Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-04-04

when, be his principles what they may, there
is no ranker Arlstocrat in practice.
To The Editors Of the National htelHgencer
House OF REPRESENTATIVES, FEB'Y 90, 1889
GENTLEMEN On the eth instant, after the
Select Committee on the late DeialcationS had
concluded its labors and ordered its report to be
made, received the enclosed letter from VIM
NJ. PRICE. | am assured that the letter is gen
uine, & therefore send into you for publication.
have no other way of complying with his re-
quest to ''put his plea" upon "the records"
Respectfully, HENRY 4. WISE.
PARIS, February 2, 1889.
Sir:-By Il letter this day received from
Washington, learn that, on the Goth day OF
December last, you stated on the floor Of Con-
gress that you had been informed.
1st That had sold bond given to the Uni
ted States in the sum of $4,000 for $4,000,
in order to get gold for it.
Cd. That had taken with me to Liverpool
100000 in gold.
And, 3d. That the Sccretaly ofthe Treasury
had made inquiry into my accounts and found
a deficit of $4,000.
The first and second items of your informan:
appear to have been stated as matters OF fact.
So help me God, sir, some villain has abused
you with the most maligant misrepresent aton.
| never sold bond given to the United States
in the sum Of $4,000, or any other sum for
$4,000 Tor any other amount, in order to get
gold for il, or for any other purpose. In ei-
Their form or substance the assertion is inlam-
ously untrue, "Sine aHqu0 alto reStimento.
Equally untrue is it that carried with me TO
Liverpool 100000 in gold. never, at any
one instance of my life, had in my possession a
1.-THE part of such amount ofgold. purchased
in Wall street the day preceding my departure,
one hundred and fifty pounds sterling in gold
and that was all the gold purchased exchang-
ed, procured, had in my posseSSl on atthe time
of my departure.
As to the third item, to wit, that the Secreta-
ny Of the Treasury had made inquiry into my
accounts and found difict of $4,000, | can
only say that he must have done so, with his
proverbal accuracy. lie is not--hc could not
have been at that time in possession Of my
credits Then, how dare sworn accounting
officer of the Government make the debt side
only Of an account the evidence by which he
would prove NE to be delaulter.
have not, of course, my accounts here for
examination, but would be both legally and
equitably entitled to allowances which would
probably be denied to me at the Treasury
OF such description will present to you,
from memory, one or two, out oEvery frequent
ly occurring cases, in the course Of what was
called the panic.
Mr.. Woodbury., during that year, directed
me to prosecute to collection the bonds of New
York banks and New York merchants to the
amount of several millions of dollars Blythe
general bankruptcy it would produce, entreat-
cd him not to enforce his orders. At the re-
quest OF the Board of Trade ofNew York, re-
paired to Washington to stay the mischief |
succeeded in my object, and was instructed to
with the parties allude especially |
o the Dry Dock Bank ofNew York, and the
Bank OF Brooklyn, whose bonds amounted TO
more than million of dollars As attorney
u the United States, had repeated interviews
With those Institutions; the indulgence they
sked was granted, and honorably discharged
heir Indebtedness to the Government was
lot salary officer, and there could have been
n such proceeding, no cost Of suit The Sec.
etary holds all like services to be gratuious,
nd presume he means to insist upon Jury of |
ne country dissenting from his construction of
llowance at the Treasury.
had not, sir, at the time Of his statement of
~ accounts, been three weeks absent from
y country and yet, within that ytimc, Mr..
woodbury., without that decent notice which
le law of every State gives to the most I'm.
'eStlohaole absent debtor, upon an exparte
curry adJudges me to be defaulter. Sir, it
untrue. A just allowance ofmy claims upon
&c department will entitle me to a balance
IHr md hOun oil :.