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REPLY—NO. II.

“I do not admit the right of any man, whether he be
the son of Mr. Pinkney, or not, to call upon me for an answer,
either one way or the other, in the matter in question.
I shall neither own, nor deny the authorship of Randolph,
for the present, at least, whatever I may be disposed to do,
hereafter.

“However, I do not hesitate to say, that I have read the
work in question; and that the portrait, of Mr. Pinkney, is
altogether true, in its general features, according to my own
observation; and that, if it be not so, there are enough to
contradict the author, and confound him, whoever he may
be.