Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-07-02
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r. .ur Kings Reply 10 "A. KsndaH--The Norfolk
papers furnish this Document which we bcpin to re.
publish this day. We have read II with rreot deal
OF attention and still Indignation II is diff.
cult to imagine, defence more triumphant ,Phose
most prepossesscd against Mr. King, will acknow-
ledge this, If they will have the impa rtality to read
1t; those most firmly conypced of his integrity from
the responsibility Of 6is previous life, aud rom
the testimony Of his neghbors will feel surprise and
graifcation at the cearness Of his statements the
funess Of hts proof and the ease with which he over
throws the malicious sophistry employed 20 destroy
him. As far as the reply has reached U.s. we perceive
not one defective point If every man. of every par
ty, who reads 1t with view to learn the truth does
not acknowledge the suniciency of the defence-if
thcre can be found an exception, among persons of
sense and canior-then We ready to confess our
selves mistaken, and that are incapable of appre-
ciating the force of testimony, or of knowing what
Is true from what is false, when both stand before
our eyes, stamped with the characteristics which
Nature gave them.
The Enquirer laid hold Of the Bank debt as q point
upon which MIR King had not been satisfactory. AT
the time, We demonstrated against the uufalrness Of
preJudging point. which Mr.. King had eserved for
his reply TO the fourth Auditor. The conductor of
that paper, if not devoid of generosity will repent
his attempt to foresta public opinion, and make the
amende honorable to Mr.. King Can any explana-
ton be moro triumphant, more unnnswerab!e. Mr.
hiig IN his official transactions, had obtained upon
his private responsibility, the If $40 IA from
The Bank Of the u. States, to meet the exigences
CT the public service. HIS vouchers show that this
sum- irregularly but periodically obtained, was OK
pended for the of the Cover nment Mr. Score
tary Branch, says that the claim of the Bank f the
Bank preferred m cas under no piey of the case
admissible" The Government refuse TO assume this
debt Ii is thrown upon Mr.. King, although the
money obtained and used for the public service
The Bank is satisfied with their security One would
suppose that just and paternal Government would
at least have been satisfied TO refuse the assumption
debt contracted for it's service-and that Mr. Kings
conduct in contracting IT disapproved as informal
must be respected for its patriotism, and that his good
intentions would not be perver ed to his destruction
This 'ooud have been the course of gust Govern
meat; but M. Kings place was wanted for par,zun.
1t was determined to turn AIR King out, and hen to
alay public dissatisfaction at SO wantou an exercise
OF power, it was necessary TO make him a criminal
and dcfaulter. To accomplish this, this sum OF
$40 IA, with which the Government had no more
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tons is ''showcd off against him as debt which he
owed to the Government, and after too the Govern
ment had positively, and pointedy, refused to
have any thing do with IT. and had left Mr. kim
TO settle with the Bank and the Bank to settle with
him :,
Surely, every man will admit, that a more knavsh
dirty, scurvy trick viler or more wicked attemp,
at imposition, was never made, and never exposed
And by whom Is it nader BY high officer of erea,
Governmental Government founded on the primer.
pie of individual equa lily, and which processes to
hold the lives, liberties and repuatons of its citi
zens, sacred-an officer whose duty il is to act as
judge, between the rights of the citizen and his gov.
eminent. And for what purpose, is this proligate
pervcrsion of truth and justice, attempted To crush
citizen, who first punished by removal from office
for the independent exercise Of the rights of opinion
and suffrage, 1t is found afterwards expcdient to make
appear criminal that the government may stand Jus
tilted of its tyranny, the eyes of the people! Il
any thing render tho transaction more detestable
than it is made by its own deformity it is that it i,
perpctrnted by and under this Adminstration-th.
Republican Administration par ercciience-this So
cond Washngtonian, and second Jefersonan AID
ministration-this Administration, which in the rep
reservations of calculating fartcry, and purchased
aduatIon, unitcs in itself, all the virtues of all Ad-
minlstratons, that have been, or shall be.
Let us examine another item of Mr. Auditor Ken.
dals ingenious and elaborate effort, make out Mr.
King to be dofaulter. We were struck man,
others were forcbly, and inlurIously, Ito NJ. X
struck, with the charge against him by Kendall
lofprcferring second time, for pa ymcn, claims which
had been aio,oed him, years ago. Perhaps this was h
very charge that bore hardest against Mr. King II
the opinion of the public. Now ct the reader OBJ
serve, by how plain ae, the sandcror is sienced!
Annexed [says Kendall are copies Of Mr. King.
vouchers VIII CHI have been rejected or suspended il
this office, numbered from ri To [1I6l inclusive
Those numbered from " 10 81 have been rejected
because they have been long since passed his credit
This the charge, or rather rwhnt is grea
deal more dangerous tho insinuatiou-the greater
safety and superior righteousness ofwhch mode o
attack, Mr. Auditor Kendall seems to understand