Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-05-06
THE VICTIM OF MISPLACED CONFIDENCE" :"

''IHE VICTIM OF MISPLACED CONFIDENCE
| AR Bolts is 4 ''vctim Of misplaced con-
iidcncr." UnsuSpcctins, coniiding, credulons
Mr.. Bolts. How wrong to impose such
e>,aard upon YOU The charge from which he
! is now "cru,e; ;fsdny'' was n,a'ic. Mr.. Bolts
tells us, 'n substance and detail, by othtrs."
| He was the mere conduit Of the R0o.jocl Of
/ 'others the ''dccourheur" Of slandcr, not his
own. lie is sorry for what he has done. and
would 'havc been very happy to have been
relieved" of the alternative Of farther 'llu
sion to the affair; hut the orer->ealous irrpre~-
si5le and superserrieeoble friends of Mr.. I.etcher
like ourselves would not allow him to remain
/ silent, and the sumter untrposed.
He merely threw it out, and would have
been content to have said nothing more about
it; to have let the charge work all its wrong and
injury, unrctracted and unexplained by him,
but for the interference Of our supers0rirt"6h
! selves.
The whole affair is untrue. Mr.. Letchcr never
entered into copartncrship with .hr. 4. H"fh-
burn. 4. T. CorJin, n Republican Of the Benton
school. (thc same whose testimony was given
before the frcc.wool commttcc,J and others, for
the purpose Of spcculating in city lots around
and about the Capitol nor did Mr. Lctchcr,
being thus interested" vote " the appropriation
of millions Of the public money for the cxten-
sion of the Capitol which would necessarily
lead to the extension Of the Capitol grounds.
We pronounce and dcnounce Mr.. Bolts las;
card in letter and spirit, Is mean. iow' SIAN
der. with no foundation whatever. .Ur. Letraer
roted agaipst The Capitol ertension! In proof
of which We submit the following extracts from
the journals:
journal. 1862, February u. Pagr 90.
"Bill Of the Senate (No. 1871 entitled An
act to provide for the repair Of the Congress
sional Library Room lately DESTROYED by fire,
and the resolution Of the Senate no ~ to ar-
thorisc the continuance Of the work upon the
two wings of the Capitol were severally read Il
first and second time. committed to the com
mittec of the whole House OH the state OF the
Union. and ordered to be printed"
Journal 1852, March |, Page 40.
Mr.. Richard H. Stanton by unanimous
consent, submitted the following resolution,
which was read, considered and agreed to, two
thirds vcting in favor thereof, viz:
"Resolved, That the joint resolution Of the
Senate no. 10 authorisinS continuance OF
the work on the two wings Of the Capitol and
the bill from the Senate (No. lSi) making an
oppr,priation for the repair Of the Congress
sitonal Library Room, be made special orders.
and in the order named. for Wednesday, 10Th
instant, and continue so from day to day until
disposed Of
March 10Th. 1852, Senate bill Go. lSi) for
repairs of Congressional Library passed. Sec
mage 455 of Journal 1852. page 46O-
"On motion of Mr. Clingman, the House
resolyed itself into the Committee OF the
Whole On the state of the Union, and after
some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed
the Chair, and Mr. Origin s. Seymour reported
that the Committee having, according to order,
had the state of the Union generally under
consideration. and particularly the special or
der. viz: No. II. "A resolution 10 authorize
the work upon the two wings Of the Capitol,
had come to no resolution thereon.
Mr. Ciingman submitted the following rcso'
luton, viz:
Resolved, That all debate in the Commit
tee of the whole House on the state OF the
Union, on the joint resolution Of the Senate
No. II, shall cease in one hour after the Com.
mittee shall again resume its consideration, III
the Committee shall not sooner come to con-
cusion upon the same) and the Committee
shall then proceed To vote on such amendments
as NAV be pending or offered to the same, and
shall then report it to the House with such
amendments as may have been agreed to By IN:
Convention
"The resolution having been real
"Mr Clingman moved the previous question
thereon. Pending which, Mr.. A. II. Stephens
moved at o'clock, P. NJ, that the House ad
iourn. which motion was disagreed to. Th
resolution occurring on the demand for the pre-
!, vious question, Mr. McMullen moved that tn
resolution be laid on the table, and the ques
ton being put it was decided in the negative
yeas IS, nays loo.
; .Nr. Leteher roti0g in the agfrn.attts, to Ia.
it on the table.
r 80 the House refused to lay the resolution
e on the table The question again recurrini