Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-08-23

lhade by the trrm, ptA youy assent, (for Won
printers admlt that your contract with Ep
person was signed by Yourself as well as b,
the other partners.) for the purchase Of ne.
groes, to the amount OF ten thousand dol
lars. One third of that portion of the Dur.
chase money which was required in advance
Mr.. Green expressly tells US was paid BY
iiiih' ana tie other two-tlirdS, he understood.
were PAD by Capt. Coleman and Gen. Jack
sui 1foW2 sir, let Us see what yoW yoewSeif
say as to the payment Of these two-thirds.
HE following IS an exact CODY of a mem
oFanduln, W yo~r o7vn hUad %zoritine, which in
connection with the above statement of MIR.
"fcen: leaves no room for the slightest doubt
as 10 tue nature of this transaction:
Jackson amount Of proportion of cash for ne
sioes DOT OF Richard EppersHn, S929 10. J. Cole
ma Il 10 pay The note in Bank fuf interest on purchase
oncnt'on from Is. Smith, for SGi3 50, and thc sum al
1911, " hich he is 10 pay, and s.,e SUM o, sIs5 for LnaJ
MAKES up ms PrGportH"s. a. jackson 'ha- paid for
neeooat $50. 10 Capt Weta,etaI Discount, hia con
Iop' '8' / Oh the bill RENTED ". jackson & Co. on
ZINES Jackson y Go. Sl4 81: and also SIG on note
emo ) q ty j. II. Smith. .N5te-prorISnns fui ui,Led
Sl7 ID. '"' q" "'
Ite above IS in your " hand writing
az III one paragraphs. and could not have
oHcn written previous to the 90 Of NoyeHn-
oe!, yet II correctly rccitcs Your payment to
nilii OF the 2lst of May, and was my authority
iof saying 1t appeared, by your own hand
Wlttii-2, that your two proportions OF the
iifst payment We're 1858 50: and for saving
you wrote 1t slX months after the date OF the
purchase OF the negroes, and your first pay.
inent to Epperson. Now, sir, | knew moth
ing about the amount OF your first payment.
(ahd never said | did, except from your
oNn statement above quoted. and now from
The auq!tlorat stptement Of Horace Green.
But 1t will not do FOR you to reiy upon
any private m~emorandum or a~crccnient
al your oWn. IN contradiction OF these state
mcnts, unless you cQndidly develop the
Nhoie matter, bring hack all your books and
papers Which you have Withdrawn from
BANK with SO much trcpidation, and release
the bank officers from gil obligations of Sc
cFccy' SO tina VIC may have a tUl view OF this
transaction, as well as ofsome others. pcr-
maps OF u similar kind. 1t has been said in
deed, that the 1929 IS, spoken Of in the
memorandum as paid by you to Epperson.
might have been the Xpcnscs attending the
altcinI't to sell the negroes. asccrtained and
refunded by you after ihev were broucht
back. Miserable subleIiuoei That amount
sir, you know full well, was paid by Won TO
LPPcrson, three days after the alledsed datc
OF the contract for the purchase OF the ne
grocS, and the abovc memorandum ~concI,-
Sively shows, that Coleman was to pay a sum
almost precisely equal. II adding togeth-
CT the three sums, S6l3 SO, 19I 80. and125.
We Rave tie amount Of $500 -, which is
=" cents more than the sum paid by yourself.
Green likewise paida simila: amount: and he
tells us distinctly, that he paid one third
and that the balaicA as he understood. was
pafd ~ Capt. Coleman and Gen. .Jackson.i
~ Is possible indeed that the aggregate sum
mus aHFahced, may have paid not only the
l!FSt lnstalment To Epperson. but also sun.
dry expenses attending the TRANSFORMATION.
such as the purchase Of u boat, provisions.
&c. and this is the more probable. as il !.
stated III the, memorandum, that S12G Of thc
amount paid by Coleman. was for q boa,
i>ut IL IS quite unnecessary for me 10 puzzle
myself about the details ofthese transaction
Il IS enough that YOU are c~ouclusiyc,v csfa!,-
iiShcd as Il negro trader, not as scc1yify. for
'haf idea IS perfectly ridiculous, but as q
PGTthcr III the transaction. YOu were soil
cited for Coleman and Green. in the nnr-
chase OF the cotton and tobacco. but wouId
not, on account Of the ~r1agnit,de or tho III
consent to lend your capital and credit unless
admitted as i partner; and Mr.. Green. one
OF Jour firm, says that although nothing enc-
clat was said about the relation YOU were to
occupy III the negro speculation, ne cousid-
cFcd YOU as standing 'in the saline situation
as III the purchase of the cotton and tobac-
co,"ior the very obvious reason, that your
crc@t enabled the firm to make the purchase:
and nc might have added tho still moro con
elusive circumstances, that You signed the
contract as d partner, and actually paid
down in cash ono third part Of the amount
required III advance. If is perfectly ridicu.
lous, indeed, for You to expect to c.rogc the
od'Hn OF tins transaction by representing
/ TfC1IF-slt 80 q -3-,.4 - -
You paid your money, rigkcG vo,rr credit
signed your name to a contract. drew BILL
gave notes, wrote checks, and afterwards
purchased out the interest ofyour partners.
became yourself sole owner, went to the low
or country, and finding yourself unable TO
sell them to advantage, you brought part Of
the objects Of your speculation back with