Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-05-03
from the N. Y. s,audardl

! VUbTlc, % put
Gown e injurious assertions contained in those publca
ons aud the rumors that have been indusrousIy circ
eu IN nis community BY persons who love gossip better
uam ruin next, IN relation 10 the same subject.
ihese people have assumed that the subscriber
.a information denied TO others, which specua,ions in
=: .. Bank Stock might be safely founded and then
without single fact OH which 10 found the assertion the
give out That he has entered into these specua,ons and
ieaized hcrerom large profits whereas, the truth is
na tue subscriber never owned bought Sold or i'm apv
er manner 10 any extent whatever, has been ntere
eu h ina" STOCK, or in any speculation in relation
ms only connection with the Stock Of that Bank is as
trustee win W alter Bovine and Fred de Peyster e.
qurcs, OF twenty-five shares which were purchased bv
ofuer oil he trustees on the 18th day OF November 1927
ana ia which he has not the remote interest
lhe subscriber means TO make this denial As full n, bs
command oil language will enable him to do am, Chi
enges all persons who have INDUCED in assertions or in
snuauons connecting him with purchases or spcculatons
70 org forward single fact circumstance that can
the accuracy OF this denial in question.
On the 2Oh of March last, the editor of the Teerr,rh
puoIisird the following paragraph
r 'erplanck refused Tor the editor of,bo Clob.
printer TO Congress, the ground that he was
ed with gang OF stock obbers in Wall strect-tbat ar
ces in the Globe were prepared with vin,y ~ o ~,
on the price OF stocks aud thus promote the ganbns
opers"ons oil hese conspraiors. The friends Of Mr. Blair
were 'ou uat Mr. Nerplancks vote depcnded upon b;s
giving satisfactory explanation OF this charge None was
attempted 49, '' was
Nv know fact which goes TO confirm Mr.. verpanck',
susp'ciohs II Is this:-Au individual who holds hyblv
confidential Office under the appointment of Cen Jnt
proposed 70 the editor OF this paper in 1922 to enter
INTO an arrangement 10 communicate 10 his broker in
street, such facts would enable him 10 specul,, in ,
STOCKS; and falling 10 obtain information tbropb ma c
came on TO this city in 1929 and also in iS3O-saw the pre-
sidehts message before il communicated 10 Congress
IN Time 10 return TO New York in anticipation of the CIV
press ana IN both there large specula,ions in
Vouch Tor this iact, and the individual TO whom
we REFER knows that there has been be-
what say" w e"y
On the 9th inst. as it was brought 10 NV no,
oy an insidous publication in the Commercial Adveriser
Oh ms city, enclosed to Gen. Green the last
anu suaeu ~ have right to require of you to be more
| inta oil IN raIa.
ply to this note. On the 18th inst the editor The Tel
sraPn Puoshed my note with comments, which he adj
'a' was the person alluded to, having proposed
~ io|9, 10 eh;er into an arrangement to commu ate
10 my broker in Walsree such information as would
@ 10 speculate In the stocks and the person who
III 1919 ana 80 went TO Washington, saw the Presdent's
message before it communicate ed to Congress in
70 return TO New York in anticipation of the
then in order that it should be believed that bad @
S'cey used The information he asserts was
Of he adds: And in both cases there were large snecuI
lions IA stocks and further give credit TO these charges
| ne refers TO correspondence on the subject
Inc editor OF the Telegraph having referred n hi. cor
with me ON this subject, an liberty to pub
vie him 10 publish the rest $3.50 -"
zen Greens hrst letter on this subject dated 10Th De
Imoei, 1872 winch stated that be charged
with giving information in relation to the MESSAGE " g.
lheuia'eiy sent 10 gentleman who il was thought had
right TO be informed of that statement and to whom
ieN Oound as did in the letter in which il was inclosed
us,e OIL the zzd December, to "This letter was
received late Oh Saturday-on Monday called upon the
editor oil the Daily Advertiser TO examine his files flor
o' heo OF me paragraph referred toy did so and
"ieu oil me editor whether any alusion was intended
to be made to He assured me thai he
mad no such iatenion that had not been mentioned or
reerred TO as In the remotest de will, ,h
sPecuaton and this lie repeated to friend of mine who
Intercepted him the subject" As this letter has
oeen returned 10 me, cannot publish it, replied to it
'Fe,o York, Dec. 10, 1929, 8 o'clock p M
i our ieer oil The 10Th inst. is this moment no
ceNeu. he in'imaion that am to be charged with
sPecuaton' &c. surprises me- as much because have
not scene heard OF the article paper 10 which YOU re-
Ter, as from It's being wholly groundess
nave never been connected with the bank in any
manner "ha.eVer and never made purchase or engaged
IN speculation in its stock directly, through the inter
Vent'on OF any other person.
On my return, arrived in this CITY LATE n, rros1,
evening" The Message received early the ne xt morn
ing and since my return have been continually un,ye
anu engaged III cour which must be my excuse for not
""'lnS satehueu 10 your particular business As the
court adjourned to-day, am now relieved and will o
lar as my health will permit, endeavor to ascertain he
her he money can be borrowed or not. In haste.
Gen. Duff Green
= On the I'D OF the same month wrote again TO Gen
"reeh repeating what had before written to the gentle
man referred to- and avcrring that never had anv
necon with the Bank of the United States: thai
or soI or sPecuated in its stock directly indi
Ieety Not having found my draft OF this letter. can
not publish il; Cen Green will probably do So He re-
Piled 10 it i'll these words
Washington, 25M Dec. 1880.
Dear Slr-in reply to yours OF the 22i inst can saw
That my belief that you would be designated az the ini
vdual VINO had specuated n stocks as charged in the
I that
simultaneously with the republication of the article i'm
me Journal report that you had come on TO this CITY
LOT the purpose OF writing the essage was nut i'm
iaob This, with the fact that YOU left here about he
une oil It's delivery, made anticipate that the charge
would be levelled al you glad 10 hear that Mr.
Dwight had no such allusion believe myself that tbc
pecuIa ion was the other side and that The stock Job
oers who control the bank threw into market in adj
vance Of the Message.
In relation TO The negotiation OF which Won were so
khd as 10 tke charge, IL is important me that il should
be closed oy the LIST OF January that should know
before that day what will be the result because relying
on your ability 10 make the arrangement have not iook
.s1" ""y nope 10 near from you on this SUBJ
JiGt soohE Yours, ID. GREEN.
III appears from the following letter from General Green
mat again wrote TO him The 9th the same month
vi that letter have copy, but he has the original il
VIII probably be published by him;
| - - WdShington Dec. 81, 1929
Dear Sir-YOurs Of the 9Th inst. is before me- + on
the day before yesterday, had conversation with the Pre-
sident, and explained TO him the whole matter As I
wiote 10 you lew days since coupled the fact that on
The same day that the article from the d. Adv appeared in
the journal heard that report in the streets
hat you mad come here for the purpose of tcTng the
PRESIDENTS Message am glad to hear that the charge
has not been made against YOU and il Won suspect
one else is due to all others that should saw that the
suspicion that the article intended for YOU originated
as have stated.
Will forward TO you statement such as you desire TO
accompany the mortgage but cannot for the cause before
assigned TO YOU raise money by note pay oil the Bank
me metropolis do not endorse for others, and cannot
its security II am clear Of the Bank Of the u
states, and OF Jarvis, can make my way.
Yours, d. GREEN
Col. James A. Hamilton New York.
From these letters ii is evident that Cen Green did moi
osleDe nat the charge, intended to be evellcd me-