Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-02-15
RICH MOND.
TUESDAY nonsINo. rEunuAnY
GEN. JAMES HAMILTON.

SusDtClOn.
W without conclusive proofof moral dc nqueney.
article to which reference is made, we
thought we had, and intended 10 lollow ,ho I,n,,-
| ago OF the memorial
AS 70 Tue preeip''aney Of the James River Com.
r' :" 's"s tue matter before the public-th they
conceived 1t their duty to lay all the fact, in hi,
p0SS''''o" before the Legislature. In maxim. n
statement! OF the condition Of their obliy,,on, i,
England, they felt that they could no, oo,, -,
an account of their deb, in Holland. Thev no
lieve, we have no doubt tina, GENT. Hamil,on :. 4,
fully re imburse ,hem-but willis, there was con.
tingeney, and ,ho credit Of the Commonwealth
Though their agency was involved, they had no al
Tentative but to make provision 10 meet il. The
unfortunate absence ofthe gentleman from N. York
to whom the company wrote, will accom-, q,
the failure to hear from that gentleman snd pro
baby prevented the satisfactory adiu,,men, n III.
whole affair.
We are assured, and we have every confidence,
That GEM. Hamilton will indicate his cbnr,,,.,
| been:
GEN'L HAMILTON, Of S. Carolina
MIR. Editor Having Just arrived in IN. .;,,,
| beg leave, as n devoted friend of Gen,I Uam,,,"1'
express my deep pain and modification M -,
| IN your Journal of the sh, tina, portion oe ,Lo Is
moral oil the james River * Kanlwha Comn,ny
VIZ ",'p,'es mat distinguished gentleman in
misapp"cauon OF certain bonds of that comn,n,,
| whlst engaged IN their negotiation in Eurone M
| OBJECT IN addressing you is i'm the frs, nI,..
correct an error IN your notice of the memorial and
| IN the next place, To offer soma rem,,k. -, -,
| memorial itself. You refer 10 m. ,a P -" 'hc
Charging Genf Hamilton with having d;vc,,.d .
portion a the proceeds "irom the ms. 81 81 90
pany TO hts oton individual uses" You will 6nJ
| on examination, that this charge is moi no.;,;"f,
| made IN the memorial Of the Comp,nv ,h.; ~
sunse being "a follows: "with respect TO The h.i
ance oil the Company's bords placed in the b.rd.
OF Zen Hamilton, they have not been returned
nor has any satisfactory account been sivcr or h.
and they have reason 10 believe thai ,b;s L,a,. -,
the amount oil htteen thousand eight hundred pounds
! has been Hypothetical with mercantile bou~o go
no'ano, 10 secure some loan negotiated with them
| III wnicn tne company have 10 interest and no
agency Certain 1t is, that the letters of Gem,
Hamilton 10 the President of this Comoonv rece;,
ed on the 22nd and 26,h OF last month have an
hounced Tue Tact that such hypothecation has been
maui; pu' 10 what extent, or for what amount Dor
rowed, he does not explain. This nnnunc;,,;o,
however, was accompanied with assurance. 81, :,
INC pledge would Certainly be redeemed SCI
Gu Will here perceive that the Company have M
certain information OF the nature, extent, or pnr.
poses OF ths hypOhecntion; ard the writer of ,b;s
feels confident that such hypothec ,tion ms, his
oeen LOT som satisfactory purpose or 10 an amount
most probably equal to the commissions md
charges oi Ienl Hamilton, TO enable him to pros.
IOmnanv in
parts of Europe, in executing which purnosc ,hs
Company themselves declare that he was "aeiir,iy
'e'ousty dhd indeed gt1e oSiy engaged in different
paris o. Europe" And. IN view OF these .sci;r,
e'SNS ara generous Efforts Throughout Europe for
inc last Two years, IN their service can il h., reo,r
ed rs eithcr kind generous in ,bi, connan,, %
make TINS premature and uncertain accuss,;o,
against their absent and noble minded agent. man !
whose hlsh character the slightest dispersion has
never before been east; and that too when bc b,.
been daily expected home fIom Texas nv his f,n,;l
and friends at his domciIe in Charleston. ms The !
Company might easily have rs .erlained bv adde's
ing lew lines 10 any one OF his numerous friends
IN caroline, TO any one Of his sons to his ,vifc az
to his we known mercantile house Of ST HI -
ton, Son y Co" at Charleston IL IA true rho |
Company, IN their memorial, state that thew L,d
vrI.ien more than week stree" to the gentleman
IN New Ork, to whom the presiden, Of thc c..
pany was referred. But can any one esteem, This |
little Ueek a generous a Just, or even n sufSc;en,
'apse OF Tune 20 be allowed before the ndiucin, |
q" 50 serious charge Against such an individual |
""c ."e various contingencies attending the certain
receipt OF letters is cOrsldercd7 And in nroof Of his
inAdequacYi AMI OF the insuicency of trustin, 10 |
sosle ieNer, addressed TO a single friend and he 70
Sid'ns at the opposite end of cur country from the
nome OF the person implicated, the writer of this is
SnAo'eu 10 state. from certain information that this
Leue1 oil the Company was no, received by this
gentleman IN New York. as he has been for the i,,,
month 10 Charleston attending TO the business of
zen. iamiton IN that place, and, therefore, could
I'D m nd
dton TO this, the Company state. of tbei, ow,
KNOWLEDGE, that he arrival Of Gen. HsmiIio, &C.,
New otlesns, mad been some DAVIS since nubl;.v
announced" on his way, was generally known.
~ I"ge "'s nos IMPORTANT negotiation for Texas
! lie dd not, however, las the Company might have
learnt from Charleston) visit the city Of New o.
leans, (the West India Steamer having mer.I,
touched at The Bur- 10 forward her mails 10 tbs
GNy,l Out proceeded direct TO Texas, simply
cropping line 10 his family and immediate
friends IN Charleston, to inform them ina, no weld
he thete by the end OF February. And We, viii !
these facts well known in the Civ of ChorIes,on
'.u isIy 70 nave been ascertalned from thence or
at all events, his speedy return TO his homo and
fimily naturally suggesting itself IN ever,, ,,nr;
u'ced mihd, has this severe charge been advanced
against one OF the most distinguished and bioblv
honoured atesmen Of our colntry-n cizen ~ so
er IN his own State, that he has at
a tunes oeen there compared TO B,yard and IN |
sidney, as equally eminent for "hieh ard noL'o !
'hought situate IN heart Of courtesy ~ and dcc,r
eh ny your own Randolph Of Roanoke his old and
mos In,n,te TREND TO be 'thc perfect model of
his' soued gentleman"-always eminent for his
prnceiy munlhcence and generous ho,pit,litv-ai.
ways rfglrdel by all who know him as utterly in.
capable OF committing either a mercenarv or selfish
action. - " Sums"
ana Is not this company satisfied of the fact TIM,
Gen. Hamilton would have been enabled 70 f,ist
the perfect confidence which he expressed IN ~ h
nrst ARRIVAL IN Europe, in the certain success. of he
active, Jealous and generous" eff ,rts to Obtain the
ots terms Tor The company in different parts of thai
country, Ind no his just expectations been blos,c
IN consequence OF he IrO.tration OF the c,,d;, nd
currency, and, Consequently, the prosperity of oYr
county ~ the madness Of thu deluded Jackson
ana me WI scIhshnosS Of his unprincipled deudcr
nn' suece'' r. rs well rs by the infamous violation
o. al iath add honor by the S ate of Misssginni.
inc un'ofst en- occurrence Of which mos, deporable
an sHecr able events swept, rs 4 whirlwind from
w rec ~ Europe, every vestigc of confidence in
American honor and American securities
And not only, sir is tho precpanoy Of The
company M making such a charge, against
such MN, TO be deprecated; but the fc,
OF us beng totally uncalled Tor, and wholly un.
oece 'afy to The oijcc Of the memorial is equally
oOn 'io c-n5urc nnl regret You vii observe
maj inc company 40, bYtheir own showing. uitcf-
" Y GRANT OF the fact " ether they viii ever be
c'Hei ~ TO feisem this ba ince Of Bonds d,,s
hyPo'lcc1.ed 90 the house IN Holland. No aopli
cluon as been m dc % them Tor that purp,ac and
thesc Bond may have been, as ihsy most probably
were icio' e merely as collateral sscudty by
Zen Ham ton, AMI may, Ivy him, be mm d ately
redeem u through he means o! h 8 large planting
interests ~ Ciro ina, Georgin, Aabami AMI Mis-
POI The only actual demand then upon the
company has been for the redemption OF the Bonds
deposited with Morrison 4 Co.; and 10 this they
should, ~ common justice, hive confined their me
moral, and not Tor tho nero purpose of making
stronger appeal 10 the symp1thios Of the T.egisl,.
ture, h1Ve thus, unnecessarily, introduced this p1in.
tu imputauon as to the balance Of these Bonds vet
u1nocounicd Tor, which question: of apparently such
piiniul dccacY, might hive been snfely permitted
u rcst between them and Con. Hamilton rs a mat