Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-11-12
For THE ENQUIRER.


Meade. Esq, who has been elected 10 Congress
For THE ENQUIRER.
ia the Editors of The Rlcamond Whis, Enquirer,
and Norfolk and Portsmouth, Herald.
Gentlemen Allow me, in spirit Of deieren!ial
respect towards each and all Of you 10 say, that,
in my estimation, you err, IN no Sigh! degree, IN
admitting into your columns anonymous writer's,
who treat Of matters involving other individuals.
This practice is decidedly wrong, Tor many rea-
sons; and, among lhem thai gentiepie1 assaulted IN
this manner are left in doubt as 10 the propcty 81
drawing their blades, because they cannon snoir
they are ITO meet oeman worthy OF Their Steer :;
and. moreover il is prolific source oil trouble.
Unlike The illuslrious ST. Paul, OF sacred celeb.
rity, whose holy examples am unworIhy'o iml-
tale in this instance, instead OF showing my
fau4 by mn iro, ks," am obliged, "ex 'scessf'lfe
rel )" to prove the correctness oil my iailh oy the
works OF other men.
But 10 my object, without further preface or
apology: have just been able, yesefday,) oy
The courtesy OF friend, 10 obtain the fda one u
YOUR papers, with which il is my intention now
10 deal IN bricf-brief, because Of my rcmoeness,
and moi so much because of my remoteness, as
the inconvenience OF my position from lhe Metro
polls forcing me of; besides, in fact, | am Serb
bling in much haste under anxiety 10 DC on 10
meet my brother al home, on The Eastern Shoie,
whom | have moi seen since his return ~ Tie
country.
The first account seen BY he Of what has been
STYLED "facas" in Accomac, appeared IN The
Richmond Enquirer, under date Of The TN Sep
TENDER ullimo. The first thing Objectionable 10
me in The paper designated. is paragraph puf-
porting to have been copied iron The NoIloiS
Beacon in which il said "one ii The Magistrates
of The county went on the bench on Monday last,
armed with a pair Of revolyers and Bowie
knife" This statement is false in point Of tacl,
as il raay be 10 design. Il certainly mean no.
thing dsrespeclful or deIogalory 10 any one in
choosing The word FALSE, rather Than that o Err
RosEous, because according 10 my idea, though
pretending 10 nothing beyond sweet potato aud
pumpkin raising, | may be wrong; The Two words
assnIedly are synonymous in meaning, ana
mans "glazing The pIlp Of telling me that my as
ser,ion is "erroneous" rather Than fake, only rem
ders il more disgusting 10 my palaIc.] The iiu!h,
before God and my conscience IS, (and u IS mat
ter Of deep mort ticaion TO myself, and bad enouah
though Only lrue,) that my whole arms on me
occasion consisted oil pair ot Old pistols, ('ha1
had gone 10 foreign land in service oil The coun,
inv. borne by much valued but now deceased
relatively and farmers knife that was mol pro-
cured or ever used as a weapon. These were my
arms. and twice out OF thrice buokling them upon
nv person did modification, IL The necessity OF
their use, induce my putting them of. None
shall U select the imperative moody contradict This.
never in my life saw, that remember, PAIR o..
revoivers, or Bowie knife.
Aoain: The construction may be given 10 a
paragraph signed b. AR. No Body,' dated "Ac-
coniac l.. n, Sept. /, lS47," from which, lestl-
ma,cly, il might be inferred, that "ihe officers,
who were few in nanter, thought il best 10 re-
move General Bayly from the scene ard ccnhne
him In III. JAIL" for The purpose Of shielding him
from danger. This is false arrested him as,
thought, murderer; ], as an officer, commit
ted him. as criminal, without his askin. for, o!
the question Of bail arising in any manner
| The next communicated upon Inc subject lha,
| | was able 10 see, was contained in The Richmond
| Weekly Whig, which was furnished me By The
kind courtesy Of Dr. Edward ]. Young, al Drum
mond Town, on The 7h Of October, ultmo-il
being the first time had been able, on account
OF my absence from the county, 10 see the com.
municalion signed Zone OF The People," though
had diligently searched every file OF papers that
could reach in both Washington city and Bal
tmore during my then recen! "trip 10 those cities.
This paper is daled September IS, ls47," whilst
"One OF the People" dates "Accomac county,
Sept. H. 1917" and in his piece is contained this
paragraph, auding TO Judge Bayly: "They rush
ed upon him, surrounded by magistrates. sheriffS
and constabres, who retreaed 10 the Court House;
but finding that he was not safe there they soueh,
refuge in The JAIL which was guarded the whole
night"
This extract is false in its statement OF facts,
and libelluus 10 the law-oiilcers whom II men,
lions. As was The only magistrate present IN The
lnelee-as there were present al any time but two
cons,ables. both Of whom were inactive, Qhough
Justice 10 Levin Gray, Esq requires the sale
mcnt that he, the only constable that did anything
was deferred from full discharge vi his duty 10y
sickness alone)-as there was no sheriff present,
Revill Wes ESQ., who did as good service as
did any citizen soldier al the recent slorming OF
the citadel Of San Juan d'Uloa in Mexico, being
bu, deputy; therefore il must be false that judge
Bayly was surrounded by such officers as are
mentioned. As il is notorious that, assaulted as
was, |, unadcd, persevered in carrying Judge
Bayy 10 The Courthouse, where, from The begin-
ming, | had insisted he should so, tos The purpose
OF having legal investigation Ct his case, there
fore the statement that these officers relrealed 10
the Court house, is false. AS projected the phi.
soncr in The Courthouse, in defiance oil assault.
until al was quiet, when, assisted by Revill
West, ESD We lodged him in Jail, therefore we
did not find Judge Bayiy unsafe in The Court.
house; nor did we seek refuge in the jail, as as
seIed-and il Qhe jaiD was not guarded al all,
much less during he whole night
Onmy way TO this city via Nofiolk, Thomas
G. Broushon, Esq, al my requcss, accompanied
5v sic and agu4rtcr cents, sircr 0nsy. very kind
" and courleousy furnished ME, on Friday last,
The Norfolk and Portsmouth Herald OF "Sepem.
Der 81, lSi7, Containing piece signed "Civls, :"
that Ohank God for my backs sake) at presen
shs II only meniun-in fact, il makes up all that
| know about.
This article i!erates line assertion Of zone OF
the People" that Judge Bayly was surrounded by
magistrates, sherifs and cons,ab.cs, who retreat
ed with him TO The Couu House They soon
found that he was not safe there, and they then
sought refuge in the Jail, which they guarded un-
ill The next day, to prevent The people from taking
him ont" This, like the other, as it stands
quoted, (ezaciiy as printed, with the except on,
thai in the paper is used the apos'rophc 8, by
which The words sherifIs and consables are put in
the singular number, when evidently they should
be used in the plural-a mistake. 10 be accounted
for. Isupposc only by The +" YANKEE" education Of
The author or his own wan, OF sense,) IS false
| and ibeous TO our sheriffs, magistrates and con-
stables; evidently FALSE in zach, as il may Dc in
| intention.
Again, il is stated by this same "Civis, ""It is
said by a Magistrate TO whom Bayly has said
he was indebted for his lie) that Bayly was very
much alarmed, so much so, that he uttered not
word. but they will cut me of, they will shoot,
hey will shoot me-" Before answering this quo
talon, il is proper, in my estimation, as bu! sheer
Justice TO myself, to stale, now, thus publicly,
that, with The merits ofhe personal difference be-
tween MIR. VIM. B. Finuey, (wbo is my wiieS
own bro,her) and Judge Thomas Fl. Bayly' !
am utterly ignorant, in truth. was Ignorant Of
The existence OF pending difficulty "iner tnese
gentlemen, until Judge Bayly was prisoner
and in The Court House-a criminal ready, TO
a NEE, an Investigation of his case, nor did then
learn learn it bu. BY The assault of Mr.. Finney upon
me for not furnishing him pistol from my belt
10 shoe; Bayly, who then was an unarmed phi
soner, entitled 10 mi protection.
Immediately, when tbi, fact appeared 10 me,
| became satisfied of the extreme delicacy OF my
position, and | determined that ns,ther party
should by any means draw from me an expression
relative 10 their personal acts, because, properly
and conscientiously, | had TO deal, copia
only deal officially with their public acis; and ms
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