Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-01-25
JAMES MCDOWELL.
From ne sane.
"Who God ,aiskss 10 destroy he first deprtreS Of tier

"Who God ,7iskss 10 destroy he first deprrss Of Mer
reason
TO THE PUBLIC.
FELLOW CITIZENS: The whole course CT the bh-
linpspa,c Senator whose name stands nj the head OF
THIS COMMUNICATION for the last two years, establishes
coacsvely the truth Of the old adage tina! have aP
niicd 10 hm vz ''tchon God cishcS 10 destroy he first
dcprires Of tier reason; for no man who not
ure!v deprived CT his reasoning Faculties would haSc
tn unblushng cfrontery TO hazard the slandcr"us
statements tina. he has made and persereres IN making
suiiy my character, without more substantial
proofs Of them than his reckless assertions 10
sustain him. As pillar Of a church, he has DIS
graced the sacred precep,s Of the religion that he
Processes and disgraced the Of Christian " by
bearing false witness against and deny acs that
prove by the records in the clerks Office OF Al
cghanv, and other ndubitabe testimony; for the 9th
commandment expressly declarcs-Deutcronomy the
' 90 Nehcr shaft thou bear false ,ritneSS against My
neisLJor! Indeed the whole scriptures are full OF ex
hortation against this most degrading and aboinnb!e
sin, to few Of which in the writings of ST Paul beg
leave refer you In his epstlc to the Epkcsans, ".
20 the Apostle says sswhcreore putting away lying,
speak every man truth with his neighbour and again,
the goth Of the chapter he says, Let no
corrupt communicative proceed out of your mouth;
and in the 3st verse; LET al! bitterness, and wrath,
and anger, aud c!sncr, and erd Speahng be put away
from YOU, with GU malice. And the same Apostle
in his ep:sc to the Coloss.ans, Sd chapter, and
9Th and 9th verses says, But now yc also put
off all these: anger, wrath, m0ict, b!asphcmg, fhhy
communication oGt of your mouth. Lie not one to
another, seeing that you have put OIL the old man
with BIS deeds. could quote dozens Of other texts
to the same eiFsc', bat the above presume, viii be
sufficient to convince nay readers, that the false state
nents that ne has made against me IN The 'hihy com
nuAjcati0nS that lie has published, prove him to be
the reckless, hyporrtca apostatc III matters OF
religion that ne has proved himself 10 be in political
matters
Although have been compelled, in sclf.dcence, to
expose 10 public view course of SANDER, alsehood
and defamation which Is unparalleled IN the history Of
public men, vet this miserable, broken down apostatc
has left me no alternative but to appear before you
again in defence ofmy character. In my last commu
n.cation | completely disproye; all his sandcrous
charges and ldt;crcd mvSclf that tbs malignty
exhausted; hut IN this expectation find was deceived
he st! persists IN his sanderous attacks III order 10
bolster up his sinking THIS meek and SpOtfSs
Christian, having sunk himself bcneahcontempt ITSELF
by bullying quarrcng and sluabbng with his
stitucnts for daring TO differ with him in political OPT
nion and for calling him, respectful manner 10
redeem the pledges he made To them to resign his seat
in the Senate, now modeStiy invites me 10 Judicial
investigation Of the false charges that he has preferred
against me.-Could |, or those who know US BOTH and
our relative pretenSons to veracy consider any thing
he write slandcrous, might be induced
10 seek redress in court of Instcr but since his RI
haldry and meDdacty has become 80 notorious, jury
would IL cxcusab!r in considering a.m longer an
accountable beng, and therefore consider Inn inca.
pablo Of niurng the character Of any where he
known hut to those At distance CONSIDER that
explanation 8 duc from ne.
In his first attack me- he tells YOU, that became
his personal enc NY because he engaged counsel IN
certain SUIT, &c. He tells Mr.. Andrew X Crawford
that differed with him account OF the terminus OF
The proposed South Western Rail Road, when in truth
never had any personal quarrel III lives: and We
never differed about the terminus of said Rail Road,
we both went for its terminus al Buchanan; fact
well known to all the citizens Of this place Blu; this
modern tyrant pleased to consider every individual
who differs with HIM and his i!c-cader iMr Rives)
politically, personal enemy, and hence his unceas
ing persecution
of April, 1899, he Anderson) on his way to the
Allegheny Superior Cont that Mr.. Oliver Callaghan
was opposed to him politically account of Tie pro-
posed Southwestern Railroad that he (Anderson) went
for its terminus Buchanan, and that said Gala CHAN
was in favor OF its terminus at Lynchburg. Given un
der nv hand, this 9TH day of December 1889.
ANDREW X. CRAWFORD.
He in like manner attempts to shft his statements
about my having passed counterfeit note, and says
am barking up the wrong tree He does not define the
tree he larks up himself He is cunning enough not
to locate the time, place, and to whom it pas sed
any circumstance to commit himself further than he
has already done. He states, that the note I, which
had reference in my last reply TO him, and which SO
clearly exoneraed myself from all cupablitv about
is not the note alluded TO, and can prove that Mr.
Mcdowell accused me of passing different note alto
gether, and detailed circumstances show that had
passed it knowingly Mr.. McDowells cert fcate (sus.
tanned By the Rev A G. Dempsey proves his GU bible
untrue; for he (Mr NIcDowe!D has no knowledge Of
any other note than the referred to, and there
FORE could have stated any other instance as be
knew of no other. can only therefore cay, that it is
unquafsdly false that ever passed counterfeit note