The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-12-04

effected, and IN order 10 cover that claim the
hank transferred debts Ia the amount of about
Sieo.0on. including Col Ben,nn's debt. a, l.asi
hat part OF u secured bs q humane enuuf ser. |
cannot say with precision the Amount OF thai
part OF the Colonel's bank debt, created by ihs
Juggling process of ausirac''ng the stock of the
bank and rledg,ng n naked subscription ty
way OF security hut the endorsed notes are
known precisely. The agent of The Z. States
brought sui upon them several years ago, and
recovered Judgment against the Coienrl Tor
S1o1o 40 no part OF shiIh ha. been paid. uor
Is likely 10 be for rs long ago rs two or three
wears, Col. Benton, having nothing here 10 sat-
isfy the demand. but privileged person. had
The address 10 procure from the department an
order 10 stay the execution. Aud 80 the matter
sleeps.
3 The act of Congress which fSes the com.
prnsation of Senators, allows SO n day during
The session. aud 50 for every isenty miles oil
travelling, b, the most usual road, from the
members place OF residence 10 the seat of Co
sernment For the session OF Congress, begin
ming on The 9th OF December, 1924. aud ending
Oh the Sd of March, 1925, aud The extra session
OF the senate, beginning ua the 4ih, and ending
on the OH of March, 1925, Mr.. senator Benton
received from The treasury, the sum OF x33o2 ~.
Nov, from the 9th Of December. to the y,h OF
March, inclusive, there are but niuel y-f fur days.
which, al rs IA day, will amount 10 S712. Inc
resi- OF the Colonels pay must have been for his
mileage. which, BEN. appo,tioi,ed AT The rate OF
IS for every twenty miles Tor forty cents a lnilp)
VIII demonstrate thai in gong lrom 81. Louis 10
Washington city, aud back again, Senator Ben.
on travelled the incredible distance OF sir thou.
sand three Hundred aud seeeniy.Siz miles /! !
or that he has grossly ,leirauded the treasury.
4. Col. Benton was employed on behalf OF
! MR.. Mann, of Pike county, Mo. to collect II sun,
OF lnonty ior her, from the War Department.
White attending at Washington AS Senator,
he applied at The proper o1ic., and received the
money, but ON his return 10 Missouri, neg.
lected TO pay il over. MI. Mann, the
husband OF the creditor, demanded the mo.
ney, bui the Coinnel having spent il, could
not or would not replace il. except II very small
part sud Mr.. NJ. being in necessity Tor the
cash, aud ausered at such treatment, brought
suit, 20 recover the amount, but afterwards, in-
PEELED by his urgent need. aud fearing n total
loss, in case the Senator should be pressed by
his Other creditors, he was forced ie compromise
on the Senators own terms, and accept an or
! der for merchandise on n store IN 81 Louis, be.
= sides deductIng. fifteen per cent. on The gross II.
mount collected FOR the Senator'S trouble in re.
ccIving II.
! could cite many similar instances of the Co.
lonels conduct, both as an attorney aud az n
private man, but these will do as a tampIt and
may serve 10 convince. his distant friends and
admirers how rigldly he pursues the dictates OF
honesty, and how III a man he is to accuse 9th.
ers o fpersonal aud sotdid views
His Yeracity stands on "A foundation about as
stable as that which upholds his honesty. As
regards his charges against me, have HIM nail
ed TO the counter. That is only a single IN.
stance. but such is his habiiual disregard of sin
certify and candor, thai his constituents can
hardly ask him the most common questions,
without throwing him into the most embarras.
sing difficulty. II they ask him now fan II is 10
Warrington, he at once thinks Of the SIC hon-
sand three hundred aud Serenity ir miles, he.
poor man. has IT, travel IN going there and re-
turning. II they ak him about The style Of ly
ing adopted 10y the great officers OF govern
mem, his " old fashioned republican notions
will be shocked" AT the II gorgeous splendor and
eastern magniicence, for he can hardly help
thinking OF the famous East Room letter, and
hr awkward attempt 10 sustain IT, by another
letter containing a string OF clumsy pre,aIien.
tons, no less Infamous than the original. Nthey
ask him whether the House of Representative
is Il body of men Of talent aud elevated character,
aud a e. depository OF the =" right OF the states
10 decide the Presidential election, +" or whether
ii is prone 10 corr upton and treachfry, and IS
8 an unfit place TO decide that election, he will
DE thrown INTO utter CONFUSION LOT ne cannot
know which horn of the dilemma will best sns.
tam him, his speech in the, Senate III 1924, or his
report 10 the same body in 1927. Tie former
was delivered al n time when he professed 10 be
the deF voted friend aud follower Of hlr. Clay
whose success (and as a consequence, his own
promotion) he thong hi more likely TO be accom-
plished by the House of Representatives, than
by the nation AT large But the latter was clab-
GRATED after he had PETRA ed his old friend, and
deserted TO the banners Of his old enemy, Who
was then giving signs of elevation, and making
rapid advances 10 the POSSESSION Of that power
which the Colonel breads, aud that patronage
to which he au1iously looks for "a Teconipense
of all his labors, and all his sacrifices of iriends
and principles. II they ask him whether Gen.
Jackson possesses the education. talents and ylr.
tues necessary 10 fl him for the high and diver
siied duties OF the Presidency, before he can
answer in the Affirmative, he must look around
him with II ludlcrous ieaI, to see that there is no
one present, OF the hundreds who have heard
him revile the General without measure or mod,
GRAFTON denouncing him, not once or twice, but
habitualIy, in head and in heart, III character
and in temper, in manners and in habits. II
they nsk him whether, in his opinion, Adams
and Clay betrayed the people, and bought and
sold the Presidency, lac may answer e,iher IN
the negative or the affirmative, and be fully sus.
iHIttil W ms OhN piGhioub hlditHbthia "I VI
this subject he seeI's 10 direct the expression OF
his opinions according TO the political complex
ION OF the co,nIaus lie happens 10 be IN, o. ac.
cording as his own hopes ar fears happen 10
preponieraie. II is but the other day. AZ n pub
lie dinner At Fayei,e, That he declared" He
had not been the assa,lant Of Mr.. CIay-he had
not mixed IN the charges against him : aud It
is but last fall thai he was warm and decided in
his accusations. In a conversation which took
place in the town Of ST. Charles. IN the presence
of several gentlemen, Col. Benton, beng asked
by a very respectable lnhabIiant of that town il
he believed Messrs. Adams and Clay guilty OF
bargain and sale Of the Presidency, answered
in his own emphatic way Believe II ! am
bound TO beiieye i'll may say know it-no
man in his common senses, at the public scene
oil action as was, could believe nt%nerwlse.'
| could l~en2ihen tins account until the reader
would be weary, with The disgusting s~pscIiica.
,ipus . hut u &c usnlsss tn milo t1SSa IN prlInl. I