LOCoFOCO VERACITY.
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Not long since, we sta.cd-what we now
stand prepared to prove-that "the banks in
this State were mostly chartered by demo
Gratis" This statement the Grenada Her
aid pronounces 10 be false; and in proof ()


of its assertion. it mentions eleren Mississip-


pi banks-less, by host, than halfthe num-


Der we have been cursed with-together


with The number of democratic and whig


members Of the Legislature who voted


AGAINST the charters of those banks upon
their final passage, keeping back the more


important Information respecting the num-
Der of democrats who voted IN FAVOR of
them A hopeful child must be that same
editor of the Herald. He mentions one bank
against which siz votes only were cast, of
which fire were democratic and one was


whig-showing that it was chartered by
nearly a unanimous vote and would fain per-
suade his readers that the achigs made that
not have considerable majority in the Le-
gislature at that period and was not that
bank as well as "most" ofthe ten others you
mention. chartered by the votes of the dem
ocrats Did not more democrats than wings
vote for them2 You know that such was
the fact because. when you were looking o.
yer the journals to see who voted against
the banks, you must have seen who voted for
them. You charge US with making false
statement. and the verv evidence adduced by
yourself proves that "the boot is on the other
leg" We said that "most of our banks
were made by the democrats" Now admit,
for the sake of the argument, that the 'banks
you mention are all of whig paternity" it
does not follow that what we have said is
untrue, inasmuch as "most Of our banks"
are not included in the Sc eleuen How stands
the matter with respect to those banks not
mentioned by you2 Democratic bantlings,
chi We shall not here say that the editor
Of the Herald Ia. greedy lied. His own
conscience, provided il be not scared Is i?ge1
sibiIity by the hot iron of locofocoism. VIII
readily lufnish him with an epithet. which
fitly applies to conduct such as his. If he
intends to continue the business, we hope he
will never again cause US to go SO far out Of
our way in order to crush one of his fabri-
cations. BY the way, we observe that the
Guard has copied the invention Of the Her.
aid. Do yon endorse for the Herald. neigh
bor?