The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1842-09-28
From IKE c'ouih CGro''"iHn.
D IDyTNS0N,S nEJOlNHCG.

OnrEOnll EOrtlOn
found on our frst page. Il CONTAINS P;a"s;"'
explanation Of his position between 'he hahh
the State and that Of which lie is n:cc'o"
,nasda Win IN anrarsnt canlor and open@css
which arc croltqbla 10 him; ard entertaining
NO unkind feeling toward him, and having ES
knovlnIra Of him whatever. beyond what has
transn;rad in this controversy, We have made
not single earuir}. Ho TIE facts stated r?
him. and hive TO desire to GetYac. from h::; own
nersona defence II all bc adni.:cl t!Iat lie
himself can desire, still h;s peculiar position
renders him very nE!.t rC:scn 90 make SD v:o-
lent an assault r;oa the Lark OF t5o S,Hlc
and the motives Of all who dared 90 defend L;
and if it mas subjected his o:"n 20 suErc'o:' ana
enauTy, he has 10 cause w:!a'cvnr 10 cnT7piai"'
A warm personal friend Of his, ia defending DIS
motives to ns, admitted t'iqt his POSITION rcnher-
ed his course on this question Enprud2Fs ana IN
discreet, and very naturally subjected h.S mo-
tives 10 suspicion, and TO tc enquiries maze hy
lis He calld our course toward ii:1n ".r:" eFa''''
unfair, and discnmcTunuS,' ard vel lcHIeS III
the affirmative 10 all orr qnes;ionS, "Xce2' the
one as 10 his being disappointed il the caiir''a-
CIV for .Drectcrship in the Bank o ,he S&tn. -
Was there no reason wla;eEcr - hc.:P'c lii'i
disappointed, ard that he acted from scn'c OF
disappointment, and Interested oHp"si'Inn 10
rival Bank! He admits TIA! he Is "a Nifcc'"r
of Private Bank, and one ~ those W"rh SCI
at defiance the law of tic Sta'e-a law ca'!ng,
not for a disclosure Of ordinary '6GHG S"c'F'S'
or the names OF those who owe them. Dut lor
such general statement OF ihcT assets ana
liabilities as may enable the people to !orni some
idea of the validity OF their PROMISES 10 pay
a law which includes the Bank OF The stare as
well as all others, and which that Bank has
L. IL. &C l,,pl,I I,n a
Director, has treated it with contempt, and with
il the will of that sPeop!e' ana those Voters
by disintercstcd regard for whose welfare a;d
interest he professes to he governed" lie sets
forth that he, and he al@nc, zcalousI ysadvoca-
ted the adoption of that law, by the rccGSant
Bank of which he is Director; but when 1t re-
iected his motion, did he refuse 10 share in what
ever benefits were to be derived from the rcjcc-
ton! Did he retire from the bank, and thus
scorn to participate in that act OF conemptuouS
disobedience TO the law, which he thoroughly
dsapproved! Does he not rCc>cct the very
pertinent anecdote of the school-boy who, Whon |
urged to Join in robbing an orchard, Indignantly
demonstrated against it, but when it was per-
sistedin, Joined IN it, and shared the booty, on
the plea that the robbing would take place any
how, ND he would lose his share of apples, ii
he did not 60, without at all benettlng the OWL
er thereby! Was he fit person, while still
continuing a Director, End sharing in all the
fruits or benefits of the recusancy, Whatever
they were, to make the bitter assault he did up !
on rival Bank that obeyed the law-thc Bank
of the State-and one whose interests, he ad-
mits, come in competition with his own recus- /
ant Bank! Was he justified, under such cir /
cumstances, in voluntarily and vio!eatly assaIl- |
ing without provocation the motives OF all VIII"
differed from him, or might dare to defend tic
rival Bank from his assaull Was Ike the man
to "cast the first stonc!" And had he any rIeht
to complain or be surprised, while occupying
such a position, and after so unsparIngy as
sailing the motives of others, that his own were
quietly and respectfully enqured into! were
his motives Of all others, exempt from enquiry,
and sacred from the measure he so freely me-
ted out unto others? He may choose to consider
himself very innocent, ll-used gentleman,
and our enquiries "irreevan', unfair and dsen-
genuous; ;'5but, others will Judge of the matter
as we'll as he, as far as the paper which publish
ed his assault will allow them an opportunity;
and, "rrelevant" as they be, they have served,
by showing his position, tc take away his power
to iniure the Bank or its defenders. They were
aimed, not at him, hut his ''irrelevan', unfair,
and disengeruous" assaults, and II they have
"laid his poisoned arrows harmless at the ice,'
of those he assailed, it is enough-we care not
how little they injured hjm-,be less the better.
We suppose from what lie says, that he is
very wealthy man, and so far an influential and
powerful one but be he who he may, he is as
nothing to us, in this controversy, compared
with the interests and honor of the State; and
we think the freedom with which we have aimed
at the "trutb," in him, without stopping to ask
who he is, or what is his power or influence,
might have satisfied him that we 'aare to utter
it." and to defend it, when duty calls upon us to
do so, be the consequences to ourselves or
others what they may. He says: "Say on. III
hear vou-the truth lies straight before you
dare YOU utter it, We hare uttered it, as it
lay straight before US, in the records OF the
Bank. and we suppose he heard us. But what
of that-has he, or the paper which published
his assault, had the caDdor and justice to lay II
before the "Vo;crs" 10 whom that assault was
addressed!
He calls our attention 10 an article o. hls
signed "a S,ockholder," which appeared in o..
paper of 7th April last, and tie letter accom-
panyng it. The latter we never saw, and pre-.
sume it was burned at the April fire.
'He' admits tat "ile has bceiI II iieqncpi '"""'
er Of money on intercs,, alias "r''n,r Ha'b"'
or in common pasIaace ":''iavr';" but say
that he is not 80 now, OF rather iila S'Icc '3ah
doninr the practice years ago, he has nor t'NeI
"more than legal interest lie makes meri
Of having abandoned the practice ol Shaver
We presume he did not do so TIL he made for