Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-08-15

: iimaieiy known ne awing the latter hllf Of
t, my ate. That envelope ccntairet. wtihnHi
mote or cpmmeat. he words which vii her
i~nnscuh~. am no LurHER naf have ever
, p~rffo-ei 70 n3scif ~ act ire gsrt 81 uue.-
The tass J sm now engaged ~ has ven
t0rccf upon NE by the power ~ cifcumsisnce
u viii soon he at an emf. With b. viii cesss
\ lof mr al incidents from = connection with
p bic sd@ir-. EScep, w disrhswiug my 10
~ 90 ms cuunty - a pnvate titIzru. they
are fence forward to he beyond my sphere.
! have hii farewell forever 90 81 public EN-
ploymcnis sat oil public posts. When thcse
woods she'll ~ b@lied. fAsa let NY country
bread me "lsrrsrER. and ascnte 70 The
desire Tor ofice. o. Tor noiofiety . Ell that
shall have done and ssid in Hgafd 10 things
ot c0ncenmeut 10 her.
Bat sltlsough iuspplicshlc 20 me-. the vcy
maine OF LHihsr. presented 10 such 3 curnec-
iion A. this comes fraught with a significance
which cannot hut b. lsl,, even though The
day j. gone ~ when omens ware believed
In. This incident though no prophetic virtue
can BE- in 10, may prove the tortruEfsr Of q
storm that shall purify our political at.
mos phere. and dissipste the s-eds Of death
with which slmady IL has BECOME loaded
II Wa Prove 80. II The Representatives. the
people do their duty.
These ere the words referred to. "LUrHFs
says: II J ON 10 have . FAULT. 1 would rathef
speak too hashly. snd TRUST forth Truth UNI
wisely, than 10 have played he hyPocnts to
ANY, and held Truth in So lar ~ regsris my
self, ! do not believe that | have spoken "too
hsrshly, or thrust forth truth UNIV isely. -
upon this point our county will Judge. All
| ask Of hef-and | ask this Tor her own sake
lar more than on my swn accounts. 10 sus-
pend her judgment until she ca. iuige"wise-
y.'
am. sir, very respectfully. your fellow.
%citiseu. ". L. TRiSr,
Lite Commissioner OF the United Sla,rs Of
America To the Mexican Republic.
*ln the letter OF the present Secretary Of
War to General Scott. under date April u,
1878, which was published la all haste thru
out our country, care is taken 20 pre- occupy
her mind with the belief that | have been &C
tuated BY this motive. The Administration
have s.udiously withheld IRON her all knowl-
edge OF what my course has been. All the
power aud all the influence attached 10 The
trusts held by those men have beeu exeriel TO
mystiiy the public mind ia regard to the
whole subject with reference to which | have
acted. IL hiss been rendered impossible for
that mind to form Tor itself any judgment in
regard To my lnoiive. And yet. not contcn.
with oil that bought lctter-wiiters could dot
ami all that subservient or party-msd presses
could do, dis high funclionary OF the Gov
eminent, IN writing a letter concerning the
%affairs ot the Department. entrusted 10 him.
must needs enter upon a topic (my coursel
having no connexion whichever with the sub
jet oil which be was treating And for hat
10 give to the country information re'orma-
tion reiofmalion respecting what ms cOHrSc
has been? Nei To impress her with ihe idea
that my moiips Ia pursuing that cogrse Tres
pecting which she had been kept in the dark,
and her mind had been be-iogged in every
possible way) had consisted ia the desise los
"no'orieiy' and this passion 81 excessive as
to make me mistake n%otouety Tor lame.'