Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-07-16
From the Fort Wayne Sentinei.
J. /. WILLIAMS DEFENCE.
CONTINUED

nccuser his true position regard to the system
Of Internal Improvement, shall now IN conttnu
alton OF my defence, submit 10 The public can
did statement OF the part which have taken IN the
origin and prosecution Of the system, both in the
capacity OF officer and as n citizen Of the State
Nj. Chamberlain of the ragraphs last
quoted, aiIuding TO the disastrous results Of ouI
Internal improv ctncnt policy, says he holds nae
"respon- bile for more mischief than all The rest
Of them put ,ogethern Ho gives facts and
refers to no particular act % mno winch has made
me this prodigy Of mischief. A Total absence oil
facts to sustain his assumptions, II will be seen :,
is a characteristic in Mr.. ChamberlaIn's letter,
so far 8 respects myself THIS important de feel
ia the narration | shall endeavor To supply; and
after having fairly stated the facts Of the case.
shall beg leave to appeal from the sentence thus
passed. TO tho less prrjudced tribunal Of public
opinion. The specimens Of his skill and fair
ness in weighing testimony, as exhibited in The
preceding part OF thus communication, arc moi
such W Ill command for his opinions the greatest
weight.
Let me, IN entering upon this part Of my de-
fence, repudate the idea that woud cast from
myself upon others any portion of the RESPONSE
bity justly arising from the part NAV have act
ed in the aifIrs of the State either official
official So far from thus might even 10 willing.
my good nature, 10 bear without murmur, rs
have hero oiore borne, Il considerable share oil
the SINS OF oihers-perhaps, even Of Mr.. Cham
berain himself especially this Is deemed by
him Of SO much consequence TO his future popu
lariiy, since the system has become odIuus. But
when he seeks from nerso,,l dislike tn cast nnon
me, not only the whole of his owp burden, but
proposes to hold me accountable for "more MS
che: than all the rest Of them put toge her" for
bearance not only ''ceases TO DO a girtue," but
becomes reprehensible.
90 "a, os :, - .,,,h,,alIa =, ,h s,.s,,, ., mo,
nal Improvement, has resulted, as every one
knows, from Two prominent causes:
TN. failure Of ,hos. +, ,.bor, tia State
BONDS were sold on credit 10 NEE, their cnpage
rents with the State nv ,,b;ch s,ere,d.d d,b,
IS ,o,.I,. c,,,r ,,,tt,,,, - $780, o, Ia
Sacn,dIv-1ha er,or ~ , s,m,.l,.raous ,roso.
cu,,on Of all the work, and making in some m
stances detached lcu,nos ON The sam, line. by
which the money received bv The State has heeu
50 widely d,Gi,sed IN ,isexprod,tnre that bnt mr.
lie has been finished
With the selling of Bonds or the manaqcmcn,
Of the public funds IN any way II IS well known
have had NOTHING whatever Tn fn ,l,rert!x mr. IN.
directly.
The error Of n Simultaneous nroaecu,ion If tho
vorls has heeu Ia,d ,,ohahIv too hastily, a,,,,elv
IN the chorpc of the II ,,rd of Internal Itnnrove-
meot. TINS error. as - now oeneraIiv conceded
resulted n.cess,r,I, from, the REPRESENTATIVE nan
mon which the Board was constituted bv rbe orr.
u,oalIaw The scattered nn.r,,,nps mon III
unhI,c works now so much condemned nv aIf re-.
suited from the error nr the law for which Mr.
Chamberlain voted and ,o which he adhered -.
GAINS, all proposed nod,6c,,,ons ,hrouoh the inn
por,an, session of IS37-s. more Than from, anv
;m,roner exerc,se of dissertation ~, tn. ,or, f IN.
R,n,d However this NAV he !, w,II surely he
conceded that there Is manifest iniusi,ce in at
,emptinp to fix upon the office of tho Chief Enoi.'
,ser any neculiar responsibility for the detached
or "p,tch work LETTINGS" Not BEING n memher
Of ,b, RI a, the time tha, officer had po,b;o
IN do ofc;alIv with order,ug Iet1inos j. Is true
he located ali the lines attended all the lettings.
A
bui this was in the line of his professional duty
and did not Involve the question Of approval or
Gisapproval of those lettings
From this view of the responsibilities lcgiti
mateIy heloDring To the station held th, iri1s
,ire OF MIR Chamberlarn'S remarks will be seen.