The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-09-25

wing Sohotueto oueh Escape ltb titupot'
alton, aud the Eagle gives currency to
The miserable slanders. Lasl week, to
excuse the frauds ana stealisgs Of Eo.
cofoco Office holders which we brought
to the notice Of the people, il charges
Henry Stanbery with PSrcAGsing land
scrip. The people will hardly consider
this set off. To make the matter worse'
he is scbarged with defrauding widows aud
orphans. Noone here. who knows Nj.
staubery, viii place any reliance upon
the Eagle in making charge of this
kind, and we publish the letter below
only to show that the charge is false and
malicious, 81 },~.
But to the land scrip. Hundreds Of
persons in this county have purchased
land warrants when they were in the
market The Democratic candidate for
District Judge, if we are not mistaken.
purchased several a few years since.
Many Of these warrants are nowi in mar
ket oil over the country and are bought
and sold at their market value. If sol.
diers wish to dispose Of them, any one
has a right to purchase. without being
charged with fraud; aud when the Eagle
attempts to make crime out of il, it
only duplicates some Of its own friends.
Remember, we are now speaking Of
warrants--the gist Of the charge against
Mr.. .Stanbery-out Of which these papers
wish to manufacture capital. The Eagle
ought to be ashamed to bring charge
against an old citizen Of this place,
which il knows to be false.
Below is the letter of Mr.. Stanbery.
: 1t explains the whole matter. and ought
to make some men blush for their base.
ness. With it, we leave the subject
+, fully satisfied that sensible men of all
} parties will condemn such effnrts to sus.
tain sinking cause. aHa
} Editor of Ohio Statesman: a:--The Dai
ly Statesman of the 18th inst. contains
an editorial article Of more than two col
umus, assuming to ''prove by record
that have been engaged in diShones
. speculations in land warrants at the ex
: pense Of Revolutionary soldiers, theil
!. widows and children. The charge is 9
grave one and is thus stated in your ar
Iticle: THAT Henry Stan6ery. the sO1is
candidatet for Prosecuting attorney Gen
eral, has been guilty Of dstTauding M'
poor old Revolutionary soldiers, their ,oid
!, ! ovs and orphan children, out Of the Pug
: for their serUices in The aoar ,0hich gao,
= as the independence zoe noW enjoy" You
:. then proceed 10 say that "tkis charge. in
. rol0ing as n does so great degree o
I moral turpitade. pe aoould not dare tt
make. toas IL not backed By the strongest
;, proefc6y proof ,ohich neither Hsnr.
U Stan5ery nor his friends dare deny"
This charge is then followed by de
: tailed statement to this effect: Tha
, the tract of country generally known as tn,
! Virginia Military District, set apart fo
: the satisfaction of bounty warrants issuet
by Virginia to her continental troops
! proving insufficient to satisfy all the war
rants, Congress. at various dates. passec
acts authorizing the surrender Of these
. unsatis6ed warrants at the Treasury b
. the United States, and the issue of acri
y therefor. That prior to the passage o
scrip acts, these warrants were consid
70 cred Of little value--only worth few
W cents per acre--but when turned int
= scrip. were worth 81 .25 per acre, Tha
a pending the passage Of these variou
acts. Henry Stanbery and his associates
J. knowing that they would pass. and tina
the warrants would be Converted int,
10 scrip. sought on, the old soldiers. thei
.. widows and orphan children, bought u
their warrants at Ia few cents on the dol
- lar. and thus "chented" them out Of tn,
D. bounty of the government. That Henr,
.. Stanbery in the progress Of this fiaudu
IF lent speculation, bought up in this way
n for "a mere pittance," warrants to the a
mount of 82.35l:66, which he surren
. dered at Washington and received scrit
'e for the same.
Now Mr.. Editor, wish you to say a
J. distinctly as possible that this Who'll,
charge is simply false, never purchas
ed an acre of the warrants in my life.
n never delt in them during the passage o
IS the scrip laws, or before or since. nev
h er owned a warrant never bough
a one Of Revolutionary soldier, or of an,
). widow, or child. or remote descenden
ofsuch soldier. did purchase large
:. amount Of scrip, that is. Of certificates
d issued after the surrender of warrants
T, This scrip had known market value
il and purchased it at the market rate
T. which ranged at from 81 Sl:l7 per acre
' | never purchased an acre of it at les
) than 81. and the average rate upon m,
g purchase was about 81, ,l29 per acre-af
o fording. as | can show from my books o
a account. hardly four per cent Of net
= profit after deducting interest on tn,
capital. exchange and commission of a
r gents in the sale of the scrip at the lan'
l. Offices.
/. The tabular statement which you giv'
/. from the official report Of the Secretar!
Of the Treasury, shows the quantity o
" scrip assigned In me. This scrip | boush
!. as scrip. after the warrants had beel
surrendered by the owners, and it wa