Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-04-20
POI h'cECAH
From the Richmond Hhfe.
10 INN, O Tam, the, II get thy alin,
In Hell they'll roast thee like a heftinr ~

- 'ft@'' - ''f HhNhih III VI WI INtf
though endorsed by Mt, Rnhic IN an editorial pa
ragraphl To excite any other feeling than that q
contempt for the mallgnity that originated II, gnt
ply FOR he folly that gave eounlenanco TO H..
With Mr.. Richie aud his own highly eonsurable
conduct, which shall be exposed before flush th.
communication, | should MOI have troubled myscl
or the public, but for llIs attempt to assal ne
through the public ptnls, IN otdef 10 screen his
friend, who has been assalled IN another qnnttef
whcthe, l~nstl6ably OF not, | pretend not TO say.
1t Is not the frst lime ihls winter. that huyn had
reason 10 complain Of MI. Ruchie, towards whom
have ever beru courteous aud ci,il, tor lending the
use OF his columns Ia hIellng wtitefa ~ deiamr me.
when he knew thai there was not a particle oil ruth,
IN What he published aud nov thai he has gwen
circulation TO, and endorsed n Islander and ealumny
which, ON lis face, proves the folly aud wlekelncss
oi the charge, | shall avail myself ol the occasion.
Ia conn unicate iot the ben, TT al all Who may
choose 10 read. a If" Facts, which Will make even
NJ. Hdtfje blush, Il he Is At all sensible 10 shame.
This letter writer charges me wit, having ptao.
llsrd a stnpcndoas ttsad on The Post ONCE Depart
nent, which is, AS | have said beloie, endorsed by
Nh. Rltcbir, and Is IN the follow my language. lie
IS defending Mr.. Roane, and SAYS:
AS far rs the law is concerned, Mr.. Ruane has
complied with II, IN the Instance above tcCited but
10 sctlle the gcutlt man's squeamlshness on the sub
jet. | would Inform him, dat IN no Instance has the
ranking privilege been abused TO such an extent,
coming within my knowledge, rs that Indicted by
The Hon. John Minor Bots, whu liauked tie pos.
thu"ous speech II the Hen. John DAVIS OF Mass
thnsetl-,in ,culy 10 Mr.. buchanan. This gentle.
man made up q bag o! the above named speeches,
leaving tie supelsc,i ptiou bidNh 10 be Oiled np by
HE members 81 the Legislature, aud addressed II 10
V. w. SouihHll, Richmond, Which. instead n com
ing through he ehanact designated ty The taao Of
Af ida3, MAS sENr As rGFldnr.
Now Ia tins charge. SabStanHd{iR ! plead guilty;
though II IA not true that sent tlwm to Mr.. South
all. did send i sack bag full oi Mr.. DAVIS speech
In Richmond, 10 tie cale ol Wm. II. Mcfarland,
Esd. Chairman oil The Genital Conlnlltce, shoting
Aai The sab Treasury scheme wds supported bg Mr..
Buchanan and ofief friends u he administration,
on Hc ground thai II WdS odtcuidfff 10 reduce Hc
p5ice II Ptoperig and he ptiec of labor, To be dis
tf,hntcd rs called lot among our po1ucal trends IL
the Legislature, to lo lake0 home by them, OF direct
ed aud sent by mail. rs might be mos, convenient
10 rhcm:ltc labor Of directing being al least Us con
venieut 10 them as TO me.
wish | had another sack. bag to send oil in tie
sane way-lwOuld. II II were IN my power, pun
thai document ~ The hands Of every reading and
man in Virginia, and would uuuble the
Unlted Staus Mail 10 cary them lof me-, II ] be-
lleved they would BE- distributed IN llme lor the
elections. and should thirk | was rendering my
tie aud my country an essential service by 80
doing. M 'ct Hem make The most di.
I'M, Wis tic abuse II the %iflnhi0g privilege
compl ,ined of. II MAS lof ms MI AN lieid up ~
The columns Of he l. quirrf rs committing i fraud
on the Goeelnmenl, because | chose in LAY The
Incght Out Of NY omu pocket 10 Tie steamboat aud
on documents that The goycrument was
bound TO carry Tor me, UtH0ut suspension, II
had required II.
| had supposed lhar Tie frauds usually complain
ed of, ere such rs Alr. Eilrhie has himself been
gully of. IN sending papcrs and ~Dackapcs jrolibucd
By ldie, and not Ior soaking 4 Pr'tafc Conveyance for
such as he idt0 dud0rilc me 10 SIND 1rtc Of postage.
Mr.. Richie, | suppose would be satisfied llal |
should Stop here, alter pleading gully 10 The change
Of sending documents as freight but Tor hs iui"f-
marion. as well as Others, | viii furnish linn with
tie ptiaeipal reason HAT luluenecd me IN that
wus because | was al AID 10 trust them
IN The hands of The Post Once DGpaitmcnt, Oh ac-
count ofthe daily ltands that are lfaetised on every
Wing member Of Congress who undertakes 10 ex-
erclse The privilege Of Thanking documents 10 ms
con-tituents, calculated to expose the hNprcrly, the
seiishnfss, The profigacy aud corruption oi the
Aud now for an instance in point.
o. the second day Of February last sent to
the Post Office in this cry several hundred copies OF
my FIRST speech on HE New jersey contested cleo
non. directed to the Richmond Post Oll,ee-on
the 18Th Of the same mouth, ! went to Rlehnod
myself, and bad mauy applications rom personal
friends, Tor a copy of the spt ech md sem mary d
TO tnight before. repaired TO the Post ONE OF
that Guy, 10 ascertain whether those documents hah
been STOP, ed in Washington. or n tley had been
received III RIchm1nd, why they had not been DIS
lliDulfus ItDblN tuulb wv NV ny
on the subject but, in locking about The Office, |
obscIv we'd a mailbag under tie counter, hIicd, | ask
ed what II cont med zone # The clerks said lie dtiht
kno~, | looked IN il. aud found my frank on every
p,per in view | then asked how long thal bag had
been IN the Office, but no one could tell on empty
inc lis contents, II was found TO cuutaIn nothing
else but my documents. BY winch II woqld appear
lhat they had been separated from every ihlng else !:
y whether in Richmond or aslnngion, | know not.
Does any man IA his sober senses believe that
II those papers had been tracked by a political freud
Of the Administration, lhry would have been un-
cercmoniou,ly Laid underline cotntfr! II he does,
he is ldnentably Ignorant Of the piesept stale ol
things
Believing that there could be no design on The
part OF the young gentlemen IN the Office, t"lio arc
all young :ncn, taking lt1e or no pan IN l1iiiics')
10 arrest The distribution Of documents ranked BY
me, | complained to the Postmaster (Col- Goochl
himself, who said he did noI know now long hey had
been there. but 1t was possible riiey might have
been detained by lhr STATE oil The roads.
| is nt possible Tor me 10 say now long they had
been in that flee | only speak Of The Facts as they
occurred bur know thai other papers, mailed sub
sequently to them, had been received aud distributed
at that office. and tlat these papers had deen detdln-
ed improperly for ten days souewhcre aud | also
krow that they should have been distributed as
soon as received, aud that the bag had been opened
aud ,alda aside Under The counter, WIN no puf-
pose Of having The documents distributed AT thai
ting.
Is il remarkable, then, that ! should pr ter 10
send Ny documents as frejgbf, falher than Irusl
tlem through the Post U1ice Hgalu,i II | was anxious
fort eli Immediate aud certain delivery
Bur more than ihls-l have daily application
fom friends in different secIi1ns oil the STATE i9'
documents | seut them nrany. weeks ago, winch
shews that there are. otler oifiees where lie sa'ut
scheme Is practIsed.
Whether thIs is i case calling Tor The inrerpositior