Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-05-12
A Card from Mr. Bolts
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wisdom and Yankee habit, to decline playing at all
games where | may lose and can't win; shall,
therefore, not consent to engage In n peronal quarrel
with the juvenile editor Of the Richmond Enquire,
however coarse his language, or strong the provoca-
tion-and respect for myself, my family, and the
community In which | have been raised and have
lived for fny odd years, would forbid my ~bsndying
epithets with him, that are quite as much at the
command of the Inhabitants of the Fipd Points in
New York, or of the Basin bank in Rich mond, as At
his, or mine.
The Editor in question is yet young, and has a
reputation to build up for himself and il he imagi-
mes he can acquire a character Tor taste, refinement,
or decency, In such "a society rs this city and the
State presents, or that he can elevate the standard
of good manners, or enhance the value Of the organ
over which he has the mufortunc to preside, by the
application 10 me of such terms and epithcts as
"Guhanna's groom" and other cbosce gems of
refined literature, he il heartily welcome to wear the
honors he may win, without molestatiori on my part
aud, am sure, without exciting the envy or jealousy
Of his contemporaries or rivals.
Having said this much upon the groi sly personal
matter Of the Enqmrr's editorial of the 9th instant,
it devolves upon me to notice the renal ndcr of his
article relating TO matters of fact.
ia my card, TO which this editorial is a reply, |
said
alt had been charged against Mr.. lie Itch err that
some fouR YEARS Ado, mot in 1892 he had entered
into speculations with A. Il. Corbin and others in
lots in the city of Washington, around AID about
the Capitol, and that Mr.. Letcher, being IL US inter
c,tcd, had subsequently to the purchns 81 voted
the appropriation of millions for the Capitol extern
ton, which would necessarily lead 10 the c KITE ntion
of the Capitol grounds. and that has interest in tho
! speculation had already reached some TIVE nty-iye
or thirty thousand dollars"
! do not understand that Mr.. Letclier has dcr,icd,
ar authorized anybody else to deny amy part of this
statement for him but his "urqr,suJte aud su pe,-s,r-
'7ceIhif friend" Of the Enquirer has undertaken, it for
him, and does deny and doneuncc the whole ; tory
ms n fabrication and II Roorhack and in re errnce
10 Mr. hctchers votes on the appropriation he goes
back, not four years, but seven, to the Jour nal of
1872, 10 show that Mr.. Letcher voted, prior to the
interest he had purchased, against all appropr mi ion
Tor the Capitol extcntiod and with thht part of his
DENIAL have nothing more To say, than that it. is
readily conceded, but has no relation to any p ,rt OF
ihe charge to which it Processes to be II denial u.ld
proof
The purchase of the lots, however, is n dill ere II
aOair-,hcrc is no going behind dates in that. The
denial of the Editor, upon his own responsibility. j.
50 broad, so clear, So unmistnkcahlc and pcrcmpto y
that VIII not run The risk of mnrring its force ny
an attempt at description but give it in his oA II
words.
He says, " TIE uhoh o6air is untrur. Mr.. Let, Ii, r
never entered into copnrtncrship with Mr.. A. Rith :
bun, A. X. Corbin, II republican of the Bcrtol,
school, the same whose testimony was given br. ore
The free wool commiitec) and others for the purl o.
of spccnlaiing in city lots around and abou, The
Capitol" y " y n y II n y y =
-" We pronounce aud denounce Mr.. Bolts last c, rL.
in hthf and spirit, ms n mean, low Islander, ruth II"
t~ouhddIon whatcrtr.'
! bad previously envuircd md asccriaincd tina,
facts were ns charged, so far rs the purchase was
concerned. and which had hoard severely cond, M
ned in Washington las winter, 10y his poliii nnl
friends, who thought it would damage him malcri a.
", If used in the canvass--but had not exnnir eel
the record TO ascertain whether Mr.. Letclier h nd.
subsequently to his purchase, voted, as he Wa
charged with having done, for the annual nppropri l.,
lions for the magnificent and eSlrnvagant structL ~
that has been erected, and ogdinst which il no y
seems, he voted prior to his purchase. About til At
knew nothing moX than was asserted in Il e
charge laid before me, The Congressional Glot g
tor the period since the purchase is not now. NOR
has it been, accessible 10 me, hut | take for granite Il
II is Ms charged, uutil the contrary is shown.
II the Editor had not attempted to fasten the re-
sponslbiliiy of the stander, ms he termed it, upon n c,
! should have paid no attention to his denials, b II
have left those who made the original charge 10
settl" the matter for MISUNDERSTANDING myself, H.
SAID in my card. however, ready to surrender t lc
nanV, OF the parties, if demanded by Mr.. Lctch rr.
prov iled that demand was accompanied with II d -
nial OF the statement.
Immediately, however, on reading the article m
tie Et3H rrr, | wrote TO Washington for II ropy ot
the record, which was the highes, evidence tn II
could hc supplied, aud would sulclselc the niece -
sit, iur NIL else. have awaited the arrival OF the
rrrorI-it Is now before mc-nu,i it contains III"
follow ing clause
"rnai the said john h, kibbcy, aud Helen NJ. In.
vile Tor aud in consideration ut the sum of TWEEN -
one thousand dollars III lawful none, of the Unit IF
States, 10 them in hand paid, by the said parties To-
the second part, mt aud before the sealing amp deli ~
cry al these presents, The receipt whereof is here ny
nckuoN lodged, have granted, bnrgnincd. sold. alicn,u,
cnirolcd, released aud conveyed. and do by The So
presents grant, bargain, sell, alien, cntcoil, relca It
and convey, unto the said George :. Houston, Jouu
:. Phelps, JoHN LtTCnFn and Aafl Il. toEHIN, then
heIrs aud assigns, Ms tenants in common, and not H.
joint tenants, all those pcites or parcels of ground,
situate and lying in the said oiiy OF Wa>hiugton,
and known and described MS Lot, numbered one u
two >, three l3G four tIl iNe t5l six t6C sevru
"a. ,IpIt tSl. nine tp(. ten IlUl eleven I'm. ul.4