Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-06-21
Fl U. STATES BANK.

LIE ". SiAlteS DAMN
Mr.. Adams in his able and conclusive re-
port on the bank of the u. States, spoke Of
certain correspondence, which took place in
the summer Of 1929, between the bank aud
the government, concerning the Portsmouth
branch bank, which, though not noticed in
the report OF the chairman OF the committee,
are stated by MIR. A. to be in his opinion as
''alore deserving Of the a~ttent,on Of Congress,
AND OF THE NATION, than aay other Of The pd-
perS commented upaa in the report" The at
tention OF the pubic having been awakened
by this declaration, the interchangeable and re-
spectacle editors Of the lnteligencer, with
their wanted zeal, have presented an alb
stract of the documents, which reveal a most
nefarious attempt to render the United States
bank a mere party machine, TO be welded by
Gen. jackson and the panders by whom he
is surrounded, for his and their aggrandize-
ment. The following is All abstract OF the
statement and documents published in the In
telligencer: We regret the necessity which
compels us to confihe the exposition TO such
moderate limits: but we have published suf
ficient to give our readers a clear view Of the
matter.
On June 9th, 1929, Mr.. Woodbury. wrote
a confidential letter to Mr.. Ingham, complain
ing that the president of the branch bank at
Portsmouth, MIR. jeremiah Mason SIS a par
ticuLar friend of Mr.. Wcbster:' says MIR
w. is supposed to have had much agency in
efiecting the change that the salary was
greatly increased, and urges Mr.. lngbam to
use his Influence at the mother bank to turn
MIR. Mason out.
MIR. .ngham on the 18th Of July, enclosed
TO MIR. Biddle, the president OF the bank, a
copy of this confidential letter; Mr.. Blddle in
reply states that the president Of the branch
WAS not changed, Mr. Shapley having, from
tie state of his health, voluntarily declined
1 serving, without the slightest intimation OF a
wish to that effect to the hoard; that the sa.
larry of the new president was not encreased
a dollar; and that Mr.. Webster had not the
slightest agency in obtaining the appoint
ment for Mr.. Mason, thus exposing the I'M
truth of all .Mr. w oodbury's material allega-
tons or suggestions. He also quoted anoth-
er letter written by Mr.. Woodbury., fatty
contradicting one OF his own assertions In his
letter to .Mr, ingha,n. Mr.. Blddle shows that
1t has been the settled policy OF the bank 10
"aGStaia from al political contests"
On the esd OF July, NJ lngham wrote a
letter TO ,nr. Biddie, in which he says, IN sub
stance, that general Jackson has turned over
the bank to the management OF him OR
ingham) and scolds Mr.. Biddle for not being
more obsequious. The words are:
I But it is not deemed transcending the
4 just obligation of the department to tchich Il
assigned the direction Of the relations bstceen
the government and tie bank, TO suggest IL:
uie,cs as to the proper management"
'In making these remarks, | must not be
understood as assuming the truth of any
charge, but merely as otjecting to a course q
a>tioa that either resists inquiry. or, what IS o
the same tendency, enters upon 1T with a iui
n persuasion that il is not called for"
MI A few days before the date Of this epIstle
Il Isaac Hill had addressed one dated Wash
HI ingtou July II, 1922 to .Messrs. Barker ant
m Pernhe.ton, assailing Mr.. Mason, and sayins
III thai '.He friends Of General Jackson IN .Neu
N Hampshire haze had tli too much reason Il
complain q The management Of the branch a
Portsmouth," At the date OF this letter, HI
was the tocum teaenS OF the Office oil secon'
comptroller, the Senate not having then pu
4 its niark on him. Mr.. Pemberton is, we be
leve, the person by that name whom genera
Jackson, according to his declaration to
Stephen Simpson, had appointed his vice 70,
II over Pennsylvania. The letter was accom-
panied by applications for The removal of Nj
Mason, and other directors of the branch a
Portsmouth.
Among the other letters is one from M
Eaton, secretary OF war, directing the tran:
fer Of BOOKS. papers, aud funds of the Me-
Hampshire pension agency TO a Mr.. Pickel
Ing, of Concord, and a very able and concl,
site letter from Mr.. Biddle, dated Septen
Der 18th. In this letter Mr.. Biddle says
|N MIR, Mason's case.
III "Your reply of the Esd Of July treats e.
emption from political bias as a moral lmpo
sibility, and, in ~allusion to a suggestion tn
the bank was dlsincliued to the lnterierent
.ei The government in these matters, you d
clare that sit is not deemed transcendinS Il
jest obligation of the department TO which
assigned the direction Of the relations b
tween the government and the bank, to su
gest its views as TO their proper manag
mentn You speak Of the faction OF the 9
Felnmen, on the bank, and that OF the bal
on those within the sphere OF It's influence
and, finally, yon reIn0ye the impression IN
these were only your private sentiments,
which the friendly purpose might justify I
communication, by stating that your frsti
Ter coatained "such an ayowal Of the vie
Of the administration, as could not fairly
misunderstood"
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