Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-04-22
THE VERGENaAI
LYNCHBURG. APRIL 10. 80

| '''e heP"ottedh, anu he Qu,ris
10 our paper Of The 18th ult we addre..ed.,
queries 10 the Editor of The Nashyill. r.,
can. asking ifom bin such informalion =.
might possess relative 10 The defacation of =.
late Cashier OF the State Bank OF Tenp.....
the manner in which the distracted none.
been applied by whom il had been di.b,...,
"he'her or not some of it had not been latter,
returned and II so, by whom and Why III.
that the Legislature OF Tennessee bad nor.
ted the Cashier To beard them /" in thpi, -,
Of place. and refuse to exhibit 10 th...
private oook' which contained the secre, hist.
tory oil the wholesrsnsaclion Now, il h,r.
be not something rotten in the sts,e
Denmark these queries could easily h,,.
been answered, and would have been ,a,a,..
responded TO. The parties concerned kn.a,
that rumors were aAoat which fully autbo,.,..
the existence OF a belief that the money VIII
had been illegally and dishonesty wtbd,..
from the bank had been applied TO eIer,i,.
eering purposes, il not by the express au,bo,
y OF the taf-famed White washing Conmips.
in conclave assembled, most cerlalnly by sou.
one or more OF the members of that cf,mm;.,.,
in his or their individual capacity. Hone
| men-men conscious Of their innocence
would, nder such circumstances, have reio.
ced at the opportunity Afforded Them bv H.
publication of our. queries. TO nail tie falls.
hood to the counter. They would have ,fen..s
us that we had afforded them an opportpn,.
to do this at once and conclusively. Dut, 4,
they do this ? No. So far from il, they Graz,
delay-they are not ready TO answer now
they must correspond with those with wlne.
they are in league at Washington city. so TIA,
the Washington and Nashville stores NAV m,
contradict each other ; i, 10 The mean tine ben,
obliged to say something, they skuk Che one.
ton, ny pouring, through the toad eater
the Republican, a torrent OF abuse on us. sa1
on somebody (Heayen knows whom in or ntsl
Nashville, whom hey choose TO imagine to be
the author OF he Queries Is this the course
which honest and innocent men would hays
pursued Ii is not But, that the reader may
better understand the matter, here and hereaf.
ter, we copy the whole article from the Nash.
vile Republican of the 9Th inst; although is
coarse Billingsgate is wholly unsuitable 10 the
! columns of any newspaper but that in which
II originally appeared. The Republican says
| " We have ust read in the LynCbburg Viz
| gInlan of the 10Th ut- with mix ed emotions OF
disgust and contempt. string OF inter- ogotories
submitted 10 US, relative 10 the lae unhappy
neveopement IN the affairs OF State Bank, d.
rectly duplicating both the honor and honesty
OF some individuals, he lntcheS of fchOse Shoe
the filthy editor of that filthy press is nO rodf1
TO unite All this, TOO, crouched and crowded
under the editorial head, as if this thin vel
which half Concesis the skukiGg author. could
deceive people het+. Tie editor of the paper
in question never conceived these mterlUgalou.s
himself; lie could not have bren suticieni,
acquainted with lae petty and coaiempGtf
scandal which, we are sorry to say. some o
our local partsans have been too much III u
habit OF mdnufdciuring both before adi
since their defeat: hts pr0mpter lives within
less than one hundred miles OF this place, l.
he Will exercise courage aud magnanmliy
nough TO lay aside his mask. and present i
own true vsage, and there be in his whole sys
TEN ore ounce Of blood. we promise to drive II
10 bis cheeks, here 10 iasten upon him the moa
| unqualified tdtseho0d in every paH aud partjt9
OF these malicious and uniCunded impula-
| tons.
These repuTsory Ienarks shall suffice for t5e
| present: We intend AZ "A leisure momen', and
no distant day. to take up the subject again
| and may, perhaps, state some things in rpy
that will not prove paiateable TO the srgina0'
or the dirty psnder who caters for his columns
There are some hard things SAID in the pre-
ceeding extrac, but coming from the souro
they do, they fall innoxious AT our feet. L
may be, and we hope it is, Irus that we are not
=" Worthy to unite the latchets of the shoes O.
the " honorable" men TO whom the editor
The Republican alludes-ihat is a meniat em
ployment, which we leave 10 such seryle sPI
its as has, whose boast it is that he is meIs
pipe, upon which party may play any 'un7
they list-and if party, then amy party ,~heo
will give him The most coppers and the iewess
kicks. He may unite their shoes, il he 50
please-aye, and he may go farther sn'
! black them 100, as Gen. Jackson would not %
according to very romantic and very S"'p'
story, told in bis Biography. Al this ana
much more of servity as the editor Of the 1T
publican pleases. he may display, at the o'u
ding OF the party with which he says he M'"'s a'
well as acts. We are no mans lackey, nor 'as
tool of any party, to do their bidding.
All this crouched and crowded under u
editorial head, says the iinguist OF the hspUs
] lican. We know not what he means by tueu
OF the word Sc crOuched"-but The QnerIes VIII
where they should be--They were written
ourselves, at our own diciation, and "H'oo
( having received a request to dose from On
source. Still farther-the insinuation ot !"
Republican that we were furnished WIN w
materials for these Queries from any person
| or near Nashville is wholly gratultlons a'
false We have never corresponded win '''
man in or near that nlace on the subject ="