Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-11-14

n's s'ojsct we copy from the Knoxville, Tenn.
AepuDican an essay, pretty plain in its inference IS
strong suspicion has existed sin ce it was ascer
| 'aihed That large amount of money had been
| rauduehtiy distracted from tho State Bank Il,
NASHVILLE that it had been withdrawn and used 10
| promote The election of Cen. Jackson. Since his
elevation to the Presidency charge was made
lna' the money replaced sent from WASHING
toh' @hich was indignantly denied Who did TAX
the money yet remains mystery, aud it is likely
so 10 continue, unless tho Legislature of Tennessee
take still stronger steps to force confession than
thcy have yet done. This is hardly TO be expseted
winnie the influence that has boon brought to bear
against an Investigation continues. The guilty
alone and their friends we should supros. could be
hound opposed TO an investigation. I he suspected
ought and would be, if innocent, the most anxi
Gus to promote the enquiry.
From the KnorrHIe Republican
TO THE LEGISLATURE OF TENNESSEE
eentlemen: For some years past, suspicious havo
oesn entertained that tho akars of our State Bank
were improperly managed. These suspicious
were strengthened by the uuwilliuguess of the off
GERS OF the Bank to have its true condition investi
gated. Various were the artfses resor,ed to- to
sude snqHry and investigation. During tho las,
session OF the Legislature, explosion took place
and 1t was ascertaiued, beyond doubt, that the
State bad been robbed of vast amount of its funds,
Many OF that body considered il thsr duty to as
certiln and publish to the world, tho names OF the
Individuals who were concerned, with some of the
| othcors of the Bank, in this stupendous robbery
Every effort, however, proved unsuccessful; and
the cllprits ara TO this day, unknown to the pub
| lie. The extraordinary tribunal fer examination.
whlc1 that Legislature created, proved incl Gent
and hewhoie transaction has thus far been shroud-
| ed IL impenetrable mystery.
TWAS asserted by some, and denied by others
thatn large portion of the funds of the State had
| been dissipated in Presidential electioneering!
NufrDr said that that notorious and abandoned in
| grat9 Amos Kendall, came in for share of the
BOOTY Suffer me now TO call your attention to the
late publications. of Gen. Duff Green aud Stephen
Singon, Esq. The party that will nov seek to
oiScrdlt these two men, carnot succeed in tbs at
temp; for that party originally introduced them as
amoIg its own most especial witnesses. From
the lite publications of these two Witnesses it will
he SEN that there is perhaps too much foundation
Tor tie rumor that n portion Of the funds OF oar
State was devoted to the desperate game of the
Presidential election Gen. Green, III his contro-
TersI with Kendall and Eaton, in speaking of the
moutes which influenced him to take charge of
the Telegraph, says, among othor things: Son my
return home, overlook Gen. jackson at W Leenc
We descended the river in the boat far as
Cincnneti. On our way down, the subject [of
estat iishing the Telegraph freely eanyassed
He urged my removal to Washington; expressed
his confidence of my success" &c. GAS l had
been induced to engage in the enterprise the es-
tabli,hment of the Telegraph by the entreaty of
political friends and Maj Eaton held their qua
rantec L, OH that account, we'll from d desire
to eOlfns oil knorledge Of the irasact:o.. TO poll
teal friends conceived it best to apply fer loan
at NsShr:lLe" 81 visited NashpiIis for the double
purpose of seeing Gen. Jackson and borrowing the
funds agreed upon. Through the agency f.
Ephpim II. Foster Esq. l borrowed 81 AGO"
Who advanced this sum, ne does &sitie; does
he state what iiIrtAsr sums he obtained at EaSh-
oius. From Nashville, he went 10 Kentucky,
where he heard, from Of Kcndalrs ''cnnfidcn
tial friena.," that $1,000 wasstho price of Amos
apostacy, ana that that would secure kn to
the support OF Jackson" Ipstesd of paying to
henaall, the $1,000, he 'tgusrGs!esd' to him
y !,23O. This induced Kendall to proceed to
Washington, where Cen Green ":nado up" for
him, 50, 900!
Although there is considerable capital about
Nashville, it is mostly vested in merchandise and
other branches of industry; and it ia aot believed
that there individual funds suEicsat to afford
large sums, Tor purposes of elsctioneering. Why |
should man at Washington, about to establish & |
newspaper go upwards of 700 ailes, to Nashville, !
to get money, whom there was so aiuch more sur
plus capital in the aducsmt cites? Who furnished |
the funds to establish the Telegraph and buy up
Amos Kendall, &C. &c? Gen. Green saws that
tho money advanced by Eaton, did not belong to
Eaton but to others. To whom did it belong2
Or whence it obtained? The community
have right to demand, at your hands, investi-
cation Of this matter In of the letters Of VIM.
b. Lewis, lately revealed to tho light by StopheR
Simpson, and dated, "Dec. a. 1924" Lewis, a.
mong other things says, al truly sorry to learn
that you have not gotten the $500 which Mr.
Eaton and myself expected would be paid to
you by our friend Col. Armstrong" "Mr
Eaton and myself supposed that $500, in add-
ton 10 Nhut haG been paid you, would in all
probability, relieve you" 1.-The old MANS friends
here, although the most of them are in independent
circumstances, have not much spsrs cash" Vow, al
ia ugh there was ''pOt raEch spare sssh," "among
the old mans friends" about Nashville; and al
though there was n surplus of "cash" about the
eastern cities; STILL in every Development of the
private machinery of 'the old nan's friends" we
see that NasbpiIts, and N0sbUiHe alaest exclusive
y, looked to! From the late exposures, il
appears that Major Eaton pretty generally hold
ing some guarantee" for money, and furnishing
large sums of money, which Gen. Green says, was
not Estons, but belonged to others; and we like
wise find Eaton, matter where, i'll the east and
north, engaged in these transactions of 5so1sp and
Of money not his ot1n, how other, connsct-
ed with Nashville, while Nashville was always
nected with him; notwithstanding sll the while,
there was .'not much spare cash among the old
mans friends" there!
Gentlemen, search into this matter, and ascer-
tain who really the individuals who pocketed
the funds of the State Bank. Dread not the invest!
CATION under apprehension that. peradvcnture,
the bare association OF ideas might oven disantly
connect "thc old man" himself, with Of ''hia
friends" for, rest assured, he toleTates such
buugng; his tactics prc-conceige and provide
barriers between him and some Of 'his friends"
the exhibit, through the whole routine Of election
eoring is always seen IL Of these, you mover
trace mocasin track Of hn
The public in general and your constituents in
particular, have a right to know the truth. The
individuals, whoever they be, VIII" baye participa-
ted in robbing the State of its funds. arc within
authority to send for persons and papers and thus
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