Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 182?-183?, 1832-08-17

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or, which we are satisfied, from the Uni
form discretion of the worthy Editor he
would not have published, if he had not re
ceived it from good authority Relying IN
on IFS general accuracy, we extract from il
the following passages, upon which we an
mex one or two comments
EItract Of letter to.he Editor ofMe II.
ieraRdia Gazette, dated.
AUCKLAND, (Va) August
"IIe, (the President ofthe United States
passed through this place last Tuesday, in
great state, stopping TO breakfast While
here, some Of his friends called on him and
had some conversation with him in the tav-
ern porch--tn which occasion he held forth
most luminously, among other matters rela-
ting to his Administration upon the Banl,
of the United States. He said, that lift had
not been vetoed, the liberty OF our country
would not he worth copper that he had no
doubt il would be discovered, Insufficient in
vestigation were made, that many Gifts prem
inent advocates in Congress were bribed for
their support that it had lent Mr. Webster
$4,000 short time since Ctmplyinr
charge oil bribery, otherwise the fact was
not worth mcntioning:) a. That il had
accepted him as Gales & Scalcn's erdorser
for the same amount, o. though he was
worth nothing and that il had, in the coun-
try, Gin Tennessee. / think } taken mort
cages, as securities, TO the number OF hun
dreds in one day; forget the precise number.
lie spoke, also, of the brides il administers
in the shape OF fat fees 10 counsel 81 Mr..
Clay, too, came in for his share of the denun
citation and abuse of The Hero. The fees he
once received from the Bank as counsel.
were remembered and brought forth in most
magnanimOuS inuendCs
You Will no doubt, agree with me, that
such conduct is exceedingly candid and high
minded. Thus publicly 10 charge honorable
and eminent men, acting under a solemn
oath, upon mere suspicion, in the form OF
supposiion, with being influenced ly brides
in the discharge Of their official duties. is d
stretch Of magnanimity far beyond The con-
ception ofordinary folks, * peculiarly becom
ing in our ChiefMagistate. Yours, truly"
III We have heard before that an at
tempt would be made to convert into an g
lectioneering topic the fact of money having
been lent 10 members of Congress. We
should not be surprised that Fir. Webster
had had paper discounted for him to this a.
mount indeed we think we have heard that
notes had been given TO him by wealthy
associations or individuals, interested in
having claims under some of the late trea-
ties, TO something like this amount, which
he had discounted. And why should he
not? What is there in his position, TO debar
him from facilities which are common TO all
his countrymen? How infinitely beneath
the dignity of the Chief Magistrate is il TO
retail in the tavern pOrChes those petty SLAM
ders, the inventors of which did not dare TO
utter them here, when all parties were on the
spot, & would have confronted one another!
2 II is rot true that Mr.. Webster is
"GaeS & Seaton's endorser" for the amount
stated, or for any amount, or that his name
is in any manner connected with loans at the
Bank ofthe United States, or at any other
Bank, for their use, or that there is any man
ner OF account whatever, between him and
Gales x Seaton, except his account for sin
gle copy ofthe country newspaper. This
part OF the story is lily false, and without
even shadow OF foundation. Whoever told
it TO the President, he ought to kick him
out OF his doors for contemplate fellow, the
first time he sets foot within them
III We have heard of this before, as
coming from the Committee, though no gen
tleman in Congress ventured there TO speak
olit, much less 10 make IT matter of re-
proach What is more obvious TO any man
Of common sense and any knowledge what
ever of business, than that the Bank of the
United States, in its vast, varied, and
complicated concerns, must have occasion TO
employ Counsel as well in consultation as at
the Bar 1t would of course be its duty 10
employ the most eminent counsel, and to
pay them for their services in the proportion
in which such services are paid for by ndi-
yiduals How derogatory TO the station
which he occupies is the impeachment by the
President of the motives of the most distin-
guished gentlemen in the country on this
ground Fic for shame
Upon the whole report Of this convefsa-
lion we cannot help remarking, that il so
closely resembles the luCubrations with
which the Globe abounds on the same sub
ject, that il is very clear, either, J. That
the President has got his notions of this mat
ter from the learned Editor Of the Official
or, q That the Official Editor got his no
tons from the President. There is an alb
solute identity between them, both in spirit
and in substance.
-ssGez-
The Lexington, Va Union states hat
the Lexington and Covington Turn
pike is nearly completed, by which Lex
ington will be united through a contin-
uous road to Ohio river.
The spirits of camphor Is gaining
ground as a remedy in the common
/ Cholera Morbus. We have heard Of
two violent cases, from our neighbors, in
which the use Of only three drops was
found eficacious in stopping the attack.
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