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

in the presence o! Witnesses, o o ~ -. NJ
!, ,,tcn in the presence of MIR. Lynch: or dd MI.
~ .~. ,horah IT The Coffee. House % minutes before,
h, .n,,r,nv with Mr.. Lynch, wait nntil ne retteo, anu
lion avail himself of his aosence 10 copy TN d 'et'feu
corner Of the room. [See Mr.. Anderson $ letter.
Rui honorable and ,nnocent as he no" psetends ms
conduct was, was he not sensible o, MS own e''oL ~
he no, EXPRESS regret at what he naa a"ne' co
INV nphl,ca,,on Of mine appeared: Tins l am INFORM
sd ihe did. by me protesting 10 be his irieno, VINO NEIL
,;oned il in exienuation of his conduct
The truth is, was anxious TO exculpa'e aI. hua"S
from the charge Of purloIning the ietter, u ne couIo
have made out a case that "ou'u "S'e Iu n"'ns Zen !,
onlv ON hs account, but my own, Tor looked upo" !"
+, : of those controversies, IN which nothing WIS
10 he GAINED, let it terminate as 1t might. mao u"
,,s,e fer nlavinp at a game where ! had not an equai
chance to win-and at that game l thought the gdn,
was all on one side, and the loss on the ot"r'' 9"'
,beref lore could not render him the satisfaction NE
was afterwards made to ask, without either eirsa'"s
him or lptlinp myself down TO his level; ana tais ny ".
knew full well, when he made the enquiry whe'htGer
would receive a challenge from him; or u Douia iaster-
hurs b.en made. He cannot have forgotten an"'hn P.
view was invited to witness between Coli he was
burton and h,mself, which satisfied me, hes to be, he
no, as innocent, and honorable as he PRED be found be.
was n, least as harmless a creature as sssasion. | believe,
tween heaven and earth. On ihsnad were perhaps the
ontemp,ibl puppy and blackF5ecame sicken.d with
miId.st terms employed, uIns%oward,ce, and refused to
his arran. pusall'nim''y he he look with a patience tina.
listen any longer himself 10 the blush. For TINS
would have put .syarance with him in my correspond
reason, | used i upon his enquiry ab"u, the challenge
ence, ana ,oSiy for the purpose OF aAsifEsriSe to'ns
as lntende!ap osilion 10 redress the pretended wrong, and
world, n,1l,ng he should avail himself OF The preltxt-
wasdreamlng that he would be gully oil tue ioiiy OF
neS%ing insolen ut under my refusal, and thefeoy provoke
Srther exposure. .l.
IL only remains now for me to 10 expose the '"o 'a''e
hoods Of which have spoken. 300
The first is that in which he says: "ln October, loo0'
MIR. Bolts, in a public bar-room, spoke oil my cohh.1'
ian and intimate friend, MIR. Collier u. Minge' IN 30
= u n manner, that | noticed il 10 Mr.. Bolts
=, ,te time. and afterwards sent him word that | would
inrnrm Mr.. Mlnge Of what he had said OF HIM. M
Botts. however, relieved me of 20 dong, by seeing MT.
Minge before did, and disclaimed any intention IN
what he said, of beng disrespectfult to hun. =,
In this statement, there is snch a ."'ai aosense onu ~.
dss,;,n,;on of ,rulh. tina, 1t is almost incredible that he
could have made il i'll his sober senses, when there
were fifteen or twenty persons present at the CONVEX
sation alluded 10, who vii al once recognize Itas '"iSe
Which of all those persons present, htata he sPeah
,I,sresuectfully Of Dir. Minge! and which OF 'hen hea'u
Mr Adams notify me that he would communicate II
~ M Miou.s and by whom did he send such a mes
sage' ,ono, Of n.
friend, and how utterly regardless OF his own, VIII ap,
pear. by the fact, that every harsh or dislespecuui
word uttered by me on that occasioh' "aS = ~
Mr.. Adams himself, who very uncerenon'ously retired
from The rouin, without opening hrs lips, went !" Tue
,,or. Of hlessrs. Randolph 81 McCredlr, and ~rote q
letter 10 MIR. Mingr, who was then IN the county y,
Charles City, stating that had used dIsFrspectiui ano
offensive language towards him. He then asked Mf
I,urlaud Il ,ndulph, who was present when the CONVEX
.a,,un m the Bar. room took place, It he, (hf. ran
A ,l,h.A had not heard me apply such language 10 ar
N,nqe To which Mr.. Randolph replied, (as he loid
me a, the t,meO s.Nn! | heard hun upply II I" you
out not 10 MIR. Minge and you had better set'ie you
own difficulties, aud no, Try TO get M'nge INTO y"u'
scraprs.'
Tins valiant and honorable Informant and Copyisf
look The cars mex morning for New Orleans, and | duo
no, see him again until the month OF May following
when, from The lapse of time, | had suffered the mat
ter To pass from my mind.
Il, = trv DAYS Mr.. Minne returned to the CITY, AM
annroached me in his usually friendly manner when
asked h,n if he had received a letter from MIR. Adams
ia WHICH he replied :" II Dick has any quarrels or
band he must settle them himself; he cannot Involve
me in t~heln"-Frnm which | inferred, AS he was JUS
from Mr.. Randolph's store, That DIR. H. mao u'ld pn
the whole story. | then explained what had passed., pre-
,,seIy n, il occurred. 1t was matter Of amusement 7
Doth and the matter then stnpped.
WINS ire,ted with Mr.. M,nge for the moment, be
cause | thought he had suffered himself TO be operated
anon by the counsels Of such L man as Mr.. Adams
,f,rr the transaction between us had been closed; ou
N truth | could no, have spoken Unexpectedly oil Nj
Niuoe without f%aisifying The sentiments ! enlertaine
r,r That gentleman, and | could not have spoken II
3asc,si.Ii as MI = ,is,ns. SsIihCCut colaat,llnf an eau'
= iuo OGNh ~ AIE. u -
myself, while my friendly relations with Mr.. htnrE
have been uninterrupted. That was the origin Of on
difficulty, and is, Of itself, enough to stamp Ills state
npnt with f%alsehood. Up TO ihut period, we were Of
speaking terms, and it was the language that apple
10 him, in connection with this transaction between MI
Minge and myself, in which he had rudely %interfered
and which he attempts now, for the second time, I
shift TO MIR. MInge, that interrupted our intercourse
blu he would have IT to appear As a resentment OF q
offence offered TO his friend, which his friend did nc
choose hlmselft to resent.
file says again: "But had | a right to expect differen
conduct from an individual, who, in The Congress q
the nation, openly admitted "that he was prlvy to
treason and for ten years thereafter professed to b.
the warm, intimate and personal friend Of the traitor
because he was in a position To reap the benefits OF tina
treason'" [See Pucketts letter
Here is another falschood as unblusling as it is vii
ful and malicious. When, where and how have | mad
admissions? In what report OF my speech has this ind
vidual seen me represented as having made such an ad
mIssion? How could | have been priuy 10 a polIlca
treason committed six years before | embarked in pub
lie life, and before / had any connection with public
menu As we'll might | be charged with being privy Il
the destruction of the Ephesian Temple; for | had a
much agency in the one as the other; | knew both onl,
as matters OF history.
| was not u member OF the Legislature. / WINS OF
amicable, but not intimate terms with MIR. Tyler, VIII
was then Governor of the State. But what was thu
benefit that | resped from il? What was the position
| occupied from which | could derive an advantage
why, strictly that of a private citizen, attached to th'
then Administration Party, of Mr.. Adams, feeling
natural solicitude for the defeat of MIR. Randolph, Ill
mos, formidable opponent, and the benefit resulting
was to the party of which | was a member, and as ex
pressed on the floor of Congress-, precisely that, nOa
derived by The Loco Foco Party from his presen
~,reachery to the Wing party-and the offence | com
United was, in not breaking off all personal intercourse
and friendship with MIR. Tyler, who had permitted him
self 10 be used by ay political friends to drfeu, his oDn
Well, this is just the error MIR. Adams 10 himself nov
committing. Why does he not break off all lies o
friendship for Mr.. Tyler, for playing the Traitor &c
his own friends' 1t surely is n stronger case thar
mine, for in the one instance, he deceived my polilIca
ndversaries-in the other, he decelves Mr.. Adams pc
l,tical friends. /, is the offence committed by The Who'll.
host of politicians of the other party, who are wait
ing upon, c~ompl'menting and counting Mr.. Tyler
when SIX months ago they were engaged in the bitter
est Remuneration and abuse, and would not h ave touch
ed him with a pair of tongs. Why should | have bro
ken off all ties Of friendship with n man whom | had
pre- viously liked because he had baked a party Il
which was opposed: ! continued his personal friend
and when he turned Whig-(or rather made US believe
he had turned WHICH, then became his yotiuea
friend, aud when ! found he had ractlsed an unpardon