The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-06

Shall redully llnu space lOT oil the eXpldnd-
tons made through the medium of their
official organ, without the suppression of
line. 1t is no personal war that we
wage. The article in the Union of the I'd
instant we therefore extract entire:
From the Union Of august 9.
| We feel authorized, by letter which we received
last evening from Richmond, from gentleman who
is thoroughly acquainted with the whole transac
ton, to pronounce, in the words Of our respected
| correspondent, that Nathaniel DENLY ia " no de-
faulter, properly and odiously so called With
the lights before me, defy his berest personal or
political foe successfully assail his integrity and
| faithfulness TO the public interests in any mat
| ter connected with this transaction. owe him no
favor, and am under no obligation to him or any
other public man; but in his absence feel justified
| in declaring that Mr.. DENLY has nothing TO suffer
| from the most searching inquiry into this matter
You at liberty to publish this letter, or use il in
any manner you shall deem proper" The late
| Secretary of the Navy is also absent from Rich
mond. The materials Of this whole transaction are
now in Washington, and we have to ask no favor
! from the department in obtaining sketch of it.
We shall wait day or two before we state the de-
tails Our correspondent further says that he evil,
as soon as time is afforded him, give (us) fuller
statement on this subject. His (Denby's) case has
never been truly presented to any fair and just man
who has not declared that it is one which cannot
bring either on him or any else the stigma OF
being public defauter"
We desplse and scorn dishonest defaulter almost
as much Mr.. Crittenden does political proscrip-
uon; but we will never stand by with folded arms
TO see man of honor assailed by the mercenary
instruments Of a rabid and imbecile administration
Whence the Republic obtained the statement Of the
case which is published know not but it reflects
| m In(o xuhn hat
known the circumstances under which this def
cheney was produced and who therefore must have
known that the illiberal language which it employed
TO show that Mr.. DENLY got all he could, and had
robbed the treasury Of sl55, 000 was a calumny to
which no fair man ever could have descended.
We know an editor who once threatened
to " astonish'' and "elecfrjy'' the nation,
and did astonish and electrify them, by his
invectlves againstthe monstrous corruptions
of Mr.. ADAMs's administration, because
the head of bureau had been exposed in a
defalcation to the amount of some $4,000
The Richmond Enquirer of 1899 blew a
trumpet blast that contrasts strangely with
the note of the cracked penny-whistle of
the Union in 1S49. The loss by default
OF $4,000 was a matter then TO stir the
nation with. Since the Locofoco lead
ers under the administration of Mr. VAN
buren, have robbed the exchequer of count
less millions, it is " Liberal" to call a /" de.
felt" of Sl55,000 by so harsh name as
" defalcation."
Mr.. DENBY's case, his friends say, can
not bring on "him or any one else the
stigma of being public defaulter." Now,
defaulter, we suppose, is man who fails
or omits TO do that which he ought to do.
Mr.. DENBY is charged by the United States
with having $155,0oO of their money
which he omits to pay over. True enough,
say his defenders, but he put his funds into
the hands Of commercial house to specu-
late with, and the house failed. But how
the deuce came he to place these funds in
the hands Of commercial housei