Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-05-05
4 Card From Mr.. Bolts.
nIcmMoND, April 30, 1859.

+, he Eiiior Of The Why
1t will be rec"lleced that about tho 18th Of
March last. addressed communication to the
Wing Ia which rcp,licd certain charges against
me 81 an illheral and uniriendy nature, that had
been presented by Mr.. l.etchcr in his discussions
with Mr.. Goggin, which. if well founded. would
have been entirely cxtraneous, and inappropriate
to The contest in which he was engaged; when for
the purl"s" of showing the difference between my
course towards him, and his towards me- took
,cst-ion to say:
several weeks ngo. certain facts wwere placed
NJ my disposal, under the supposi"n that III
trudrl to take an active part in the canvass, con-
nt''cl with certain speculative operations oi Mr.
l.c chen. in Washington. that cannot he other
wise than detrimental to his prospects if disclosed
Il, they certainly will be all if they should be
established. but which declined To NEEDLE with
because t,ey partook of personal, as well MS Of
Il political naturc. and because felt towards him
Nil tho ties Of personal friendship
Ia subsequent purt OF that communication, in
reply to ms accusation tha-"Spoils ,cere Of mare
,nhicSt to me than the rights Of the SOUTH
aaron. other questions put, asked, "whcn was
charged with keeping watch over the treasury,
to trient private claims. old sollcrs' lounties. aud
Old widows pensions whilst was voting the AZ
preparations of millions, for purposes that would
necessarily enhance the value o. my private spec
u'ntlons ??
From this it will be perceived that made no
express and distinct terms. thut such II charge as
i, last ciIndedt", had been made and placed at
my disposal several weeks before, which had
declined to use | had abundant reason then to
suppose that it would be publicly produced
against him during the canvass, but SO far rs
was concerned with il, had done all that de-
gnei to do, unless | was called on lay Mr.. Lctch-
or, or his friends for something more specific,
when should have furn, shed the details MS they
had been furnished to me in wrtingas now
spread before me.
Mark YOU, this WINS six weeks ago and ton
weeks. or two months and half before the cleo
ton. During the sixwecks TINT have elapsed.
Mr.. L"tcher has not explained; he has not denied
the sol Impeachment; has not answcrcd nor has
he called Tor facts specifications: all that Ihare
heard upon the subject, from any quarter, was II
COM nint from the Richmond Enquirer, to the eff.
fee, thit this charge had been kept back that it
mi ght exert an influence on the election, when it
WAS then ton late for u reiutation IT, reach the
mote parts of the State and it is undcr these cir
cumsances that the Enquirer. one of whuse edI-
| tors ha, himself charged Mr.. Lctcher, in public
mcctin. in this city, more than once. with being
"a dccidcd AboiifioaiS." rs "untrne 10 he SOUTH
| "uniaHttm 10 Dem0crdcy,' DEFICIENT IN MORAL
| INrEGRlrY," and ''rdatiay IN mentd c1pdcity.' Mt
this late period of the canvass, (tor what purpose
| Mr. Lrtcher and his friends can dccrmneas well
as but, rs if 10 appear the more jealous in de-
| fence OF une who had been MHs stymdtised, even
as late the 9Th of March, when that paper de-
| clared that all that had been said about Mr..
Let.her. they then beleiv' TO be true" nov takes
| uron itself, as his especial champion. in terms Of
unnec essary incivility, i'll natured rudene.s and
| offensive personalities. to revive the subject and
| to do. what neither Mr.. Lether for himself, III
those Of his friends who were unsupported Of Sc
crei hostility to him, of political object to he
| accomplished by his defeat had chosen to do. UNI
| equivucally denies the allegation. characteristics it
as nm infamous "Roorback," md challenges the
! produ 0 of the ficts.
! WhMcver may have been the motive, in thus
gratuituusy thrusting itsel, between Mr.. Letcher
anu myself in II mater that partuok more Of n
personal than political nature, it leaves me no
| alternative. hut to do what | should have been
otherwise very happy to have been relieved Of
doing lina.much as had no desire to carry the
controversy farther than necessary for my
own defence, which had already been done to my
own sa,isfaction) by stating tho substance Of the
chlrgcs brought against Mr.. Letcher in the com.
! municatiun to me.
1t is: That Mr.. Letcher. who had acquired the
soadriquet' of "Ate ratchaog q the treasury" by
his uniform opposition to private claims, old Wild
ow's pensions and old soldiers bounties had some
four years ago entered into copartnership with
Mr.. 4. Ruthbarn. 4. II. Cor6in, n Republican Of
the Benton school, the same whose testimony was
given before the free.wool committee and others,
for the purpose Of specializing in CITY lots around
aud about the Capitol, and that Mr.. Lether being
thus interested, had voted the appropriation Of
millions OF the public money for the extension Of
the Capitol, which would necessarily lead to the
extension Of the Capitol grounds. whereby his in
dividual intArsst in the speculation had already