The Arkansas banner., 1844-11-20

that nl the House of Representatives, at iAe last session of the Legi, latufe of Arkansas,- To wit, on Friday, the 9,h of NoTembef' 1872, an enquiry was instituted, on the mos ton of Mc Gibson, the then member rom the county ol iIol Spring, into the conduct of yonr petitioner as one of the agents oi tlre Real E-jae Bank of the S.ale of Arkansas, Ill the disposition of sundty bonds belonging Io said Bank, and ol the funds arising from such sale, Sc, Sc.
 Your petitioner further represents 10 your honorable bodies that the committee having charge of this subject were directed to report, and did report upon the aforesaid subJect, lpror to the day designated by your honor able bodies for the election of Senatofto the Congress of the United Sales from the State of Arkansas; and this report fully and com- pletely exoneratcd your petitioner from all blame in the aforesaid negotiation, and dis position, of the funds arising from such nego- tiaton. Your petitioner would further re- present, that after the aforesaid reports were made, he was elected Senator to the Con- gress of the United States, from the State oi Arkansas, and, immediately after, left Lltlle Rock for the city of Washington and was there, for weeks, ignorant of the proceedings of the Legislature aforesaid, and did not know, until the whole subject had been dis posed of, that further investigation had been l had into his conduct as agent of the Bank, and that report upon such further inyestiga- ton had been made to the House of Repre- sentatiVes, and adopted by that honorable body by majority ol six votes, reilecting upon his integrity as man, hls fidelity as an agent, and attfibutng to that cause, in part1 the downfall oG.the Real Estate Bank. Your petitioner would further represent, that the report aforesaid, in many other respects, in consequence of its statements being garbled and incomplete, does him, in his conceptions, very great injustice, and is but too well cal culated to create, in the public mind, false impression greatly to the injury of your pe- titionef
 Having the constitutional right, as citizen of the State (and having had no previous op- portunity to do sol to petition respectfully your honorable bodies, for redress of any grievance your petitioner may have received at the hands either of yourselves or of your honorable predecessors, your petitioner would respectfully ask of your honorable bodies to refer the report aforesaid, which is to be found ill the journals of the House of Representatives of the last session of the Leg slalure, on page 76 of the appendix, together with all the testimony and documents there unto appended, to a committee with power to send for persons and papers, in order that the tridh, the 7cb9lc trutt, and aotiiag bUi fhe huih, in regard to this agency, may be ascer- taned, and that full and complete justice may be done between him and fhe authors and endorsefs of that report
 And should the facts in this re-investiga- ton be found to be as your petitioner firmly believes they will be, he owes it to himself, to his family and friends, and 10 his country, to ask of your honorable bodies (Hte form, 10 him, being aeAolly immatefial,) that redress to which your honorable bodies may consd- CT your petitioner entitled. And, IS in duty bound, your petitioner will ever pray.
 Respectfully, your ob'tsere,i,
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