Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-09-05


OF character.
The ensuing gs!.lsleF q the Mississppaa lie
thai Of sslh DecembeT, lS3s, is dated Alb Of Jan.
,isty, 1899, aud IN en- article written by me, no
,ciug a Na;chez letter writer, Runnels is kadly
and highly spoken of. The Lexl discussion OF the
affairs OF the Union Bank in the Missssippian il
m the iri-weekly Of January l2lh, IN relation 10
the refusal OF the bank 10 be examined. u con.
tanned 10 expression WHICH could possibly be con
slrucd into personal y Of dlsrespect. The day
the paper was issued Gov. Runuels mn, the Va
company with WIN. T, Stone, aud SAID that the
a'Icle bad been pointed TO hun rejecting upon
the directory personally but stated that he could
not think such was the case | assured him II
was not, and he left me satisfied The next NUN.
Der Of the paper, of January 18Th. contains fer
ther no,ice Of the policy OF the bank IN dIspas.
siouaie article which commenced by saying; "ln
our remarks upon this institution, we have said
and repent III we mean no personal dlsreSpecl to
any member Of the board Ii is painful to even
cenSure the policy of those with mnny of whom
we are on terms Of friendship we are actuaied
only by a sense o(duiy 10 the public which We
cannot sacrifice on the altar ofpliyale friendship
The Union Bank is again spoken of II The paper
VI ~ lJtli III SbtuNNhuH N'h iAN VNsN-hbiN lt-
solution, but the drectors are ldcordbty mention
ed, The next time the policy Of the bank is dis
cusscd IN the editorials Of the paper is on the
22d OF February, after The adjournment Of the To-
glsaure, 10 an article 10 relation to the veto OF
pos-note resolution. The article was upon the s.
sue of post.no'es but contained no reflection
upon the policy OF The bank or It's directory.
make the following extracts " The bauk has
Abandoned that portion OIL her policy 10 which we
bad the greatest Objectionable cotton business.
We commend her for so dong" Again, at is
ouT purpose at present, To 'elfuin from comment
and all censuio OF the past that we may see what
course tho institution intends 10 pursue = and
further, ] sand IN the same article, 4" Our feelings
are hicrdly towards the institution and It's dircc.
tory; bot we shall do impartial Justice towards
them and the public" There Is no further DIS
cus,ion of the policy Of the bank, OF mention offs
directory from the last date up TO the och Of A.
| prl 1899. During this whole period, fom De.
cember 10 the Goth of April, Runuels name Is not
mentioned more than thee or four times, und al
ways NTH conuaenddtion. During this whole
period. covering The winter months, which he
speaks Of | challenge him 10 point out a single
article in the Mlssissippan rejecting upon him or
the directory personaly,or in the least dlsrcspcct.
| lu 10 either The discussion OF the policy Of the
bank during the whole OF that period, IS OF the
most respectful, mild aud iorbearng characler.--
| The evidence, therefore, to which Runnols reeIS
as showing my hostility, aud the gro, nds Of IT;
proves concuslyely that ] entertained no such
feeling, and disproves altogether his asserlou,lhal
he and the bank were bitterly assallod by me nj
| A 4 "a L.
hat This is SO far lost to MI shame 10 pub.
! lish ialsohoCd so easily disproved, as HE asser
ton that he was bitterly assaed by press which
was eytoling him at the very tune Can the pub
| he pat the least confidence m any assertion Of
beng 50 reckless Of truth, and that, too when the
! evidence Of his flIsehoOd is staring hIm IN the
! face z
Look at the probability of this mon's sloiy Is
| II to be supposed that, knowing the fact that my
| relation would not accept place IN the bank,an
that he had but Just 50 declared 10 one Of lis d.
recors that out OF the pure love Of dlshonor, and
without a motive, should assaIl with idle bribery
/ the chastity of this immaculate bank president
! And hr it seems was so choked With indignation
| tia, he did not i,pig but holrhed with the enor.
! mny Of the proposition, he remained chokcd with
sitItt hIilll i7 tdlih D'AhH'b iH0'Nti'l hlh
he himself had sunk down under the false and
cruel species of assailmenl 10 the lowest depths
| degradation and public odIum, until, IN shori he
! has become to be regarded as public sWludcr,
| Does any one suppose, can any Que believe who
knows the vlndctiye character Of Runnnest that,
had he been in possession Of such charge a
ganst me, which, had it been true, would hu,e de,
sroyed the effect Of any thing | might have said
or written against his bank, thai he would not
have published il more than year ego This
base faIsehood is only an after thought fesorled
to when he Is as bankrupt IN truth, honor aud
responsibility, as he Is IN fortune, and Is most
lmpoent effort of a man reckless alike Of means
aud character, to drag me down to the level Of his
own disgrace. ~
Ore word in relation to the rejection 1t IBIS
large note" by The Bank, because il WAS not well
secured, o which Rnnnels speaks IN his publication
! This nnlc was for the sum oi three thousand dol
lars. Co. Alb. Saunders, end Col W. G. Richards
Of the Planters Bank, were my securities. II was
offered in December 1885,. and tire reason assigned
for not discountlng II vas, that the Bahs was long
nothing but cotton business, not that was n0' wei
secured. twas 10 obtain money fer my brother q
use in his business which he subsequently Obtained
forte bank on a bl Of exchange Tor 81 600, accept
ed by RIcEER, HADLRV & Co: The mole, soina
months afterwards when they were dsIaunting uT
every body, was presented again end rejected, with
such remat Ks and N such manner as LETT no doubt
Ihat my opposition 10 the policy 81 the Bank prevent
ed nv obtaining he loan | was mot IN much want
oil the money and presented il Tie second time more
as an experiment up,n the Iberally 81 the drccto.
ry than any thing else. | was not disappointed in
The result. As 10 the amount and solyercy OF the
note, am quite wgng thatit should be compared
with any one ever offered BY any director viii
also add, that iiappears from The Bank Report, thai
the Publishers of ihe Southern Suh obtained 10
wards Of IS ,000-one Of them SO 300, and TIE 9th
! or S2,l00. | have no doubt II was a fair business
Transaction, so far as those gentlemen We're concern
ed-ihey had The same riehl to loans as other men
II only shows that lhdse who supported the polio,
oflhe Bank could gel loaps, Ind ihai these wic op
posedit were less ~ tOsoE with the directory NJ.