Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-07-08
MR.. CRAWFORD AND THE BANKS.


The Washington Republican, Of Saturday
gives extracts from paper read BY Edwards
TO the Committee, in relation to Mr. Craw.
ford's loans to the Banks. The Committee,
in their Report, we believe, give these loans
the softened name of Deposites They appear
to US, to be neither, but to partake of the ma
ture of each.
Extract from Coz Edwards remarks TO the Com.
nntsee on the su4ect Of illegal Loans Of Pub
lie Money ade by the Secretary Of the Trea-
sWy.
'The corruption of the British parliament,
and the illegal conduct of the British Ministry,
are subjects of frequent and just reprobatlon
as the purity Of our legislature, and the exact
subservienCe of every branch of the Executive
to the laws Of tile land, are deemed causes of
satisfaction, and sources of pride When Mr..
Pitt, whose influence in Parliament, was as
transcendant as his fame, undertook, at a pc
riod of great commercial pressure, and ca
lamitous season Of war, to make loan Of
100000 to the house Of Boyd and Renheld, the
subject was brought before Parliament. and,
as the loan, though nat :sratuitous, was found to
be mo legal employment Of the public Jsosds,' and
although the opposition admitted there was
no ground TO impute IMPROPER metues to the
Premier, it was declared by the House of
Commons an act Of dangerous usnrpation; and,
to prevent its being assumed as a precedent,
or extended into usage, as we'll as to acGuit
this powerful and celebrated minister of moral
and official liability on account of it, bill of
indemnity was introduced by one Of his friends
and passed into law. Here it is to be OBJ
served that the loan of Mr. Pitt was advanced
(evea as Mr.. whitehead confessed) on mques.
fionable securities .-those of Mr Crawford do
not appear to have been so safely provided
for On Mr. Pitts no loss occurred; consi-
derable part of Mr. Crawford's is yet endan.
gered Mr. Pitts loan carried interest, while
Mr. Crawford was made 'as gratiatous loan
If MFR Pitts conduct could be exculpated only
by an act of Parliament, can MIR Crawfords be
justified in the teeth OF an act of Congress-
Ia this case, let me ask, is not the vital prin-
cieies of cur government lost sight off,
This is a government of laws Respon-
BibiIity is the soul of the Republic, and is
intended, like navigation in the material
world, to hold every orb and every atom, eve
ry officer and every citizen, in their legal po-
siton 1t was Intended to prevent the Secre-
tary of the Treasury from committing any act
which could be called mo legal employment
of the public funds and will be hardly salts
fled BY the declaration, that any officer OF the
government, but especially the Head of the
Treasury, can employ the national funds in
disregard of the law and not mismanage
them"
From the Lexington (Ky) Reporter.
We have received Reviey Of the Cunning
ham Correspondence, by Timothy Pickering
pamphlet of 1877 pages II is, like the Cor.
respondencs' itself, highly interesting and
valuable work. We think it will be so regard
cd and generally read by both the politician and
historian, notwithstanding the horror expressed
by those whose morbid sensblities are shock
ed at the deveiopement OF human passions and
human ira'tv. Mr.. Pickerng's well known
nervous pen has lost none OF its strength, by
age, when it touches the character Of Mr. John
Adams, the father, it is d,pt in gall; and John,
khe son. is we'll described, although not Fat.
tered.
The real sting Of Col Pickering's Review
- the portrait which il gives Of Mr.. John Quin-
cy Adams. lie is there painted as a man OF
violent passions. of visionary imagination. and
some book learning. but Of weak and yaciating
Judgment, and Of little practical skill in the ma
i"genent Of human concerns. Is not this Just
Pleturef Let Mr. John Quincy Adams political
nte answer the question. An apostste III poll
ucS' aspeculator in religious opinions. a man
VIGOROUSLY under the influence of projectors
sld seheIners Of all sorts, and the dupe of alb
fc' ha''ererss what can be expected Of bin in