Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-01-30

Jest to send them as far from home as posi-
BILE; and by giving such security as they
Required, / was informed that they woulc
glve me liberal loan, which ] declined
taking; but about the time I left Wash
Ilngton, last spring, did borrow smal
sum of this Bank, which ! intended tc
have used in building &c. if necessary
but it so happened that Ihad no use for il
until about the time left home, when a
young gentleman, at the college, applied
TO me to assist him in raising Sl0o for a
dranght on his guardian, and after having
tried several merchants to cash it without
success, | let him have Slo0 of this money
without charge. | then paid Il few small
accounts / owed the. merchants and 9th
jers in this money; and just as ! was leav'
ing town merchant applied to me- to cash
a draft on Kentucky for $500, which
did, by receiving six per cent. interest for
tour months. the time il had TO run. This
is the simple transaction, which has been
mystihed and msgniticd into projects for
destroying the u. S. Bank and running
my neighbors. The paper Of this Bank
(Which is also chartered by Congress- is
as good here as U. S. Bank notes, and lis
notes are received by the U. S. Bank in
this city, as cash. lis credit is as high as
that of any local bank in the United
States. With these facts before them,
leave it to the public TO Judge Of the mo-
tive which must have Influenced these
men in the false alarm they sounded
bout this money.
These editors charge me-, further, that
they have repeatedly heard highly res
pectahle gentleman, residing in Jackson
vile. say that he heard me tell The Pres
Ident Of the u. States, several Years ago,
previous to nv olrcular Of 1882, "that
was with him on the Bank question: B.
this witoess, whom they d. not name, they
pretend 10 have convicted me of gross de
ception and duplclty. Judging from
their other reckless assertions, am hound
10 believe, that no one has ever made tins
statement. | have Il further reason. be-
cause The STAT menl is utterly untrue.
In addition to my own clear knowledge
that II is false, ! called on the President a
few days since, aud asked him, in presence
LOT Gen. John Carr, i member of Con-
gre:s from Indiaua, how he had always
understood my opinions % DC on the CUES
Itioo Of re ,chattefiuE TIE u. States Bank
to which he rePijed, that SO far as
k own to him, they had always been III
favor OF re-chartcrlng it, and said, though
we had differed, he always regarded it
Jas ali honest difference OF oplnion, &c.
Now, ii any person has made THIS state
ment, let him ZONE out under his own
name, let him also tell Who these per
sons are, who, it is said, were present, -and
i venture 10 say, his own witnesses will
Condemn him.
Lawyer Jones charges that u fed from
the final question on the bill for the re-
newal OF the Bank charter in l852--tt,at
Oh my return TO my constituents nade
a lame and unsatisfactory apology &c.
Now what are the facts? | remained II
Congress that session, until the approha,
ton bills for carrying on thc Indian war,
and every bill Of interest to the State,
t had passed, and several votes had been.
taken, which Showed beyond doubt that
there was great majority. in both Hou-
ses, in favor ofpassing the Bank bill. The
session was tben protracted Beyond the
usual setting. The frontiers of our State
were Invaded and experiencing all the
horrors Of protrac1ed Indian War, and
many of my friends had written TO me
that they wanted 's1} services in the field.
| had at the same ;i1,e large sum of mo-
ney 10 jeopardy, which could only be saw
ed BY personal excrtions. Under all these
circumstances, left Washington few
DAYS before the end Of the session; aud
it is the only instance in which ever lost
day. In addition 10 all these circum-
stances. knew that Colonel r. M. john
son. Of Kentucky, was going home, who
was against the hank; and having heard
Mr.. Allen of Virginia, also anti-bank, say
that he wished to 60 home. l agreed with
him to leave the House together, so that
the final vote on the bank question should
NOT be affected hy the absence of either
of US; and with a view to render this ar
rangement more conspicuous, and at the
request OF Mr. Allep, IA member from Vir-
ginia, asked and obtained leave Of alb
Isence for us both, at the same time, as
will be seen by the journals.
On my way.I arranged my business, and
when arrived at home, although nc
troops were marching towards the frontier
set off alone and went as far as For