The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-04-10

o. Ne spssis soii, sasss wAIeA would B. msss &c.
ssmame ~ We halder % dsan 90 me Receivers
Oher than ne sp~ris h-rlf Ieheeff1lv admit that
~ sA.e'ena was ard y pfrd.ca'ed 90 - eifeu'a-
Aas ~ est..er. hthsd snlA gid end silver a
pts'a,nm - y or re0i-shls w. dos M deny-he
-. admitted q 20 me-Ae has als, sdmislrd llai his
= character and humble abilities aess M alls--he
aas beasht and paid ior considerable land, and, IN
M ~ I'm - ssppessed bis ismllyhe dors MOI
pretend mas sny specie has ever bren len with him
20 BE- efehahsed ~ pfeaian. The amount ~.
changed ~ BIN ar sxeeeds kis owa mean.-lhrse
ste soass ~ the circumstance npna Which pre-
a'ea,s my ehafxe. iiis unqualified denial, by say-
ma there y not shadow az eireumsfAnee Or
particle ~ evidence % supper my statement 4 On.
irue-known 60 BE- 80 b. every petson ~ this comma
MY who has seea is--sby NJ q who PINNED h. and
~ ~ Trend y e sss, had any This sa the
Clerk 10 the Receivers Ohirr Al ibis place Aas "a.
miAsd hat al knew beisie, that he had sold
during ihe days of the speee eisealar, the cold aud
silver 70 lhe vault aud had paid over 10 the foFmer
Receiver several hundred dollars % hin portion az
the share. Unnecessary can nate the witness, The
Clerk and Receiver himself Tits Clerk eaneInlss
MS communication BY saying, "a am n0, about 90
become The champion of obefs. Taes are capable
and atte % defcHd neMSirss did hg egasidsr tAe
CHARGES TertAy ef sr aeiefi bal simple JUS Zee de-.
mahds should say that the siaIements IN thai letter
10 reference 10 the Register and Receiver of this
Lind Once. are Exaggerated. They are known 10
be exaggerated By every man In the community who
has seen that letter. b. him who penned H. and az
his friends. II be has any len." What were my
charges, sir, against the Register and Receiver of
this Land Once stated that they never lived here
that they trusted entirely 10 the Clefks-and thai
William Aug Tryon, The Clerk of the Receiver, had
had charge Of both Offices M Que and the same time
in The absence Of The Registers Clerk ! now te.
assert what stated IN former letter. IN reference
TO the Register and Receiver.
Let ~ see II .'they arc eapsLe and aAs 20 de-
Jead hsmsefrss." Does no, the ias Of Congress 70.
CURE that the register and receiver should reside here
so understand a. u they do 20, reside here. (snd
they DO not after apse Of nearly year since their
appointment, then they not living IN OMEN violation
Of the law requiring them TO vssds here Aeain when
nan takes charge Of both Offices 81 oae aud the
same time. what becomes Of the cheek aud control
which one office IL designed by Law Ia have and eHcr-
else the otheri THY capable aad abs 10 ia
Jsad hsmsstrssi Thea "Hsy are capable aud aLl.-
TO trample al law under their fee, with mpnniy
repeal act Of Congress. Profound men q DID
they CONSIDER he charges Torfy 81 tlsu no,sesr VIVA,
does this mean II il means any thing, il that
the register and receiver are above ths law aud It's yo
ation Is beneath their attention.
The truth Is sir, this conclusion of the clerks letter
is nothing but sycophanc incense offered up upon tho
altar Of those upon whom he dcpends for his bread So
lar from my stacmeuts in reference 10 the register and
receiver having been exaggerated" should have
gone further: III do 50 now i remarked, IN my for.
letter, that the Of Eastern and specie paying
banks not received this land Office Tor land
Why Because the clerk saws, they are iasnaefed
not TO take any paper for land which cannot be convert
ed on this identical spot into gold and silver Ard Why
cannot the notes OF Eastern and specie paying banks
be converted this identical spot into gold and silver
Because wo q country. and there - no gold
or silver here 10 pay for them. 10 Detroit, these very
notes command premium IN exchange for gold aud
silver. The holders Of drafts upon this Office would
prefer them TO specie 10 the paynrnt thereof Under
these circumstances sir, will you believe when tell
you, that the notes Of the Grand River Bank located
some forty miles from here and Of which the receiver
IS CASHIER are received in payment for land at this OF
nee and that, too, time when the notes OF this
Wild Cal Institution cannot be converted this
Identical SPOT into gold and silver neither at the
OF the bank. nor any where else. When, indeed, its
drafts are dishouored and its received,
fifty miles from home in ordinary business transactions;
and when too its have been sold this State for
fifty cents the dollar exchange for those very
on Esstern and specie paying banks that rejected at
this Office for land VI.
o, consistency thou art jewel dislike to trou-
BILE you; but ! ask, as matter Of justice 10 myself,
the insertion Of this communication in your paper
my own name.
CYRUS LOWELL.
I, Ezekiel Welch Of Ionia, in the county OF Ionia,
Stale Of Michigan, being duly sworn, do depose End
say, that keep tavern immediately opposite 10
the Receivers Office in the said village of lona.
That men when they come here from the Eastern
States to buy land, put u? OF my tavern; that during
the last summer and fall ! had conversation wirtI
many ofthose men relative to their business of pur
chasing land-that they complained because their
paper on Eastern and specie paying banks, was not
received at this Office in payinen, for land That
they (many OF these men)lo me that, The Receivers
clerk, William Aug. Tryon, had offered 10 and
would exchange gold and silver for their paper pro-
vided they would ray him from 3 to ~ per cent.
premium. Some OF these men said, they had paid
him, the said Tryon, 10 per cen, premium; and
some said they had paid him l2 per cent premium,
and others said they would not pay him thai pre-
MUM, because they could go to Detroit and get spe-
Gle at better rate, for their expenses would be less
than the premium And, further, that do no, know
that any person had ever deposited specie with the
said Tryon, for the purpose Of being exchanged for
paper at premium-and further say that have
heard several persons, who were here to purchase
land say that, they had paid $i0S or $ll0, Slla,
as the case might be- in paper TO the said Tryon, for
lot OF land OF 80 acres and that no specie was
seen or exhibited-and further saith not.
EZEKIEL WEIGH.
Sworn and subscribed before me,
this ith day of March, 1889,
THOMAS CORNELL, 49,.
Justice Of the Peace.
/, Samuel Dexter, Of the village Of Ionia, in the
al Gu, of a., .nds