Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-10

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him upon his powers Of endurance.
Nv connection with this gentleman Tourist. who
has hitherto travelled IN the clouds shall. in all s
poriculars, he explained And il, in The course of
This statement Others should be ca!!cdupon To bear
nan of that udium which they have 80 plenliiuIlv
bestowed upon myself. they must thank The TN
generous manner they have pn:>ued-'iat selfish
and unwarran,ablc care oi,thcir own reputation.
which would sacriTicc another Tor mere coGvc-
niencr. /. however. shall nothing cXtcnuaie. nor
sci down at.ht in malice and shonld think il dis
honorable To mention oih"r names than those
already made public Ny object is not to mpIi-
calc Mr. Spencer or Mr.. Nick inney, but in some
measure. extenuale my own ttan>.resSion /. |
fail in this | NAV inpa,ientiy bear my burden,
bui il shall lie without lcPInin@.
The lioofbacls forgery. ~ II Is called. oiIeaie'i
in the Ithaca Chronicle oil the .lsl OF August asi.
A few DAYS previous 10 this time, had purchased
of David ID. Spencer, Editor q the Chronicle. a
copy of Fcalhers,onhaughs "EEc''rsion through
the Slave States" and was pcru>ing the work
when gentleman and wann friend of one o;
The great political parties of )!lr country, entered
the room. This last occurrence. il | rccollecl
rightly. was on the evening q the 18th OF August.
The gentleman alluded TO- whose name is imma-
lcrial TO the issue, and which it would be iuta-
nous in me 10 dvnl.c without his conSrni, hGd
the ithaca Journal Ca Democratic paper in his
hanh ant in Il few raomeaiScommercada furious
philippe against the has2 ldhric@iion>.' Is he
Slylc,l them which appcare in tnai paper. re-
piled, that the political excitement al The present
time wagcd higher than il laG ever done before,
and il was not matter O; surprise that partisanS.
heated in the contest, shoull pay but little re9arc!
10 the Justice u their blows in The iurv ot the bat
tle and added that as il 'cspcccd the Editor OF
the Chronicle mog0i aad c4igioas rs he r1S 0iiow-
ca 10 be-, !rclcsci he woul, cqnaly with others,
publish any i;lisehood, however gross ii he could
thereby effect political object. This dccara-
lion Of mine was, and YER naturally, douhIcd-
As have already observed had ju>i lcen en-
gage! in pcruNing Ftather.onhangh. and recol-
lac,e.i this authors somewhat slri.n" description
Of a gang OF negroes who had been purchased
hv S,avc.drivers and were preparing 10 cross New
River | then proposed .c>t-thatth this narrative
should be copied and offered Ia Spencer for pub
licalion. with the addition that the slaves had
been sold l,v Col. Polk. This proposition the
gentleman rejected Is The cnormi,y, in his opin-
ion. was not sufficiently apparent and any editor
might lie deceived hv il. then made a true cy-
tract from Fcaihcrsionhaush ami passed the pa
per over 10: The purpose Of his appendin. any
denomination he thought fiji lie result 'r0S Tint
entire ciduw yesyccilae CT Pal! Gad Hc hraafiHg
of M Stars In confederation of this fact, |
would refer TO the original manuscript il 1t i yet
in existence, when il viii be Observed that HE
cx,iac and The addition are not 10 the same hand
writing: and II the manuscript is DESTROYED. ! IT,
fer 10 The recollection of Mr.. Mckinney on whose
honor have implicit reliance, il such was not the
ease. Since wiring The above sentence, have
asccltaincd that Mr. Mckinney asserts that the
original manuscript was returned la me, and that
DESTROYED H. II may q so-wi:hoat positive
conviction will not contradict hi!n-bui have
no recollection Of il. lie also asserts that he paid
no particular attention 10 the communication and
cannot al this distance ol time. positively state,
that there Was any difference in the writing. We
Will, therefore, lrt this pass tor The present.
The mex, morning, (Augus, l9.) after The trans
action mentioned Of the previous evening, MI
Mckinney. a Young man To whose e'Iinabe
qualities am a> wiling 10 endorse rs Mr.. Srcn-
Ger. came into nv Office. when exhibited 10 him
The extract and lis appendagc, with request thai
he wouli COPY il and hand i; 10 the Editor oil The
C..ruuiel. for publications. request with which
he li1nl2A and chccriuly complied. think lsl'
rea SnR Iassigncd for my wi>hin" him 10 do 50
i the same which he las given in his AFFIDAVIT
He accordingly gave il 70 he Editor oi Ia. Ciwo-
n;c,c. on, cautious OF assuming ans rc>Toa>!hll-
Is. informed Spencer tia; =, tr"S " coPB ffg@ a.
oti.inal Gyn,ajeaigmMN. Tie unfortunate piece
was duly published and has since made a more
extensive tour !han Eoogback himself
On the gcrt daE, or nj f2r'ieN the "ag 0ii't
Mr. Mckinney informed me that The article bad
been presented to, aud accepted by MI spencer
and that il wouli apq5ar in the "cd Chronicle
then thought tina. The experiment lad been SUN
cicntly ric', and jmmeaiH'cy eafe VI. .Nkra-
pcg acqpGin',d iriib lic circumstances 1thtt'H. Il
lt.t. tfgI
appearance. This gentleman. however, IS q
opinion tha; il was on the very day oi pu5lica
non that lie lilsl received his iH.J;anion; hut ni
>iroag impression and confident belief Is, that !
must have been, al least. N. dan Pftrl""S h
tbs crtm. This i he only point Oh which Mr.
Mckinney and myself are al issue: ana hcl'
there is difference u! few hours. have no"
wihou, HE slightest attempt Ia disguise 'ac rum
or rcSor, - any palliatiAg incidents. stated Tn
head and font Of my offending, aud VIII he cX
cuScd il attend for a few moments 10 iae Pdrlci
paino hand Of iuoihcr-;o the chiet actor aht
mover in this scene ol deception, ana VINO ma
been the louiest in coGtumcly and rcfroaeh-wh'
has secretly and mcany, and contrary 10 repeated
assurances, scattered his extras 10 the Jour cor
ncrs o. The land, hearing my exclusive gun; an'
his own generation.
As to Mr. Spencer, il is the firm ani homes
conviction of mv minj. taai 40 deception va
ever practiScd upon him, AMI that nom Inc iiIn'
Of his reception of the manuscript, ne was a
well acquainted with the material Particular
Which have u>t rcac.i rs lac Is al the pTcsen
moment. Il could moi ~ Otherwise; every eli
cun>,ancc proves il. Mr.. Mckinney violated
all circumstances considered. perhaps rot unl'is
litiably. his engagement. and felatd IN NJ. .Sfnn
ccf n: Homc NJ tic sHpiuStd 0gts"f n me co"imh
l., 10 S,,,,,,pSoi hot he tU mol al
icrwartl> - further. and reveal the imposition II
self But allowing, and which cannot he denied
that Mr.. Mckinney merely Toll Mr. Spencer, a
the time H. put The communication into has hands
who was is author. nor al that TING. MOI al an
succeeding time mentioned more: then MT. speh
Ger knew. according To his own published S'ar'
mnnt, that Il came from ''Locoioco oihce-hold
e." nom one who had been appointed NJ Loco
inco Senatc IN tie recommendation oltoVcrho
Bouck; AM yet this vctcran pol:ilca campaign
or received without hesitation. and pah!i>hc'
without enquiry foul and cytrava@int chars'
against the ,nosl prominent "locoloco c2n'hdac
and nj the same time would have MS believe tina
he was deceived in The mai',r. appeal 10 ever
intelligent man, OF Whacg:r party, sect or saAle
il he can place any reliance on 50 singular
statement But We are not left 10 mere CONGO
ture in this matter. Mr.. Spenccrs posillca
friends made thorough inquiry, ana cSaInihc
every library in this village, Tor the discover: Q
the supposed Roorback, bcc0mc c"HrinccH m'f
,ras M mci pcrsoaagc ami iai'"nrd lh SPenff
nj their conr,ciioms \ gentleman, formerly OF TIN
village lui now rcsiden, Of Aurora, OF stea
literary requirements, and OF much literary len
sure was from the first of The sane opinion am
communicated i, 10 Mr.. Spencer with decided eS
preston Letters jrom all qa0'itrs %e'e Tsteited !
h. rjitaf Fl tic Cdronioit. making inquiries r.
Spctrag RoorJact, anil informing htm ts"t M
aatior aad iiswori anti MT he tonad; ard Yet hi
man. 80 pro!llse Of his accusations against INT
sal for FIVE weeks, 'cool as Summers morn
ing" listening 10 The merry clinking OF his pres
al its work Of deceit and defamation, and no'
has the unbushns efiron,cry To tell the public
"Our agency in its circulation was wholly nnsus
picous of its real character. Believe TINS as
ser,ion abroad who may, there is not an inielisen
person in this village who gives any credencc 10 i
But il NAV be asked, and very propeily-wh'
when the secret was in your possession, did yo
not come on; Immediately, and restrain al ieaS
if not prevent further currency 10 The imposl
ton This perhaps. was my great error. Bu
lei it I've considered that roS mol ne apt1of o
nor did Iiattrpoi1!c The passage complained IF:
had not delivered the manuscript 10 Mr.. Spence