Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-12-03

,rpf!oW f1|y. II TTTT. q I4.-' 49,.
ce;ysd f:am Nr, Ba.!rr, IN a'fea. opposition = 'h"se
,rcy;,rsly Given b. ,r cad hi!ise' AMI IN '''A ''s
meyer lecn extended across the a;rnH' Al
The sane cs;rac, from the speech q hF. : "Se y
also rpbl;s,,cG IN the National ia'csa=eHr'' q 'e'opef
a.,b is.n. in which paper there is "at:'ieT s'T;in" o.
ris"' casa cy,.c.ca .Fom 4 speech q Mr.. Wiii'ai
Z r,nd az Ohio, delivered ii III iio's' 'f h'Pf'srn'
,s;.a. !, a,rl. l-3s, aud fist published IN 'he ia'ri'
rcenc,r IN Nav Of tina, year. In It's "fscr'' w"i'n
wes y so,, Of grnsc.l hii Of Indictment against ,'nF'ai
Iacsson. Sr. Van p1ren, and most .. ih"l' Nap'"'.
,lv;scrs Nj. Bond gave the following 'i!l1.t!iini
,. ,n...a s,,i s.r.. ncy To :h' "ii. 1t the ES"ciilre:
AZ II, tory Is toll, waea tie a..''iao'e FaHfaa'
..-. .,nr, !, IL located II is t2rsii..!ii>n ~ i"is G'y,
,ha cnr,,..t,y consulted III. bHilef On soi.', r'.h' - 70
,h;s ri.hj IL wIy undef ihr'r 6.tf'sf. ;'!'.' '"'' y.
!i,eta.iea, lis professional ';'',"" ""S n''."'" :"
wr;ioa. l. happened TINT &c, s'a1"snn irii s',''' con
germ aIont The location of;hIe:3atol Wy, and h eS-
messed an opi.:oa on the sa" point, requiring a veg
,nina,,,n Of the road, which In" %'"'"ra"y ga not WISH,
and which Mr.. Butler had adNlad ,hcm tlcy need MOI
ado,,. General Jackson was furnished wiih ils "fi-
,innr &c The Attorney. General: but instead OF yielding,
h. endorsed on il: sMc. Butter has not examined tiiis
cose with his usual care; let this rarer DC referred back
10 INN. witt. a copy Of the charter, for his re-"xamina-
l;oo' In due lime, sir, the At,orncy-Generai agrees
with The President, ard gives a' opinion N e" n
II wil be seen that whist the two "siocirs' differ
n some material respects-Mr Bond surprising i'.a'
the first "r.aio:. was a Ergj,sst"neI one la@'" ny w
,aii,oad comaanY; nnd ir. Coke, that Il Wa m m
c;ei opinion obtained by III. Commissioner II Puhiic
Buildings ,iev concur in alleging, that tie first Cpl
mon was given IN ieRoSancc ri Tie Presidents e:sirs
and they both insinuaie that the communication Il IL!
oliaioa led on my part, 10 an immediate and su''nis
slse response.
Without stopping 10 enquire whether the siatement'
made hy these gentlemen, necessarily involved! 80 nr
charitable an Inference, let me now state the case
actually occurred nos ny
was ~, consulted by The Railroad compsr had
he COMMISSIONER Of tie pGa!;c Bold ,ngs;iiact. III
any communication wiih citl!rr on tw Iu:t, | re-
JUNG, !c25. bpir. thea il Inc city Son, enclosing 4
cci.cd a letter from Presideat i u -" t:a'!,taG
corresp0a:tnrc between the Il tie i,.ia'ic li"i.i.
Comna.y and tie Coosa's"rrl AMI ;hc C"mmiss an
inss, IL which tie Aren't wcre entitled "a pass ;'irir
"r denied, that III" coz, reservations !, tie city II
road through the 7 with al ori"iat .: Richard ;.
Washington, togGi for the company, - favor q tii"t'
Coke, Esq, ccrtter the President informed me-, thar
claim. In, Id been brougt: before bin. for decision
the maltsta;on aras Gdrcrsc IN Me T'SfeS n Mt rnm'
Mat Aad that they had requested Tia n op'n'on
paid b. taken on the subject, which was accordingly
l.;itcd Tor hy him.
In the view which | took Of the %srtjrc; the inter
~preta,ion Of the acts Of Congress, and the ser 10 b.
given 10 the claim of the company, d'ptrJ"d on i"o
questions q! fa"t-frS!: whether the pehlir reservations
we've. ~ were not, iacia1'd ~ tfsfaia - ; ennnie
rated in the !irs. section u he acl Il N ~, l-&',
supplementary - . former act reiatns - roiir:-
ny: and sscand'p, whether snea rsss;yaN were 81
were not owned hy the Us;
The correspondence and other papefs nittcd 10
me, dad no, distinctly state how the facts 9 in these
respetts. amL as had no map of ;ic city - Washing
ton, and no personal knowledge D! ii" DIVISIONS and
localities OF its squares ana rascr.a'ioiss, nj FIST
though: j. would b. necessary 70 dcioT ny opinion. IN
til could ascertain from The Conlmis, ioieE Of Public
Buildings, ios lie facts were, in the particulars above
mentioned. Under this impression | actually prepared
a letter to that officer, i"qa'fing Is 10 taos' two points.
On farther consijcra,iu!, viewer, i seemed 10 ne,
chat The letters Of the Agent auI ConYE'asiancr, Is
vel! AS Tie opinion q M5, CoXa, Clearly xap!ea anil
assumed that III" reservations ,-',e iac pa ~ tic
>gr@rsS, and were owned ~ IT, L $; u - WIS
yc.Y aa.,rus 10 ay3!a lie delay # . CORE ~p9n4~ncr
tro:.. tie city Of New York, "isj; the Ea;"tl.ssiomyr At
Washington, | concluded, (unad:.ar&'Y IS Il a!!"r-
wards a~ppca.od,1 II "ile!l M letter .! irjuiry; aud
proceeded 10 examine thu acts of tongra:s, IL connes-
ion with The facts supposed hy me 10 BE- implied in the
documents before M. In this view o, Tie case, |
came 10 tie conclusion, that the Compamy hal he
riuat, under the acts Of Congress, 10 pass through the
public reservations, and | accordingly prepared and
sent 10 the President 4 written opinion, III which, after
distinctly Stating he jac's as ihad assumed Mcm 10 be,
dcducrd from them The conclusion Just named.
1t turned out that was right in s~upposins that the
public reservations belonged u The United States, bat
wrong as to the other and mere material i,ct for The
reservations, instead ot helag tRcnGtd n nae squares,
were entirely dtstiac; ihcre;fom. The true state of HE
facts being pcr!t ell. known 10 The President and Com.
missioner, and the erro. in;o winch had fallen, beng
apparen. IN thv face 81 my oI,ini"n, the President very
properly returned II and Nil lie papers, wi;h a commu.
nicatioi, pointing oft the error Of fact under which !
laborea stating, distinctly, how the facts really were,
and referring the subject 10 me for reconsideration.
| then took up the matter ane" examined the case
as presented 10 me in t.iis, To the, altered state Of facts !:
and after acareiul ana ys!s Of the acts Of Congress, and
a due consideration oc the facts, then, for The iirst, cor
rcct!. before ;a", came rcsy decidedly IL lie conclu.
sion, iaal tn Company were not entitled 70 pass