Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-11-30

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,ar frJlv justified me in asserting, that the letter was
taken, not only without, but against leave 80 .na, ~
The charge is a groundless one, and VII .y"en 20
made q misrepresentation 10 me, as - 80 NJ
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Lynch and not me. re =,
In the third place:-As | would take no man s we so
would be unwilling to place my own IN jeopardy, e1'
cept from good cause and necessity nor "ou'u : oe
d;snosed TO incur the penalties OF the law, IN any case
where no obligation rested upon me ei'hef 70 seer :"
afF,rd redress; and as | conceive no cause exists anu ~
ALLEGATION rests upon me in this case, | give to your en-
curry a negative answer. -
would not receive a challenge, II one were sen
Respectfully, At,
Your obedient seBOrTS.
JNO.
mo. I6.l n October, 1871.
FAikFiELpgups,, | state that, on
Dear SIR In reply to y.11rJames II. Lynch, IN re
the I'd of September past, mat you regretted 10 have
ply to a remark from yGm, but was compelled TO rs
been so troublesome being Mr., Bolts authority, Tor
from the fact OF Is 10 tn public, ynu had requested
saying in his ATS letter 10 The Coffee House. which
acopy OF Md Mr.. Butts old not say he SAD SO ne-
he reiuseSsd never written to Mr.. Butts, you asA,
cause teouy: he wrote him you had asked hiil lot the
ed T. You then told him, several tunes, hr was ~ $
len: he insisted he was not you then offered 10 net
MIN a bottle of wine MIR. Ii its did say SO ne ac.sPea
the bet a copy Of the address was then p.oouceh'
wb,ch Mr.. Lynch read and then admitted Mr. botts
did sav so; but remarked, that he, Mr.. Lynch, never
wrote him that you had asked tor a copy ne wrote
him you asked him for this letter, ana ne was h'oihe
YOU had taken q copy.
Very respectfully,
MILES MACON.
RIcnnoyD, 10th Nov, 1871.
Dear Sir-At your request | herewith furnish you a
statemsnt of nv action, and The circumstances winch
caused delay in the correspondence reislse 10 u eo"'
,roversy between you and the Hon. John NJ botts.
On The evening Of the 2lst September, l received a
communication from you to be delivered by me 10 MIR.
Bolts, demanding the re,raction oil q certain offensive
charge made against you BY him IN an address 10 the
Public published IN the Richmond Wing, 21th Au
gust past. Accompanying that communication was
fne correspondence marked 1 TO = inclusive, WHICH
deemed ~sufhc,en, to ~disprove the ehaiscSw 4.
doubt that Mr.. Bolts % gs WINE sao o..' -
nm sns% correspondence, embracing The statements of
Messrs. Gregory, Macon, Shore and Lynch. After
some conversation on the subject, and an Intellectual
search for the letter of Mr.. Lynch, ION which the
charge complained Of was baed) consented to leave
the correspondence with him for further examination,
and took leave, with the understanding that the peru
sal Of il had materially altered his (Mr. B's) view ofthe
subject, and with an assurance from him that whatever
difficulties may have existed previously, if, IN tins case,
he had done injustice, he wns ready 10 iepair the wrong,
and promise TO write me in a day or two on the sub
lect.
Tuesday, 2S,h Of September, | received a letter from
MIR. Bolts, accompanied by one for you, both dated 23d
September also, the papers left with him for exami-
nation. l regretted 10 find, on perusing the communi.
cation directed TO you, that Mr.. b. did not, in my OPT.
MON, coniine himself to the exact point at issue and
that, after a examination Of the state above re-
ferred TO, he was, Of opinion, that YOU had failed TO es-
tablish the fact, that injustice had been done you, ow-
ing to q want of explicitness in the replies OF Mr..
Lynch, keeper of the Coffee House, and that a ques.
tion Of veracity lay between you and that gentleman.
This issue, / was aware, you wonld in nowise agree 10.
" our abatement Of circumstances mi admitted hv MIR
L., being corroborated and certified TO by your friend,
John NJ. Gregory, Esq, who had a perfect recollection
Of the transaction, but which, unfortunately, escaped
the recollection OF Mr.. Lynch. Under these circuni-
stances, and a hope that IN adjustment might yet be
effected, / wrote Mr.. Bolts a communication, da.
ted 29th September, stating my views, and directing
his attention particularly to Mr. Gregorys letter /;
also, the following Isl have, on mature reflection,
and from the position | stand IN between the parties,
taken the responsibility, great as 1t is, OF withholding
your communication to Mr.. Adams, and have also de-
termined on not informing him of its receipt until /
again hear from you. The strong language, and Sc
Tlous additional charges therein, irrelevant TO the parti.
cular point at issue-my conviction that The delivery Of
it will effect no good, but on the contrary lead to fur
Their my great anxiety for the ad.
justment Of The present difficulties, prompted me TO
ad<kt the course | have pursued" Finding, on en-.
9uiry, that Mr.. Bolts was Cd a visit 10 Petersburg, /
waited his return until Saturday, Oct. I'd, on which day
! gave the letter TO the gentleman who was the bearer
of bis communication to me, with 4 request TO hand it
to him Immediately on his return. In The meantime,
whilst waiting an answer, l called on Mr.. Lynch Sc
veral times, for the purpose of explaining To him his
position in the affair, and urging hun to put in writing
(Mr. b. not being wiling to receive 1t in any other forum
his often expressed view regarding the N(.otee- House
letter. and he having denied TO me and others the pro-
prety of the term 'purloined' (as introduced in MIR.
BIS "Address TO the Public to make such ~expiana-
ton of his Washington letter TO Mr.. b. upon which
the offensive expression was predicated) as would salts
fy him MR.. B If that fact-by this course he had IL
in hs power to effect an adjustment Of what might have
ended IN a serious difficulty. In our last interview, MIR.
l.. requested me To- write him q letter continuing such
interrogator,es as | thought would answer III. purpose,
and he would see what he could do. did 50, aud hand
ed it 10 him on the day following, October 8.
Late on Saturday evening, October Q, | accidentally
met Dir. Botts al the Exchange; during the brief con-
yersation we then had, | found he still persisted in the
assertion that there was an issue between you and Mr..
L., which must FIRST be settled before he could make
any acknowledgment, expressing at the same time a
desire that there should be no mUre correspondence
With him on the subject.
Monday evening, October IL, a letter was delivered
TO me from Mr.. Butts, by a friend of his, dated October
10th which acknowledges the receipt, on The 4th Octo-
Der, of my letter of tn. goth september, and stating as
n reason why IT was not answered more promptly, q
reluctance 10 embark in a Corresponds nee with any
third person IN the subject matter between you and him.
relf. The position taken in his furmer correspondence
is persisted in, regarding on issue between you and Mr..
Lynch, which, he again insists, must first be settled be-
fore he can move in the matter; it also stated that my
letter TO MIR. Lynch, OCTOBER o,h, was shemn to him by
that gentleman, and admits that ii satisfactory answers
were given TO the questions there Prnpounded, all OBJ
stacles 10 an a%djus.men. Of the difficulties would be
removed.
Not having received an answer from MIR. Lynch to
my communication of the 9Th October, sent him a
note, dated October 18th, calling hiss attention to it, and
requesting to know al wha, time mightexPecst to hear
from him, as No satisfactory adjustment Of the existing
difficulties could be effected until then. In reply ioI
which, on the same day. / received a brief note declin-
ing an answer to my Undergraduates, and any further
correspondence 10 the saair.