Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-04-10
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~ before readers u lelteT IoIH WI SiilS
+ Senator Of the I. s, written at ourrequest
WIN" Wh,g Elec,or in Giles county boldly assert
t, Mr. Van Buren, had moved thus ant-war reso
H-' ~. saw il fvng al the masthead OF several
- nresscs Ii time, we thought, TO arrest the
5,i,on Of the base coin upon the best authority
gu, ~. wrote for MIR Wrights evidence-and here II
~" A., and unequivocal as language can make IT.
:. call upon the Danye Reporter to take from
"s mead We call upon the Knoxville Register
y the INJUSTICE il has done in its paper of the Isl
We call upon the Lynchbnrg VirSinian TO re-
| s belief for here is ''authorty entitled every
sssn,e 1t is remarkable, that within SIX hours nj
" ,,aytnp Mr. Wrights letter, these three newspa-
w reached us reeking with the ialsehood ne reason
IN the lynchburg Nrginan assigns tor us oellef OF
,,dsed most amusing and absurd; viz: that MIR
~. Karen had gone for Dewitt Clinton, because he was
pace marty candidate" Why, does he not know,
was exactly upon the opposite GROUND tnal ME- =
l s,ourht forward Does not Mr.. Butler, IN his let
.,r ur Garland of 1875, expressly say: "Ihe grea,
~. g them (aIr C. ir,ends) so far from being op-
mas ;, bH;seyeat measures against Great Britain,
-, favor Of = more dtcided policy than had been
~ towards her":-But enough-Mr Wright
o,,h, 10 remove every doubt, and arrest the cir.
lion ii tins outrageous torgery the Hudson reso.
''''" WasnlxGToS, 4lh April, lSi0
=, n.,r Sri have received your letter, bringing
-. n,,ira an article which originally appeared rs
.-,.,,rar in 4 Southwestern paper, charging MIR.
~, Rnr.n with heading popular antI-war meeting,
u3on IN The State OF New York, in 1872 1913,
.,, resolution TO the effect that the was
I,,ic and disastrous, and that to employ the mill
~, an offensive was unconstitutional. GU do
pns,,,,,, bu; Justice in regarding this mputation
az ;,,y boll, destitute of foundation III truth The
- Tho meeting the attendance and course OF Nj
~ R,r.n and the ..reSoution SO formally gwen are
s, ,,br,ca;ons without sing e circumstance in fact
:, ,ye c9nu,ena.ce TO the coinage, or 10 paiate the
.,;,scy Of him who first conrIved IT.
send ,uu by this mail pamphlet containing sue
, n,rratiyc of Mr. Van Burens course during the
80 from lis commencement TO It's close. 1t IS almost
.,.I, transcript from public documents and public
-: about the authenticity ofwhich there can be no
,,,- By ii you viii see that, instead OF regarding
n, MAR as "impolitic and disastrous, his voice was
,,by raised rs well on the Senate tioor as at pub
T., Feelings and through the public press, favor .'of
, b,,I, Justice and indispensable necessity OF the at
as which on. country had taken; OF the sacred duty
eyery real American to support 1t IN that attitude,
and AGAINST 'the parrlcdal views OF those who refused
.5aS His opening declaration, upon taking his
-, IN the State Senate the fall OF 1872, was, will
Pe~rved, in favor ot rigorous prosecution OF the
-: uns4 the necessity for It's further continuance
should be superseded by an honorable peace After
Is, peace wa>concuded, he called upon to prepare
:.uton> ioT the State Senate, of which he was still
member which characterized BY the same strain
patriotic ierllsg and sentiment, declaring the proud
,4l>:acuon they derived from the reflection that the
w winch the nation had-becn involved, arduous
M sangnary as It had been, not only righteous
orgj" and successful IN its prosecution, but that
country hut risen from Mc contest pih reaOratca
.rH.A ant increased eiory.'
0ith, scadiness the zeal and Tie ability WIN winch
lie principles and opinions he avowed were sustained
throughout, By Mr. Van Buren,, the publication | send
on vii! speak for itself. With great respect,
am your obedient servant,
SILAS WRIGHT, JR.
To THowAs RICHIE Esq