Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-02-24

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80 vim, ,y,ti, politics, aud asumcs All III 81 ibH"''e
cIor eyerv one sees that H. has drawn III us sa'e
ment with 4 lawyers art, "fh fafl'euai NN" -,
miro tho worst possible IMPRESSION ~ regard 10 ht'
he had been:prepang an na'N'nSn ne "Ys
sraar l,s materials more ar,iay. The advocate Is
aan :, Tho te.tipuuy Of the witness. understanding
thai AIR Bolts had applied u hn Tor testimony aia
knowing The cAaracte- Of his 'l'nd ana the sae VI 10
.elnqs towards rie, Was ANXIOUS 10 Kho" "hu' =.
ronJ nrovc IN order that might have an opportunity
-, roTsh his memory and correct his errors ne
shonlJ commi, any For that purpose, requested Jo-
h ~ ro II Richmond, to obtain from hun the
hs,ance If his testimony bat he reused to Stre H.
Mr. Mayo certltea as ioio"s' .rr.n,.nx !, 1870
oo ,hc po,ninr the 9Th OF III month called on w. lnm
p Harrison -aii 10 Inn ih; yy a d ,%,i Mr. a
80 NM. IN nncess 10 hc sistained by MI Harrison
n,I.n, and mar, aci Of jn,e I" m IN 3nase aSksu
miss ,ha, Inlce Up,ur should 80 s'' nav heaiu " m M
y h Mr. R,l. and how the badge heard H. replied
did not know ,a he mad is 'a ne "u d 0 h. aI nal
opy % con asked him lie would make statement
OF the g s ped nhs ne ws Monday t ' Then
Wr Harrison HI, all o"m"un cation between nlse anu
Judge Upshu be IN wiring, rn the e"Ss n sHa
The tcnpcr here displayed carno, be mistaken Ills
sunrise Ina, had heard Of purpose shows that he
mean, TO do his work IN score nd ms demand Una. az
evnces consciousness Tint I'D vas acting with hostile
feelings ceilings And ye'AThrn Y saw him, there was
~ 20, witness wlf tesliiies all on side, and re-
- =, la d on the other lie affects great
fuses 10 "s /" certificate published and bcgs
I'M, i NAV no, be tG,ne # can be avoided, and YET
every one srcs tile prepared for that very purpose
II WINS for that prp+c that 1t was DESIRED ana ne
kne W TINT IS would be p, sled, and the precise time
| when i, vas cxpcc,edstn he published, Tor ne 50
;nG,rm.d Ma Mayo lie was asked for his evidence
touching Particular conversation OH board steam
bo,t and h, has uuasked ard Of his own accord, spo
ken Of many others one Of which he acknowledges TO
have been strictly private. lie IS what the lawyers
call swift @incss; one who Is eager 70 80 'e
point as IL which he IS inicrrogaieu. 'ic "hse "
He is not entitled TO seak OF my political opinions,
because it is impossible - make him comprehend mem;
Many very amusing proofs Of this have been aioraeo
TO the gentcm.n of Williamsburg. lie is Federal
st ultra even beyond ordinary ultraism lie has grown
old with n set a fixed ideas, which it is impossible 10
unsete He knks all State rights doctrines abomna.
BILE, and denou ces them with most imperial scorn'
He announces bis dogmas, er eathedra, and IS ut
terly impateutt of all contradiction. He himself IN
form. us that he runs away from all such discussions,
when he liberty 10 do 50, and Eplores orbearance
whenever he is so pent up that he cannot lily. NULL
fcalion is IN his view, not only dsunon, but some
thing not FIR short Of treason, and his anathe mas
against ace given forth with solemn pomp and an
Observation-Disclosures absolutely irresistible His
ouan,ances will not be ct loss to recognise the truth
Of this picture.
Such is tie attitude and character of the witness
Let us see what ne has proved.
Admit, for the; present. (and have sort Of objec-
ton that it should he considered that potca! CON
yersa,on was held the deck Of steamboat and that
both Mr. Harrison and Mr. Bolts were present Mr..
Harrison hi,asef says that he heard only the beginning
of IT, and retired ont OF the way az not 10 hear either
ito procress or s conclusion. Mr. Harrison knows, as
LAWYER that testimony OF this sort would be worthless
before anv Jury ii the country Indeed they would not
he perit,ed to hear it, SO that far from having proved
the case Mr. Harrison has not in any Just sense OF tie
term even given evidence tending to prove H. ANA
vet after the lapse OF years. ne undertakes 10 give
from memory alone only the effect, but the general
tenor and OF whole argument, OF when ne ad-
| mts that he heard only small part
AS to what Judge Barbour said TO MI! HARRISON, II rs
rather loo much 10 call answer his opinions thus
delivered at second hand In the excited times re-
farred to there were few in Virginia OF any note
who did not hold that State had right to Inerpose,
in some form other TO arrest unconstitutional e9s
la,on on the par. Of the Federal Government. lhey
differed as 10 the form Of such nterposon, and they
all agreed that nothing short OF an extreme case would
;ns,;fv il in INV form Judge Barbour, in common
| with MANY other distinguished men, held that seces
zion was the rightfu remedy took, IN my more oo
scure and limited sphere the ground that nuiflcatlon
was the rightiul remedy. ] wrote series OF essays
under The signature Of Locke, to prove that nu!ca
lion was not only justified but contemplated BY the
Resolutions Of 1898 and i799, commonly called Mad
son celebrated Resolutions and these were the creed
Of all State Rights Of that day. Asa supplement TO
the ESSAYS Of" Locke, wrote others under the sigma
ture Of Napier, 10 prove that secession could not be
the righlul remedy, because IL necessarily broke the
Union and that notification was the riGhtiul remedy
| because II necessarily preserved the Union con.
tended that here power to force State out OF
the Union against her consent, and that she had right
10 refuse obedience to unconstitutional laws without
fo-feti her r:rht 10 the benefits of the Union. This
DOCTRINE Judge Barbour resisted and coniended that
null fc Oh ssarly placed the nu.ying State out
OF lie Nro,, Lknow, therefore, that he considered
me = dSuntg,is t,T precisely as | considered hm one J
notHn ialirg nor wish, in design, but from the
necSssaSy tendency Of his principles. II, therefore
any such CONVERSATION ID spoken of was ever held
at ALL nullifk sutton the doctrine advocated by me
doctrine ,o1shich Mr.. Harrison cannot be made TO
listen long e4ong. 10 learn what 1t 49, THIS was the
familiar topts in ali political circles that day.t
What Judge Barbour himself thought OF me, as late
as 1910 will! appear from the short extract which pub
lish from letter from his nephew, John B. Barbour,
Esq in the following words:
E1trac, If letter from ]. S BARBOUR Esq, TO tie Hon.
4. P. fashu, dated,
February l5 1912
"And in October, 1870 the last time saw him,
Judge Barbour your name became the subject of con-
versatcn with Judge Field, Judge barbour, and my.
SELL at MS house, and that occasion his language Of
YOU was uarscd with the highest commentators.
| But was any such conversation ever held at all.
The Hon. William Smith, TO whom Mr. Bolts applied
| TO prove it, does .ot recollect IL Edmund Christian,
ESQ., reirredto by Mr. Harrison as having been present,
does not recoect il; r. &. Nicholas Esq, referred to
by Mr.. Harrison, does not recoect IL These are the
only witnesses referred t. having been present, and
not one o. them confirms Mr. Harrison See the letters,
(Appendx a.
Now, am perfectly willing that it should be taken
as true that u conversation held, and that Mr.
Bolts bore Spart in it, have denied the posi-
bilty OF this. But it certainly not very wonderful
that should have forgotten il, since Mr.. Smith, MIR.
Nicholas and Mr. Christian have all forgotten aso. IL
is not wonderful that should forget particular
versa;ion, held SIX years ago, on topic which dis.
cussed Thousand times. but il is wonderful that if |
then advocated "for hours doctrines monstrous as
TO shock the sensitive mind Of Mr. Harrison, and the
sensible mind oil Judge Barbour, and in tone loud
tina. Mr. Harrison could hear, al least, my from
one end of tie steamboat 10 the other, 1t should not
have made lasting impression upon such cor.
rect MINDS those Of MAJOR Christian, Mr. Smith, and
| MIR. Nicholas.
This s'a:rme' 50 "A tent TO, to show to every in,