Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-05-04

n. ,b,rJ what il was three years agol When there u
,re I see that the fst item in Mr.. Jaudons account ;
eads- /;
|, 1887. for note payable on II
demand previous "" 4Os3s9 90
= 1t I sne the corsc Of these loans aud the
IN; fortunes growing out of the iaetiues OF p'oou
mo loans at that period. II Is easy now ~ me" ~.
wise after the fact-io dcscant upon '''S'
dencrs: bSt they were safest who hau nv u|r
o,.m;,,;nr them. But this committee ol mN's"'
,,,;,n shall have the full benefit of their uiscoNc-
r;es They say that when he resigned tue S'I'
80, NJ cashier and was appointed foreign oeeh' We
,,s :, deb, sos 3S9 %" But IN the appenuN
tho case is still stronger against him-lpF a''' :" y"
60, ,,v,v. spme "instalmeu,s Ou various siocNs'
and other things brought mp the whole OF ns -.
the sum Of 5lO.O6S 66,-no' eNac'y mn -,
c0iHr Iime-bnt that was uhe ue"'
bllance at any S1s<, 90 Jar uary. 1910. That's a
SIDE Of the account debt there IS pa'u 40
flet. While actually 50 Naud expenses 800
by thus very Bank. for serviceN
9Sd ~. That also is a fact.
Tilted that "ihe first ~instlncc in which an oiiicer
pau ms DEBT To the bank m other than money which
ne ear find. was in Marrh 1888. when
MIR Samnel Jaudon (hen in London rs the agent of
the hank) aud two other persons, paid a debt of
S@OJ'1OO, m certain stocks Of which Mr.. Jaudon's
third was. SS6.5O0.
Bat Tins the bank rcce; we'd voluntarily IN Mr.
Jaudons absence. without his knowledge. aud only
because he was Connected with Others with vhnn
The bank was making settlements. and included him
win Them. 81 states his brother, MIR. A G.. Jaudnn.
IN hts letter To the stockholders, and 81 the account
10 the committed shows Now here are the facts.
we have given" ssys the committee, "Ihe simple
facts without ommeni.' But nine times out of ten
these simple facts without comment are made 20 tell
the greatest i1lsehOOds. Facts are not truth. they
are only the materials Of tuih-and their value.
nay their very meaning depends upon the manner
Ia which they are y esented. Forty nine facts may
make n ialseIuol until The ffieth fact makes irrib
OF the whole. and quite rs much deception is prn.
dnced b. m'splncins facts rs by total fiction. The
case OF Mr., Jaudon Is a remarkable instance Of this
i"r here are a parcel Of statements called facts. and
| suppose they are facts, but they are so scattered
aud separated that the great truth that they contain
! studiously hidden. aud while these facts ns stated
by The committee are intended 10 operate To the dis.
advantage Of MIR. Jaudon,-whcn ,ou nut these
very facts in their proper places. they reflect great
credit upon him. For Instance
ron say in page 10, that MI. Jaudon's ac-
count was at one time as high rs $4,000
You say IN page l6, that it is now, Dec.
IS4O. II7OOC
You perceive then that he paid off $4,000
OF this amount, the only sum that was
paid IN stocks was $4,000
Leaving what he actually paid in cash the
sum of 100000
Bat lin page 49, you complain that he re-
ceIved for services the enormous a.
mount Of 3SJQ0O
Well then his receipts exceeded his re-
payments only, $4,000
Do you not now begin to perceive THAR after de.
Quoting for his expenses these 25,0U0 dollars, he has
pad To the bank every dollar lac has received from
u. Dn you not see that lac has been working oul
his debt 10 the bank by valuable services-seryiccs
which Ia performed nj much less cost Than any iur
egn merchant would have chargcd-and that every
dollar the bank has allowed him has gone To pay
up his old debi. Does not every body see that his
gives an entirely new aspect to the whole qncs.
ttUn-fnr after all what other debtIr of the hank
has paid 80 much or so well during that lime. |
doubt whether there is "nc single man who hts
paid any thing like the same proportion OF his debt.
IL he has been an imprudent borrower he has Ger.
tIiuly been n prompt aud largs payer--and ne ha,
nohly struggled to repair the consequences OF his
indiscTelIon in purchasing stocks which have since
deprecated.
II this denuncintion Of him has been unjust in
itself, II seems lule less than mIduess rs regards
The bank. lie has long been the confidential agent
of The bank His character is identified with il
his talents necessary Ia IL, aud yet in The midst Of
us emharraSsncniS nj the very moment when he
was most needed, ii sends to Europe n public de-
nunciaiion Of him, which whatever mischief It may
do Ia him, recoilS ten fold on the bank.
The whole ease then Of Mr.. Jnudon seems To be
SIMPLY this. lie owed n large sum OF money 10 the
ank-the bank employed him in a most important
service and gave him a liberal compcnsltion-all
of which he returned TO the bank ia paymcn' of his
debt. HIS conduct in that respect seems 10 be rather
uncommon than very airociOus.
With great respect, yours,
", BiDDLE.