Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-05-25

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Speaker Bel then defends himself ngairst 10, r.,
three minor spt MISUNDERSTANDING. conelusi..ly
that so far from heving Lad any prominent oprnc,
n btinging ont Judge White, for the neyt pro-,
dency, he rather discouraged the project. "a nro-
maiure-unt finding the friends Of thu zen hmm
determined, and he, intending always 10 sopn,r,
him in prefrfncelo Mir. V. Buren, he aoqniese'1 in
III II wishes, and united IN letter 10 Judge " Lite
on the subject,
eutthe cor nes,ion OF Speake Bell wi llthc Bank
| FIRST, by his own peeunIarY Ibcralles and. second
ly, by his frien ship for Judge White whose Wife
laughter by previous marriage, is the wife Of
the cashier of said Bank is the main spoke in III,
Globes wheel ard We therefore cite Mr.. Bells
words reply 10 its diabocal insinualions and in
uendos. Mr.. B. on This subject, remarks:
-" Bot the u. S. Bank Is alleged to be party con-
cerncd in bringing out udge White and am sun.
posed 10 have been the agent most deeply concerned
IN aft ctng the arrangemtn at, by which n rc-charter
OF that institution IS 10 ie brought about And
what are The circumstances upon which am char
ged with the last degree OF pionigacy Why, il
is said, e" that II is reported that was md, btfd9 10
the amount of 1913, 900 10 the Bank in 1892 II
such were the fact, when II is known that voted
against the bill to rc.churcr the Bank which pas
| Sod the Two houses of Congress IN that year and
when II is tlso known that voted to sustain the
President in his course in relation TO the r., movsI Of
the deposites in 1881 submit whether ought no
rather 10 have credit for my viz ue and ndcpcn.
dencc, than vituperaon and abuse. The Bank
ii would seem, should be the complainant, if there
is just ground of complaint any whore. Aware Of
the difficulty which lay in the way Of creating any
suspicion Of my integrity, by the loan alleged to
have been granted 10 me in 1892, the true spit Of
calunny is exhibited in The additional sLfemtnt
that am "rtpmted 10 hare obtaiied Tram he
Bank, IN lie SPRING Of 1884 tom 81 $4,000,
and hare dratrn ia'o ms rorier t4rec or fou
| members of hte IeH1ess, aeicgoiu7l.' Tie courst
of the Globe in making this statement Us il is in
tended 10 affect Others as well rs myself Imny be al
lowed 10 say is infamous there being not the slight
est foundation whatever fer such report. | have
not the slightest reason TO believe that any one OF
those gentlemen, my colleagues, who alluded to
borrowed one cent from the Bunk in 1884 nor do
! believe that either of them owes the Bank one
cent at this time. But fcaring that this reported
loan would turn out never TO have been obtained
and that might still escape my pusucrs, IN pros
pectus for the publication ofan eSira Globe recent
~ ssued and circula ell from the Globe o1icc H.
Washington il is boldly stated as fact that
have been recently fldced Nader pCcu2tat obitga-
tionS 10 The present Rank" This statement is al.
without the slightest foundation IN truth and
| yet, with some hing like governmt Mt sanction end
authority, II issues from The reputrd organ of tn
,dm nstration, it has already been SO ndusrriously
| cilcu ated that it may be SAID, without much exae
.era'ion it will find lis way into the hands Of eve
| y man W read in the twenty four States
| ihc Union My answer and denial cannot be cx
pec;od TO be read ty scarcely one out of a thousand
| If thu Sc who will see the statement in the Globe
This is a triumph which government patronage
| inf, al,
nal citizen bur, in proportion 10 this superiority in
he power 10 do injustice, ought press, support
ID it appears 20 me, TO be scrupolous and guarded
in its statements, rejecting upon tho character ofa
eli zen. But, when party press Of such authority
aud means shall thus enforce this species of moral
prescription, ! know OF no engine OF power,
in any government more terrible IN its nature and
~ MSS qucnces The institution and pcrpctUaiion Of
such system of patty coercion, and vengeance,
nlny God in mercy 10 this country, avert! do
| MT now owe the Bank, nor have | at any time
| heretofore owed II sum deserving notice for lis
amount, or beyond my abfuy TO discharge al any
time honor and Independence as pubic servant
or private c izen mi. 1T require me 10 do So The
/ .,nouutin which nm stated iy the Globe 10 have
been indebted TO the Blrk in 1882, Is more than
! four fold greater than any amount owed the Bank
at any time in that year, & very NJ ally IN tic same
proportion, greater thnn any amount IN which /
! have been lnd,b'cd to i: at any one time since
Is establishment, including any Transactions
hive had with any Of is Offices, and including al
- tie " hole amount thai have at amy time been,
| or viii be compelled 10 lay bs the surely o. Other
! p,rsons for debts due to the Bank, And ii
Las been chiefly 10 ke no the paper, or 10 pay
the debts of others, that have at any ilme recclv
Cd airy Accommodation from Tic Bark. have
ncv,r received any accomnoda ION ar loan from
tic Bank in tic name Of any othlr person My
name " III often appear ulon the books Of tic bnnh
as party TO large amounts of paper discounted by
II; but in every such instance III be found up
ono xa nj nation, ba. my name las been used 10
! sic convenience and pccomuodalion Of others only
and in general the paper thus discounted las cot
sisted ofdrahs, or bills of exchange, dawn III the
usual way of business, upon some mercantile
house of updonned credit, with this except n, ha'
in every case now in my recollection the dla~"c's
written promise TO accept was first flied with The
| Bank so that the paper % discounted has been
douLly secured in the first instance. 1t in this
way that the amount of my liabilities, (not debts,
as stated in the Gobc) to the Branch Bank in this
place, in 1882 repotfd by the committee of The Sc
natc, came 70 be ;53 600. Upon forty odd thou
sand dollars of the paper making this amount !
was endorscr only Thirty-two thousand dol.
lars of it consisted Of bills drawn upon single
house in New Oilcans, whose written promise TO
accent uas fl,l with the Bank and the whole a
n cunt of which was paid at the maturity of the
bills. The balance was mad ~ Of Notes which
were either paid in that or -Le succeeding year.
NV name was endorsed upon his paper under
general power Of attorney, and II so happened 'ho'
the bills and notes for this large amount, upon which
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