Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-03-30
from III. Petersburg ''Prrss" Of March 9'th.
4 CAKD.
pETEHSETEG March 9fth $50

To J0iS. Z. PHILLIPS, Esq, Ert0r Of the "PreSs:"
have read in the "ire.s OF this morning card
your signature, The statements and indeed the appearance
OF which, have struck many beside. myself with the utmost
surprise sense of srfrespect demands notice %
the product"n and shall cndraYOr To lie brief.
And first, greatly surprised At the appearance OF
the card over your When lcnrnr' Saturday AT
trrnoun about o'clock. that, JOr TIE AecOHd hm-.
ter was about he introduced without my knowledge into
Department Of the Pres" for which alone rcspnn
sIblc and In the responsibilities OF which you
-ume sIare-an article written, a. you informed me
by another hand not connected IriM tie nptr deter
mined, as you knew would, TO Withdraw.
Immediately sat down. wrote my brief ractctory, in
which there an Objectionable ab read il you
before placed In the printers hands, received Your
surance that entirely satisfactory and gave 10 tha
eOrnposiors About hour afterwards returned TO read
INV proof-and on neither OCCASION nor at any ether
time did receive the slightest ntlmation that you pro-
posed TO make puLicaton-my Fst knowledge OF your
card bcing derived from the printed paper consider this
Scourtcsy not only unwArrane by the recognized pro.
priees Of the profession, but rendered peculiarly uNTar
raniablc by my conduc, in promptly and frankly sub.
hitting my card you while in manuscript shall say mo-
thing OF its inconsistency with relations, about which
an now convinced must have been mistaken.
Secondly the item Of news received from the friend
Just returned Washington. 1t ras inserted without
my knowledge consent In that department Of the paper
which headed by my nane and for which only and
not you in any form, responsible In that insertion
you evidently. however nnecenily, using my name
~ihommy consent As to the fact any one ei, easily
satisfy himself that under the Instructions given to the dele
gates Is impossible for Mr Hunter to receive 100 votes
on The balIo-,hs however, does not affect the justice
OF your conduct.
Thirdly. you write:
"Prom the commencement OF Mr.. Kecys engagement
as editor, had scrupu.Ously avoided the Of my 0~n
tdiforini Columns, express the very decided dissent
could feel, much that Mr. Kelley saw lit To al.
vocaie because Mr. Kelley stood responsible before The
public .
1 cannot imagine with what propr!cy you can speak Of
'your editorial columns when you were not ami lid
not pretend to be- the editor but every will concede
the proprety of your declining To express dissent AS long
was responsible and retained. only regret that
the sume impulse Of Obvious proprety did moi influence
your conduct 10 the end In the next clause you say:
81 the wild enthusiasm for the DISTINGUISHED
Ex-fioyernor Of Virginia which seemed clear TO Mr.
Kelley hence thought my paper represented pull
lie opinion In so confidently declaring tile preference oil
Virginia for Gov. Wise
You must EXCUSE for observing that you must then
have been an nattentiYe reader OF your own aer " no
Governor Of any State this Coniederacy received
he Of the enthusiastic approval from all parties which
greeted Governor Wise from M quarters Of the Common
wealth. II these expressions Of approval had been r a
Hunter should certainly have published them, and being
in favor Of Mr.. WISE could not suppose your reauerS
could object to seeing them.
the misrepresentation Of public sentiment Is
somewhat remarkable that you continued tnelf
and was my act and not yours, winch propose" 'e sf
ration.
Nothing can be more unfUune than the nsinnnlion Of
the next paragraph, that "'"E"rigsa nr; H""t"'
challenge the production Of syllable VI evidence to sup
port The charge You next state
"As however, the time had arrived when found myself
excluded from the Of my columns for the insertion
nj such nm item Of news that which Mr.. Kelley
mente f 1t due t" myss To- my Spyf t% o IT %n q"
my PAPER that might make it the interests Of the
party and the public, according my honest convictions
And did you undertake 10 this responsibility:
by informing that such was your resOlse by Rejecting
my articles by announcing the dissolution Of the connec
uon? No, by Of these. When handed you my
written objection TO your friends Item OF news, which
was before 10 o'clock Saturday morning you made no OBJ
jectIo, and carried IT, YOURSELF 10 the Press office for
publication. You accepted further editorial and news mat
Ter during the day. which was given to the composit"r
and appears In to.day's rrss"-usng my labor after
your determination to discontinue control And finally,
you said nothing Of dissolution was l. who te forced
by my selfrespect insist nt step. No, the method
nurbosp he fell wi | uuD
ain fuinrnt OF this design had arranged such matter
for the editorial column OF the Press rs suited me- before
mentioning my purpose toMr Kelley On seeing this mat
ter Mr Kelley determined ~ withdraw from The Press
In word, y0n rrp,hisd the experiment Y he dhy be-
ore preparing matter Tor The paper which you Knew 10 ns
repugnant my views, but which, nevertheless wodhave
appeared under my name rs the other hd hui Tor The "cc
dent Of my seeing the proof Was this fair, frank, manly
consistent with tha cordial recognition "f the kindly
relation suhsisting between Mr. Kelley and yourself =
With the spirit Of your card with the card ITSELF was
not made acquainted till SAW il in today "Presa, or
could not OF course have Stulte myself by expressions
Of cordially, so handsomely returned
regret the necessity which! c"npcls me T." This puhlica-
ton however much must feel gratied Il. the
ance Of n connection which, with such dispositions your
card exhibits have become unpleasant =. IL
was unpro'iabe. H. VI. hEILtl.
We publish above card from Mr. A. NJ Kelley, once
editor Of this paper which that gentleman thinks arce'sa'
ry. in view OF our announcement Of yesterday
In the man the statement OF Mr.. Is. Is correct a l" Us
facts He fOrges however the important fact: that c
editor and proprietor this paper had de,crn:ncd, s
fore Mr. X. objected anything whc! was to have ai
peared the entire responsibility OF the paper
thus supcrcetng Mr Kelley Is editor.
The proprietor Of this paper did design "a put Az!
thing under Mr.. Keey editor. no; coisehtsn 10
by that gentleman. lie had, indeed prepared caro- an
nouncng his purpose. which he designed showing M' NJ
but which in type al the time Mr H. pas" Ills as'
visit 10 this Office u, ,
T8t greater portion OF Mr. KS card this Is the only
response q desire to make. . -
word more which readers will excuse, and We dis
miss the subject. -, .-,,..
rouli have een found II late, however, before The
proof was ready and he could noi then be founi
Our card was in the OF an announcement Of prin
rins, and was cautiously guarded from any n.imation Of
nnrGdnrss TO Mr. Kelley. Hence |: not thought ma
ri, that Mr. Kelley should II. Had It asSae him in
any parcuar It should not have appeared without his
knowledge. .
With this We dismiss the subject.
The personal feelings OF the editor OF this Daper towards
Mr. Kelley have been already expressed The eit'e does
not to repra: them he oes no; wish TO change
them The personal relations Of Mr. X, however. with e
editor OF this paper he Is perfec; liberty %
for himself and the editor will endravor to bear his de-
clsion with becoming composuEe. 80,
We designed publish paper merely TO efIfht
the world with MIR. Kelley views as he seems 10 thS
and we shall rndeuyor survive the occasion which de-
privrs the "press" OF their light