Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-08-03

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argap,eot about the Dsnk debt. aud other MARKS ,e
resemblance, that our Editors correspondsnt as nn
other than the accomplished and Rio h,
writer who is sending. his slanderou. edto,;.l =
communications against some Of our most emincn,
and worthy citizens, to all newspapees far ,nd r
that will receive them Hut Kendall a,,t D:baS'..'
no doubt But il so, it hardly be necossarv :,
proper to notice our Editor's own remarks. can
only express my SURPRISE accompanied with MY re-
gret that he should be found writing IN such coy,
ny, or by such instigation Yet, as have INV pen in
my hand Twill just bog leave to correct one or two of
the new errors into which he has fallen,
In oil that he has written for Mr. King" says he,
"Corrector, has invented a system for Keeping the
Agents accounts which has never been known At the
department. Hence his difficulty in making the
three monthly accounts square with the quarterly
one-a thing which is Of constant practice with all
other Agents-and hence his errors abou, acon,nn
ing expenses" for which at the end of ouarte, or
eoen year, "tbe proper vouchers cannot be
This miserable mystifcation is most clearly and fi
umPhanty exploded" by the Fourth Auditor Has
our Editor read tho reply of the Fourth Auditor
which he has given us at full length, Wbv the
Fourth Auditor ddots that Mr. Kings explanation of
the discrepancies between his monthly and quarterly
returns rs substantially valid He admits. particu.
lary that shat the practice In relation to aotmen,s
is IN general, he states;" and ttat advances IN
some extent to dealers and contractors were made nv
nun. Now 1t was tL,se payments on alotments,
aud payments on account Improperly called adyan-
ces) appearing in the monthly but not appearino in
the quarterly returns according to the former nTac
tee OF the Department and the instructions of the
Department to Mr.. King, (whateyer the ,etoru,ed
practice and instructions may BEL that have made
these discrepancies which they at once cSnla in and
excuse. 1t is, moreover, EASY to sec that If In asa
payments on allotments, aud payments on account
happen To relate to cruises contracts of more than
years continuance, and the vouchers, Ivy order of
the Department, could not be- exhibited till the end of
the cruise, or contract, Mr. King expressly states
IN his answer to the Secretary, the "proper voucb
ers whcn the department required, could not have
oeen eShioned at the end OF each quarter, or eren
gear ! do not exactly see then, / confess how the
Auditors reply has "eSploded" Cosrector's ,smystf
CATION, and is rather likely think that there
Is some little "mysufca,ion" which wants exploding
III our Editors understanding of these accounts. =
As to "the Bank debt"-which, he saws lis the
difficulty which Corrector principally Iabours to re
moVe,' ind that he has entirely misapprehented
my remarks. certainly never meant to represent il
as pricdte aiiair of Mr. Kings in its orr gin-nor
has nj King himself ever given that view of it
but have contended and proved, from the very let
ters OF MIR. Newton and the Secretary, which our
Editors correspondent quoted that the Bank never
set up any claim for 1t against the Governments as
the Secretary and Auditor had represented. onIy TO
give them pretest for playing i off as a mart of
Mr.. KS alledged default The truth is the debt
wastn its origin public one--that 49, il was made
by Mr. King in his public character as Agent of the
Government, as he has most clearly showed: and
from the account which Mr. Newton piyes of il in
his letter, the Bank might, perhaps have sset trp
clam against the Government for Il, in The bepinniag
IL II mad though; proper to do But the Govern
men having dishonored Mr.. Kings reoulsitions for
IT, and his prompt sense of honor having led him i'm
medately to adopt it his own, and freely gice the
Bank security for it, he did BY his deed of The 29
Of August some lime before the date Of Mr Newton,s
letter OF the 9th of October the Bank could not and
did net afterwards "set up, any claim against the
government. but looked to him only for It. Ar,er
TINS, the Government having thus made it Mr. Kings
Pripute debt to the Bank, there was then neither
justice nor proPfety, thaLI oould oc in tho Audi
tors bringing 1t before the public 10 connection with
Mr. Kings account with the Government, and his
doing could only have been for fraudulent pur-
pose, which was quite obvious to my eye.
For the rest, Mr.. Kings Forthcoming answer TO
the Reply will probably sot this part Of the case
and every other) in the clearcst light and our Edi.
tor, IN publishing it, will have opportunity which,
FOR his own sake, shall hope he will embrace, of
dong justice to gentleman of the most perfect in
tegrity, whom he has helped % ipjure, IF he docs
not, however--I shall knoto The reason. 49,.
- 5ts...g. ...s utr.. "a, CORRECPOR,
s. Since writing the above, | asked for "a late
resolution of the Board" (of the u s. Branch Bank
here which, the Enquirer says, t.wilI clearly shew
their opinion upon the matter, (of Mr. KS debt to
the BanS9 "if Corrcctor will ask for il; " and am dis
tncty assured that resolution tctatever has been
passed upon The subject, The Enquirer will of course
correct this error. He has probably more than one
correspondent who may be disposed to help on a ca
lumny without much regard to truth. c.
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