Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-10-12

was not deceived from tEe beginning + 10
| tected his fine Roman hand IN the proceedings
! and soon uncovered b.. And yet, while ] have
his ietier acknowledging such authorship under
! cIrcums tances of which any other man would he
ashamed, ana when ne says ia tnAt letter that i.
never occurred iO him mat anything said could
/ be construed into reelection upOn you person
ally and politically and that nothing was moro
remote from my infsuuOu,n ye- Lc has once.
twice. thrice. renewed the charge. each
time more extensively ara each time, as
his nature e., under cover. But Wheth r
IL was filtered through Nh ogden. or
the Phiadelnhia Ifess, Dr later corre-Toul-
ont - the New York Pres, or tho an9lyM Ius
circular issued from General Nahouo's head
quarters tho other day, the real authorship Ia
Gurargut, aud il deserving Of tho GeuuncIailon
which can tc-t express Dy silence. lu cohciu-
sion OF this bran h II tho subject Desire 20 say
thar any mau who states or intmates that wa
influenced M nay call OF he extra sci sion OF tho
LEGISLATURE ia 1884 by ANY other clusiIora.. On
than tnAt ot obedience 90 my oath under tho
Constitution is q liar and also a coward unless
he makes bis charges directly TO me and over
his own name.
The prct1xt upon which chose assaults have
been based Is n connection, Official ari person
al with the Planters and Mechanics Bank Il ne
city OF Petersburg / assert, without fear a
contradiction, that for all tho p4.iic money do
Do-ited 10 that bank there was "a bond taEeu
with securities repLtei 10 b. W.rtn q. the time
double the amount, and that no capitalist Ia Nir-
GINA at that dare would have considered the Sc
curity insufficient for the amount involved. 10
L. also truO see House journal, Extra Sos
sion, 1874, page 299j tlat any excessive
loss from the state deposit in thar bank
IL not due 20 any negiec; u mine. For II viii
be found there that l vigorously protested
against, sud defeated. "A proposition To allow he
surciies g. compromise tne4r Indebtedness. /
Killed that ellor. then. subsequently \ cOmprO-
mise was made. but not undor my admiuiatra-
I ton; and / admit no responsibility. A 10 my
personal connection with tho bank li..le noed 10
said. EFe-y dollar borrowed from IL was based
upon collateral then worth double tho
amount. aud which other bankers all over
/ the state were glad % lend me money
on at much more liberal terns. | was
over-checked when the bank failed. | paid
the Oyercheck, by telegraph 50 soon a. notified.
! Then, A. 20 my loan account | promptly sur
rendered everything had, and paid, aud have
continued 10 pay, nos only my own indebted
ness, bat towards that II partner who IA an alb
sconding dobt0r. | am sure the officers Of tho
bank will testify as 70 the Legitimacy OF my raus-
action herewith, aud that tho trustees, Mesars
X. Gillian and ". B. MCIwaiGe. who now
have tho matters OF the institution In charge,
Will certify that | have withheld no A.
sets, PROPOSED no compromise, inierp0sed no
objection. but being victim Of circumstances.
have done what | could. Could other people
say the same with truth the condition Of the
state and other creditors Of this bank might not
be so bad. Ii Is an old saying, aud worthy OF
all acceptance, that people who live 10 glass
houses should not throw stones. General Malone
had a sou who owed the bank many Thousands
of dollars without one cent OF personal " col
lateral security therefor. and not a dolor o. that
debt has ever been paid On the contrars In
time 10 prevent legal seizure Of hts soma assots
General Malone obtained from HIM deed
which forever excludes the state OF Virginia or
any other creditor OF tbs bank from making re-
clamation OF one cent Of the many thousands OF
dollars involved have paid all that | had In
discharge OF a debt which ecknOWledg ed, and |
am slill paying, and shall continue 10 hold my
self bound until It ia discharged.
This paper Is written with nofeeling OF malice,
nor desire TO inlure any one; but ihero is a
point An the life OF every man al which patience
under persecution ceases 70 be virtue. and that
point have reached. What have here said Is
personal, and wish II 20 be divorce :, as far as
possible, from any political significance. That I
am opposed to General Malone for the governor
ship is we'll known, but should not have obtruded
upon the public my personal complaint against
him ia order 10 accomplish his political defeat
could have continued for thnt matter 20 sus-
pend my personal resentment, and even II ne
cossary offer 10 up as a sacrifice on the altar OF
parry duty. Bat he recognizes no generosity (;
be mistakes discretion for cowsrdice. and he has
at last forced mo 10 tho occasion when tho issue
must DO made, man 20 man.
WILLIAM T. CAMERON.
P,isrs6urg, Va. October II, 1880.