Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-06-23

- We 9 tree 10 say, that upon the frat hostv nam.
sal OF nus 'epiy. we were not satis6ed with this mar, ~
IT, Accused and turned out as . ~dcfaulter to tho ep.
and difficulties occurring ii in The ~scttiemcus
VI us accounts Tor Mr.. King tAen, for the first time.
10 prefer claims which he had permitted to Law dor.
mah' Tor q number OF years. lookod az if lc had d.v;.
Sea 'nen, TO meet the exigeacy, aud to. cover The
amount OF his defalcation. Such was the frst imure..
s'on' aho IL made On onr minds, who vere persuadaa
OF his integrity, from having all our lives, heard him
spoken OF IN terms OF the greatest respect and .F.c-
hon. 1t vas moro liable to be made on the mind. &C
those who wose ignorant Of his high reputation -,
were oia'sed against from political fcelinr. Acco,.
dlngly' We find III many conversations, that I'm. !. IL.
point and the only point, on which tho public mind
as Tar as 1t falls within our observation, .ppesr. dr'
satisfied.
n little reflection we think, will remove evs,v h..
nest m'ss'ving. Mr. King says he was not .,.,;,,,
oi what had beon allowed the northern sgcnc,..
Until last September or October, when cal,od .,
Washington on has accounis. Before that Tina than
however unqucstionable It's justice. he could mn, bo,.
preferred his claim 10 similar COMPENSATION TIL.
iact removes any suspicion created bv m. s-. nh.
the Clam Is hrst set up. If he did not kro., H.,
ne mad u claim, of course Le could not .Sv,n.. \,
lie did so the moment he made the discoveyv "a 20
me situation IN which he stood toward, the G,vs,,
men' exposes the act to suspicion, or his motiv.. >,
misconstruction, that is Mr.. KS misfortune md ~,
hts fault.
IL 'hc Claim were much more equipocol than il i.
mueh indulgence may BIZ fairly allowed for sdduc;,c
It, 1t IS scarcely possible to Imagine . cond,;on
more painful and torturing than the one To VIII; Oh Tho
Government mad reduced Mr.. King Hav,ua eo;os.
Gu all his HE, the highest social s,and,pg and tho
most enviable personal estimation, Mr.. K. suddeoIvs
found himself dismissed from Office. md brondod 49,.
oe'auitcr' Every difficulty was thrown IN the v.c
apparently by design, to the settlement of b;s oco,r,.
ana although entirely able to satisfy Others. and ~,
others, who would .ook into his accosut.. the w.
'erHheht refused to be satisfied. Items founded m
~ Hos' obvious and unanswerable equity, we're dial.
'owed-adraniage taken of the want OF method !,
MS mode OF DONG business-his vouchers discrej,,ed
unless ''rm as well ID substance was ohss,v.d
'he accounting officers OF the government. in.
s'eao Of acting the part of righteous and impsr,;,l
'Juuses between him aud the laws, conduct,na them-
'e''es as counsel for the crown in a criminal nrose-
culion' ana apparently resolved to end him criminal
Let hendaiIs report be scrutinIzed, and lis sn;,,
appealed to, Tor the truth of these facts-woIl known
70 DC facts by all conversant with the n,storv of tho
ahair. Let the spirit with which the Governm.n,
mas conducted itself towards Mr.. King, be JUDGED no
that production, and let candid men cav # II n M,
more like what might have been EXPECTED of . J.f.
iries orr Scroggs, than humane aud uu,,uh, ;.6,r
!" 'ue'e circumstances, were il necessary 10 m,ee
). ~hlch II is not an pie apology might be found Fl,
ur' Aing prefer'iny lis claim. IL was nace...r,
TOR self defence, for holding him as the Gove,,u.,,
dio' To the very lcttcr of the law in his ,st,I.nsn,
masking no allowance for casualties, Mr. KIN. u;.h,
una himseif ruined, though innocen, az the sn,s,.
Ihere does not TO our minds, appear The sm,jI.s,
reasoh Tor su'picIon, either from the claim itself. on
the circumstances in which Mr. K,no advance. :.
we're 1t indeed to be made 10 upne., th., A. ~
vas deficient just the SUN, or therenb,u,. u,;,, -.
c'd'n amounts to, then it might not unreasonable
nor illiterately, be suspected, that he had h,.,.L. =.
the claim to balance the deficit. That has ma, an
.peared-will not appear. On tho contrary ~ -.
table disposition of the Bank debt, contracted On az
u" . u Government, will leave that Government.
in debt to MIR. King,
u ''n'h'n charge made against the presses
""' Imported lhe late administ ration, that they arc
'' 'p'''ss's u detaultere. AS far as such charro-
" u Ihtehdedfor us, we hurl 1t back in the teeth Of the
a"Hh VINO coined II. 1t is false, as he who made u.
is ocreit OF candor and truth. But even Ills CHARGE
snai not alarm us into the abandonment of ncr
we oeiiey"it IS the object md the intercs, os
power 10 run down, in order to excuse to a genc rom,
fuoi'c' Its own enormites. We submit these obser-
Va'''nsin respect to Mr.. Kings accounts, as the ,,o.
quot OF our best reflections, desiring the render q,
credit them exactly SO far, and no farth ". as thew mr..
cord with his own.
as TO the Affair." of the Bank, Mr.. Ring is to 10
heafu more fuHy' and We shall not anticipate tho dig
custom We think the Enquirer might have posi-.
poned It's cavil'pgs until the same cven,-and snar,d
uh'h every thing was before the public, its rcmarss
upon circumstances which have not yet come before
IT, otherwise than through means of its lnsinus,ioos.
a6d enSerness to excuse the Prcsident-wbo , , bo
o"Ie co"d 10 us right can now do no wrong 10 the
sight oil It's consistent and independent Editor.
DoR TIE VINO.
ur., Ga.ssBnIER, June 9Th, 1890.
FOR GENERAL JACKSONIT
IL Is amusing TO perceive with what mind ,a,i a..