Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-04-22

: must increase her amount beyond
that sum to get the iocation-and In
q this way ! convict him morally of
what ! deny charging him with. l
am not prepared to believe that M
H. viii deny hoping and believing
that he could accomplish the desired
end as eifectuallf by making The
foregoing statemd mt to the Elkton
delegation, as if be had in so many
!, words given the actual sum sub
scribed by Fayetteville. NotWith-
standing he asserts his innocence
| through the colun rs of a public news
i paper-and he may feel as clear as
his words would indieate-he can
not, he dare not, deny but that his
4 conduct, declarations, and the sur
rounding circumstances, were suffi-
Icient to satisfy the most lncredulous,
that he strove to favor Elkton to the
utmost ofhis ability. lie can not, he
will not, | fear, attempt an explanation
Iof his strange conduct Immediately
following the Organization of the Lo-
/ eating Cofnmitteelat Col. R0Jqn3on's.
We find nothing Of this sort in his
lpublication;-he is perfectly mi M
the dead could not be more sileht-
He says, however, that he was atthe
Colonel's before a quorum Of the
Committee inet-Athat he saw the
Fayetteville deleSation-that he, on
his return from Huntsville to- meet
the Committee, saw two of the Elm
ton delegates, but that he did not in
form them Of the amount of the Fay
: etteyille subscription. In this list of
), admissions, ! only ask the reader to
5 note the item, "$aw two Of the Elk
ton delegates. When, lM-. Kirk
zand, did You SEQ two of the Ell ton
d dclegates?- before or after the organ
ization Of the II beating Commit
Do claim that your effort at m ora
$ vindication clearly answers this q pes
n. tion-that it was before the organ liza
y ton? Then, ] hsk, what becd mes
IL of your reputati4 as Minister, ii
N view Of the Impressions you strov e t
t make, and actually succeeded in ma
1t king, upon the minds of all pre- sen
OF in the committee room, immedia tely
y following their Organization. We al
pr thought YOU sind ere, when you lel Us
ot to believe, by asking for further timt
e. and various other expressions, thai
y you did not know the whereabouts o
c, the Elkton delegation. Now, to FIavt
c. delayed the time and business Of The
IS Committee four png hours, to en4 blt
in the Elkton delegation to travel from
st Huntsville to GU. Roliason's, dis
-e lance of only two miles, or from some
y point between these places, wd ul(
II have been drawing largely upon Il eil
le patience, especially when We take into
it the account your assurance that then
e attendance could mot be more than
I sheer CONTEMPLATION. not having
d al sufficient sum subscribed to put up
C the building. This you knew would
c necessarily arouse the suspicious Of
d the dullest comprehension; hence
eI you forced us to conclude, that after
g leaving Elkton on Saturday you had
e no knowledge of the delegation from
e that place; you informed us, however,
that you had the as urance they would
V at tend Now in view of your rela-
ton to God and m hn, Your character
as gentleman much less that ola
minister, had you a right to expect
us, considering your repeated asser-
: tons upon that So bjcct,s to come to
any other conclusion than that Sat
urday and Elkton dated the time
and place of your last knowledge Of
| the Elkton- delega tion2 With every
disposition to throw the veil of char
/ ity over, and a determination to close
our eyes to your apparent motives,
you can not deny but that your
statements to the q mmitte, your eff
forts at, and success in, learning the
amour subscribed by Fayetteville,
and then your post haste to Hunts