO compare his ddwisSi0n WIZ ~ 80 -.
prav YOU. 10 discard for once, all pTeJuo'Ie ~ 80!
sse elm nothing Of the kind have a place ,1 IN your ar
bosoms, when in pursuit of taets, and l am W. Wiling M n 10
abide your verdict. | ask for nothing more man s !" a -,
partial hearing. and sheer justlce-n0'nins eSS' : :"
persuaded, you VIII accord me. Old .,J 7 sb,li
Be = t 'ss ' wi.h lin rs'P unless my two letters, he ! has
,b,a,tena1 10 ppblisb. should require some hoe'e ~"
me;-and, to ny distant friends; lb w1Il BE- say pr ., nny and md
PLANTATION should be necessary, II -. =. : nave no