Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-01-13
MIR. Etu6rt ard the ENQUIRER

subject before the public, charging that
Mr.. Stuart had introduced a resolution in
Congress prepared by Mr.. Bolts. without
acknowledging its patefai'y. The letter
below was at that tine published. Itthru
reiuted the charge, (Which should have .
been sufficient in all time to come we
think and it now refu,es it.
The Enquirer does Mr.. Stuart injustice
again IN attributing TO him the auihor.hip
Of letter that recently appeared in the
Know Nothing organ at Washington city.
We do not think an editor is justified in
Puslshng directly or indirectly any man
as the author Of an article, unless II /.
known TO be true. We are satisfied Nj,
Stuart knew as little about the letter sign.
ed Virginia" as did We. W. make these
statements. from motives of simple ius~
tice. They are doe Mr.. Stuart, and we
believe that the best way TO fight in poll ;
tics is TO de It with weapons Of truth and
justice. Nothing to sxtenuate or auahe
SET down in malice.
Below~s the irtter:
''llCusE OF X REPRESENTATIVES. y
:. 10Th Dec, 1876.
My DfAR Sis Your iavor of he i2,h ia.
has been duly received YIN will remember .
The difficulty we had-atsths Extra Ssss.on Of, H..
2I'h Congress in organizing the House. The,
l)eintera desired ~ defeat all. The Objects IF
The sesson, and Therefore Int themselves IN
every attempt 10 pieveht the olganz ,tl6n OF the
fio'lse. Most, OF many OF the Northern Whics.
were opposed 10 adopting the Rules ( .hs pie:
eed'n. Congress, unless the 2lsl tse MSS ex-.
ceP's1 ana to such excepso'hnlany oiihe South.
ern Wings wonN no, cOpsent. This position Of
The Democrats, and ,he Two divisions ii, the
Wings, defeated Tor q long inns eyers st,smir
10 adopt rules. You viii fsc0llect also that the
WINGS very eatly, 10 reywnt all intrffereucy
with their contemplated ao,lpn upon ,ths ,mpor- .
lant subjects embraced in the Prrsi,ienrs yles.
sage, and upon the report of the Comni;ss
si'on rnles, adopted oi,c for that Session thataa
all petitions slluud, upon their pre,sntation,
be considesed objected to, aud .loulJ Without
debate be laid "non.lhe table. :.
!, Aller every attempt 10 procure concert, oiA-
this subject between the Northern anil Sma,
ern Wings had faileL rejecting that the lSons.
had determined 20 limit its action at thai seasoa
to = very law subjects neither Of which had any
afhrlty 10 slavery OF The riyh. Of 10 iion, &
thought that all arrangement cOulI upoa ihi,.
view 10 made. On the morning tina, The Ja.,
caucns upon The subject OF complaining ,hs or.
eaiIzstlon oil the House was-hsld before the.
noor Of meeting wioie,.at my seat l., the ball, :.
this proposition.
@Rrsolved. That alhlhe rnIes and oreis Of
The last house of Representatives. not s,,spcn tall
~ any rule or reso.u,io, adopted a, the present
session, now in force, be and the same arr,
hereby adopted for The regulation of The House.
nj the psssen, session and that The sslec, com.
n'it'ee upon tho rules, heretofore Adopted, pro.
ceest 10 revise aa'l amend the rules hrieb atop
ted' ard that they have power 10 rrpor, u, all.
times" L..
know thai no such proposition could carry.
N its house l'houl n supper, Of Shade sn,.,
1i.'t't,ss Deere going 10 the caucus room, l.
submitted II 10 both Vi them, and ex. h approy
ed II, and sxpr .ssrd Willingness 10 vote far
u. thvn went 10 the coshmi,tre In,sn sp
Foreign Rsls~ns, anil found orr. ien,ls in cs,i-
suIlaion. lou had ssbu,l,lei ynui r,o ,ositio,,
TO which .on refer in your letter. Nm was en-
loreins II with some remarks a. entered. 1, !.
interrupted you BY stating chat had proposl-
t,oa ~ submit. which believed would be s;,,,s-,
Factory TO all our iri-nls and asked you To 1.s- =
pend yonr remslks, that nigh, leai H. This
was douo ;.all seemed to assent W H. You d.i,
not Issnms ycnr ronalks the question WAS
put upon ming, asa substitute for YOURS. and, =
unanimously car.ie,l. Some gent lemau thar
proposed ,ha. .on BE- requested 10 ofIer il in tho
House, which Was agieed 10 ilhout aIy dis
sent and We separated. $3.50
have statrsi 10 ys,u. The facts al clearly
recolsc' them. aud hope they will b. sLf1i,
ccnt fr your object.
Your friend. GARRETT DAVIS.
Hon A. H. II. Stuart, Staunlou, Va"
Since writing the above. we have re-,
eeivsd the Richmond Dispatch, which un-
der the head cf Spirit Of the Press -,
gives u svnopsis of u letter from Mr.. Stuart
considerable spiri. repels the assault Of the.
Enquirer, s"d concludes, AS l. am phi
vatr citizen. holding no official station and
seeking none, | hope that. 10 future, yew
will forbear from iniiuding upon my re-
t,rrment bv assault and insinuations, which
are alike unwarrantrd by tsa,h or propri.
ety."
In reply to this letter. the Enquirer says
that as to the propriesy Of its srticls. 1t,
will mot summit to Mr.. Stuart's diotaiion.
Oh point in regard to y hich he has nsrA-
err exhibited any very acute discernment
or delicate sensil'ility." And in reply to
Mr.. Stuart's "insinuation of truth, il says
I'VE did not assert that Mr. Stuast wrote
the letter in the "Organ." bu, only said
iumor ATTRIBUTED the authorship to him.
Nor did we seek to place him IN the at.i-
tude Of an asprant for the nomination .bv
the opponents Of Mr.. WISE for he was
already known TO have assumed that All.
tude HIMSELF" Ia regard 10 Nj. Stusrt's
unqualified and emphatic denial that hs is
either the anony nous correspondent of ibs
Organ, or an aspirant for the Govcrnsrsll,p,
the Enquirer will not dispute his word;
but says III he is not an aspirant FOR tho
Governorshp. il is the drst office Of cxoI-
umeni within the range Of his ambition, s
which he did not covrt with eager ayidi.
ty." Touching the "quargel between Mr.
Stuart aud Mr.. Bo.ts.' the Enquirer SAYS
il never heard the particulars OF the story
until the day before ito article was written.
when they were communicat. ID by conf.
dental friend of Mr.. Bolts, "who positive
ly and emphatical'y asserted that Mr..
Stuart Dor rowrd Mr. Bolts resolution un-
der the pretence OF celebrating on il, and
then used it and palmed il of on the pub.
lie AZ his own production. He said such
is the representation of The affair which
MI. Bolts does not hesitate to publish st
all times and places" The issue. then, is
between Mr.. Stuart aud Mr.. Botss for The