Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-05-04

| ~"' Ahat auFiSCu Tie ReCeivcf of Public
Money at that place, to withhold his dcpesi.es
from the bank, till he could receive further or.
ocrs from the Secretary of the Treasury.
Sd. That She Receiver did write to- The Ss..
cretary on the subject, enclosing ny publies.s.
ton, &c.
4th. That Tie former afterwards informed
me ,tiat he had received A LETTER fromEthe
latter, directing HIM to continue the depositcs.
Now, 1t IS not denied, and dare not be- that
did make the publication alluded to, aud this
could rot have done, for the reasons that ii,il,,
enced me, consistently with the known friend
siip and intimacy that then ssibsi,ted between
The Receiver and myself. without ci, ing hin,
the advice mentioned in the second part of the
| oil the above statement. But, that I did rivc
mat advice, Is much more strongly corrobora-
ted by the fact, that the Receiver did octuaii;
'c,thhoAd the dcposifes, and MIR. Crawford knows
1T. This might be established by the monthly
! returns of both the Receiver and the bank.
Dut these are IN the possession of Mr.. Crawford.
!, however, felicitate myself upon being able to
satisfy your honorable body of the fact, by doc
nnehts that have been furnished by himself,
ou' which, thank God, are now out of his pow
by his report of the 9Th February, 1928, (8
volume State Papers, I'd scss. 18th Con pares
81, 33, and 35, it will be seen that the amount
Of dopOsite stated 10 have been in the Bank of
Edwardsville, to the credit of tue Treasurer
was,
AT the end of the Cd quarter Of 1919 s45.5so 60
Az the end OF the Sd quarter of 1879 45,475 CT
AT the end of the 4th quarter of 1919 531oI sa
line two hrst of these statements are pres,ln;-
ed To be correct, or nearly The latter is Ell.
hrely otherwise, as will prove to your satisf;:c
ton, If there is any kind of confidence to be Nc
posed in previous statements exhibited TO vo,,
| by MIR. Crawford. Had it been intended Ia
| disguise the fact of the Receivers having with
held The dePosites, as above stated, and to eiyc
some senlblance Of plausibility to the recent in
sinuatlon against myself nothing could have
been more ingeniously, or more disingenuously.
cond1ccd, for these purposes than this lasi
statement. If it had been truly stated that,
instead of $50, 191 SO, the real amount in demos.
tie, at the end of the fourth quarter, was $685..
l 81 595, the contrast between this sum anil tho
amount OF the previous dcpositcs, might have
alforded some corruption tony statement befnre
the committee. But this, subsequent events
nave proved, twas intended toqucston. viii.
however, make the case too plain for doubt.
by the report last referred to, il appears that
the amount of depositc in the Bank Of Edw,rlie-
vile, to the credit of the Treasurer on tho l.st
days of June and September, was little nm
wards of $4,000. "
by WI. CraWford's previous rerort of the a7ti,
april 1872, linwhich is an ingenious co,t,.;,,o,o.
OF placing December before N.,relof .r y - ::
SHOWN by the bank retnrps themselves. hat ~,
tne DUN N ove!nber, 1879, the amount of 49,
sue was 20 o4i, and that, On the last ,,v
quarter OF 1872 1t was e98. 191 5oi rtnI IN, -,
n" S'3'is 90, as subsequently recorted f-on,
the Treasury De;a tinent a o''i
From the correspondence bat,roo,, a.
raj amounts ofdepositc- IN the bsni. .ie s9Vs
Gays OF June, Serr,ember, and Nove,,,,ar -.r,s
, inc G'neie1ce between them and that If tbe
lase u.s y. i,ecenbcr, III the same year, no one
can DOUBT that the Receiver at Edwa,,,sv;lIa
dta acsuatty acitthoka the GeDos;tes ,s ",
suggested unless it can be believed t,.t
In one single month, distinguished tv M M, 80
t,cuiar circumstances, receive to the a,nonn. -
So@' 40 %, equal to the rate Of 1862, 500 50 nor
annum. PCT
Let us, then inquire a little into tf,, nrol,b;,;
" OF MS having written, to .Mr. GRAVEYARD ~,
having done so. " "i' hot
This gentleman united in himself t,,. %.
OIL Recelycr and President of the Rank &c ~
"ardsviile. AS Receiver, he had posi,ive orier,
10 make his deposits in that bank. and 80
oouiu 10 make his dcpositcs in that bank M
was oound 10 make monthly returns of his az
counts 10 the Secretary of the Treasure. A.
reSioent' IL was his duty to have MONTH"; -
IS "a ,"e stare Oh the bank, and the arnount
OF public dcposites therein, rsn1larly ,r.''i!i
.eo 20 the secretary. Is it, then, to be bol;e,,.'
.hat ne should have withheld the dcposites 60 60
,Idry 10 MS orders, without having nivenf Ia NJ
crawford some reason, either as Rceniyor -.
, resacnt- Tor his having done SO And e h.,
ii,aa Iacd to perform this duty is il credible ~,
Jur. Crawford uouJ have been so ,,a,rl:. e"a.
and Inattcntve to his duty, and so rerarll1ess
the public interest, as not to have called IL, "a
an account for such Conduct ' ~
But II further confirmation of tbo ro.i.,
naFih5 bcen written AN! received By Mr. -.
tofd 100, were wanting, strong presy,,nnt;or,s =
iaVor OF both may be derived from tbe 80.
guarded and characteristic artifice-bv which -.
"ouiu seem equally to deny the recent ne tbo
ict'er' O. that any instructions had bAe,. ~
t"e receiver to continue TO make the denos;los
-. DC observed thatipy statement, as onotea
n'.' SriWiord, Is, "t!at the Receiver M
Sai1a me nc nad received Letter from fhe
80 u'rsctih5 INN to continue the demo-
-. .ur' crawford does not deny that s1If.l
ureciionS were gwen, but he saws, If anncr
that no answer 10 Suct letter, diract;no- AZ
cover to continue The doposaio, We go 49,.
ten," &c. From this peculiar ,arr, &c =" ~
can but infer that, not Being willing fr,,,,
soihe Cause or othCr, to admit the reoci,i ,rtL,
ietter, Jsr' Crawford c,ni1rrsI to 7ire tic 4;
recuon5 under sorsc other form or nrotSrt tt--c
tAdt % d erect Answer toit. Bot that suci ii
recuon' were giYeo, Csnuot doubt. tto,,..L
nave hothnG 70 rely upon for thjs onipi,,f ~
the RECEIVERS word for the fact IF .lrr. Cr.,s
iord ala not write TO him specially on fbc s,i;t
VI ms haYlng withheld the depo5ites Il cor C,,i,
oe satHlactor1ly accounted for on the s,coe;,;,,
mat ne l'elr. Crawfort) aid, in so,ae form -,
otheT, give such directions as he sop,s,,l ,yo,,id
produce the proper corrective. ~"
Auothcr fact, IN confirmation of m s,otor,or,v
- u'dt one OF tue two Receivers who had 49,