Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1858-09-02
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PANPHI Er AGAty

FsiloW Citizens Of v,r,;n;,
sa'emest OF facts conccr,,ny
my pamphlet on slavery was ,rin,.5 H.
a Is"cr and corie. of som. r,ia,ed
.r.ee' on the subject from L.sin. .,s., v,
Hnere the pamphlet originated
In the valley star, The dsnoo,a,i, "a.
lu g, 'ha' race, an article under ,he "A,
"'ra' head ''ys in reference 20 IN. Rich.
monI rnIar-'s construction Of Mr. L.,eb
"s Ie"er-''hr Rutosr j. too rsl, kno.n
70 ,nl' community to have Any inpu,a,ion
=. "aut OF forgery put upon him by aoy Of
w max VI. LS.lkcr isfeadea 80
- ,9'ps'aai'' 'ec Adr, ~ rcry tc,. NAN,
" t1oriT- Now a!.hou,h ", r.,.l
lel'er vas construed by others as weua,by
myself 10 the sense of di.honor,Ll, inv,
ehon on my conduct in that npi,j,,,,rn
Jet since be publicly dLayou. an, ..eh -
rutah'n, | cheerfuliy accept tho di.,,o,J
20 Tar A. that point Is concern ed. all eroun5
OF controversy between u, is removed
wish the article in the Nallsv St., h,8
been equally satisfactory IN the foilorio1
paragraph. The writer says .Tber. -
ho'niog extremely wonderful in /. ,a,,,,ai
ta,'d7a between speech delivered in Feb'y
and &C essay printed 10 the following Sen.
TEMPER the speech no, having been written
oat before delivery; and il Or Rusn,, ri
eeen Inclined TO hnd fault with those vho
discovered and asserted tho variance =.
| Presame he would have done i, st ths tim.
~. Lfstsr aa3 oii<r ssssIc,.>n a,ei,r,a q,
fsas g,oHn6 10 'H5'eriIs 10 Is. e.y<.se. Q, ~,
Tbs paragraph modiec, considerably tho
assertion IN Mr. Leteher's lsster th,t nv
Fam hie' contained $50 many exoon,ion..
Die thihgs not in the speech I va, r,nus,t.
cd 10 publish, that be aud the 10 other zen.
uemen with perhaps one exception rsfn,.
cd 10 contribute to the coat StilI ths r,r,.
sraph lunintentionaliy, prssumsl ni.r.n.
,e'eh" 'ae iaeI OF the case. /, erroneous.
assumes that | was requested TO publish
Sso S 'sspeea Meffiy that was inform ed by
i. LISTENER aud others, that they declined
~ .'.,..;.1 eI'oo 20 the expense on she ground Of
aud the speech, aud that I appIi,d - -
lished &c "n Pao'
| Bus in fact they requested mo 70 nrc..,,
10 the public, rot simply the speech Sn,
| the whole Argument in favor Of r,nox.
| ing the negro population from West VIZ.
ginia'-and they subscribed = write. obI;.
ss'lon 10 share the expense, before I consent
cd 10 publish. This was lef With ono of,hs
sisnefs mot Mr.. ISetehsr) aud uhsa. ,oms
time ater the pamphlet vas publi,b.d
enqnired Tor 1t, this gentleman told mo th.,
another had gotten it out ofhis hand.-T,.
quesisd that 1t might bs found. AZ An. n,;n.
ter had called for the amount Of n. k,I,
(neArIJ eio0) l waited . short tim, %,
the paper, and hearing nothing ofjt \ ,.iS
tho bill myself; aud suspoetinc that for ,a,,.
reasons unknown TO me-, portion Of Che suh
serioers we're unuiilios 70 pay, sa,d moth.
ing and heard sothing moro Of the matt,
have nov received aa,hcn.io inform alton
that several OF the subscribers called q, an.
printer TO pay their quotas bat vefs aolS
shat had pa'a the BILL sod was uuvilI;ng
70 feesivs assistance. This repor, nav have
tIs'sniSd others from Offering 10 paw
VINO OF noV many besides Mr. Lsteher de-
s'nsa 10 Pay because sSs pamphlet varied
from the speech, l know no, Ru,s ar.
noo"' tsAt the pamphlets vent forth with
'ne, "'er felneshng the publication on
It's front, and that not one OF tbom .v., -
|eiy 6r 20 me, objected ~ i,s eoptsnt. -,
withdrew from u the sanction Of his -.
until Dir. Letoher's letter was nubIi.hoS
some weeks ago
That the pamphlet written upde, sr.;,.-
n'nt produced By loog debate contains
some spi'hsts and phrases concerning slave.
" rather harsh and coarse readily ndni,.
sAv After the pamphlet came out. tbattbsv
WeTo IA bad taste. / was no, sarr,i..J -
see that the enemies Of our scheme ,,I.o..,s
toese sorno or IN humber, - srecim.n.
81 tho Whole pamphlet of 30 octave p,1rs
aud used them - teri. for their y;tn,s,
Non Of the whole work This ~. -,
than to answer tho arguuents which NJ,
Leieber and tho other 10 sen:lem.n ,,o.
nos'@Dd % be susr.verahls a,d wli-h
none oftbe doughty ss.siIan'- 9th. r,m
phlst ever attempted TO answer or da,,d an
muoh Asto quote for the IN for nation Of th.
readers ln'isad of graphing With s.mp.
son they walked round bin aud .iyIt biot.
ins some NOTES out on coat tsf held
these up Hiumpbantly, a. evidence that
be vAs shabby fellow
frcn The articles in the LsIio,ton ~
pefs discover tia, con rnitted to i'm
material errors 10 my f5fms, statemsnt -
u bavinc aestsf a. The record, Of a..
frAtsIih Society ] misiook in snrpo.,n.
that By speech on slavery wA delivered -
hs .pfing o. 'upmsT q isT Iiss.n poU
that ii Vas 10 February o. that year I hna
also that the main hussiisn concerned . al.
vision Of he State ~ the line ~ she Blus
Ridge sud .b'olVsd sil she fslAtIops ~
West Virgins 70 The Eastern sset,o,
NNh'NSN - NN'H h'ahh Hh tetNNea the tHR
sections concerning the uhus ba.,.' og
Tspfeseuiati9s interval iBprovtmsnt. A.
though ihe slavery question vss no mas
i'ris q debate Abd banishsi ths rest f,om
MY memory.
Eat u0S an reminded kau esns IA
Intf0laos ny agument oB slavery 9Th
sstiss q fomafss 90 She irj1ri.s ukieh Wa,
Nfgirn suffered on se-oant ~ Lsf us.k
nfss it Ito lsgIsiatufs Ahd o. affas 80,
tho uhits bass" snd ths slavery gv.st,o,
sb1uia bs contested ~ ouF disoa sstss .,,h
hsst Yfsibis lspoks the sabsssssd sen
tiwcat' of those sho ftlasstsd lhs tgblL
eaton q ny pAmEhlst
bat Dos. h ny stAtemsutf aFe soas,.A
- Tsss unsJuifSI,eted. sbaH not ,,..iI.
ias Tub..1 uith shsiktF sofd 90 ii.a ~
Joos esteem Nf Lotchsr a. rsstl1s.
sbd IN slis p1li'risn and fst'y er .es,sts
bin from suy in's .iss ~ wr,ng me ,ipo.
he has dtssv0ssd tiIs ifaputsiioa vkish Be
49, urasJstgod ~ Icy apob me
HENRY kUFFNBR