Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-06-01
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From Tie Richmond Uhig.
LEI'TER From POMnATAN


LETTER FROM POWHArAN
Although mo, for ,he Press" We '.a1o the RESPONSE
hilty of publishing the interesting letter from Powhs
tan, trum man highly esloemcd 10y hs country, aud
whom we need not 10 enable the Public idently
lie facts aud "reminiscences he states all familiar
10 US, and onanatng uIn higher authority than can
pretend To possess, Will sut Mt It, A. W fnhl ut
Sefs particulars. In instance ouly W. think lao is
IN erfor. We think, Indeed, are confident that Mr \.
L. pshur moi IN ho legislature before Tie session
vi %, when having aii Richmond. he return.
cd from his county OF Northampton 10 which h,
had retired. lie wasby birth, how ever, by education
and by opnlon until Vi late years, an old federast
Pown,r,>, May 18th, 1913.
Grntlemcn-Nv son informs mo that IN the Enquirer
I"t Tuesday last, there appeared card from Nh H. A.
W se III which he says. among other things that the
Aeconac Congressional District is Republican now aud
has been Republican 10 the core II such an asser
ton is contained IN tia, card Mr. Wise Is eller excess
siselN ignorant ol hls own District. Intentionally
makes statement IL deceive the Ignorant OF The cuuu
Try. he father u this gentleman represented the coun-
" Of Accomac IN l1.lN. and was Speaker o the House
81 Delegates. lie VOTED against John Taylor cclcbra
ted resolutions oil that session. and excluded from
the Chair in the winters 40 and lS0o solely because
Il his Federal politics. lie voted against Madison 5
repar--lhc Instructions 10 tho Senators from Virginia
and all the leading Of the Republicans OF that
city. Col. larkln Smth, OF kng aud Queen.
eeted Speaker OF the House of Delegates against the
ancry and Mr.. l.. W. 1azWe and some others now
living, who Ntrc mcmbers Of the General Assembly AT
that pcrld doubtless will well rccollcct--as judges
Cah Il and Brooke for instance, The elder " Use was
an excellent Speaker and exemplary man. all accounts
agree. bat an old ashoned (ur to tho language OF
John Randolph, winch tho younger WISE /. fond If
qualiog,) ~ Black Cockade Fcdcralis" He supper
ted the Administration OF John Adams cut and Out IA,
does his son thai III John Tyler, infinitely Federal
than Adams laeksons even. Indeed the Acco,nac
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in those times, aud long after John Eyre and Thomas
NJ. Bayly, the father OF the General and Judge OF the
present day both III whom ghTled IN the name OF fcde
rails alternately represented the Accomac District for
many yeas Is the present Mr.. Wise that IN the
before the llos, Of Representatives in Fcbrua
~ lSnl the member Of Congress from tho Aecomac
Disu~ voted or Aaron Burr against Mr.. Jefferson lr
the Presidency throughout the 81 haotsl II lac Is not
let him ASK Mr.. Iazmell. who the chairman Of the
committee to couut the ballus-or let hm consult the
Journals Of the Time though bloye they were burned
by tho British in ISL As well as recolleel, the late
Mr.. Burwoll Basset. then Of Williamsburg was the
rst Republican that MAS elected from the Aeeomac Dis
ric-and the Fedcralsts Of thv Eastern shore accused
the General Assembly of grrrymandcring the District
by attaching Republican, counties sufficient On tho Yves
tern shore, counerhalance the great Federal maori
~ the Eastern side of the Bay Tho term gerry
mandcr was not known ilrn. but was derived Ion. at
MAS accused ofhavlng the Congressional Districts OF
that State spsrran.ed 10 obtain political obJecls-or
rather party Objects have thought my dear sir. as
you did nu live in those days 1T might be we'll drop
you these lines put you possession of iacis which
may be important 10 shew the reckless ia which
Mr.. Wise makes assertions. As an instance Of this
You may rctoIect the minute manner IN which ho dc
tailed the language and even posture ol Mr.. Leigh,
IN his great speech on The EXpuuge in the Senate how
he thew himself back on hs short c.-and low le iN
ed hs piercing eye steadily Mr.. Benton while he WAS
illustrating the common mesning of III word keep. be
repeated that part Of the Episcopal Caechism which