Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-05-26
From The Juliet Courier
South BEND, Ia, !
April 4, 1910. {

d. L. Gregg, Esq,
Sr-I have been put in possession of the published
correspondence between the Oswego Union Assoca.
ton and Gen. Harrisons "Confdental Committee :
Us they term themselves, and cannot refrain from
sending you the enclosed by private conveyance for
publication. Our party in this quarter objected to
its publication in Wing, indeed any other paper
the of the mpocy of the publication altogc
Their. differ with them, essentially, because do not
believe that few individuals, BY 50 nudicous and
dsingenuous course, ought 10 peril the prospects Of
party
NV motto in politics. as well as business has ever been
honeStg is the best potter, and feel persuaded the
end always is | hope You will not object to the pub.
LEGATION in your paper, because esteem you as one
wh" is for far play
Respectfully,
JAMES HENDERSON.
To John c. fright, Darid G,cyne, and O. NJ Spencer,
Esqrs
Gentlemen:-The writer of this letter thus publicly
addressed to you has seem with regre: and mortca-
ton, in letter subscribed by yourselves under date
the goth of February last, Cincinnati in reply to
letter OF enquiry from the Oswego Union Association
directed and delivered to William Henry Harrison of
North Bend-that had been entrusted with the let
ter, and empowered to make reply thereto for Gen.
Harrison.
The assigned by you for thus becoming the
depository of the Generals correspondence and the
organ of his replies, unhapply only SO peculiar
in their character, to excite unworthy suspicious
among friends but afford loo much ground to our
opponents for curious speculation and amusing criti-
Cisn.
become volumnous "ihat his reply in person be.
absolutely impracGeaJlc," and that you in The
character of his 'confdentia committee, because of
such inability, make the response for him. That if
the policy OF the committee, as shown by their reply,
should not meet with the appreciation of the Oswcgo
Association, sit will attribute the to yourselves
and the immediate adriSers of Gen. Harrison rather
than to the General himself.
Without the least desire he nquisitoria in this mat
ter hat Tor the benefit "i the supporters of the General
al whom am the personal and political friend, who
doubtless feel deep socitudc IN obtaining the infor-
nation, beg most respectfully to know by what au-
thority, you, gentlemen, have become the keepers
OF the person and thoughts Of the hero of Tppecanoe
desire TO learn If it with his own free will and m
BIASED Judgment that he has placed hrusrl, under your
supervision and peculiar care; or have Won n n,ita
taton OF the ancient policy of the federal Barons of
Scotland, who frequently seized on the person of the
monarch or presumptye heir to the crown. in order
to possess themselves of the TO control tho qo
veTnment-like them seized the person of the Gene
rail- and restricted him TO his quarters at North Bend
with the expectation of securing yourselves similar
success and powers find, on anal yzng your reply
that the apology for the inability Of the General to re-
ply to the note because of the vouminous charac
ter Of the correspondence, is but lily sustained in your
refusal to reply, at ALL to the enquiries Of the Oswego
Association. You say the letter has been placed in
your hands for the purpose of afording reply and
then you refuse to reply altogether Permit me- gen.
temen, to ask whether this is consistent with the cha
ractcr Of the General himself and the frank and manly
course which should always mark the conduct and
policy of his supporters 1.-THE letter was of sufficient
Importance to enttle it TO reply, then the nterrogao-
res should have been fully and ngenuously answered
The General could surely have spared some ten
minutes in framing the reply you have made-or have
done what should have supposed the frankness of
soldier always dictates, made direct reply himself
cannot but believe that many of the Generals friends
utterly OF only nolicv
confidential advisers for him. but the perncious conse
quences which must follow therefrom to say nothing
Of the British Kingy precedent which initiates, this
ough. to have deferred those who il seems have sue