Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-12-22
LYNcHBURG, DEC. g, 1894.
TO ruL EDITORS.

| TO rnE EplroRs.
+" ,oyk Ao,o a NAM tals shall put" them 1oir't.'
The author ofthe Address TO his fcilow-ci''ztns
| If ampb.ll, H,l,fax and Piusylvania, owes II 10
himself 10 notice the s'riciure," Of the Vrgndn
on The most important, errors OF fact, INTO "h''h
its writer has doubtless unintentt"H"AP ia'ieh'
| The Address was published IN the Virslnl"H OF
| Thursday the 4th ias'. The author io waraeo 'n'
note Of crraia the 9th. with the request .h'' 'e
same should be published IN the next Ilo"adg pa
per but no thai would have spo'leh The co''o's
| pretty paragraph about " the immense amount Of
| 1853 millions Of dollars" As the gentlemen admit
it was rnintenl,onaliy" and 1nddufrten"H
done, would il no, have been quite as stt@ 10 nave
made the correction in the address ! II Is que 10
the gentlemen O: the meeting in Halifax 10 say,
that the author Of tho al ires,, III reading II, "'u
no, then state the amount ofdamagcs clai ned, ha'-
ing passed il over as blank, though II was h''tu
with the sum of one hundred and htly-elsht thou
| sand dollars that, no wcver, Gas the Virs'niah
.ays,) ~, 2nimporiant," though their caust'c
structure about it forcibly reminds me oil wha'
| have often heard, that " 4 drowning man VIII
| catch at straws.'
Bu:. says the Virgnan, " the writer is again
Mistaken" when ~ says 3" the full amount OF the
bill was promptly rendered tic Bank siolh
kind srs: il you will give yourselves the trouble
| to look into the correspondence o! the Bank WITH
the Secretary O: the Treasury on this SUBJECT, you
will find thst you were tie bind onHs, anu u "thc
| writer of the address. Under caption aud date oi
" Bank Of the United Suites, .May l3, 1888 ).
| Jaudon. Cashier, writes 10 the Secretary Of the
Treasury as follow, 81 have no" the honor to
iran smit 10 YOU herewith, your original bill of ex-
change" " and the protest for the ron payment Of
said bill, dated March %, 1888, which bill aud
protest were received 10y me this day " trans-
nit, also, the account Of Mcssrs. Hotlm-ucr *
| Co our bankers in Paris, If the cOs's " The pro-
test, &c" Then follows statement OF the amount
clamec by the Bank. The Secretary Of the Trco-
sury, under date Of May The l6ih, 1888, writes to
| M, Bni,lle in answer the Department has ii IN
lis power to return the amount tmmediaiety In Tie
| Bank, and Tic Ifcasurcr has bceH fe{ncSic! 10
iastruct the Coslier n the Bank 10 re charse The
same 10 his accounh' Under date OF May 10
| 1898, S. Jaudon, Cosdief, writes IN statement OF
| the account of the Bank agains' the United States
Nay l6, 1883, "dedant The amoHnt his day re-
ecired from, The Treasure, If TIE UnifeA STATES,
per has letter, daicd Wasaiaston, May l6, 1888
1908 sos S9' The reader VIII perceive,
by looking Mt tho foregoing extruc's, that the Sec
relary of the Treasury was informed, ON May
18Th, that the French bill protested, and On
May 18TH fire dol thereafter, according 10 the nc
| count of the Banks own officer, the amount rns
| paid and sky days fom tho date OF the pro-
test in Paris. And yet the Edlors of the Vngmiun
| say, the writer IS again mistaken" indeed We
| have never before seen or heard this statement
made" That may be true, for IT is not to be sup
pos cd that one or two gcntlcmen ull that passes
in this vide world, tho It would sccm reasonable
lat public journalists should be better informed be
fore they dcnouncc os erroris,s one who can tell
without magnifying glass " beam from
mote Vince ! ye wear glass eyes, and seem
TO see shinss that are not.
| will be permitted to confront what these ger.
| ,lemcn say about this Bank claim for damages, in
oonnexion with nc case Of Mr.. Glrard, and their
! TRADE about VIVA, IS hoaesi" and 81" with the
opinion Of the former Attorney General, Mr.. Ia
ney says he, /" the account stated by the Bank,
# supported by proper vouchers, appears to be
rect ruth The exception If tie cia1m Of fifteen per
cent. damages on the amount Of tic hH. ms l.
| tem IN my opinion has no jonndatioa IN looc or
l." equity, and ought not 10 be paid By the Gore'a
ment His opinion is just the converse OF A,or-
ncys Fletcher 4 roler. Judge ye
The silence of the Bank about this 3" enormous
claim" from June 1888, to June 1884, would war
! rant the use OF he hgnratIve expression in which
II IS SAID the Bank suffered this enormous CLAIR To-
| stand through some wIaters J" bu, If not the writer
stands corrected, with tho conclusion that the rhct
| set u e" pack Of cards to crying
The address" does not saw in the Editors
sense, that. tic gold bill was passed by the ad-
minI,truon, but that we are indebted to the pre-
sent administration for tic passdre of the gold bill
-lfthese not the exact words, is the common
sense mcnning. All, therefore, that The Editors
have so prertiIy said in criticism about their mem.
DRY, and the " humLug, mud that it Ohe blll) was
passed by Congress, is but shooting ai the man
| OF straw, of their own creation. No doubt We n,e
| the men, and wisdom shall die with you"
One wcrd more, and shall be done for the pre-
sent with the Editors. 1t constitutional prnci
pic that no money shall be drawn from the ,ca-
sury but in consequence of appropriations made by
law Now, the writer would ask by what auho-
ri'y the Bank makes the appropriation to settle its
own claims I The Editors of The Vrcininn saw
in amount that the Bank demanded damages on the
protested bill" this is the head end front of its Of
tending Not SO however, says the New York
Journal of Commerce, a bank paper it enumera,e,
II panic, tho SO 600 dollars loan, &c. &C.. smono
the reasons vhy thing, are as t4ev are" Blu,
Tho writer Of the address feels no disposition had
he time, TO enter into political dispuatons with
he " wise ones" of the Vlrginian. Enough the
game would not be worth tbs candle'
author Of The address 10 the roiers Of
Campbell, PiHsyIpouia and Huifar.
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