Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-01-12

of Judgment, Or under thu ma.
the circumstances men,;or aueacs Of.
gentleman from Kentucky l Is = y the
of tho Western Country for 1 !. ! debt
borne hard on the peopla !. su0s had
business OF this and tie other b was the
net Of any officer Of the goyern SSuss 1
undertake to legislats for tha; sAs TO
Let such measures at least i. ls''sI.
sanction Of Congress. and let NV, y. The
individual ursup authority. and ~. ,ly
take to do, ofhimselt. whatit sxs s ulaef-
belongs to Congress to do. 'Nsy
Mr. Rankin said, he had bv
intended to intimate that the Ssc ~ means
the Ireasury.wuuld find auy dS ,fSsy OF
making q satisfactory report n rsn'y ~
thus resolution; out be apn,s sIp'y %
thai in its present shape il r p'sa.
duce a culnbrous mass Of ;ntas n' pro-
in a shape not to be useful 70 ,ahss0''nIauon,
But he said, he knew that ths mouse.
made on this floor were heard and peaches ss''',
60 forth to the public And. As AZ would
sion might go abroad. from wha, l. ~ pres
len rom gentleman from illinois , a.a "a
Sec'ry Of The Treasury had v;o, .ad. NE
duty, aud disregarded the p.b lS' ,s DIS
be, Mr.. R; should do injustice 70 'a ,Ssss
cretary Of the Treasury in withb"Ids'u"eso e'
ny information. by his amendment !" 4
the gentleman from Illinois had n,o nnlel
to call for. He there fure now r r;vposed
his proposed amendment. In th,, ass
Mr.. r. said be had the utmost co cor, sSas.I'
and when the required information e ea
before the house, Dir. R. said be h.. dsne
doubt ell these Insinuations wouId i. 10
tireIy uiss psted, and which he mu., sH'
allowed to say, he regretted had h.0 0s
Tn IN out. '''n
Mr.. BALDWIN was willing and disposed
on all ordinary and proper occas,ons -
lend bis sanction TO every call for inform,
ton. In the present case however I.
thought the call was OF an eytraorIin,..
character. II had been accompanied I M
enforced by a speech containing vsr
broad insinuations against an imnor,,:,
public officer. Ii was 40 doubt the ,oI,
OF the members OF The house TO make snrh
insinuati0ns-bu: it did not follow ,h,,
the house were bound to ADOPT and s,Oc.
ton them as their own. Where a rssolu
ton was introduced accompaniedby cbar.
ses OF Official misconduct or corruption. il
was proper that II should be attended viii
specifications of clear and definite cha.
racer. Ii not so accompanied, be thought
the lmputations should be distinctly dp.
claimed by the mover, or made The toun.
dalton OF proceeding Of different cha,
racler.
Mr.. Cook said, be rose to know nherbe,
hs understood the gentleman from Penn.
sylvania. He considers me said bir. C.
as having made charges against The ,rsa,
sury Department. have stated shat
understood to be public report: have not
said that the Secretary 0f The reasury
guilty II had said it, 4 should
have done 30 on examination, and should
have been ready to substantial what
had said. | have declared, that, il my
impressions are wrong, | shall be glad 10
expunae them. | have made no charges,
But there are facts which | 60 upon. We
have ii known to us, that there are cases ct
failure OF banks, in which The public mo.
ney has been deposied-one Of them
since the last session OF Congress, tor
hundred and fifty thousand dollars "ele
not the reports, previous to the last session,
such as to warn the Treasury Department
from su9jecting the government to the
chance OF such a loss? Nj. c. SAID be
understood, and he believed it, that, ante
rior 10 some period in the last Spring, Inc
deposite Of the Cnted States 10 lhe bank
of Missouri amounted 10 100000 dollaIsi
that, subsequent to that period, The depo'
site in that bank had been increased 70
l5O 900 dollars, and gave credit to the ID
formation, that that bank MAS by an undeI,
standing with the Treasury Department
authorized to retain this deposl'e OF loo,,
600 dollars for six months alter notlee " y
an intention to draw for It. he wI'ned y
know by what authority, by what provlslo'
! OF law, by what custom, the oecfe.d'y
| the Treasury was allowed 10 depotsl'e ~. ~
ney in banks with an understanding a .ns
it was not to be drawn out again. nupp0 =
Mr.. &. said, that The monthly returns
the Treasury from such banks nao snU"'
that they were on the eve OF Insose ~. n
what lava utborized the money Q! ins G. :
S. yet to be left in their bands ~ u. y
creiary OF the Treasury has au!DS %. r
nais such an engagement. sa'o MI Inn
ain mistaken: do not think be h1s: /. n +,
has authority. let him shew IT, II !, 10 o,pb
exceeded his duty or bis authorlly' .a ~ /
10 be inquired into. But, MT. y = ; ssa,
made no charges. He wanted ln n, 81.
ton. He knew that the government :.
tanned, from these unayailsp,l,s s. .u"I aot
loss of about a million OF do''ai' ,,ooujl
without going 70 the Treasury 70 .h sD 'aIo
into the history Of il, he wished ,a sne cat,
nation on the subject to be coulluhh. 10 81
1 to this house. He had conhdencse ,o n :,
| 3, tho officers of government, WIFI A.