Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-05-14

this place TOR the truth Of our assertion.
o. Next in order comes the Ssh interroga,ory:
as. Was not the money thus UNIV arrantably abstract.
ed from the Bank. drawn by some Of the members Of the
famous white washing committee, and devoted to cleo.
pioneering purposes"
The previous responses afford a complete answer and
refd'a'ion TO this enquiry. But to put down all cavil-
ling, we reply that said Committee never did. either di-
rectly or Indirectly, draw one dollar from said Bank for
any purpose whatever-Dor did any individual member
OF said Committee ever draw one cent from that Bank
that did not honestly aud legitimately belong to him.
We will 90 further, and, also state, that not a single
member Of tina, Committed is now, or ever was an over
drawer or defaul'er Of tina: Bank to the least extent
whatever.
6. The following is the 9Th interrogatory:
sc. Was not its payment guaranteed by the verbal
pledges OF SONS other members Of that committed"
This demand has been also fully answered. As no
money ever was drawn by said Committee from said
Bank-or by any individual member Of that Committee
no guaranty OF repayment, either verbal or written,
could have been asked or given.
a. The following is the 7th interrogatory:
~. Was not a greater man Cat least ono who holds a
more conspicuous sta'ion) than either OF the mem.
bers Of that Committee, appraised Of these proceed
ings; and did he not give in the sanction Of his acquies.
cence:'
As none of the proceedings" to which this writer
refers ever had any existence, save in his own polluted
imagination, the great man TO whom he alludes was ne
YER apprised Of them. and therefore could never have
given TO them the sanction Of his acquiescence.
s. The eighth interrogatory is in the word, follow
ing:
IS. Has not a large portion of the money! thus H.
legally AID dishonesty drawn from the vaults Of the
Bank, been lately returned, no body knows how, or by
whom"
A large amount of money Ia, been returned to the
vaults Of the Bank and erery body in this quarter we'll
knows ho,o and by ,chOm. There is an insinua.ion con-
tanned in the last line OF the OH inter .oga,ory, which
will be presently inserted, that the money just refer
red TO was cent from Washington City by Gen. Jack.
son. We procee ed 10 explain. When the late Cashier
retired from the Bank he took with him several Trunks
containing the books Of the Bank, as before stated.
These trunks al-o contained about SI2I 900 in Bank
notes on this very Bank, which Col. Parrish OF course
| nf.rnal. ,"l flsS l.. Ia ..~.-, It'll
The writer refers to, as no o her money has been return
ed to said institution, since the deialca,ion, except abou,
$1,000 recently deposited on account Of collections
made OF two OF our citizens, one of whom is a very
true and thorough going AaaDsman-the same being
money which they openly and voluntarily returned.
1t is in vain for the Vireinian to say that this money
came from Washington, or that il was furnished, in any
wise Whatever, by the means of Gen. Jackson. The
facts OF the case PROSTATE at once any such insinu ton.
These notes were az q them, notes on this Bunk.
They were notes which had been nearly two years a.
20 withdrawn from circulation. They had been coun
ted aud wrapped up in packets containing from two to
each packet had been plainly marked ON each bv the
directors who had counted them. These packets had
been also sealed up with wax by these SAINT Directors
who had written their names across the seals-and thew
had been paced in a :runk and slowed away in the vault.
These same packets are still at the bank, and the Di
rectors referred to will attest the truth of these state
ments. Then how can il be said that these notes we're
sent from Washington! Men of character and stand
ing-D;recior, OF this Bank in no wise implicated in
these Publications., will testify that these same packets
were in the vault but a few days before the with.
drawal of Col. Parri,h;-ihen how could they have
come through the hands Of Gen. Jackson, or any of his
frie nds at the metropolis.
We now proceed 10 the insertion of the 9th and last
interrogatory on this list of jesuiical falsehoods:
"9. In short, was not money needed, for purposes of
bribery and corruption, by your white-washing commit
tee; was it not furnished by Joel Parrish, on his private
responsibility, and on the security Of the verbal pledges
OF the members of that committee; was it not applied to
electioneering purposes; was not the private book with
held from view, because certain names contained i'm it
must not be eXDOsed: did not the Iepislature ceasa IN 10
mand the book, soon as this fact was made know to them;
and has not a portion Of the missing money been lately
received from Washington City?
"When you answer these questions, VIC shall have a
few others ready for you"
This seems to be a sort of onnium gatherum of all
that has been previously demanded of us;-a sort of re-
duction into one of the whole of the previous allega-
tons; and though that true and full answers have been
already given, yet TO do away the imputation Of evasion
we proceed to a direct answer to each query.
We say, then, that money was not even needed for
purposes OF bribery and corruption by the "white-wash-
ing committee because even had Gen Jackson and
his friends been base enough to resort to such means,
the overwhelming favour Of the American people, so
long, so loudly, and so openly expressed in behalf of
the Hero, rendered such a resort unnecessary. No
money whatever, as we have already stated, was ever
furnished by Joel Parrish, either on his private respon-
sibhity, or on any responsibility whatever-nor did the
friends OF Gen. jackson ever apply any money TO cleo
tioneering purPoses-nor was there any "priudte book"
kept or held from public view-nor did the Legislature
cease to demand the books until after they had been sur
rendered; nor has any portion OF the ''missing money!
Deen at any time received from Washington CITY, or
from any other quarter, save in the manner which has
been already stated.
Thus much we have deemed it necessary b say, in
answer 70 tie Virginian. We regret that this article
has grown to such length; but, we could not say less
without suhjecting ourselves, on The part of the assail-
ants, to the imputation of evasion. The character of
no man in this age, has been submitted to such an or.
deal, as has been applied to Gen. Jackson's for the last
eight years.; and yet no crime, half so black as those
imputed to him by the Virginian, has hitherto been laid
at his door. Ii was proper that they should be, at once,
promptly and fully met; and we trust no honest man
can rise |. om the perussl Of this article, without ex-
claiming TO himself, that the charges are base fabtica-
tons, and that their authors are scoundrels "of the first
magnitude J"
p. S.-Since writing the above, the -- OF
the 81 inst. has reached us; we find that -, the
Editor OF that paper, has inserted the article of the Vir.
gilman in his columns, and has preceded il with a COM
mentary Of his own, avowiDg his entire belief Of the
whole story-absurd and atrocious as il is, &c. &C.
The Editor Of the - outstrips even the Virginian.-
The latter insinuates, in the form of a question, that
I" a portion of the missing money has been lately sent
from Washington ,''-wbilst the former roundly asserts,
that 90 the money, or a large portion Of IL, has been re.
Gently returned as strangely as il went, aud from
Washington The assertion Is false, as we have
shewn. We have nailed the maker OF this SANDER 10
the counter, a convicted liar; and we now demand OF
his indorser, &c &c. g., the exhibition Of the proofs in
support Of his charge. Should he fell 10 display them,
he becomes at once more deeply degraded, than the
wretch, TO whose malignant heart the public are in
debted for these infamous calumnies. The-talk
about g the forhesrance exercised towards Mr.. Parrish,
when his default was discovered" We have shewn
the kind Of forbearanCe which was extended towards
Observation-Disclosures. and confinement! SC. &c
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