Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-05-10
THE VIRGINEAN.
LYNCHBURG. NAY 10, 1880.


ce'ved No. OF the Nashville Republican con
lains three columns of remarks, in reply to the
several Queries, which, few weeks since, we
thought proper to address to it, in relation to
Bank of Tennessee. and the purposes 10 which
the distracted money had been applied. The
whole essence of this labored article NAV, how
ever, be embraced in its own SUMMARY of its
argument, which, for The sake at once of brevily
and perspicuiiy, we herewith suhjoin
" We say, then. that money was not even
needed for purposes Of bribery aud corruption
| by the white washing committee !" because
even had Genera al Jackson and his friends been
base enough 10 resort To such MEANS the over
whelming favor OF the American people, SO
long, so loudly and so openly expressed IN be.
hall Of the Hero, rendered such a resort un.
necessary. No money whatever. rs we have
| already stated. was ever furnished BY Joel Par
rish, either on his private responsibility or ON
any responsibility whatever, nor did the friends
OF Gen. Jackson ever apply any money 10 elec.
! lioneering pnrposes-nor WAS there any " pri.
! UIte book" kept " held from public yipw--nor
did the Legislature rease to demand the hooks
| until after they hal been surrendered nor has
! any portion OF The " missing money b.en 1T
any time received from Washington City, or
rr"m any other quarter, save IN the manner
which has been already stated
For the present, we shall have very little TO
say in relation 10 this very convenient mode
of getting rid of troublesome enquiries by un-
qualified assertions. unsupported by the least
| title of evidence. but resting alone on the bare
and naked word Of the parties implicated in
the suspected crime But let as look at the
reply for few moments, us fit uere w0rihy
Of credence, and what does it amount To We
will analyze The preceding paragraph.
Money was cot even needed tor election.
eerns purposes" Pray, Mr.. Republican, were
YOU liberal enough aud withal sufficiently
wealthy, to print the yoluminous documents IS
sued so frequently b y the White washing Com.
mitee, gratis And were the various eouriers,
despatched hither and thither, for certificates,
in seasons Of emergency, animated solely by
their amor patrlG We're they unpaid
But. (says the Republican, 4" had Cen Jack
son aud his friends been base enough 10 resort
American people, SO long, so loudly, and so
openly expressed in behalf of the Hero. render
ed such resort unnecessary Indeed We
! should be Indebted 10 the Republican, ifn
would inform US, uhcn, uhert, and hour this
overwhelming favor was manifested II ID
untrue SO far from il, indeed that up to the
moment Of election, it was matter of doubt
which Candidate would be sui cessful. Both par
ties were equally doubtful as 10 the result of
that contest And, therefore, il Ger. Jackson
add his friends were restrained by no other
confederation but this, from resortng 10 br be-
~ and corruption" in older TO secure his cleo.
ton, we lave frail security indeed for their io-
tegriy.
The assertion of the Republican that " no mo-
ney was ever furnished by Joel Parrish, either
on his private responsibility, or any response
bilitv Whatever is worth as much as the plea
| of Not Gully which known feon will always
put in when he is arraigueda the bar of his conn
try to answer for his offences. We did not OK
peel that any admission OF the Kind would be
made~hen we asked the question. The com
motion, however, into which the whole size has
been thrown, is TO us. ev idtnce conclusive
that the charge is true.
" No, was there any pirate book kept, or
held from public vipw"-continucs the Repub.
lican aud here is the whole gist oftLe matter
for, if it can be made to appear that Joel Par
IRISH did keep prirqte 6ook-that he did refuse
TO exhibit this book, when il was called for by
The Leg slature-and that the Legislature per
united him TO retain it, we shall have chown
enough to deprive the deoial by the Republican
Of the charges contained in our queries. of all
claim to respect. Col. Parrish did not keep
private book, The Tennessee papers were gull.
~ Of misrepre sentation al the time the defalca-
lion was discovered, for they asserted and rel
terated the fact, and attributed TO his refusal
to surrender it the circumstance Of his being
commtted to the custody OF the Sergeant AT
Arms. The Knorraie Register contained an
extract of a letter from a Member Of TIE Isn-
neHee Legislature, giving a statement OF the
circumstances, from which we make the toll
lowing quotation " The town and Legislature
are in an uproar about the Banks. The Cash
ier refuses TO gre up qchat he calls The PRIrATE
JOURNAL, rhich coutainsas he sdys,He accounts
ofper.om toltom he permitted TO dram uheD
thew had 10 deposite, =" When the Clerks was
examined Continues this same letter. he seem.
ed to be ignorant of every thing relating to
this p,iUate journal, but stated that he had pos
ted the Cashiers private account, and that The
Bank Was in has debt as things appear. Does
not this stamp the principal assertion Of the
Editor of the Republican with unequvocal
faIsehood Does il not prove the existence
ola private book, heyond the shadow of
doubt Why should che Cashier have refused