Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-11-12

In the long catalogue OF expences. apo-
Their item also should not escape our al
teniion. ! mean the salaries given 10 the
Presidents at Tire branch bauks.-rhese
Officers should not be allowed one. They
have little or nothing Ia do.-Engaged in
other pursuits Tor their oNu e0,oiunient,
the litilc attention they give Ia ihr bank
should by no means entiile them 10 All
annual salary he scHffing Ia obtain
those stations may perhaps BY them be
deemed sufficient compensation. II
ever there was lime when we should re.
trench aud lessen The rxpence of those
institutions, that time has NOW arrived.
There is 40 Justice IN squandering upon
tile officers high salaries, and the stock
holder receive nothing AT ANY rate, let
them feel also with us a Gtiie of Tie pres
sure of the times. The salaries should al
least be docked one third. | mean the
caSh'erS-bnt instead of doing this, |
understand that the palirv sum of two
hundred dollars only have been taken off
the salaries of some cashiers who receive,
besides their fine palaces, candles and
fuel, the SUN OF two thousand dollars
while al the same time, The salaries o! the
under clerks, before sufficiently low, were
curIalled one hundred dollars. For ex-
ample, discount clerk who before only
gol one thousand dollars, is cut short one
hundred The cashier who received Two
thousand with his house, taei aud candles
at pubic eNpence, only two hundred ia
ken oil. The discount clerks too, as
well as all other clerks IN the banks, per-
forming double duty TO the cashier: For
generally those principal officers do little
or nothing, but saunler up and down
hall tlis
cut in the street for waM and a little re-
creation, while the drudgery aud the whole
details oil The institutions are sustained
and carried on by the clerks. This is
not such aretrenclmentaS ought TO satisfy
us-we must demand more eGectuGi
one. Indeed, as matters are conducted,
IL appears that the banks exis, for The
benefit only of the officers for surely
none but those and few others, are now
benefited by their existence.
Fellow citizens, look al the conduct of
the bank of the United States as developed
by a committee OF Congress. See also
the late report OF the stockholders. Then
cast your eyes upon the late expose of the
City bank of Baltimore, and say after
these scenes. whether shall we remain iu
| active and asleep al our post Were ever
such frauds and viilany praciised The
stakeholder, the widow and the orphan,
robbed of every dollar!! The perpetra
tors too Ct this enormity are now, il is
said, with impunity ri0iing i'll Their spoil
and plumber! hurting tie gauntlet of
defiance III the face of those whom they
have cruelty injured and basely beirayed /.
The hand of justice has moi yet overtaken
ihpm.-Thc hour OF reirihuiion. however,
viii most assuredfy arrlve.-Iiien those
villains will be made 10 feel that wretch
edness and misery which their infamous
depravily have so wsntonly inflicted upon
| others. ~ do not mean TO insinuaie
mysel! tl,at our baHks have been conduct
ed with any villany-Bui 1t us so act
as 10 Tree them even from suspicion
Like CAESARS wife not only chaSte, but moi
erem suspected. A character like this, can
alone insure them respect and confidence.
BE 1t then ctr duty TO establish II, or sink
them for ever.
Stockholders! Fellow citizens remem-
her The general meeling.-iet us not fail
10 ailend.-Let every share be punciually
| represented. In fine, both TO The public
| and ourselves, oil that important day, we
| will fulfil Ourengagemenls, aud discharge
with fidelity our sacred duty. Till then
| adeu. A STOCkHOLDER.
tS- Ne hare published the aLOre article from our
respect 10 The freedom Of the press. The subject
is automatically important one To the StOcithOd-
erS, dndto the Suite at large But tDe do nor guar
dntee The correctness Of the author Statements. On
many points IRE hare not the necessary means Of
Judging Those rhodrei interested iUiN probably
feel their duty to correct his errors. If they are
deemed mutCria.- On one point, Ve cordially con-
| cKr With him thai there Ought TO beas JuH dmfet-
ing Of The Stockholders IN january as can pos
silly be had. ne kROtc not what propositions
may come before them of the deepest importance
TO the interest of Tie Institutions. IN the meaa
| time ce authorized to state, TINT the Banks
| TiH giddiy gire erery possible fuciGtp to erey
Investigation ,riichth annual meeting may set
| foot.
FLORIDA.
The following scheme is proposed by
that excellrn, Journal, the National Ad-
voUate of New York-lf we are not de-
crived, the same paper lately recommend
ed the occupation OF the Fiordas.- Now,
il seems 10 incline 10 different COURSE
Tie more we see, The better We are salts
| fed, that i'll the present stale of our infer
maIien, We cannot decide what is The best
course we ought to pursue.-let us wait
for The facts. Too many of the newspa-