Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-02-24
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Mr. UPSHUR's RgPLY.

MR. UPSHUR'S REPLY.
We continue, TO day, the letters which accom-
pany Judge Upshur's reply to MIR Bo,,s. We find n,
Impossible to publish the whole, and have there
ioro selected the strongest Tn, letter, omitted arc
from Messrs. Edmund c. Robinson. Tullv r Wis.
e. MALLORY, G. Booker, Thomas @ Peachy. John
% SPeeu' VIM. Is. Archer, w. w. Crump. Rc
a, ' anu WIN. ID. Wren. They ore to the
'"''' mat the writers have often heard judge Up
nu' SPEAK OF notification, SC. but never heard him
"''''el Ia favour Of dissolution OF the Union,
""".'' quahheations and conditions
we 10 not perceive that the letters p,hl;.h.5 \,
a' anee' the matter in controversy. 4, NAV v.,,
wen De- that these gentlemen never heard Lid,
opshur call himself the High pies, of Di,un;onn
ana yet 1t may be. tina, he has often no denou;n,,.,
himself to others.
Judge fuckers letter is a curiosity. Genc,,l
Judge Bayys is literally full of "am,zsmcn,n-
Would not Judge Up,hur call him a "suih wi,
nes'f" The Judge General, who il n F.le,o,;s,
~ inheritance, and who has apos,a,ized from tho
a''h oil his fathers, as many other mereen,,v c,c,
lures have done, acts BETTING part, in .nectne n,
tho "old Federasis"-o which numb,r h;s e,,h.,
was one, and Judge UPshur another, Ba, there !,
no zeal like that of renegade.
Du' on what groundi does this inpertinen, va.
,un'eer atieet an intimate acquaintance with Mr.
'''Sohs opinonsf We understand, and feel nu
'no'zed 10 cay that MIR III never held any pol;,,ca,
conversation with Gen. b or in his presence. from
wn'eh he could learn his political sen,imep,s-,nd
mat he never had any conversation with hin, On
any subject Tor ten minutes together. And a. 70
The charge, that Mr. Harrison is an old r.d.r,,;.,
macy is presumptuous and unwarran.ed. Ahhoueh
- may NOT consider the term Of Fcderalis, any
~ ye' ne mas never belonged to, or been
VIM 'na' party. lie was elected, many
NJ 's', represent his native county (Prines
..'' MANI =" inc Lesis'aiure-a county always tho
roughly Republican-unless il has f,s We con.a;s.
"J Jus'y forfeited ITS claim to Repub.icanism.
W It's adhesion TO Locolocoism-the yerv yyo,,,
species of federalism.
ny The way, the reader W III remember tina, I,d,o
p'"'' a''em pts 10 dIscreiit Mr. HIS letter mainly
on the ground that he is Federas,. and therefor.
,S'p"o'e OF comPrehandins his views. As thi,
"u' sc - mus exploded, the deductions drawn from,
'aIi 10 the ground. Without knowing, We shoud
not DC surprised If Mr H. pays his respects bo,n to
' secretary aud his volunteer, and causes them 10
remember HIM us long as they live.
we copy the annexed, from the Independen, :,
Justice TO MIR Johnston:
JUDGE uPSHUR AND MR.. BOTTs
w n,ve gwen, IN another part Of the paner. M
nuch OIL MR. upShur's defence as had annenreI he
'o,S our columns were pre- occupied
vi we have seen il entire we canno, lo,.,,:
70 "hht extent as much OF i, as rr'a,.. 80, :,
"'SeNes requires, at our hands a speei,l nns,yo,
AZ present. we need only glance a, two or tLrcc
p lrif,i ~ VIVA can hardly pass Tor any ,hin- bur
M'ul P,FVersion-an article to which csr,,;n7,, ~
man with an honorable cause ever res,s,ai "o
re says; with Aim at least" az ~ Tnb,,,o,,
n"sI ma no intercourse nor correspondence
ron wh'ch he could derive the least inrorm,,;oT,
upon the subject" '''0'''''ion
llete gain we have touch OF SIR Uo,bur,.
"cia'lons'" From has lofty assumptions Of 80
,e Tug descended into those dsreputable ,,iks =,
Ihe' "here alone he could have met Mr. Ro,,s tc
as 'aPs'ed OH into tame aud idle denial of VIII
every human being that read his erro1,,, - |
knew to be his meaning Thus far h. S 1'' .et &c,
oNn words. But, overbear.ng still, wherevcr no !.
nv iO'cev 10 crouch, h. now points NJ f. w Tohp
'.oh, ara agin at MIR Braxton, the game h,ush,v
intmatIons which, smelling only Of
VIC e'H'i OF some exclusive class entitled 10 trc,d
GOWN number truth and honor The wboie conn,,,, |
wiz seorn-intimations as ridiculous ne th.,, ~,
InsoIeh'; SINE they, against whom ne use, ,bcn,
"e'e every way his equals IN eociety, before Ibs
i, ""'''' anu VIII be more than his equals after
lie attributes to Z. w. J. the s.ot.mon, ,b,,
% vas nor selected ~ u writer for the Sou,bcrn
ne"ew because he was rumored 10 be a disnnio,"
~ NO sueh statement was made ItiS, 81.
made from words tina, might iust as well
nave many Other interpretations.
But, momoni after declaring ,v;,h,,, 49, -
!, Sio' thht he was actually selected as IN, .o.
suSor OF inc Review, he leaves the public 10 cor,
e.uIe lha' T. w. J.-who devised tho whole nIar
.hat WORK, wrote its entire scheme and tbce,n".
=. 10 ooIects and principles, aud was on the vcrv
T.. " 'aItyihg IL into successful operation, when
"as Inuueed 10 Hing up by tie detecion.oC some
vas to conduct the mechanical and InonIcj go 10
'ne uhGsrtaking-h leaves the public. we s,v N |
conc ude that Mr. J. had really nobn, 10 10 80; "
The Editorship of the Revew. ~ w VIII"
.uen, 70 clinch the matter, he refers ",be cn,i
Gus. TO the real, live Prospectus itself which "a -
iounu' signed with his name, at the extinct ofics
M, CO. ;ooPaIcu nrm IN this city: a prospectus
scheme, without even consultin, i,s nntbo, anJ
WIN an ntrepldty of from, never surpassed
~ Tor proof. against its very propretor
the thing he purloinedl p''P"e'o''
once more an Editor at a distance b,v;n, v.,,,
ms'siated what T.. w. J. had said. NJ
p,nu. SEXES upon this simple correction OF most
hiStnnt alteration OF facts and her,lds !, 10 ,bs
world that Mr. Johnston has found il neecssOrv nc
explain his own festimonyl ~
- III oSe arc me mere tricks OF m advocate. driven
- 'ne Iast Shlts OF desperate CAUSE Enoueb and
I.ouhuahuy enough, has been established 10 shox
'oo - 'ohnston was correctly informed-proofs
u" ~ tVo GEAR, too unhesitalingy affirmative 10
n,ovo -. " any number oil witnesses brought TO
pao ~ni', AZ Other times and PLACES, they did not
nenr the Secretary saw '
n NC ,oSal papers copying Judge US letters will
also. Pu'"'n 'he ABOVE
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