The true Democrat., 1856-06-03
Gov. Conway-Gen Hempstead- Gen Yell, and tho Real Estate

1 Bank.
 Gen. Yell's organ, the Pine Bluff "Ameri- can," in commenting upon an article in the South Stamp upon the subject of the Real Estate Bank, is guilty of grosser msrepresenta- tions than we thought journal aspiring to re- spectability would commit.
 In the first place, Tells organ says:
 We think it a great pity that the editor d'd not commence with the beginning o1 the matter, ana tell his readers that this Conway ana nis lrlenus, were the projectors ofthis Real Estate Bank swndlc | It is untrue that Conway was one of the |" nroiectors of this Real Estate Bank swindle.n Gov. Coaoay had nothing to do ,oih t. At the beqia,niag he aoas opposed to the creation of banks fa this State He aeuer subscribed one dollar of stock to either one cf them. He never bo,voyed q dollar ef money from either one of them. He hos never been benefted cent by either the State or the Reol Estate Bank So much for one mis- representation.
 Again, Yell's organ says:
 ''That even after the legislature, by law, requir- ed the Governor to institute suit for the purpose oi re- moving the trustees of said bank, Conway oio not have said suit instituted for moretan twelve months in ordor that his family. who owed taio Dank nun, dreds of thousands of dollars, might have tlne ana opportunity to pay their indebtedness to said bank at l fifty and sixty cents Tn the dollar.
 This too is wholly untrue. Gov. Conway, instead of waiting "more than twelve months" appointed two attorneys, Gen. Hampstead and Col. Fowler, eight days after the passage of the la,o req,.irinq the instittion of tue sut The law was passed on the 18th, and the appointments were made on the 2Oth of January, 1853. l Gen. Hampstead held on to his appointment for few months and was then compelled to resign to visit his mother in Missouri, who was dangerously sick. Col. Fowler also resigned. Is Gov. Conway to be censured for these resig- nations?
 The Governor then appointed Mr. Curran and Gen. Yell. Why did Gen. Yell not in- stitute the suit at once? He had the power to do so. Mir. Curran, alone and unasslsted, pre- pared the bill and filed is and, on the lst of May, 1854, notified the Governor that he had done so. It is untrue that Gov. Conway's family 'o,oed said bank hundreds of thousands cf dollays" Ex-Gov. James s. Conway was the only one of Gov Elias N. Conway's family who owed the bank any thing, and he owed it only few thousand dollars. It is untrue that the suit was delayed by Gov. Conway until his family paid "their indebtedness to said bank at fifty and sixty cents in the dollar" He appointed lawyers eight days after the passage of the law, and requested them to bring the suit acithout deloy. The suit was delayed, however, notwithstanding his prompt efforts to hasten 1t; but as long as it was delayed, 1t was still brought months before Gov. Conway's family" paid up their indebtedness. And who caused the delay? Gen. Yell was one of the lawyers to bring the suit, he had the power to do it, why did he not at once commence it as requested by the Governor? Can his organ tell us?
 Gen. Yels organ also says, "Mat otter he | (Conwoy) had succeeded ,n making these arrange nsents tor the tani1y, he appointed hs present op- ponem, Gen. James YeN,'' etc. If the organ means by " a,rangemeats,' ex-Gov. James 5. Conway's payment of his debt to the bank, this statement is untrue The old ex-Governor's debt was not paid off until more than a year after the appointment of Gen. Yell as one Of the attorneys, and sometime after the con- mencement of the suit. And supposing the suit was delayed on account of ex-Gov. Con- ways debt of what advantage would It have been to the ex-Governor or any other debtor: [ The same arrangements" to pay up ID bonds can be made, now that the suit IS commenced, as before its commencement. It then absurd to charge Gov. Conway with delaying the suit to oblige his relatives or any body else. And again, if the suit was delayed, who is to blame -Gov. Conway or his lawyers? After he ap- pointed them he had no more power over them. 1 He could not remove them--he could not force l them-nor restrain them. ill the discharge of 1 tn cir duties Gen. Yell was one of the law vers; why did he not go on with the good work! Gov. Conway had appointed him, and had re- ouested him to commence the suit. That 1t was delayed few months, is not Gov. Con- ways fault-that 1t was ever commenced at all, the people are under no obligations to Gen. Yell. Though he had the commission of the Governor in his pocket for two years he never did thing towards bringing the suit ! Gen. Yell's organ also says:
 And after Yell and his co-counc had filed the bill he Conway refused to puy Yell one dollar for his work and iu that way made Yell quit the case so that he might appoint the family attorney, > II. Hempstcad!'
 | This little paragraph, short as 1t IS, contains 4 z i For Fell and his co-couasl had fled the hH'" Why Yell did nothing in the matter--never wrote l line of the bl-never saw 1t until after It was fled-never even signed his name to it-Cur- ran signed it for him matter Of courtesy.- On the lst of May. 1854, Curran, in note to the Governor which will be found in the jour- nas accompanying the message, said, "n under my appointment os one of the attorneys cf he State HAVE, MYSELF, prepared and .fiel e bN in chancery, to diuest the Trustees of the Real Es. tate Bank." etc And now Gen. Yell comes forward and claims the credit of filing the bill! Is not the claim an outrage upon the dead? He, Conway, reTused to pay Yell one dotiar for his acork" It is not so-Conway never re- fused Yell never made out any account against the State-nevcr asked for, and certain ly never expected any "pay." Had he de- manded pay, however, he would most certainly have been met with stern refusal. What " work" did he do to be paid for? Will his organ tell us:
 And again., 4, taat way made Fell quit the cose so aat he (Comway) might appoint the an'ily attorney, & F. Hempstead!" Who ever heard such barefaced assertion. Why Hempstead was appointed attorney aboat eight months before Yell "quit the case!' When Curran