Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-05-08
From the Baltimore Telegraph.
Mr. nALLAS.

In the, course Oh TIC uiec"''i" VIZ -
3propositien to issue Treasury notes, Mr..
Randolph took occasion to unfold him.
self upon the subject of The corruptions
That appeared in our public affairs, and
was particularly pointed in his animad-.
versions on the treasury department.
He said that there now existed in our
country presuming TO call itself free
The Secretary of the Treasury was in
|dulsed with an uncontrolled power
an absolute dictatorship over all the mo-
|ney transactions of the country.--ln the
exercise of this power door has beer
thrown open to his accommodating wealth
seyond the extent of calculation, and the
house now treading upon this volcano,
was about to adjourn and to leave him
| the power proceed, and to give him
their fiat to the legality of his acts. 1t
was deadly symptom in our political
|conditon that such utter denominations
should not only be allowed. but pass
without exciting inquiry, or even curiosi-
Ity or surprise. AT present he saw no
|chance Of suppressing the evil, but be
lhoped the time would come when tie
people and their representatives would
Exercise the proper vigilance, and when
mo longer deluded by the bank bubble q
the manufacturing mania, all men of all
parties would open their eyes to the cor
Iruptiors around them. Every member
lin that house knew that there existed the
strongest Prescriptions of gross miscon'
Iduct. 1t was on their records, that loans
were unsparingly extended even to the
connexions of the head of the treasury.
Inquiries were known to be called for by
the House, and TO be returned with un-
satisfactory and evasive answers. In
Ishort the state was out of tune. Tha re-
public was put out of place-the Pyra.
Imid was inverted, it was standing on Its
lApex-and the servants had usurped
1.-The authority of the inaster-nor could
lit long be disguised by the whole paper
machinery that was set in mott tor the
purpose. He said that most of the facts
Ito which he alluded had been presented
Ito the House by the chairman OF the
lcommittee OF finance himself. 1t was a
matter not merely of fact but Of record
That the law stoca grossly violated, and
Twas arbitrarily dispensed with by trea'
lsury receipt, by which dispensation the
lperson who possessed it had itin Els pow
Tor to accumulate wealth beyond the
widest wanderings of the Imagination
Ia temptation to which no man ought te
Ibe exposed. MIR. Randolph then related
tthis fact I'm the reports OF the treasury
lit was stated that the Treasury Notes
INSTEAD OF being PAID to the public credl
Itors had been battered for premium
consisting of the difference between then
VALUE and that of the deprecated paper
received for them in barter. How
Ithev could justify, if called to an &C
Icount for it, their selling the govern
Iment paper for worse paper, to palm up
len the public creditors, he uas at loss
Ito conjecture. He also mentioned that
with view to returning lone. he had
himself lately applied for paymen. Of
the compensation allowed to him as a
member, and the answer was that there
were no funds, while at the same time i,
Istood on the face of the reports in
1.-The House, that the better paper of the
United States was battered away
lTkese transactions he said were stamped
with suspicion and he protested against
lsuch power being vested in any man, as
That psessed by the Secretary of the
Treasury. He observed that these things
1came in questionable shape, and ought
n be extor ased-one immense loan, was
Ipiven to relative of the secretary, and
he ayoved that he would not, out of any
|faise deicacy suppress such things, or
modify any opinion he might entertain
Ion the general policy Of the country. Mr'
Calhoun deprecated such destinations e
indirect charge, against the secretary.
Iurrine Mr.. Randol ph if he had any facts
Ito char. e against that gentleman to
bring them forward fairly before the
House in specific terms; the latter
Then again uron new amendment pro.
Ino.ed and said that if what he had said
WAS charge, it was an evident one-it
WAS pretty direct one ; But so far from
lee heino his duty to bring these charges
AGAINST the secretary of the treasury, it
WAS the duty of the gentleman in admi.
illustration TO come forward and ask the
House for an indemnity for him. itwa
NOT a subject for feeble individual in
That house to cope vith--Not the skill
'hnt Tho cbarlatanerie of the secretary CT
1.-The treasury. The humble gentleman
Ih;mee]fbad 'occasiened these observations
land if gentlemen would gratuitously
bring forward questions involving the