Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-03-19
Many true friends.

~ We Edl4orS ~ he Whig.
uentlemen-ln conseq uence Of INV absence from,
nome, did not see the number of your n,ne, CO..
tanning an editorial under the head of .C,borIss
nenter, until few days since when NV ,,,sn,nr
was called TO by friend. In the editorial aIludeJ
guage: VOC 'niS IAN
Judging from circumstances, we smoke with ann.
severity OF the charges made, concuding ,hsna NC
0 D Ia'e, because they were anonymous Since H.
richmond L. Lacy, Esq. of New Kent. has ,vo,vs5
himself as the author. A correspondence has been
=, puo,Sneu between h'm and MIR Roane which seems
Sc. '''eS hen'er'
How, MesSrS. Editors, could Won b,v. .o,,,. ..
ine conclusion that the charges made by "Cbnrlss
neh'e' hau oeen made good by the published cor
t.sPonuehce, IS with me matter of surnrise ard
S Soes no' come within the ken OF my limited compr.
hens'on' unless, indeed, posi- i've denial of bay;n
made charges can, by some mode of reasoninn ,,',
known TO me, be converted into evidence q, IT,
Nuth OF the charges. In the correspondencs ALL
cd 10, Mr. Lacy distinctly deries having mode chor-
I. " HdN'hs ahfmed charges, but that he had sno
Ken oil things as mere report and saws # had ~
declared these things to be fais, he sbouIJ 49,
hotlceu my reply. In my answer TO hi, co,,n,,,;
eaton, SIMPLY stated, IT had thou.ht The a,',h,-
oil Charles Renter" had not made ebnrs.s o. 80
n'n'eu charges, but had only spoken Of things A,
so .,,o should not have employed language
SO sueas-and as he had m ide a general discis;nssr
oil having made charges, or of having affirmed cha
eS' ana having also diSclaimed ali malignant TssSI
lngs, could not hesitate TO withdraw tho r.,,,,l
mat he hadtold ialsehood kno,eing il To he r,so
hoou, and that he was a base calumnia,or as ,bis
was language would not have emplovrd Il I III
thought that the charges were not made nor a. ~
upon receiving Mr. Lacy's communic,tion I csI,
every disposition to have nothing to DO with the
yer, as plainly minated 10 the gentlep,,n VII
named II TO me- hut upon hearing verbal e,,I,na
uon whch nc was authorized to make consented
W 'aNe under consideration, and Immediately ID
'sIu WIN TWO oil my friends, who thought after
such general disclaimer on the mart of Nj 80,
that could not do otherwise than maize ,hs ~,
drawal did. | do not suppose. Mess Ed;,"..
that there could be a disposition on yo1,, 80, =,
using Tue particular language in which the edto,;,i
Is eouohed To do me injustice; but must os,in 10
permitted to say, that the conclusion TO which 90,
nave come IL strange indeed, and must I ann,ch,i
la'e nau us origin IN entire misconception If The
correspondence, however, in any wise admits nj s,ch
an inference, or can, by possibility, bear such an I'm .
depreciation, 1t was not intended and was moi 80
understood Oy the parties. have never witbdr,,xn
tne declaration that the charges made Inv "Cba,I.s
hen'er' tn they were charses) are false: and Win
1ier hey were charges, or mere illusions To renort
repeat they are iaise-and TO the end that tbers
should be no luther Misunderstanding upon this
SUBJECT u there Is man IN the election distrirt ar
esswhete who would be so regardless oftruth. hon
oI'anu nus own reputation, as to MIKE such charg
es, Except so far as confess them IN beSr -; -
explanation gave in tho Whig of the 10Th ui,;,,,
would pronounce them TO be false. and the .,,b,,
base calumniator. VIZ 1"''''
iou Will he so good as to give this n nlace in
your paper, and much obhge ~
p;., JAMES E. RoANE.
Richmond, Ma rch 10Th, Is4I