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JSey (A paper fur mm* yean, end then eompelling
(by.lWMH?r?s UK mentioned) ? fecurteuce to
fc4cjrp*yMet? '? *r w?deHng all bergelaa for
Mill retain IU (UMNt viMMii ? proof of
tH'thfe nitKhief, rc?d tlie following pcUUoii to
4lw bouaeof eoia?o<if presented Feb. 17,162rt,
Ov-Mr. Jliuae, OH peri, of tli? petitioner. Vkariw
Wr? TWpebn, wiae acrcbeot. An imlance
vf ? large foHttue 'near a million end e half of
4?tlan) : absolutely melting away <0Md the very
grftepaf the owner Uy the unforvfcen, loevllebfa
effrvi of change* brought" about by government
Ju-tbereel value of (he naHonel cm rciicy.
> Whet he* happened to Mr. Tliompion, in rot
have happened In various degrees to ten thousand
' /Hhers. h Ha case to clearly llhlttratlve of the great
utility of tone eltmentary knowledge of tmlltl- J
eel economy, that I think it wtdl calculated to lb.
NMVfl?,thb ntceiihy of paying uiom attention lo
-that science, then it ha* y*t received. A very few
-years after tb? restriction act *f 1707* by which
the bank of Cncfaud we* prohibited front making
payments in coin, (be espdrt of colrt ana (he in*
.en itw of peper Occasioned ? golden guinea to
-Aill fo* IWi w. sterling in paper. Tlte wise-acres
of tlin ministry thought to |tr( vet thisby law! and
passud un ai t pribiliitiuK Any pcrM>ft from giving
wore than a one pound note and h shilling foi e
#jih<a. A* if lews could ei rest thefligM ?>t coin.
Our tuiiiislur* ht r?- are no conjurer*, but tliey are
neltb' r ?o inistldevnus at N. Pitt or ?o i;ro*sly
'^rtorant ?? SiduiOutli nnd Cii.<11prulftli Ai D.
from Corbctt't IVtckly Htgbttr.
? |* S?A* an Instance of the dreadful of
fset? of this rystem, I shall here insert tlic
petition of Mr.?hurles Andcew Thompson,
Miich contiina a trilling dose of the i?U >s
jn?* which have been dispensed to him from
Tho anclcnt portals. ?Never was there In th!a
'Vtwld any thing that more fully portrayed
ijie injuries of whichunskillul government ia
. productive, Here in o gentleman, who,
without any fault, without any indiscretion
of his own, but aoMy from acts of the gov
ernment, ia reduccd rrom opulenee to pover
ty. Mr. Hume, in preventing the petition,
raid, tlut be feared there was no redress for
*l?<.jpetltiener. There in no redress, indeed,
-I** the law now stands; but, ought there not
tn he a lew to rectify Huch a wrong? Many
And many a law has ln-en passe*', and that
in favor of individuals, too, not a tenth part
much <"dltd for, as u low fur rectifying
tbr*e contracts. Here is un in*tnn?~e of the
<jood effect wMch un equitable adjust mi nt
would produce; and, Surely thope who have
done the wrong ou^ht to apply the remedy.
However, there is no hope that this will
?fcverbedoneby v6u, or, that it will everhr
doao a^long.-i* the paper system can be sup
ported.
?To the Honourable the Common* cf th>
United Kingdom of Creat Ilrltuin anil /re
tvn'f In Parliament uttrmbfed.
Tlie huinbte puUtion of Charles Andrew
Yhompaon, of Qhiswiek, in the county of
Middlc&ex, a bankrupt, under a c >muu??lon
from the court of Chancery.
Shewtth, Ut?That your peiii..:i.er th<*
AOn of the late Mr. Putrick TliMi.;?i>on, an
? Up'irto merchant in the city uj London,
wiK. previous to the late war. h'?J ucruinu
latt,diT?rtune by industry, and wh<?, in die
> cat 1701. wu nisu'iyid of the sunt of
jjOO'.OOW. ii? cuisol*, and of other personal
property ?o a lur^c amount.
?r.d.??T h'*t it is tk.1 ynccMary. at thi?
to rfiavni your honorable houscof4he
r^yhty'tnisihief* which attended thcgener
Irfirtriatton of the Currency, during the
first year* df the late war. It mutt be m the
inscdU?ict(dn ?if your honorable house that'
?*tousarids and thousands families, whose
vraalth'-Oipf hf Ctl toltly of 'fixed turn* mo
ney, or of fixed minted income*, were grtfc
dually proved into a Mate of comparative
poverty, by the general and pirnancnt rise
k of"the pricca of property and lahcar, wh&h
" took place throughout the country at that pc
rJodi and which gave to families so cireum
' stanccd, for more than twenty year* toge
ther, the enjoyment of hut one-half of the
toiffortii and necessaries of life, which their
r*?peetirtjlxed ine/tntf* had formerly eoin
u -minded, or which their renpective fixed'in
vntnent* hid formerly represented.?
Aroong rtteae families your petitioner nnd his
f ?ther were sufferer*; but tney were inform
ed, that their suffering* were occasioned by
rreatpuMhi measure*, nece*?un/for the pub
lic tafetu, in carrying on the tremendous |
conflict m which the nuion wan engaged.
3d.?That, during the period alluded to,
{?oar petitioner and hia father experienced u
oft a of #5,000/. hi the depression of the t>d
? ling price of essoin, Mtid of 90,000/. more
* in the reduction of the vuluc of the instru
ment* of money In which their consols were
i measured. Their .100,000/. of consola were
? reduced in selling price from 92/. to f>3l. and
at the tame time the Integrtil value of the
money, of wliieh the GO/, was composed,
was reduced In the ratio of from JO*. to 10*.
4in the pound; for during an average of many
year*, the /touhd tterfing, or instrument of
I money, in general use, commanded only the
i#i tame valuer the nunc quantity of vubitthle
l, irttamoditlea in general u*?- as 10*. formerly
KfMtmMliM.
? 4th.?That your petitioner and his father,
r in the year 1?10, finding that their 300,000/.
Consols, which had c.otfthein'obout 205,000/.
> sterling, in the ancient eoln of the Kealm (not
only of JRilf weight, hut alto 6f full value,)
L. were reduced Tn selling price tor iao,ooo/.
ft thereby exposing them to a low of 9.>,000/.;
>?. aid finding also that Hieir IHOfiOOl. of re
? tn lining money, which their consols would
a dt produce, was deteriorated in quality, or
reduced in value a* in rcelHy to lie worth
ouly one half of its nominal amount, or only
dbnat OO/KW. instead of 190,000/. t finding
their property thus melting away, became
at last seriously alarmed, and determined to
'eat tha remainder of their capital In the
base of land. ???'??A
-That in coming to this determina
<ur petitioner connMered that he was
H " ?
> n$t aware,
aware,
m
jlrflfcitioo
I* cffVcVto befandafed
vamns qf etrtulm ruin. In all CMM where
^ ,y?y 2
acoiVt* <ior ivw ui\|u8i uggruiult*c<muu 01 m
creditor9, and when this wholesale measure
' eard of confiscation should bo nttempt
er'thc^prctcxt of wjfcoHing.Justice
cvmhelfw, Vour petitioner has
found,. to Ufa cost, that this frightful measure
is, In reality, nearly effected; and aftejr hav
ing bean deprived <x 4 very large part pi hip
property bv th ? defrreciutio/t of the currency,
which took place at thc*beglnnlng of the
war, h? now finds hhasolf deprived of the
whole of tbe other part, by tne rectorution
of thf currency. \ ? .<*?,
7th.?Your petitioner craves the indul
Senco of youu honorable house whilst he
liortly recapitulates- thc.purchasts of laud
which he niude, and which have been (he
immediate intruments of completing his to
ul ruin. In the year 1811, your petitioner,,
and his father purchased the estate of Not*
thaw, in Hertfordshire, at the price of'
63,00Of. which they paid down In ready mo
ney. They then expended 10,000/. hi bulldt
Ing houses-and cottages upon the estate, and
in bringing two hundred acres of wastejiind
into cultivation, 'l'hus' the estate of. Nor
thaw, which they purchased from the court
of chancery, of Mr. Stroda, in the county
of Hertford, tout them in all the turn of
7J,000/.
6th?In the tame year they bought alio
wvCral farms in the counties of Middlesex,
Kssrx, and Hampshire, which eost them
33,166/. a/so paid down In ready money.
9th.?In November 1811, having xtill u
large amount of their capital nt disposal,
they bargained for the estate of Pontrvlas,
in Herefordshire, the property of John A*h
ford by Trcnchard, doctor of divinity, of
liighworth, In the county of Wilts, at the
pnee of 60,000/; and they paid down to Dr.
frcnchard, the sum of'5^55/., as a dr/ia?it,
in part fulfilment of the bargain. The title
of this estate ,wus afterward* deemed not i
good by the law adviser, of your petitioner, I
and consequently he hcc uno involved in law
proceedings which continued till November
1818, during which time your petitioner lud i
net the power to sn.ll the estate. There was |
at this time due to Dr-Trenehard fo- p ir
chase money, and interest thereon, the sunt j
of 71,947/.; and there v?* Hie from ?)r.
Trent hard to your |?etmoner, for rents [
Trenchard received during seven yearn, the i
sum of 6,8J'J/., making a balance of 65,118/.,
which your petitioner had to pay ta Dr. .
Trenchir.J. *
10th.?At the time your petitioner and h'.s i
father made these various purchases of lund,
in tile year 18il, they were possessed
of b'jfTn'iiiit money of thtir own, in hind,
to pay for the whole, amounting to ubout
100,000/.; they were ul>ont that time |x>s
scsscd ??f other large sumiofmioney, of their
own, t'i hand, or immediately available.?
But ?n the employment of these sumr.uf n?o
m-v, in the regular and legitimate way of
th? lr business, they shortly afterwards ex
perienced the most alarming losses, occasion
ed by the full of prices produced by the nt
j tvinpts made by the bullion committee to ran*
| tore the currency, and the discussionsthere
| on. Vour petitioner had bought in the year
I IH12, two thousand four hundred pipes of
I port Vvlne, for which he paid down in cuah,
! the sum of 15ft,000/., at 03/. per pipe. Hf-'
fo?e he had disposed of any part of Ihl*
stv^rk, In the course of his business, th<fr
price of port wine fell from 65/. to,37/.
pipe; and"your petitioner by this reduction
of price, sustained a loss of 60,00Of,. In the
place of that reasonable profit, which the
Judicious employment of his capital, in the
regular way of Ills business, ought to liave
ensured hiin.
11th.?In conscquence of this fuul other
lo?ses, all arising from th? Mmu cause,
which voitr petitioner and his father expci
riencca in the seven year* between 181J and
1810, they became unable to fulfil the con
tract with Dr. Trcnchurd, for the purchase
of the Pontrylas estate, when, in the lattef
year, the court of chancer)' referred it to
the matter; they were therefore under the
necessity of granting to Dr. Trerichard a
mortgage upon the estate of Pontryla*. and
also upon that of A'orthaxv, by way of secu
rity for tl e' above-mentioned balance of
65,118/., then duo to hint. Towards this,
however, they afterwards paid him the sum
' of 5,0OO/. in part reductlrih; ami they alio
paid him the father sum of 8,000/. for all in
terest thereon up to July 1821. Thus the
mortgage i?f- Dr. Trcncnard was rcduccd
in Julj 1821, tofiO/WO/. in the whole.
12th.~At this period, vixt in July 1821,
after having been m possession of the estate
of Pontrylas only two years, and having
received therefrom the sum of 10,240/. in the
Whole, for rents And timber, your petitioner
und his father Oxertcd themselves to effect
sale* of their landed property and among
ot her measures for that pumote, they put up
f??r sale by auction, hotn tne estate ol Pon
trylas an<\ also that of Northaw.' Hut here
again, such was the depression of landed
property, that your petitioner could not ob
Ub{ one single'bidder upon any terms, for
either of those estates, in three months af
terwards, viz: inOetobeiy 1821, your py
tinner and his father were compelled tdlnc
eoinu bankrupts; ami their estates and ef
fects passed into the hands of their Assignee*.
1.1th.?-I Tpon ytsir petitioner anOTis father
becoming bankrupts, in Ortobt# 1821, Dr.
Trerte.hsril immediately took She proper le
gal steps to get pnMNKmtM the rent* and
prophets arising from thd^ontrylas estate)
and he has since adopted measures to obtain
Kfcrrtcloture at the mortgage, not only upon
that estate, but also upon tbe estate of Nor*
?haw, which was bought ??f Mr Strode, and
has cost yonr petitioner th? sunt of 72,000/.
14th.?Thus Dr. Trenohard lias literally
received from your petitioner, on account of
his Pontryla* estate, the sum nff .1,451/., as
deposit money; the sum of 5,000/. more,
cash paid him in 1021, and thesttm of 24,5##/.
more, c*"h paid him w interest op to luly
1821, making in all the mmm of M, llO// \7?.
M, paid by your petit tone fto W.^tsmrhsitl
ft*-only two years* occupation of hh rsOftV,
from 1819, when the pdrrhase wsscompfet
rents and profits <
time ho has roc
hand,
Dr. TVench* . _
? * <*
your petitioner to
J**y equivalent
whatever; and yet J)f\ Trenchard, not con
tent with obtaining this large wm of money,
an4 with getting back hU own estate uninjur
ed and untouched, is now applying to the
court of lceryfaruprmisslon to takepos
session of your petitioner's estate, ojf Abr
Muw' v ^ *
16th.?Your petitioner U thus irtvippe<l of
liia whole property ia conscqucnce of mea
sures adopted by the legistature, which have
raised the v^lue of the currency in which his
obligations were contracted, mil/tout redu
cing ha obligations forrei/iondtntly at the
?ame timet and Dr.iTrenchard Is at this mo
ment endeavouring to-compel the creditors
of your petitioner to give-him two valuable
estates, when your petitioner owe* htni only
one, bvMdcs the sum Trenchard has receiv
ed ?>f 42,790/. when your petitioner has only
received the sum of 10,340/.! ?
If -Trenchard succeded, he will hav?
104333/.* of year petitioner'# property, far
no equivalent, besides his own estate, unin
jured and untouched.
17th.^-And whilst one of your petitioner's
creditors is'thus plundering him, under the
form* of law, of upward* of 40?. or 50?. in
the pound, his other creditors are obliged
to receive only 7e. tW.in the pound upon their
iuat debts!! When your petitioner became
bankrupt, in 1821# he whh indeed still pos
seised of ample property to enable him to
pay all hi* creditors their just debts nearly
twice <nfer, without reining u/ion Ait estate
of Aforthmo, had it not been, that the same
cause of his. sufferings still pursued him.?
fie {tosscsifrd, nt that perind, n stock of
wiuc,. which had cost him 23,500/.; and ha
possessed also his estates in Middlesex, Ks
sex, and Hampshire, which had cost him
33,1C6/, whilst hi* debts of all kinds amount
ed, in the whole, toouly 28,O0o/! liut when
his. stock of wine, rtfid his above-mentioned
estates came to be forced upon the markets
by bis assignees, the wine produced only
10,000/., and the estates only 12,000/.; nnu
a great part of' these sums ha?, In the mean
while, been swallowed u;i by lav, und other
expenses.
&t!?.-^TI?:i"l. your petitioner, without
j.any crime; without nay fault, or error of
. l?t? own; without any speculation or iinnru
I dence whatever^ has been most wrongfully
j d?-pri?edof a \ cry lar^e fortune, by arbitra
I iv acts of the legislator**, which it was not
pcMsthU- for liiin to foresee, and against
>. hi h he could no more gu.trd or provide
t'.roi against the thunderbolts of Heaven.?
Neither the pw'siic securities of the govern
ment, nor the solid earth, from which the
people draw t!.?ir bread, havp afforded him
that protection for Jus property, which every
good .subject has a right to claim at the hands
of the gov eminent. On the contrary, they
have both been to him the mere instru
ments ui unmeasured plunder, of unmin
gled cruelty, und of unmitigated min and
oppression. --- "
10th.?Your yiillhor'n unhappy father,
overwhelmed and weighed down by m> many ?
calamities; after a life of the most laborious
industry, and of unimpeachable honor and [
integrity^ after seeing Uie labour* of that
whole !.fe totally destroyed: after seeing hi*
family precipitated by an unseen hand from
a state of the Viost honourable atfluehtc In
to that of frightful poverty and degradation,
felt his constitution at last give way, under
the pressure of his sufferings, and, notwith
standing iill the comfort that was administer
ed by lus family, died of a broken heart,, in
the year 1899, leaving your afflicted peti
tioner with seven children of his own, and
seventeen other children of his bWither and
his sister, all looking upto him for bread!!
20th.?Your petitioner, yet in the vigour
of his age, uml conscious uf an upright life,
and of an unblemished character, might
pOrhaps have borne without a murmur the
undeserved calamities which hurried his fa
ther to the grave. He miftht perhaps have
submitted in silence to his hard fate; a fate
which, it may well be-presjijued, is hut sel
dom witnessed under any, the most despotic
governments upon the earth; but to be dri
ven Into the degradation of bankruptcy, and
to be compelled to pay his creditors 7t. M.
in the |KNmd, at a time when, if justkc were
done to him, he might readily /toy the whole
of I hem the whole of their ju*t debt* twenty
tinn? '/vrr: these are circumstances which,
your honorable house will acknowledge, are
calculated to sting the heart of an honorable
man, and to compel it to break silence, or to
burst.
2l?t.?Your petitioner Is ready to prove at
the hurof your honorable house, that the
whole of his losses have been directly and
entirely occasioned by direct acts of the gov
ernment or the legislature, which have
swept away hit property as wkh a whirl
wind; againht which ho human wkdom, or
precaution of your humble petitioner, could
by any possibility have guarded. In the in*
hatw^, nearly a fourth tot his whole pro
perty was swept awr + By the measures of
the government, in declaring war in ir?V
Which "reduced his 300,000/T conspls from
their telling price of 92!. to the selling price
of 6p/. In the second instance, his remain
a490,000/. waa rendered. #? worth
y 90,000/, by the drfirttkition </the cur
rency, consequent upon the bank restriction
act.. After submitting to these heavy loase*
with patience fnrneartwenty years* another
sum of ifliJOO/. was confiscated by the de
pression of his stuck, pf wine, consequent
upon the rrtiormtbn of the enrrtney, which
was attempted on theVetnrn of peace. And
now by the legislative act for restoring the
value of mntjev to a level with the ancient
standard, of beyond it; the whole of vour
petitioner's remaining property is s#scd:
ami your petitioner Is left to earn a precari
ous bread, by means and tttrlfice* to which
the habiCe?FMky yearsnavo but ill accom
nv>dated hi* mind.
r Against th? confiscation of the whole of
tonal Loner:
.. stoves, unlo^ through ?
terference of your honorable house. Your po
thSSrfcM applied to the Inferior court*;
which aatnlhlster Justice or. edulty In hb
country, but h? finds nf justice iiitdno ?|ul
ty for turn. And whilst lie is bundled, too
.courts of law to court* of equity^ and from
courtsof equity to court* of law* the .until
funds which he has raised by hit exwrtfons in
the wine trade are rapidly waiftinga\v?y#ifttd,
for all he knows to the comrary, aftera little
while the workhouse may be fits only refiige.
83rd.?It Is undertone serious and solemn
circumstances that your petitioner appeal*
to your honorable house; and cbtdures your
honorable houste by all the sympathies which
you feel as men, and by all the duties which
jrn'j owe as lcglslctgrs, to listen to his hum
ble prayer, lie Implodes your honorable
hou?v to stay the destroyer's hand, and save
him and him helpless family from destruc
tion. Your honorable house constitute the
supreme court of eppeal to which the injur
ed fly for rcfege, as their last earthly re*
source; and sure never since your honorable
house first existed, Has a more injured man
presented himself for justice at your hands.
The constitution has clothed you with /lower,
for the protection of his majesty's subjects;
and thatyiowrr should always be used in the
redress of injuries and wrongs. Redrew
then the most cruel injuries of your petition
er. lie asks for the redress of htiurics which
ho has already sustained, and of those
which are at Oils very moment in the act of
being carried into cm;ct. Let Dr.'i'rcnch
urd be compelled to corpe to in equitable
adjustment wkh ynur petitioner. Let him
be compelled to receive only one ha{f of the
money In the firee*t. circulating tnetflum,
which he contracted to 'receive in a firmer
circulating tried turn of one half lie fifteent va
lue. Or let him be compelled to be content
with having his own estate of Pontryia* uuin
jurcd ana untouched, and with keeping the
M,33'2i. in money, which yoqr petitioner hiut
literally pu'id him, without afty c oil till era Hon.
whatever. Hut let him not, under the forms
of law, and the mask of Insulted'juKtice, be
permitted to deprive your petitioner,, of the
whole of another estate, for whicl* your pe
titioner has paid upwards of .?2,000/. Let
your |>ctitioncr keep this estate, at least,
from the wreck of liis former fortune*; and
then by the sale of it lie will be enabled-to I
look his creditors in the face, and *to pay
every one of them 20b. in the pound. And
after thin he will still po^cw, an huiubic
bread for hta children.
24th.?Finally, your petitioner most ear
nestly implores your honorable house to take
his case into your serious consideration, and
to adopt ruch measures thereupon as will
i rescue him from the ruin which seems like
ly to overwhelm him, and at the saute lime
relieve others who are in similar circumstan
ces, from the unmerited suffering which
i tho measures of the legislature hrfe bringing
upon them. And your, petitioner will ever
pray, See. ice. &c. . ^
C11AKLE& ANDREW THOMPSON.
SIR WALTER SCOTT.
" We ?r< ladelrfed to the nolltawH of a nnt|e.
man at Uie South for the following extract from *
letter dated I art March, written by a llterafr char
acter ol the highest cuinence. It conUiu? iforma
(ton, which may be fully tleptnded upon} and
which, u? believe, will ba inteiustlng to all our
? l\iu will hp glad (o le?n? tUt our ndiairnhle
friend Sir Walter SeoU's foeaes by CuAslah}?'s
failure, are uvt nearly m great as report represent -
ed. I(? a letter to his friend-, Mr. M , be mys,
that although ha k'ae lest a eoueiderable sum, he
hat enough to live comfortably, lie adds, that
be matt work hard, and that ba bee " lost only Ilia
trapping* of prosperity," an espretdon and feel
ing worthy of him. Ill# character ha* risen ia
the opinion of all wait by this trial of adverUiy.
'It he* shown, what .fear men have within
their live* been able to prove, that he can bear
l*oth' estremes of prosperity and adver?ily, with
an equal mind, lie never eietted - envy even by
bU nnperalled succt* hi a writer, aud uy fortune
superior to what geoiufc ever earned before. Ilu
was always gracious, kind, fitfl of what be could
do for other*, aever aa egotist or jelAth la |?ros
perily; aad aow in the change Of fortune, he bas
the sympathy of all that have any goutiness tu
them. Abbot sfoed Is .tafe, and lie Mill not be
obliged to pail with his library- the loss of that
would have baeu dreadful."?A'al.
Sir Walter Scott*?** We are aorry ?o hear
"It Haiti that aeveral of Sir Walter .ScoiCe
"crtdUon are extremely diUMtUfied and
" acrhttonioue about the alledgcd trunn/erof
il Abbotuford (which constitute* the proceeds
"of all hit auuceatful Itlwuh In the Scotch
?? novels) to Mo99*1 and they aay thcirdlvl
??dend will be, in con sequence, very ttnall.
*' The full amount of their allegation (vl*.
"that lie muftt have known Const able'* in
u solvent circumstances two year* ago) is,
"netruot, not true. The mere purse to a
"great mart k
M Trash?'tis something? nothing;
"Twas miiK?Hii hl?, and bas l<ren slave to
thousands.' .
?? But a 'good name' is every thing: and Sir
"W. Scott, though bunkru/it, might to Ik*
"able to aay, like the chivalrous Friwit tlu;
"Pint, on the day of hU ruin ut I'uvia, ?!
" have I oat mil but mv honor.*
The above article la taken by me from tf
Dublin paper, whtth quoted it m
don "0IM({?V Tune*." I his wM tin
baronet made by tho preeent kinr,' and
CoutU Trotter wag the aeefcnd. JVietrrr
Black tfald, that tide beginning showed "goqA
tat*"I The - **BkOtoman" newspaper mid.
that the nation must not tuffrr tho "Author
of ||t ikotth MrveU to tlnJt." 1 hope On
are to have no newtaje in order to uphold
.hint! The above newa-grinder is "#or#y,"
It seems, forth it affair. That must be very
ding to the V L'mlUon"/ iVheuHho
Were, the other day, mtming alter thh
'
y concluded
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should hot bare aplic^ in tStTictl^M.
He^has ably defended (he object for which
his communication was written. A* hedis
liken concealment, we' ere somewhat aston
ished that he Deflected to furnish u* with hi;
proper panse. Surely he might Ua*e 1
bed tha( much confidence in uaj and It
estimation, we are not worthy tofH- *
not upon what principle he ct^r claim
tcntlon. .?<." "*,* :*? 7 j
v There it aomp tltebt responsibility at*
UcMcdtothe publication ?C Mctt aitkleai |W
the outfrcferred ?Vt. Wc <To not frith.to oar- ?
tktoatc in any except tbo*e of oar own ?M
inr. From whatever motive the author of
"Civu" michC W* l>oen actuated w* thli^fr*
it Uinreacrout to .VI? ?11 ^ Editor of the
?*4?3f85g
feeling and judgement! and wc* know tfca*
other Editors me slmulariy situated.
We re-publish (by request) the following
Communication, which originally appeared
in our nhper of last week over thesignaiore
of "Abbeville" aa well as tfie reply of. Col.,
liampton. We deem a compliance nothing
more than an act of Jwtfce to Col. 11 and
think that the author oH'Abbevllle" might
have criticised Mr. White's paintings with
out to marked a-refcroucu to Col. HV posi
tion or situation in the memorable battle of
Orieyti , ^ ,r . ? 'w.>.
What Abbeville** motives were in thns
introducing the aubject at'this time. we know
not. Neither U it for us .to enquire. Wo.
?know him to be what he represent* bimwlf*? .
a representative of Abbeville dUtrict.
We have Been count rained to-take moro
notice of this communication than ie-usuat
for us to do, as.aoioe illiberal construction*
have beejt put.onthe course we have pursu
ed. We have been centured for giving pub -
liciiy. to the article. Net knowing the au
thors motives we are unwilling to tax bin*
.\vl(h any design hi the pending election, (a
motive which sonte fed disposed to attribute
to him) between Col.T a) lor and Cbl. Hamp
ton, nor do we lielipve lie had any such iuter
mVddltng design at the time he penned the'
article referred to. The article was pub
lished as sent us, ami knowing the tourcc
from whonceit came, deemed it entitled t'?
as much attcution as fulls to the lot of com ?
munications generall)-.
^UMnL'.NtC ATIO.N3) ?
Mr. TB? LegUUlur* vfthis Stat* has
b**a charged with illibeialiiy towards Mr. Whit*
iuoot granting to hh* on* thousand dollar* for the
two eaiutmjf,the battle of fcuUwand Nftw.Or*
Iran*, with whith lio proMnted th* State. As * '
niuiubar of tho E<.*gi*i?lU(* X moat protect *|*ia*t '
(hacltarge. . , . v_ ?v-??k
Tiwwe |??iuliug? wrr* prsaeotedito th* l^snlat**
lure atsu early period i* its t*a*i?n. sod irol* tint
term* in whfch lb* p<M*ut eras cuuubvd, a*
could have belinved thaiiha Uomvr cwytdhsfiT
been prevailed ik? to rwfqhfm'cma* Ibr'Uat
which appeared to all, (exovpt Mm kuowfugoee*)
H a free gift Ofitrtof* ' ?
nut w ant uoimauytWyi before an attempt wea
made to obtain for Mr. Wbiia on? thoUiand dol
lar* for theee oaialia^'
It to iruAtbut ?umt prtiwh, to rather I*(lian
-ills ir??mr* oftau o?a4#, for which, however, >t
i? nlw.iyc uu'iurftool (teal Urn doueo ut lo r?ttun a
qm'dfrpqyo. -
1 opposed tlm appropriation for varioni niiwi
no* or two of whioh 1 will briefly^ enumerate.
Painting, like htotorv, and jmrttptifcilf ItUlorwul
I paiotrifc, thou Id he *Mditl?V|.?tnd?r (M an/ft ?a
ereJ regard f?<r truth. TTie inftviihoo of prejudice
should not be permitted to eater tho pca of th?
os>, or the (teacil et*4he ofty#*" m (T ? f
\ Without adverting tmeve'ral inecauraeiea iatiflr
it ng of the battle yf NewOrloane.the artMt
placed your ?
It ii tree that Mr. Hampton, a? well a? Gover
nor I oindoxtir, acted at v.diute#/ aid* to VS?H^
Ju.-jcioii, ati-l it to finally true, that pvery Man.
women end ohil?, on l&il eventful twwiM, with- ?>
rd to set at elnee (? i? kiuo as pontile. But 1
would ?tk where ate tM aitli d* /alto, Urn ton*
/Me aide of Gen. Jack?ou?fc |hi| tbnartni Hah*
thent retreat itKpder to give way to Mr. I lampion. -
of did .ha ?upj>o*? that (Hi* arrangeaunt would
beit ttlll the particular plecu ,ui4 purpoe* tor
which U Wa< intended? V - w
NoW, II iiim? are to be thai puKad awl inflated
let U Uot be dona at the expeoc* of tliatttate M
in the painimg of tne battle of I'.uta* them ar*
reral palpable lna< quranl* aa Wftl kr lKt?n*(
obvioUi violation* id u?tfl aud order. Tim Am
erican* we aeeir Mtree'ln* from the brick liou*-,
when it to well known that their attrition and a*
ertitfu* were iucmiantly drawn toward* it, and Ml
wlil*-ii iliry ma'laeevaral furton* a?*?nK?. to tft*
tame ruintiun a lior?4, on whk-h eiinflWr to
nioontfJ, to muoh lancer than- I ha briek home, t.i
which the H?iah wcra no?ted. But a# it we*
only my Intention wju.ury the vote uf the l>gl?.
' luture in refilii*# to flee Mr. While the thoutafcd
dollar*, and not Ui attev * a eritictomon hi* paint
ing*, I will lay uothh% wore, AI?H^:Vll4M^.
'^he nbotre itfWlure* upon thn pfhiting* oI on*
?ilthe t'Jrolina artUts arc rupp?w<J to be niiwd
?nnri) directly ajprtlt-l n*4 "fhnt thbjttH. than thn
artMt hjiOMlf. " AhbotfillaV* motive for "appear*
iiVf Ww the public itpnu thn ucoaeton, countt
l?o tuiuui Urit.iod. 'fho orttletoni uf itvxe paint
liijfi I? ovideiitly )h? pnxliicUoii of tutor Id^diou*
Cit i..hi i.i il.. I- ii Inr- ? i.cimi,., wlui bar mad*
?a wantohaml iinprov.>kad alturU on tl?a milium
if eHaiact^i ol ? Jro0i>g Mf. II ?.n|'t??o,n with a
ytow ol Uiiiinfix linn m ttm ?anmatiote :>f hu tol?
loW-dlimt?. hi,.|? unmi? nj tliiiteiyt! ftt the pub*
'lie are teur i?r fa lot, ?it.-oAnbu|{ t'? ffin Vmprtw*?j
thayare inteiidcd Co produce. Itxr the l?"|nl?*
Itora Itr'u niaede>l M?r wlthlioMiiitf a grafuk* Uk >
i>lr. While! I l^lta va noli If ?? Abhevilft*' ww?
a member o|,i4iiefiiali.ly aouH havi baen rif.n?>
to h? ?r<il . to Ihoae irulnptftW In tha
lf.o?r, than to tctferye (hem ior ?n?ht oioidh*,???
bedWui>n*Kl>ipw\ tilt p'lMio.loieivf tticli imltr/
rlri iiMi.trrli^jMifiUa* floaU o,jt Mr. White%
? 1 1 1 " 1 M!ieJ?*a ^)lbou> lntro<luom.-t
vtlwr i..ie,e,' Writ Mm re no jiibei "lunw ur.
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