The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1824-05-12

amino into the concerns OF the bank OF
Missouri, MIR. Crawford's letters to that
bank were submitted to the inspection at
the committee, and the report, which
have the honor herewith TO transmit, (II)
contains extracts from several of them,
among which is one from his letter of
3Oth July, 1919, of which enough appear.
to prove that it was embraced by the
call, and ought to have been communica-
ted, unless, indeed, il is mere fabrica.
ton by the committee, for which no inn
aginable motive can be perceived.
have not time to dwell upon several
curious particulars that are disclosed by
this report. beg leave, however. to
refer your honorable body TO the contract
with the bank of Missouri, as therein set
forth. An inspection OF il will enable
you TO decide at once whether il is COR
rectly represented in Mr.. Crawford's re-
port OF ii, and whether he had right to
Withdraw any part OF The permanent de-
posite, under any pretence whatever.
before the expiration of six months safter
ceased to be employed to receive The
| public moneys
In regard to the letters tina; have been
| alluded to, will barely remark, that if
so many of them, actually belonging to
the department, could not be found ON
Sits files 1t will not be strange if il shall
hereafter appear that the letter of the
receiver, at EdwardvilIe, has been over
looked !; or, il the former were purpose.
! ly suppressed, there is nothing impro-
bable in the belief that the latter has
| shared the same fate.
But this letter may have been received
by Mr.. Crawford, and he may have for
gouenit.
This, presume, may fairly demon.
strate, by showing that his memory has
been extremely treacherous, in other
instances of far greater consequence
For this purpose, beg leave, in the first
place, 10 call the attention of your hono>
rably body to his oatl', before the COM
! mittee
Regardless OF the saIutary admoni,iops
OF the proverb 'of the glass windows he
has treated my oath somewhat freely, and
he can have no reasonable cause to com.
plain it his ozDn shall undergo a slight
| investigation.
On his examination befure the com.
| mittee, he says---'I neDer sanctioned The
omission Of ANY PART or the cores.
hondence.'
Now let Us hear Mr.. Dickins, his con
fdentiai clerk. On the examination of
this gentleman before the same commit
tee, ne says, 1T is the general direction
OF the secretary. when information is
called Tor, TO give every thing that re-
lates 10 the subject. When the call was
made, looked over all the papers, filed
and 14Hled, relating to the subject
| The papers, after selected, are laid be.
lore the secretary and in this case,
he directed me TO collect every thing in
the Office relating to the subject. They
were selected and submitted 10 his in
sfeetion. In this case, from the urgency
oti',l took the originoL and rough drafts.
The papers remained some time before
the secretary; while he was making the
report. alter gave them to him, and be-
fore he communicated 10 the house,
Let it be recollected that Mr.. Dickins
is one of MIR. Crawford's witnesses a.
gainst me, and enjoys his highest conf.
dence, Now, it this gentleman swears
| the truth, would ask, how it could have
happened that so many letters of the cor
| respondence with the banks of Hunts.
vile and Missouri alone were suppressed,
without Mr.. Crawford's sanction !?
The document, No. l19, before re-
ferred to, most jndisputaoly proves that
upwards of twenty letters of the CORES
pondence with the latter bank were sup.
| pressed, on the first call for them and
that these very letters were sir1 the office
If, then, Mr.. Dickins did collect, and
lay before Mr.. Crawford, saN the papers,
filed and unified, relating 10 the subject
which he was strictly ordered to do, and
s~ears he did by whom could the sup>
preston OF SO great portion of the cor.
respondence with the bank Of Missouri
have been effected If mot by Mr.. Craw-
ford, its own statement shows that il n1ust
have been done by Mr.. Dickins. To per-
NIT so flagrant breach Of trust and con-
fideDce TO pass with impunity, is TO sane
ron il. If this suppression escaped MIR.
Crawford's notice, sOhen he answered the
first call for those letters, he could not
have been ignorant of it, qO6en ne shortly
afterwards complied with the second
call by transmitting the very iefters that
had been suppressed. Yet, we have
never heard that Mr.. Dickins has been
punished, in any manner whatever and
from the relation i'm which these O entIe~