Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-03-10
RICITMOSD. THURSDAY, To- IS4~
- u,..;yo, nf .Suuth CuroLina.

wo have received letter from this gentleman, dated
=, New Orleans, of the Goth February, IN when he re-
oueats us to re publish the following ar,'cie ifon' ~
4 Orleans Cour,er-and also n long Address 10 me
p.onIs oc Texas. ITO which we will givea place on ga
,urdavl Gen. Hamilton assures US, that our "nooe
od Commonwealth shall not in the END, lose one lar
,b;,o bv nim")-and that he will make every sacri'
flee in the world to prevent 1t.
To The Editor Of the ". Orleans courier .
Sir. her leave to transmit you, for re.publicai'on'a
,omm,n;co,;on addressed 10 the editor OF the GalVest"-
MAN ON the evening previous TO my Leaving mat place
Since nv arrival this morning IN tins CITY, l nave as
cer,ained through n most deeply 10 be regretted misaP-
prehension of my Instructions, my ir.ehu ~ ~ I'm,
instead of repairing 10 Richmond, alter the arriVa' o,
the Halifax steamer in January, with my letters ana
the security of the James River and kanuwha Compa.
nv. which I enclosed him for that purpose, proceeded
on 10 Charleston 10 wait further adyices from me on
nv arrival from England at this place.
AZ am convinced, had the President OF the James
R, yer and Kanawha Company received my ret'efs WIN
,hs papars confded 10 my friend, his painfnl coulnin'
n;c,,,nn n the Legislature If Virginia would have been
withheld, | deeply regret that did mol rrpress 'ne ieei,
;ng which marks the last paragraph IN the suDJoiheu
communication. Under ordinary circumstances per
Inns the privilege of resentment, even under manifest
Injustice. is not 10 be INDUCED towards those VINO CON
6dence we have abused. In the present instance IL
n,onld be The less UNSUITABLE, as the President OF the
lanes River and kanawha Company, from me iatai
,,;s,,La or INV friend, must have supposed that both my
own character and the interests OF The Company, nae
been most unwarrantably neglected by myself.
The blow, however, has been struck. ltcan now oe
repaired but i'll one way; and That snail coihihaho NY
Jealous and unwaveringa attention.
remain, very respectfully, your OBJ serv
J. HAMILTON.
". Orleans, Feb. Goth, 1912.
To the Editor of tie Galrestonidn
Sir-I have Just this instant seen an article IN your
ga per of this morning, copied from the ~ buile'h'
in relation 10 the employment OF 4 credt wh'ch ! 90
tanned from an Amsterdam House on n pledge oil The
honds If the James River x kanawla Company oil
Virginia. u,
infer from The article in question, that the PRESIDENT
If that Company did not communicate to the Leg,sla'
ture Of Virginin, my letter. to himself disclosing the iacl,
the manner in which | applied the credit, the motives
which influenced It's use, ana the security WIFI -
tended lis application. 60,
II i IN the use Of this fund for the service OF the
Republ,c of Texas, to which ] refer in the article when
addressed to the people of Texas, under date the
9Th OF February, from Austin. But 1t is due 10 your,
Government TO say; that the fund was thus employed
witbou, lis knowledge or responsibility in the smallest
degree.
bep leave, however, to correct two material errors
in the statement copied from the Richmond Wing.
have not sold a single bond of the Company, nor are
they now pledged in any shape, or TO indIviduais' Dy
which their sacrifice at present is possible. The amount
instead Of $50, 0G0, is something less than SoO,O0O; bu'
# il were ten thousand farthings, should not feel the
less pain for a culpable indiscretion, for which | an
sure | shall the more readily obtain the forgiveness o
nv worst enemies than my own, into which | was be
,rayed by believing that the certain negotiation o
the Texan loan, rendered a diversion OF the fund II
question entirely sAFE, If it was III no degree JusTifI
ABLE. Indeed, | designed for the convenience OF TIT
james Rive and Kanawha Company, a reciprocal EN-
ployment, for their temporary use, OF The iunas ex
pected to derive from the Texan negotiation, which
communicated 10 the President of the Company durin!
he la.t summer, without his censnre or animadVersIon
A, it is. | mus, he content to suffer the penalty of tn
RESULT rather than the MOTIVES of an act, IN which
scarcely need protest that intended 10 do no wrong.
will, however, say TO the President and Director
Of the James River and kanawha Company, what
have said to the people Of Texas, that II II requires TIT
sacrifice nf every thing have on earth, and the vas
salupe Of the labor Of the residue of my life, every far
thing of the amount of this sacred obligation shall b.
. made good. return TO South CarolIna to. morrow, Il
re-. der %efectual the securities | have given the Com
pany.
:. hope / sill be pnrdoned in making one remark be
Il, fore close. 1t there is a distemperature IN the time
in which we 1--we, which makes even those whom tn
. Richmond Wing is pleased 10 think were 'once tn
, soul of honor commit acts which produce both pH
I and humiliation, the era seems likewise 10 be marked b
Q a severe and memorable sense of justice, which induce
others, who, perhaps, with a Just sense Of their owI
worth. may thank God that ''they are not like othe
men," 10 sacrifice u VICTIM WITHOUT EVEN CALM
on MN ron RESTITUTION. But il is not in the powe
u of the James River Company, or all the companies o
t earth, 10 sacrifice me. / know, in my own heart, that
am nm honest man, and il God spares my l'ir, | wi
render both restitution and atonement 10 those 10 whoi
they are due.
Very respectfully, yours &c, rov
Il i. ia, Eab % 1910