Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-06-15
To The Editors Of M. Iyb;g

NELSON, June 9Th, 1871.
Gentlemen: After the extraordinary production
III reply 10 I've River, had not intended trespas.
sing upon your columns, being fully satisfied from
the hutternS OF the game that every shot told. md
regarding his remark, that silence would h. i,l,n
Us CONFESSION OF the ialseneSs OF my statements as
| request that should not pursue him further in
chaTHy determined not TO say any thing bui IN
your last paper there is another communication in
"hich MI Masse IS introduced as witness in behalf
OF the Col, which induces me TO make n short 70.
ply fully re-assert the facts stated IN nv former
communication, and call upon oil candid men IN s,y
"nether am not FULLY sustained by MIR Massic In
relation to the manner in which Col. Fitzpotr;ck
soi, as no terms II, his nomination; and put il IN
Mr. Masse, whether, in the Statement, he has made
that sundry gentlemen, Of high responsibility, had
sohcteu MIN 10 act as Chairman of the meeting (,s
he understood II, for the purpose of keening Col
fitzpatrick QUIZ did not originate from the iact oC
fEZpltUcks having cnnyasSed the countv ,uy;sJ
ing and enrolling men, TO be put upon the commit,
zee ana act IN the meeting-ard whether he was
not cognizant of the tacts-and whether he had moi
been solicited by Fitzpatrick To take mari for him
ana refused, on the ground Of being pledged 10 Nr
thber aud ask the Col. whether he did mt On,
P!oy an 1toTnty aud furnish him with a list of nam,
VINO were personally pledged to 90 for him nj nil bnz
ardsf ihese were the facts which made q simuL
taneous action (wiIhout concerD necessary. on The
part O those respectable and intelligent gentlemen
to prevent IN Individual from foisting himself unon
the county, by hrs own exertions-of whom, to
lp
office which he admits he so eagerly sought.
lhe whole OF this last production IS assumcd. and
IS preparation for another Canvass in the COUNTY
which has already begun-ns he has already stated
10 several gentlemen that he expects TO be a cand-
date, and that he would be in time for them u,rt
yfar-mcaning, | suppose, the Wing Party in the
county. SO the public can Judge, and rightly CD.
PTeetaie his sincerity, when ho speaks Of his patriot
&c Devotion to the cause aud his only object i'm wri.
ung being sty defence, when no one thought to sa
WORD until he had published his third letter; and
Tor hum to cry SANDER and persecution in the coun
W Of Nelson, IS rs well understood as the crv of
stop mel by the foremost man in n CITY hue and
cry. II you, gentlemen, will permit me 10 assume
a more iacetious humors, and say few thing, in
reply 10 the Co.'s recommendations:-Tv Rive
states that he has read with care, and he humbly
hopes proh, that good book; that Il does not teach
6mHgSgait, nor u there such passage in IT, as oc
CURED to the Colonel at 10 o'clock at nights and as
he has introduced that good book, permit me 10 re.
commend, Tor his especial sdlfeafOn the 22d verse
OF the 9Th chapter Of Proverbs interpoInted ,gitb
the words NELSON County Election, Is4I." And.
urlher, respectfully suggest slight alteration i'm
tho name oithe Co.'s residence, from ''Patriots Resi-
70 "PaHors Nest,"-ths as an Offset to downing
10 my natiVe TYE RIVER.