Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-02-02
To THE PtrarIc

oompeis me TO mako n publ
~ statement OF facts connected with the Lar. n
,air between my son p. NJ. TABB, in. and Gso
w. SoooE. am no party to that controversy
! hsd no agency in my sons attack on that ind y,
uuai. IL Was impeled by motives which NV 40,
n'm nun mas explained, and about which the publ,
VIII io'm It's own opinion. A fathers iudsmen
upon them would be worth little wanting as n n,
turay must, the essential element of mp,,t;,I;,,,
La what shall say, fdisclaim all design TO eYns.
perate, or inhame. Mr.. Goode himself has err.
pressed ms opinion Of the proprety Of silence upor
circumstances, in regard 10 which "i,ral mr..
nave been adopted. /, also, am aware. thai ;ud;
eia' examination and sentence, for iniIrcs
are preferable to measures of private retaliation ,nd
revenge: they are more moral and Christian-like
anu certainty conduee more TO the peace of socie.
V-ahd could have seen in Mr.. Goodies conduc,
sincere desire to submit this whole subject 10 H.
impartial umpirage OF the law, | could have excns.
ed little false colouring 10 his descriptions and
even slight departure from truth i'm MS G,c,. -
consdefation oil that self-ove which influences. ma
turally and invariably, the statements Of nlI me-
about matters deeply interesting Themselves r.,
his publication evinces very different temper and
design. lie would aggravate, to the prei,.dicc .,
my SOD, the circumstances which led TO the nttacl.
upon himself and then, under the guise of affected
mouerauon, iorbear TO speak OF the "circumst,nceS
attending the ASSAULT" because fosoo,b 49,
MEASURES" have been adopted, and il womb T..
improper 10 say any thing in regard 10 that po,,
q The statement. With this view. he has ,,c,,.d
.he public to n lacy sketch. He paints me as a
fraudulent bankrupt-himselc as emnIoyin, -.
joint counsel, coll the means The kuo oLo,,, = -,
az 'he same time, IN the good Sam iritan snri,
keeping within the strict line OF professional duty
and tempering ITS rigor, teven to an unworthy Oh
Ject,) with all mildness and forbearance-and ma,
son, rs guilty OF an attack upon him, so wanton in
motive, SO unchyalrous in manner as TO place hin,
without the pale Of gentlemen, and within the de-
graded rank OF criminal Offenders ne To whom {" h,
gai measures" must be adopted. 1 were v,an,in,,
70 myself, did permit this counterfeit presentmoni
70 pass Tor truth. Let me briefly point to some of
the traits Of this yeracious picture
flrs,-as to my insolvency. The circumstances
attending 1t are known TO many. Previous 10 the
year eighteen hundred and eighteen. and dnr;nS.
that year, | was extensively engaged IN house,
pu'ldng IN this city-had invested capital in real
estate TO considerable amount-and considered
myself IN prosperous circumstances. The explo-
sion N money affairs, which about that time over
whelmed many OF our mos. substantial ciiizens. en-
gulphed me. Many of my creditors treated me
with great forbearance and generosity others were
more rigorous towards me. Justice 10 the former
required that should transfer my property for the
oeneht OF all my creditors. Invested myself of II
an ana II was thought by my friends, that, after
oischarglng oil my debts, something would remain
10 me; but prices reached yet a lower point of de-
pression-my property went for nothing -and was
lett pennyless, with growing family: which ;s
now very numerous. This community has wi,ness
co my struggles for the last twenty years, under
circumstances Of bitter adyersty In that ner;oJ
hone nerer contracted debt nor ACQUIRED oa, me-,
perry tohd'erer. have applied the small eaTnings
oil my daily labour, under the force of natural ohf
gation, FIRST, TO the supply of the very simnIes,
wants oil my wife and children, and then TO nv oIJ
oeolS, many OF winch have discharged and al Of
winch, verify beieye might long ago have ma
had been allowed, by my creditors, TO devo,r,
my uhtrammelled energies and industry 10 The
requirement OF property for the puroose H.,
they nave Kept me PROSTATE: some of ,bcm
oy avoWed efforts to wiring from the sympathy Of
NY 'Ilenos' IN the ehtremlties TO which thew had
reduced me, what they knew did NO, nosssss
ihese generous friends have offered freouentIy 70
re"eVe me, by paying the claims which wee inns
prosecuted by "aH the mtanS the La,o ailo,rsu n,
nave refused their aid, because could not d;sco.
Ver' IN the gloomy future, hope that could ever
IpPay men, More recently (wlthin tho last three
years. several persons have bought up these ola
Claims against me, and pressed them in variety of
ways, calculated not only TO embarrass me hui N
InJure my employers. To avoid the latter evil I
was ADVISED, upon consultation with nv friends IN
transfer The Agency Business, which | had ure-
vlGusy conducted, to my son p. NJ Tebb, Jr.; who.
'nGeed, without other remuneration than n n,erc
support has, for the last four years transacted Tho
active and laborious part of the business This
transfer was made at the commencement of the vear
lSis, ana before Carter's Judgment was obtained
winch 10 Tor debt OF more than twenty-five wears
st"nu'hSI and recently purchased by him. IL was
lhaue IN the confidence that my former emnlovers
would not suffer by it, las the business would he
sohQueted under nay superintendent and thu, nav
son would apply the proceeds of his labor. whe,e
MAI and iraternal pieiy directed. Ii will be nor.
GeYed mat transferred no property 10 my son-for
@4N |V"e; ne business OF the year 1889 was
over had, at the time OF my arrest az the sui, nj
I'm. "A. Carter, not a cent in the world The os,a
Soou VIII al my employers for tho wear 1910 mad
oeen transferred 10 my son. BY that transfer he
merely acquired the permission TO labor in ,hs;,
service oy hiring out their negroes and COLLECTING
h., H., 70 suppose that any thing passed
oy mat agreement 10 which an Execution Could At
Ihen Is 10 suppose that the insoyen law IL No, in
TENDED as measure Of indulgence 10 n debtor I'm,
contemplaiss an nhSurd and innnosSihla T,,,rH,n
tna' nov mol only passes all his property for the
uSe oil hls creditors but mortgage for the snme nur
pose, pros peeilyey, his future rigt 10 Iebo-
and all the good will or favor which the rest of man.
KIND may entertain towards HMM a word IL de-
grades HIM beneath the slave. The facts auove
stated are well known freely trust them to the
luug heht OF community, 10y which | hope my
character, humble though II be- is appreciated as /
feel gratefully assured my misortunes are not with
out lis sympathy.
Secondly-As TO MIR Goodies own SAVINGS and
dolnss IN this matter, showing forth his own Gle
mercy and my undeserving--he details conyers,-
.'o" between us, IN substance, as follows: That al
hoped he would not compel me to 90 TO iail.p To
which he replied, Certainly Motive bapa. now
ever, you can make come arrangement TO satisfy this
Judgment" that said, mo, | have no means of
paying H. and shall be compelled TO take the oath
that he then remarked TO me, at was supposed
would oe IN receipt of large amount Of commas
sons Tor tins year (lSiO) and that II took the oath
lhey should expect me TO give UP these oommssi ons
10 the amount OF the Judgment" that | remarked
had anticipated This thing" and had transferred
the business TO my Son;" that he then said 10 me
I'll had made any transfer Of commissions or ints.
rests OF any sort since the Judgment and execution
IN lhls case II would be question of law between
the assignee and the judgment creditor" and sug.
gested, that il | would give upa memorandum q,
negroes hired out 10y me, they would waive notice
IN the case and remove all obstacles to nv t,kins
the oath at once" He says farther. chat / did M;
OBJECT TO this arrangement, but said had no memo
ranuum about mel that ! would have TO make GU,
one, and II would take me so long, that the Com,
would be adjourned and feared would have 10 On
to jail" that he expressed his regrets, 'but insisted
II his duty, as Couse, TO demand the surrender
Of the memorandum"
Now the only draw back 10 this picture Of solisi.
iaton on my part, and mingled hrmness and clemen.
ey on his, Is the little Circumstance that there Is no,
apaTtcie OF truth IN the statement. The impres.
sion sought TO be conveyed Vs. that had admitted ia
HIM that the transfer had been made TO m son afs,
b nd acquired some interest in the commissions 10,
1910, and alter Carriers judgment had been obtain
cd against me- and with view 10 defeat H. This il
utterly untrue. Mr. Goode did insist in the bepin-
nng upon my surrenderng the memorandum, as a
condition OF his waving notice. | explained TO Nh
Goode the fact Of this lrnnsier and moreover stated
to him, that even the business had not been trans
ieutd, the commissions Tor hiring negroes superin.
tenderce OF them, and collection, we're rot earned
lill the hires were actually rcceved-and as tbev
had not been 'eceiycd, and were not then due ol