Delaware gazette and American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1837, 1832-09-28


private accounts. Make what you will Of Mr.
Biddle's giving $4,000 to be loaned TO Noah, but
say nothing of our private business" To this he
replied, /" Judge Clayton has charged that large and
improper loans have been made to Editors, and we
will be compelled to allow him to go into full
history of any thing relating to the Bank and your
selves. "Very well then, in doing So you will of
course say to the public what you have now said
to me-that you are perfectly satisfied there was
nothing wrong in our loans." He replied we do
not intend to permit any opinion to be expressed
in the report for or against the Bank, nor for or
against you. If we once commence with opinions,
Judge Clayton to sustain his speech will insist
upon making SO many differences, that it will draw
forth two reports from the committee"
On this left him somewhat abruptly, perfectly
satisfied in my own mind, that the intimation from
Col. johnson was well-tmed, and that the charge
of Cambreleng's hostility to us was true. II is
evident to me, that, knowing we can defeat his
election next fall he is still anxious of appearing
our friend, and disposed to make you the scape-
goat of the committee. | have repeated our con-
X@rsation to Col. Twiggs and Mr.. Noah, and they
bSsh agree in advising that should lay the whole
matter before you confdentialy, in order that you
may take such course as you think proper in your
report. tell you again that any report you may
think proper to make, will receive from us the
credit of being founded upon your ideas of justice
but do not, l beg of you, permit Mr.. Cambreleng
to protect himself under your known and constitu-
tional hostility to the Bank. Of the pfoprety and
fairness of our loan | know you have no doubt.
Where then is the necessity, the justice, or the
proEriety, of dragging us before the public, more
than you would any merchant in the country The
loan from Bddle for Noah you think Objectionable.
Well then, say what you please of it, we know no.
thing of that loan We had no connection with the
Bank, directly or indirectly. The loan was made
by Burrows to Noah, not to me or to the paper.
And If our subsequent loans were fair business
transactions (Which you cannot doubt) ask you
where is the propriety or justice in referring to
them And ask you too, do you not owe it to
justice and frankness to state, in any event, that
we are duly exonerated from all suspicion or blame.
That we shouldsbe exonerated you cannot doubt
am conscious we have done nothing wrong-no.
thing that should cast suspicion upon our motives
and surely we have right to expect justice at the
hands of the committee If we are to be sacrificed
to aim blow at the Bank you at least, cannot and
will not loan your name to give sanction to such
measure. We have alone and sngle-handed fought
the battle of the South. In us Georgia has found
a bold and seadfast friend, and il we are to suffer
without cause, surely we do not expect that of
her representatives will quietly yield to the nus-
tce. Do not misunderstood me ; God knows
would not in the slightest manner influence your
JuuSuiSHt tnIouSh Joui Du1 ultSi tnS
declaration Of your sentiments few days since,
and knowing that these sentiments must be con-
6rmed by the deposition of Noah, forwarded to-day,
4 do loals as
justice. We want nothing more, and we are en-.
titled to an expression Of your committee either
for Or against us. Silence would engender suspic-
ion, and would rather meet direct charge than
an insnuation Of misconduct CaInbelengi is play
ing deep game, and you will find, that in connex.
ion with leading money men here, his object is 10
get up a new institution, on different principles,
the location of which will be New York. With
this view he will endeavour to obtain information
the best system of banking from all parts of the
world. He will use the opponents of the Bank to
destroy the present institution, and then he will
wish to raise up another Bank for specializing OBJ
jects This is conjecture, but it will not vary far
from the truth. Look at the subject in all its bear
ings, and do us Justice we ask for nothing else.
Excuse this scrawl as the mail is about closing,
and have not time to look it over.-Sincerely
your friend,
JAS. WATSON WEBB.
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