Piney Woods planter. (Liberty, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1838-1840, 1839-03-30
TO II. G. RUNNELs, ESQ,
PRES. UNION BANK.

Occupying the position YOU do, inflated
as you unquestionable are by the moneyed
power which YOU control, and irrascible
as your temper is known to be, il might
have been expected that YOU would en-
deavor TO crash those who, not possessed
with your great financial wisdom, and who
saw not with your ewes, dared dissent from
your views and condemn the measures
which your gigantic intellect conceived.
To carry out the truly republican spirit,
and to cherish a lofty sense Of duty, YOU
have not only exercised your personal in
fucnce but brought to bear the whole
power of five million bank and the cred
it of the government, which you have eX-
tended literally by loans TO all those who
could be made partizaus in the accomplish
ment of your laudable designs. III were
the only person against whom missiles
were or are 10 be hurled by means OF Your
open palm of bribery, you might 60 on
till all the money that could be coined out
of the credit of the State had been squan.
dered upon parasites of Your own. before
| would utter u word of complaint for my
self; bat when YOU make public boost that
no man who is not partizan Of the bank
shall ever be g.antcd Discount, and
when you declare that the candidates OF
the democratic party who dared to oppose
your lavorito post note bill shall be mad,
70 feel tic potrer Of tae bank in the com
| ing canvass. the plain misstatements ano
| daring untruths that appear oytr yoIr OF
fetal signature should be hcra!ded forth tc
the public.
am not unmindluI Of the difference 0
! our positions--you the president of a grca
bank and an humble citizsn,-nor am
unmindlul orthc fact that you were onc'
the Executive of the State. Not sin
gle act of yours while filing that exaltc
post gave eyidencc oftho powerful logic
lofty conception and burning zeal that
since your present elevation, have mark
ed your defiance Of law, the constitution
Of the land, common Justice aid Moral OBJ
legations from the very day Of your cleo
ton to the present period. This is stfofl
language but | nm prepared 70 prove
true, and shall, as leisure will permit, ad
dress you by letter and how,
Frat--That you tried to enduce tn
Executive to violate the Constitution 9
our State.
Second That failing in this first YOU III
ged him to give official sanction to an un
lawful act.
Third -Tbat you empowered The agent
appointed to negotiate the sale OF th
State Bonds, in your Official letter oil II
structions, to violate public statute {
The State.
Foartt-That you have officially an
individually sanctioned an niractlon
the law by others.
FJh-That your official letter to tn
Executive oftae State, dated January 3,
1889. contains untruths,
ySiafh-That you have acknowledge
you made mi5-statemeuts in your letter t
the Bank Commissioners.
Sepenth-That you have been guilty {
open and willu faIsehood in your letter t
the committee appointed to examine tn
Union Bank.
EigM-That you have called God t
witness that certain individuals should b
DISTINGUISHED SO far as the Union Ban
was concerned.
t NinM-That YOU have declared tina
the Union Bank should have its own stat
candidates and il should enter the canvas
by granting discounts only to layorite
and partizans.
Tsah--That YOU have openly threa
| fa0ad 20 ,,.a ,,,ouovaJ po,,yer 8
the reelection of Governor McNutt an
the election Of General Brown.
E'epenth-That your official statement
and private speech since YOU have bee
President of the Union;Bank, present sucl
confusion ofideas and misrepresentation
as can only be understood by reconcilin;
absurdities.
Itcebia--That you have endeavored t.
prepetuate your power by opposing the es
adjustment of branches of the Unior
Bank.
! BY these acts, proof Of which shall bt
given, you have forfeited all claims to thu
title ola Democrat, and have shown t.
the world that even your bright intellec
can be clouded by passion; that gratitude
is nota constituent OF your nature; tina
envy, jealousy, and malignity are; thu
the qualification of your personal passion
and hatred is paramount to public duty
and that you are unfit for your prosen
post, because your wisdom is so great
your financial measures so clear, that none
bu: yourself can see augat but wiliul folly
or unaccountablc stupidity in them.
In tho letters which shall address yor
in proof Of the above positions, you may
rest assured that no language will be uset
not justified by the facts. And shall d.
J this simply that the people may bet