The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1848-09-02
TERMS or ADvERTISIN0.
JOB PRINTING


executed at the office fthe Spirit Of Democrscy;
and st reasonable prices.
the settlement. From time to lime, a.
other funds were required, they were
RENTED to me by the Treasurer. Il.
is not true that Gen. Cass had the con.
troll Of the whole business. He had no
more to do with il than any other stock
holder. The purchases were commit.
ted 10 my charge, and ! received my
authority and instructions from F. Mar
koe, Jr., Esq, and from the cores
ponding secretary. and from the Hon.
Henry Hubbard, the Treasurer. Gen.
Cassl left the United States, as Minister
TO France, in Oct, 1885, and did not
return till I842, long after the dissolu.
ton Of the association, and he never
directed me in the execution OF my du.
ties, either before or after his depar.
ture.
] was responsible to the officers Of
the association, and upon my earnest
Recommendation, its affairs were clos
ed at Washington, in October 1887. AZ
which time | was requested to appraise
the property, which did, and il was
divided into forty-two shares, and as
signed by lot, the lots being drawn by
the Hon.. w. s. Fulton, Of Arkansas,
to each shareholder, and havereceipts
in my possession, showing the deIive-
ry Of the deeds to all the parties ex.
cept the Hon. Daniel Webster, whose
conveyance was delivered, to w. r.
Thomas, ESQ.,, his attorney. This clos
ed the business Of the association under
the articles OF agreement. The prop.
erty OF each person at his request, re.
NAMED in my hands for sale, till August
1888, when the whole was surrendered
up, and my responsibility ceased. sss
Gen. Cass, as l have stated, was all
this time in France, and he did not re-
ceive his proceeds Of the purchases till
after his return, and then in property
at loss Of more than one half Of Tie
amount paid besides interest. That
the whole operation was unfortunate
for all concerned no one regrets more
than do; but il will excite no surprise
when the history Of the purchases Of
land in the Western country, in 1886
and 8s7 is recollected, together with
the prices given and the immense fall
in the value of property which immedi-
ately afterwards took place. At any
rate, alone am responsible for the pur-
chases, and have yet to learn that
there is the first allegation did not act
in good faith. You say you are aau-
thorized to make this statement by a
member Of the Association gentle.
man who paid $4,000 into the hands
Of Gen. Cass, or his Agent, and who
has never received anything in consid-
GRAFTON ofhis money!" lshall NOT stop
TO expose the dishonesty Of a man who,
in making such charge TO effect, po-
litical object, says he paidthat amount
to Gen. Cass, Or his Agent, when he
must know perfectly well that was
the Agent of the Association and not Of
any individual composing it. Does he
mean by the disjunction here used that
he does not know to which Of them he
paid that large sum, or has he no vouch.
er either to show for itself, or 10 quick
en- his memory, or does he use Gem
Cass' name when ne knows he uses it
falselyi a 50 10 a'.fissg
LIDO not know who your informant
is, but whoever he may be, ! know tlle
statement to be false, and | challenge
him to the proof Of II.
have already explained how tho
payments were made, and the books Of
the association and the accounts Of tho
treasurer wilconfrm my assertion. * H
this man was stockholder, and paid
his money TO the treasurer, he could
not pay it to any one else. he had eth
er sold out previous TO the division, OF
he received his share at the time the
division was made. Y x 's'a8
renew my challange to him. LIT
him show ever received dollar OF his
money and did not account for it, and
he shall be repaid, with interest, as soon
as the amount can be counted down.
Il will be difficult to mako any man,
who knows Gen. Cass, believe that
your informant has had a just demand
against him for ten or twelve years for
the sum of ten thousand dollars. with
out even asking him to pay il. He has
not, indeed, evinced much shrewdnass
in his story, but he is certainly shrewd
enough to know that such debt is
worth asking for, and almost any body
else would say worth prosecution; such
forbearance is, Of itself, merit. syas3
What Gen. Cass's position as Secre-
tor,, of War had 10 do with hiessntav>st