Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-07-17

to give him, IN writing, the pf,vious star, 4.
ments which wee bad made, verbally. in favor
ot ihe bank. Mr.. Crawford declined rerp;,isr
any statement from rs. His precise words Z
40 moi remember, bat he declined taking fr. NJ
us any thing like vouchers % shield him from,
responsibility, stating, | think, that the COR
rrspondence would show that every thing was
fa'r, and that he had proceeded on sufficient
grounds.
| G. Which bank first failed to pay .recis f,r
ifs notes, the Bank Of Missouri or the Bank
Of Edwardsvilie !?
A. The Bank Of Missouri But have beet,
informed and believe, that the Bank of Missouri
had assets at the time Of its stopping specie
aymenf, TO an amount beyond thu claims
upon u that il has settled all these claims.
either ny paying them securing thrm IN her
paid while the Bank Ut Edu srdsviae has nri.
ther paid or secured its debt TO the United
States.
z. At what time wer. you employed to
collect debts against Mr. Latham
A. Some time before came 10 Congress- in
1920
Il. DO you do You NOT know that Gen.
rayn is rrputed to he, and do you not believe.
MN TO bf, amongst the wralihicst men in
Kentucky
A. i have Away. understood tina, ire wis
man OF large property bur ihe general res
port was, that the shares In his name wpr. re-
Z. DO you or d. you not know or bciirvH
ha' the Messrs. Johnsons were at that time
also considered among the weallhirst men IN
keptucle,
A. All the information which had u,ian
me subject, represented them to- bp engaged
I'D large and critical monryed enterprises,
ana that their pccunIary credit was most un.
certain
q Do you not know that Robert Po:tir.
another Director in the Bank OF Edwards, illr,
was al that time engaged in large nercantiie
concerns, and III unsupported cri dii ?
a. knew Mr.. POgue . merchant, and
his rr' dit and standing We're very good.
e. William Kinney, Joseph conway, and
Abraham Pricket. We're also Directors Were
not these gentlemen all at that time Of h,e,,
responsibility aud Of considerable unincurn-
bered property, 80 far as your knowiedg. ex =.
tends
A. knew them all personally. Mr.. Kinney
was always repressni ed TO me as person Of
considerable property. | never heard the 9TH
ers so spoken "f: know nnthing abon, in
cunbrances on any of their estates. They
we're all respectable.
q. Dr.. Joseph Bowers, anoihrr. Director, ID
spoken of by MIR. Edwards as a gentleman of
'espectabiiity Wns not that ms general chnr.
actcr, at that period -.
A. IL was. But, my objection TO Govern0r
Ed~ards's publication, was, its Onittiug ",
speak Of the Pecnniary circumstances of tfs
directors and stockholders?
Z. Were the directors and Stockholders
liable beyond the amuunr Of the stock na,d T., Z
A. The Bauk of Edwards, ill.,. VS. an in. !.
corpo'afed Bank, and l suppos+, Of eoursc,
they were NOT.
Z What was the conversation you had With :
General Noble, which Induced yJm to write
'h" letter 10 the Richmond Enquirer, in rela.
ton 10 that conversation {?
A. 1 had two conversations with Mr.. Nvb!g,
upon the subject Of his conversation with Mr.
Edwards. The hrsi, soon after the appear~
ance of Mr.. Edwards's address. 1t occurred
accidentally, while passing each other in the
large circular room, in thu centre Of the CAPT.
tol. Ii wis very Snort. / was going in haste
into the Senate Chamber. Either replying
In q"esiinD from me; or from some other :
person, for there were several passing ut the
same time, Mr.. Nuble said, that Mr.. Edwards
had declared that he WAS not the author ofthe
b publications, aud that he had supported
him in thr Senate. In repeating that CONVEX.
satIon, reported it, and in writing To the edi-
tor Of The Richmond Enquirer the letter rg
QUESTION, represented it as if Mr.. Noble had
voted Tor Mr.. T.. in consequences Of hat tisa-
yowai. Ii WAS the construction which / pus
upon the support which he had given. was
not in the Senate during the time that Mr.. E's
nomination was pending. A week or two az
sure in the Senate, and 10 consequence of sug-
gsstions that Mr.. Edwards had oulv deniri
the authorship Of the A b publications by way
Of aroiding an improper curiosity, 1 asked Mr..
Noble whether he had made Inquiries IF Mr..
Edwards which led to- the di-avyowI Mr..
Noble then stated To me particularly his con-
versatIon with MIR. Edwards He said that the.
dIsavnwal was wholly voluntary on the part Of
Mr.. Edwards that he had pledged his honor
that he was not the author Of the A 3 publ.
raiions, but Mr.. Noble had Intended 10 vote
Tor HIM before he heard this disavuwal that
he had, before hearing il, made a motion in
the S,.pate io take up his nomination that
Mr. Edwards, lin that same cow ersation, spoke
hOnorahfy Of Mr.. Crawford spoke we'll ofl,,,
management Of The finances and Of his relief
to the western debtors. The second and fuli
conversation was the same rs has bern d.tail-
ed before the committee by Mr.. Noble in his
testimony. The first vas short and impp, s.cts
and so slight that Mr.. Noble with difficulty
could recoIIect 1t when [ have since mentioned
II 10 hin.
q. DO you not know, that tho rpprerenia-
tions which you have stated were made by
you 10 the Secretary ofthe Treasury, against
the Bank nj Edwards,i lille, were c0utradic'ed
by those OF MIR. Edwards ard Col. Johnson
A. L do not know that they were.
THOMAS II. BENTON
dordhdm bradley. jmo. scorn, on The pa,t or'
M. CSaieford
q. by Mr.. Foryth. In October. 1919,
what was the shortest time in which a lpt,f