The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-02-11

value ia SPECIE and notes therefor, payable On
LAWFUL SILVER MONEY; all Of which duties were
strictly performed That speech stated only the paper
money currency and cautiously passed in silence all the
acts OF consolidation Have not strong reasons OF COM
plant Of the arguments by him then made in his place,
based false premses We have clear evidence that this
effort to nvalidae the claims not the result Of igno-
rance Of the acts Of consolidation for by referring to
book published by himself in 1891 the currency Of the
State he there stated the of consolidation in 1881 and
the issue of notes Wonderful indeed is IT, that in
1887 Mr. Potter should feel himself bound historian
to state the truth but when member of the State senate
acting under OATH his political proclves should prevent
his acting under the truthful influences We leave
this to be explained by Mr. Potter himself and refer the
reader to the History of Reputation pages liz to ls
where are other grave charges against him.
ltnow becomes our duty to present important facts in
the moral history of Wilkins Updike, who has figured
largely in opposition to the payment OF State claims In
doing this, shall mainly refer to his propensity
praetss talsshood No circumstances have or ever can
place him in position where the sacred obligations to OBJ
truth will have weight his mind. At the January
session Of the Rhode Island legislature ls44 Judge But
fun, of Smith6ed, presented the claim of Mrs. Mary
Allen against the State issued in 1919 asking It's payment
This opposed by Updke in that and other speech
that subject during that session. he took at least
entire day These reported in the Providence Jour
nal and strange to say, have proved by the official
records OF the State and that proof long since published
that EVERY STATEMENT then made unequvocay false.
Various committees stated in prior article have had
the subject under consideration all have affirmed the
debt But here feel bound facts in rela-
ton to the committee of l846. In April lS47 ad
dressed inquiries to certain facts before the committee
and received the following replies Mr.. Dexter says
to full conviction that the debt justly due
tool ofkAr v;At NJ Updik
whose conduct before the committee is severely censured
Mr. Tourettot says There great unanmity Of opin
ion in the committee in favor Of the claims except Mr.
Updike; present and heard Mr.. us opposition in
1874 then gave credence his statements rcoctd
his appointment the committee and consented
myself believing it would put the subject
But sadly disappointed Updikss pretended know-
edge mere buster And he concludes by saying The
State under moral obligation provide the payment
Of the claims Mr. Weeden says The committee with the
exception of Updke unanimous in favor Of the claims
Mr. Updke acted exclusively partisan in the matter,
and the legislature could not expect him to act otherwise
he already fully committed" To Mr.. Bosworh OF the
committee msde no interrogations he being still
Der of the house. All these facts with many other charges
Of gross fasehood and gross violation by wilkins Updke
Of official duty detailed at great length in the History
Of Reputation, pages 81 to SO.
Passing Updikes lsehood and wickedness every
session of assembly from 1874 1851 and his denial
all times and in all places tha single dollar due the
petitioners asserting the whole to have been from the be-
ginning concocted to be cheat will briefly as pos
sb his declarations petition Of Peeg
Almy At the August session. (ls5o,) Peeg Amy petit
toned for payment of certificate of 4l4 49, stating the
considerations which it founded The greater part
OF it originated in certificate of Jabez Bowen when Com
missioner of Loans The petition presented by Bur-
ringon Anthony son-in-law of MIR. Amy Updike then
said to Anthony: entertained doubt about the
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Al suc debts Mould and oughto be- paid principal in
teres and uiH advocate the payment Of all such claims
These facts published by in the Providence Post
January 1851 also referring certificate of like charac
ter held by the heirs Of the late William Green governor
of the State in the Of the revolution. On the day
this publication Welcome Sayles proprietor of the Post
held conversation with Updike published article
asking what defence could be made against the claims
and to Dr. Rishmond statements in relation thereto Mr.
Updke's answer was "tere defence make Ihave
always admitted those claims TO be DUE At the same session.
H. Y Cranston, Fenner Brown, and William p Bateman
committee the claims of Peleg Almy and others
On the afternoon Of February TO- 1885, Brown and Bate
called Updike (also member Of the house stating
that the committee were meet directly, asking Mr.. Up
dixie to state to them what defence could be made against
the claims, particularly designating that Of Almy Mr.
Updike replied, "ae claim Of Aty is Justly due and ought
Be aid In the face Of all the preceding declarations
that all the certificates Of Jabz Bowen just and ought
to be paid {apd Of these there very many the same
Wilkins Updike the next dayviz: February ll--had
the hardihood to rise in his place in the house and offer the
following resolution:
ut is voted and resolved that this State never has BEEN
liable pay claims p,eendedy styled the regis
tered State debt of this State and that said claims syled
the registered State debt Of this State invalid and
wholly null and void claims against this State
From the foregoing facts the following conclusions rre-
sstbly follow that Wilkins Updke in bis statements to-
burlington Anthony August 1885, in his statement to
Welcome B. Sayes January 30th 1857 and in his state
ment Mesrs Brown and Bateman February 10TH 1851
guilty of direct unqualified and unmiigated false
hoods knowing at the time his statements to have been
se by his resolution presented February llth 1851
before the house Of denying the validity of
the claims he guilty of direct unqualified and unmit
igaed fasehood made under the solemnity of an oath
that oath binding him y and impdrtiay to execute
the duties Of his office One the other of these positions
stands in full force against wilkins Updke fixing on him
acts of inamy from which he can never escape Like
CAIN, the FRATRIoDE HuRrEL, of the RED HAND he
stands before the public marked shunned by
all honest and all honorable men.
JOHN w. RICHMOND.
Communicated
DEMOCRATIC CONGRATULATIONS MEETING IN
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO.
On Monday evening, the 29th of December 1856 num-
Der of the citizens Of Santa F New Mexico both Mexcans
and Americans and including large number of the mem
bers of the two houses Of the legislative assembly,
bed in the council chamber to make the necessary ar
rangements to hold congratulaory meeting upon the
occasion Of the election of James Buchanan and John O.