Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-11-19

ensve ehArge made against you by him in an
Address TO The Public" published in the Richmond
whg, 27Ih August past. Accompanyins thai corn
, muncauon was the correspondence marked 4 TO :
inclusive, which deemed sufficient to dispsoye the
charge, and did not doubt that MIR Botts would
concur with me in that opinion, and as a matter OF
course withdraw IL.
On the 2sd September, | waited on MIR Bolts n,
ms residence, delivered your letter. and submitted "a
nun ,he correspondence, embracing the statement.
, OF Messrs Gregory, Macon, Shore and Lynch Al
Ter some conversation the subject and am inc flee
teaI search for tbs letter OF MT Lynch ION which
inc charge complained Of was based) consented 10
cave Tue correspondence with hun Tor further cx-
a"iheuon, and took leave, with the understa ndinp
mat the perusa OF IL had materially altered his nm,
PSI view OF the subject, and With an assurance
from him that whatever difficulties NAV have =,
eu previously, II, IN this case, he had done inius-
uee, he was ready 10 repair the WONG and pro-
mise 10 write me IN a day two on the subject.
tuesday, 2slh OF September, I received a Iette,
rom mr Bolts, accompanied by one for YOU, both
o.eu xea sept, Also, the papers leii with him for
examination. regretted to find, on p.rusny the
communication directed to you, that MIR Il. did NO,
w my opinion, eonine himself to the ex ,ct pon, a,
ssue, and that after re examination OF the state.
hai nv"'e referred to- he was OF opinion that you
MAJ iaied to establish tho fact that Injustice bnS
pcen done you, owing to a want of expl,cnssa In
,ne replies of MIR Lynch, Keeper OF tho Cof,.o
,ouse, ana that question ofvcfacty lay between
you ana mat gentleman. This issue, was aware
you would IN wise agree To- Won, .,,,a,,',, :,
| circumstances, not admitted by MIR l., being rorro
| oefated and certified TO by your friend JShn A,
| ~. t hy, Esq', who had perfect recollection of
| uo transaction, but which, uniortunatelx ,sc,,sJ
! inc recollection Of MIR l.. Under tbss. c;r.,n,,
Wnees and hope that an adjustment might vo, he
| eheeteu, l wrote MIR Bolts a communies,,o1 a. :
@ -yn % p'emoer, stating my views, and directing
| a., "'enuon particularly TO Mr. Gsosory's Letter
Also, Inc following: 81 have on mattIr, re- .c,in
sou rom the position stand in between the nar,;cs
taken the responsibility, great rs II is of yyi,bbnII
. .TS your communication to MIR Adams and have
marin
uhtii again hear fom you. Tn. s,ton. I,p-,,,.fr
anu serious additional charges therein rrr,7,
ra' 70 inc particular point ut lssue-my conviction
Ihat the delivery OF Il will effect no Good In, a., a.
contrary lead to further en,barr,sn.n,sN ~ .'.
tea' anxiety Tor the adjustment OF the prcssn, d.
Heu'ucs' prompted me to adopt the courS. I bny.
co.; huIns, on enquiry, that Mr. Bolts was
on vist to Petersburg, | waited his T,t,,r,, ,,,,I
Saturday, October 2d, on which j,y - u" '
'euer 10 inc gentleman who was the 6earer nr L;
communication TO me, with request IN b,pd ;,",
MN immediately on his return. In the mean,imc
whist waiting an answer, called on Nj Iynnh |
several times for the purpose of e.pI,inir, -
MS Pos'uon IN the affair." and urging him To- put ,n
wiring (hr Is. not being willing 10 receive ~ an,
o,ier iorn) his often expressed news REGARDING The
Conce House Letter." and he haylns d,nisi 40 /
me anu Others the proprety of the term "purloin
Gu tas introduced In MIR B's "Addrcss to Ihc pnb
NC 10 make such explanation of hrs WASHINGTON
letter TO Mr. B. (upon which the oensiy, ,y,,ys !
SION was predieatrd) as would satisfy him Mir 81
VI uet iact-py this course he had II IN his power
10 ehsct an adjustment of what m oh, have ,rtSI
III serious CIihculty. Ia our las; interview Nil
requested me 10 write hun letter cont,inin, s,eb
'h'etfoSn'ofies as though, would answer the mr.
pose, ana ne would see what he could do did e,
ana handed It to him on the day followins. Oct q
Late on saturday evening, October g. I acc,.
uenInlIy met MIR Bolts at the Exchan.e ,iri,g ,L
'tei conversation we then had found he sill ncr
sisted IN the assertion tina, there was am issue h
tween you and MIR l., which must frs, bc sr,,IcJ
oeIOFe he could make any dcknow !cd.tnrnt 80 nrcs
sing al the same time desire that there shoud n,
no .,ote correspondence with him on the subject
MONDAY evening, October H. a letter was deli
vered 10 me from MIR Bolts by a friend of his j,,sJ
octooer iuth which acknOw ledges the recein, n.
the ith October, of my letter OF the 2gh Sep,enber
ana stating as reason why it was not answered
more promptly, reluctsnce to embark in n cor
reSpohdence with any third person in the subiec,
matter between you and himself The nos,iion
taken IN ms former correspond nce is persisted il,
teSHu'nS an Issne between you and Nj Lynch
whch, ne again INSISTS must first be seftI.d cIo,.
ne can move IN the matter; it also stated that nv
letter 10 MIR Lynch October 9th was shevvn 10 b;r,
by mat gentleman, and admits that If satisfactory
answers were given to the questions there nro |
cuties would he removed ~
NOT havIng received an answ or from Mr. Ivncb 70 |
my communication OF the 9th October | semi him .
oe, uaeu october llth, calling his attention to il
anG IeqHest''g 20 know AZ what time mgh expect
10 near from nun, as no satisfactory adjustment of
the existing difficulties could be effected unt,I b.n
III reply 10 which, on the same day, received a |
orei note, declining answer to NV interroso,,.
WIS aiu any iurther correspondence in the affair
-FOUR nelnS absent from the city prevented nv
seeing You until 18Th October, when nrrsent. ~
you all the correspondence, and temporarily viii |
drew from further official connection with yonr a.
alrs knowing we'll that you would moi oiIoy, H., |
matter TO rest here. was induced 10 the cou,se |
pursued, principally, from strong desire tn sr,,Ie
the ai ar amicably II possible which did no, even
Despair or Or IT u became necessary that you should
resort 10 the last and only means left YOU for
redress, you might have the Opportunity of 1bt,in
ing the services of friends better skilled in the OIL
quette pursued IN such cases. | now acting on nv
own responsibility, laid the whole subject mattor IN
dispute before some friends, IN whose judgment
had the utmost confidence, and some Of yHbnn, 1
Knew TO be intimate with Mr. B. Allot them vere
otopnion that the charge Of purloning ought TO he
Withdrawn, and several of them promised to sec MIR
Bolts on the subject " AVA
whist affairs were in this state | was informed
on the 10th October that YOU had obt,insd H.. |
services oil another friend. Oh learning who IRIS
friend was, was well satisfied that Won, honor
could not be placed in worlbIer hands: and I yyns
at the same time strongly impressed with The he
ei' lnat owing TO the long and close intimacy ex-
stng between him and Mr. b., that his arguments-
ana lnoeeu MS taxing up the matter at aIl-would
nave much influence In bringing the difference to
an Ht'SaDe termination ) a result which | felt no
iur'her efforts OF mine could possibly tend to pro
duce. These were principally the motives wbv
dec.lned acting any farther officially in the bnsi-
ness.
On the evening of the day last named, undsr.
standing that you purposcd despatching on The fol-
owing morning, letter to Mr. Bolts positively
eoniradeting Mr. Lynch's statement. il !, nutbo. !
rlsed him (Nir to make the charge contained in
his address to the Public" and again demanding
withdrawal OF the offensive anguagel obtain
ed meeting Of some mutual friends for The mr..
pose OF discussing this matter, and devising some
means OF adjusting 1t. At this meeting, i, was
decided that two of those present should, as soon
as practicable, hold n conversation with MIR Ro,ts
on the subject, and that you he requested to sus
pend your intended demand day or two: TO this
request, by the advice Of your friend you nssented
Alter the above named converse ion occurred YOU
placed the conduct Of your afflirs in other hand,
The above will explain, hope, satisfactorily.
the cause OF the delay which necessarily occurred
IN my endeavors 10 obtain for you the reuuired re.
dress. am, very respectfully,
our friend,
NJ GEO. ODRISCOLL.
Richard Adams, Esq:
No lS
RICHMOND, Nov. IL 1gtI-