The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1832-10-16
From the Glebe.
BANK BRIBERY.

o1NA
James Wason Editor III paper s'yl,d,h
wanna. dvocaie. bn. which was real
ly 81, up Is the Bank advocate, has had ih.
cff,ontery 70 deny. an oath that he receives
Inc $3.50 as stated IN the letter of oor co :
r, sponJen,s. lie denied that he rsceirtd !!
from the Btuk. aud snys -"Thai he hod nee
,r received directly or indirectly AID Of monsy
Or other vpiuatie fhings from The Bank or apy
O. lis Brapches"
Win does not SEQ in this an evasion. sori
od meMal seservat,on TO save the eou.cIenc,
or the corruot swearer. lie did Mt get y
from The Bdnk or It's Branches" No No. |
I, was from Mr. Bf,lule, no, from the Bank
that ne got the ,noscy. CoN'd not Nr Bnf-
rows aa,e swo,n ,ha same thing 1t he had
been caught and bru,,ght IN the hook Ger
is,nly Mr. Burrows ob'alned The $l5CW'
fom NJ. Biddle's breaches pocket, snd there
~as NJ, The II gl,te-' trace ofthe iransactlon
on the Bank B,nks iur nine months afier
Iiis eurnns toinark the dlffei en- npolog'es
made hy Wisou himself, and the Banks
prosyoiy,e Green. The latter 'hii mates that
~ Was mrrsIy Bank note received with
Bddle's name on u "a President. lie says:
4 we are huund To suppose that the drni,
xmch ~ SAID 10 have been IN the letter. was
,bismed from, the bank II Philadelphia. a
the best means of quitting 10 hmn in Pitts
burgh. fnmls Which Mr.. Wilson had 10 that
lrty. And far all tiia, appears in the state
tnen,. IL all tia, is said Il true. u may be that
= Mr. Diddle did not know that such . man a.
,mes. wilson. editor at the PrnnsyIvania
Ai,ocnie. hli mn existence. II " not cha'g-
/ ed that Mr.. Bdile wrote the letter. but I,
was leue, Which cot tnined IA draf on the
branch bank in that city. signed by ". Bril-
dL :! Andisio every back not" sigued by
i n u idle and does II follow that an Editor
il bfbed ar That the bank has w,sted its
funds, BECAUSE an editor receives letter
containing bank note" .1
Now our astuie proseiyted Telegraph
will observe. that 1t is expressly charg-
ed in the deposition, that "Mr. B'ddle
wrote the lcirr" enclosing the draft !;
and that u wus mt merely "a hank NOTE"
! that was construed into draft. bui II
draft Of the ordinary kind and tia, MIR.
Dlddle was nor connected with this ran
saction, US the mere signer ct hank
note, hut the actual agent, putting the
money into The Ediior's pocket. a little
more directly then WHEN he put into
Wchb's packet through Burrows. Nine
months hrace, this sum may he found
charged to the contingent fund, entrust-
ed to Mr.. D,idle ms the means Of OH
tanning the renewal of i'e Bank charter.
The Telegraph inquiries, It this money
were derived from the Bank, now could
il escape The knowledge of all the dir
ecrnrs ! We ask Ia returns, how Mr..
BiddIe disposed of such immense sums
f,r the benefit OF the Courier aud En-
quirer, without ,he knowledge Of the
board asNt6
This accidental discovery, through
The honest HArrra of PIT burg. who
bore the name ofthe Bank Editor. shows
how The Bank is pouring out the treasury
of the Govertrnen, Nh 1.-THE Stockholders,
10 polIu,c The scnu,ces Of public infer
nation. II Wehb received his S52, ,OOO
in two or three drafts, why should we
be SURPRISED TO see the interior presses
supplied with 500or 5000 n. n time.
We have nos the least doubt that the
village pressss uf The Bank every where,
receive their monthly supplies from .he
Bauk PresIdeit.---'rhe aristocracy would
clear sevcnteca millions instantly ny the
renewal Ut the monor oily, in the rise "t
stock. Gnu they not. therefore, nfi'ard
to pour uut some millions 10 defe u the
of the fearless man who COM
bats its power! But hesidrs the mere
gain involved in the struggle.
which would or itself induce the Bank
party To goto extremity, :hey aro reach
ing to u mach higher nhirct--the polifi-
cal pover ofhh' Ancriran Government,
which mill bring NTH IL, as an incident, { c
psrpefaity offe taxing pomcr invoired IN
their Banking prcregct'ce.
II will he observed TINT the individual
who gives the following deposition, was, K
until his discovery, an opponent of tho
President--nnd ,hal The Piushnrg De-
mocrnt, from which we quote comment
on the subject, was nlsn for the Bank.
when accident unveiled tho neiarious
transaction with W,lsor.
Plrrcs, RGH, 2d Oct. 1882.
To the Eitor oftae Globe: I
Dear Sir: We deem it u duty we owe
to The people, 10 forward you The enclos- !
ed affidavit, (Which is from one "f our
respectable ,c,'izrps,) to show tho means
resorted ,o by the monied aristocracy To
sustain themselves in power.
Very respectfully yours,
NJ. DAVID LYNCH. %
T. Dnili,D