The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-10-01
Esos.. Hase'eels, Ohio Statesman
letter from n. w. Bartley, ESQ.

DR. c. c. HAzEwEIA:-Alihough | have
strong aversion 10 mixing a reply to the asper-
sions of newspaper articles, yo,, such is the IA
tare Of a gpundIess and unjuslifable attack
made On me, and which Is copied inIO number
Of the popers of this State that public as
well rs personal considerations require that
should rapil it. The Richllnd Jeli5rsonian has
just been placed in my hands, containing the fol.
lowing, plporling To he an extract from the edi-
orial matter Of the Ohio State Journa.:
'Snco The above paragraph was written, we
hive received information corroborative of all
We hive stated, and calculated TO arouse the in
| ldignston Of every true friend of Ohio, every de-
lender ot lis interests against insolent nterfe-
Irences from abroad. Itappcars that Mr.. 7. w.
Barley, District Attorney for Ohio under Mr.
| Polk, arrived in New York very shortly before
! the appearance of the articles in the New York
! News, assailing Ohio stocks, and attempting to
destroy the credit Of the State. Mr.. Barley was
| told by gentlemen interested in Ohio stocks, that
as an officer and citizen of Ohio, he should feel
sufficiently interested in the preservation of her
credit, to assist in repeIing this attack and cor
recting its errors. lie promised TO call and con-
suit with Mr.. Whittlesey and others on the COM
mission for examining into the books and papers
of the Fund CQmmjss. .oners, as to the proper
step to he taken. lie did not do SO, leaving
room IN ihe minds Of those gentlemen TO believe
| jhat he had been instrumental in bringing about,
or at leas advisory 70, he attack or the credit Of
1.-THE State, with the hope Of aiding the war on
the banking law oflasi winter. What position
| is this for high officer Of the State TO occupy
! Conniving with the enemies of the State abroad,
20 pFosr&te the credit Of The State for party pur-
Ipoaes We call On the people Of Ohio, all who
desire TO preserve her credit, and to aid in build
ling up a h0,2o currency, to arouse against their
nsidious enemies at home and abroad"
The charge contained in this extract, Of par
lticip7tion on my part in the articles published in
Ihc New York News, assailing the credit of Ohio
stocks, is without the slightest foundation in fact );
and the information furnished to the editor of the
IState Journal, oralleged to have been furnished,
is a ll2gran! peryorson Of the truth. lam wholly
Iunacquainlcd with the persons concerned in
Iconducljng the New York News; and never
communicated, orally or in wriing, with that pa
lper, or any other person who participates in any
respect in the preparation Of articles for its pub
Ecatjon. IncYor saw any Of the articles alluded
10 os having appeared in this New York paper,
except one, 10 Which my attention was cscd by
r. II. Winslow. ESQ, at the Office Of Messrs.
| Hjnslow c; Perkins, in Wall ST., New York, and
in ;egard to that, expressed to Me. WnsIow al
the tinc, my un1aaIifad disappgoba:ion.
But it seems that some newspaper writer in.
the CITY OF New York, prompted not unlikely,I
other by some subtle artiGce Of the "BulIs" ofI
"Beats'' OF Wall ST., or of some Of the bankers
who desire to buy Ohios'ocis cheap for the pur-
Ipose Of starring banks under the new bankngl
|sysicm CT Ohio, has been ndting articles against
the good management Of the Ohio stocks. And
because, !orsooth, happened to be in the cityI
Iof New York Il very short time, and did not call
land consult with lIr. Whittlesey and others, asJ
Ito the proper step be taken in this awful emer
Igency! therefore am convicted and condemned
for the crime OF making an attack on the credit
of the State, With view Of niuring 'he bank
ling system Of las, wiatcrn Verify, here we're
found combinations, strong as proofs of holy
writ 'corroboraliyo Of all that had been stated,
and calculated to arouse the indignation of every
true friend of Mr.. KeIloy's banking law! Truly,
some gentlemen's vigilance must have Argus
eyes, to see what is not to be seem in guarding
their newly devised and delicate f4brc ef paper
money and pasteboord credit! Assurediy, our
new system Of banking must stand on a stabe)
foundation! A mere shade Of suspicion, which
may happen to haunt the morbid Imagination eff
Oanke's and stockholders can have the eflect,as
it seems, to change the value Of the basis of this
system Of paper money, which is put forth as a
stable and Uniform measure Of vaIue
While al the Office of Messrs. Winsow & Per-
Ik'ns, in New York, | was informed that M
Whttlesey and Mr. Curtis were in lhe CITY, En- !
terainng high regard for these gentlemen, as
acqualntances and citizens of Ohio expressed
my regret that had not met with them and a
hope that although | was then about to leave
New York in few hours, might yet have the |
pleasure Of meeting them before my departure Il
and upon being informed of the house at which
they were boarding, expressed my determine
ton TO call round and see them, on my return to
my own quarters. Bat shortly after left the Of
fee Of MessTs. Wlnslow & Perkins, met with
NJ. Curtis, with whom | conversed for some
time, and by whom | was informed that Mr.
Whttlcsoy was absent from his room at that
time. Ii | was understood by Mr.. Winslow as
agreeing to 'caIl and consult with MIR. Whittle-
sey as to the means of vindcating the honor and
credit Of the State Of Ohio, from the attack of.
some newspaper scribbler, my object was great
" misapprehendcd. attached no such inipor-I
HiICG 10 ttlt Hlt'ClC stiONH IIc III lilG lEGW 1OTk
paper. Tho honor and credit, Of Ohio, | trust,
stand upon ground far above the reach Of injury
from such means.
1t seems that twas told by gentlemen interest
ed in Ohio StocFs,' what my duty was, 'as an Of
iaer and citizen Of Ohio in the preservation of
her credi! did rot need the dis;n:eresod in
sructions Of gentlemen interested in Ohio
stocks,' residing in the city Of New York. Iknow
my duty TO my native State, and am prompted
to its Performance from a motive far different
from that which governs gentlemen interested
in Ohio stocks in the city of New York Ny