Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-07-13

1922. wi,.chhave 'cc, systc'na'scallv ani Per.
tiaaciousy pcrseyerc IN. TO the ini'ncjsatc cause
OF the present controversy, have not left me
without just cause OF complaint.
My conduct, in regard 10 that Bank, has hccn
fairly stated. IL was the result of a unsuitable
desire to protect own c!,arac! ter against CASH
altics that might have injured il; and not with a
view to injure give dissatisfaction to any hui
man being Nor did imagine that it could
have produced any motive, or furnished any
ground, for accusation against the. Finding,
however, contrary TO every reasonable expec-
tation, that ''Partai information from the rrca-
sury Department, concerning my agency in
bringing, that Bank into connection with the
treasury, was extensively used, with no little
success, for the purpose of producing Injurious
Implications against me; and thinking that had
just reason to apprehend they were about to be
presented in more imposing form. felt my
sell called upon to address TO Mr.. Crawford my
letter ofthe 9Th February, 1922, in which, from
desire that nay conduct should he fairly I'M
derstood, and with no intention expectation
Of giving offence, referred to and asserted the
facts, substantially, in relation to my publica-
ton of 1919, and the Receivers letter, which
arc contained in my oath before the sclcctcom-
mttce, in February, 1923.
Nothing contd have been more prepostereus
than my assertion of these facts, and the request
with which 1t was accompanied, if 1 had not sup
posed that all these documents wcrc in Mr..
| Crawford's possession. Nor can any thing be
more reasonable, than to suppose that, if they
had not been received by, him, he would thea
have said So.
He however, alleges, that ''his not having
replied 10 this, or any other matters contained
In those letters, resulted from his having decln-
cd any correspondence with Mr.. Edwards on
the subjects to which they referred, in consc-
quence of menace which the first of them con-
taincd." But let us inquire what that menace
, WASP
Having stated in ms letter above referred
to, circumstances which induced E:e to suppose,
as nell they might, that he intended 10 make
t some use Of my name, in report he was about
to make to the House of Representatives, on
the subject of the Bank Of Edwa rdsvie, say,
vi beg leave, most respectfully, to suggest, that
1t would be but an act of Justice to me- to pre-
sent my publication of 1919, in which deciar-
ed would be no longer responsible for that or
any other Bankin any way wliatever.,n declar-
ing in the same letter, that the object of it was
to manifest my disposition or willingness to avoid
me necessity, on my part, of calling for any in
formation upon the subject, referring to 9TH
or matters.
1t, Is this declaration, candidly made with a
view to avoid any measure that might be con-
strucd into an evidence of hostility, that he is
pleased to consider ''the menace which my first
letter contained" As, however, my real OBJ
ject was what had declared it to be, had no
hesitation In saying, in my second letter, that
s'I owe it to myself, tahesitatiasly and prompt-
fy to dsavow any intention of Offering personal
disrespect to you, or the station you occupy
L he menace, then, If any had been made was
Withdrawn. Still, however, he did not think
proper to deny that the communications allu-
died to were in his possession which no doubt
he would gladly have done, if such had been the
fact.
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