Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-04-26

.i,icn; hut not being important at ,hi, time pas, i, by
But that portion Of his reco-ctions which follows, to vii
"and that he urged that in III. even, o: hi nomination
Winchester he coul accomplish for the party by AL
voca,ing Its principles whilst he would have II In hi, pove
lay that he did not belong the order than by appear
ing the stump regularly initiated member. is. L
SrL.s sofr, pure simple n.iseoneeion, unfouE," !:
anything which the letter contains.
According To recollection neither the time nor il
place for the meeting 0f the Know Nothing Convention
fixed upon, At any rate snown at the date OF thai
c ter, the jth II" January will add. that have
sought, from any party nomination for Governor, bu,
se.-ted opportunities from portions Of Ill par,ie-
IN the letter uf the Srh o. December Mr. Walker anon.
other thing. informs that e Convention nominate
state Officers the Know Nothing ticket would shortly
sembc anil would your friend urge you 10 Join tina,
order" To this letter sent, In reply, copy Of my letter
of The 9Th Of January This letter va. in reply 10 "
mate Dem0cr.itic friend, who urged 10 become Il
KnowNothing and to whom replied, among other things
And yet, dear -, much A. would delight 10 crafty my
friends-for have received letters, IS NAV YOU
ike yours from othcrs- join the Know Sothngs
Thus Mr Walker knew my determination Indeed hr knew
Il when he penned his letter Of h December which
written presume with 4 view to lei know that
rlnaton could be- given one buta Nothing My
letter intended TO close the correspondence; and Oh
part here ended But Mr Walker again addressed me-
der Of the 18th OF Jany in which, among other things
that he would not presume. have me ''uge he says;
II will simply say. 90" Jtef di'p"ss" to join The Know
Nothing you trutlfully You not member OF
that order. So that with my letter before him for about
week. he had to say V you eti dfspo.ed Sc while after
the lapse of whole year or norr he can without The
letter. remember the mos, ardent dispositions Sc
Again Mr. Walker says II recollcc the concluding sen
tence believe Of Governor SiEs letter lie gives IL.
and marks 1t quotation But there's such sen
.rnce In the letter.
Il may he asked why not publish the letter. To this
do II without consulting others WHO have
an interest In IT, without statements which obtain,
hut which cannot be had without .,me delay.
Never there public man Of our State so be-rt and
prosecuted But proudly point 10 my record and
claim the protection Of just and intelligent, people Nor
will this last eiTor, harm The rejecting and the honora
BILE Of all parties will give but little heed the attack OF
those who strangers To th. District mdt, on he ere-
LIoa e he esctfop and founded the rrcopecon'H~r,
IN OF q ronidSRiiR correspondence, not JegGa nor
songkt me- those who have not hesated to violate
Of the most sacred obligations recognised among Gentle.
men. WILLIAM SMITH.
May ~, Isl.
! The 'attack" in letter, of "Me>>rs. Walker
and Lewis" Strangers To the "District, =
/ ''aADE oN THE EVE or TIE ELECTION" raised the
/ cry Of PERSECUTION that potent agency in
many elections, and under voluntary promise
! QUALIFIED BY, ''SnorLD THERE BE OCCASION FOR
IT. to notice briefly at present, ''Brr NoEE At
/ LARGE HEREAFTER. WHEN NY MATERIALS SHALL
I BH COLLECTED ASD NY LEISURE WILL PERMIT -
under this promise Mr. Smith was elected
I Has he made good that promise:
| Does not the publication Of the Walker
letter present an ''occ"Sion .'"r ~" Has he
not had time and leisure to collect his ma
terialsy Two years have tran>pircd and the
charge comes back reiterated, and substantial
ted by the collateral evidence Of respectable
/ men, Mr. Smith holds the letter in his posses
! sion, was the author Of it, and prctendS that he
cannot publish 1T without consulting others
! :, Ill
his own letter: What can forbid the author of
letter from giving it to the public in order to
correct what nc alleges is a 'miscon",ptioh -
/ If others are therein referred 10, omit their
names We expect that the second or sup
pressed Walker letter nW get see III. HgH
! Here is the first Walker letter." and we
/ invite comparison Of it with the circular
above published
( fCua6.lentiaL WAsnlNGToS, Dec. II, 1854
Dear Sir: am in receipt OF your letter da-
( ted the Sth instant, subscribed by Martin NJ.
( Lipscolnb, Sergeant Of the city Of Richmond,
! and r. +. Walker, of Lynchburg, Va, con-
tanning a request that should direct my an
/ swcr to you at Richmond Va.
The signatures to the letter, and the letter
ITSELF all appear to be in the same hand-wri-
/ ting, and as YOU are wholly stranger TO me 1t
is obvious that our relations cannot be marked
by that frankncss and confidence which they
may require.
! | am deeply dissatisfied with the nomination
7 of Mr.. Wise, not from any personal difference
/ with him, but from the gross outrage and III:
Justice which has been practiscd upon the Old
Line Democracy and the people, and as at pre-.
sent advised have no desire to see him elected.
! To defeat him, however. requires course OF
policy which | shall forbcar at present detail
ing to you until We understand and know
each other better. To do this can YOU visit
Washington, or would You prefer should meet
YOU in Fredericksburg? For the confidence
you are pleased to express i'll my behalf you
will please accept my thanks. 1t will not he
found misplaced, as believe ] can say ! was
never false to personal or political relation
am, very respectfully, yours.
/ (Signedy WV. SMITH.
To r. F. Walker, Richmond, Va.
The Alexandria Sentinel" commenting on
this at great length, but to us very unsatis-
factorily, says:
The good people of this district are not
like this learned pundit. They will not con-
denim any man on onc.sdcd statement They
WANT To HEAR both SIDES. We tell them there
are two sides. We tell them that wherever
Mr.. Shacke,iord has met Gov Smith lace to
face. before the people, and pressed these
questions. the reply has overwhelmed him lie
has lost his case before every jury. The De-
mocracy, after listening to both. have always
! rallied about Gov. Smith, and cried to him tn
lead them on to victory. Let those who may
not hear his answer, learn hence TO take 1t on
trust
Now as we understand matters in the Sc
vcnth District. "'ro HEAR 10Th SIDES Is the
desire of every man but Gov. Smith. Gov.
Smith seems determined that the good people
shall not "hfor BOTH SIDES and he keeps his
side" snugly hid in his brccchcs pocket-and
the eliior of the Sentinel sliStains the sup
prcssion and averring that he has never seen the
letter he says: ave think, thcn Gov. smith,
as n DUTY to his party, ought not to publish the
letter. Which ''party" will the publication
iniure? and what party relation exists with an
individual letter, that should forbid its publ
cation, The whole defence is Jesuitical-lron
beginning to end. 1t is holstcred up with the
certificate of Mr.. Suttlc. OF Alexandria, that
Mr.. Smith would not make such concessions
br which" Mr.. Suttle could vote for am
urge his nomination in the Winchester
Convention. What does that certificate
amount TO- when on the very day on which
the Winchester Convention assembled Gen
Eppa IIunton in public meeting at Brents
vile, intcrrosatcd Mr.. Smith to know 81
he, Mr.. Smith, would accept the nomination O
the Winchester Convention and Mr.. Smith
replied that will depend OH circumstances,
and failed to explain the circumstances which
would decide him to accept or reject the nom'
nation
And Of what value is the letter ol John