The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-01

DUE TO THE CHIvALROUS SPIRIT
EXCITED BY sPOTswOOD. AND TO
EVENTS THAT OCCURRED UNDER
HIS ADMINISTRATION. The beliige-
rent feeling was especially aroused by
tidings that Harry Beverley and other
Virginians had been captured by the
Spanish. and made to work like slaves.
WHEN THE VIRGINIANS WERE EN-
LISTED UNDER GOVERNOR GOOCH.
AND MAJOR LAWRENCE WASHING
TON. IN HIS TWENTY-THIRD YEAR.
WAS BEGINNING HIS CAREER
SPOTSWOODS CAVALIER BLOOD
STIRRED. HE WAS NOW SIXTY
FIVE. BUT OBTAINED THE COM
MISSION OF A MAJOR-GENERAL
My reviewer, in quoting the first two
OF these sentences. dropped twenty-four
words out OF the first, and spliced on the
second sentence. thus making the two
sentences one. and connecting events
which | separated. He now says: ITO an
ordinary understanding he certainly does
not imply that the agitation and belliger-
ent spirit was caused In Virginia during
Soptswood's administration: but was
caused. in l7i0. by the "Chivalrous Spirit
etc, and by "tidings that Harry Bever-
ley and other Nirginians had been cap
tured." II will be seen. however. tnat
] do not say that any belligerent spirit
was aroused in Virginia at the time OF
or by Nernon's expedition. The reviewer
signs my name TO that statement, but 1t
| is his own, not mine. What ! affirmed
| was that the belligerent feeling was
| aroused by the capture and treatment
| OF Beverley and his men. That was an
event which occurred under Spotswoods
| administration, twenty-three years be-
! fore Vernon's expedition. The reviewer
| masses together the bellgerent feellng
| OF l7l7, and the agitation of 174O, which
| in my page. are distinct things. Nor do
| l say that Spotswood excited any chival-
| rous spirit in 1740. L say the chivalrous
| spirit then stirred in him. as the reader
| will see by the two italicised sentences
| added above TO the quotation. These
sentences the reviewer had before him;
| and also the previous part of the chap
| ter describing the ways in which Spots
| wood had, during his administration, ex-
| cited that chivalrous spirits wfsch long
| after his retirement was still alive In
| Virginia, as was the belligerent feeling
aroused in the time of Beverley's capture,
| the agitation about Vernon's expedition
| being partly due" TO each survival of
the old Spotswood spirit, and of the old
resentment aroused against the Spanish
by events dating in Spotswood admins
| tration.
My reviewer says: I'VE endeavored
and believe succeeded, In each instance
in giving the gist Of his statements but
the limits of the Magazine entirely for
bade our occupying more space than we
did" Let us test this by one more speci-
men. i say Of Warner Hall.
at was built By the first Of the Lewis
family. who emlgrated to Virginia as
early. according to family tradition, as
| 1895, having come on the ship blessing"
| ia N M
cannot find any ambiguity in that SEN
tence, yet here is the way it appears be-
| tween my reviewers quotatOn-marks
ut was built by the first Of the Lewis
family. according TO family tradition,
in 1885,
Wherein the reviewer declares at was
certainly not built in 1885, Did / say 1t
was? Does he believe that he has here
| given the "gist" Of my statement? He
has made me commit the Lewis family
TO tradition that does not exist and
myself to a statement, which. undenied
would lose me the confidence OF we'll
| Informed Virginians This he has achiey-
ed by dropping six words and a comma
out Of perfectly clear sentence.
The reviewer disclaims "any unfairness
or prejudice" towards me- Why, then,
to refer to no other Misrepresentation,
why did he omit those six words, to the
| utter DtiftiSloli OF III. HtdillHRt w dS IL
lack Of space? lie might have spared
the larger number Of words in his re-
Duke of the error imported by himself.
Was ii accident? Then, why, after / had
| called his attention TO it, did he pass il
| by in his comments, without explanation
| or apology, and assert his belief that he
has given the 'gist' of my statements
| "in each instance"
Perhaps some light may be cast on
| this reviewers motives If his name IS
| revealed Ii is not admissible in journal
| ism that the anonymous privilege shall
| be used as ambush. | have proved that
| among the arrows shot from his covert
some are poisoned. These. Mr.. Editor.
| unless he accepts responsibility by Civ
ing his name, cannot fail to recoil on
your magazine. for he uses the editorial
| I'VE" and you have vouched for him as
| a Virginian of unsurpassed competency.
an experienced investigator of county
| records. But such records are also not
| very accessible, and If his methods of
| citation are fairly represented by those
made from my book. your subscribers
have reason to be on. their guard. Should
he not confess his name j shall regard
II as a confession of judgment.
Yours faithfully.
MONCURE ID. CONWAY.
Paris. February. 1894.
| (The above IS published by request Of.
| and as courtesy to, Mr.. Conway. We
| have not examined the subject i'm DISPUTE