Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-05-08

| 'ou'u these extracts nave been made, and fuisi
q INTO the place of the originals?
Ii cannot be too much To say that there an
pears to have been considerable forsetfulpes,
~ some part Of this affair.
MT Crawford must also have forgotten the
resolution of 1916, when, in direct violation of
IT'S positive inlunctions, he received from GER
tam local banks, m discharge of their debts To
the United States, and al par, the large amount
Eot nncurrent notes, which, 10 his report, he al
mts he did receive from them.
But his memory must have been much more
unfortunately treacherOus 20 him. in two u;her
particulars, ielatinG to this business, for. /
shall show that he has made two paipable and
important miSSta,ements in regard 10 il.
Being called on by resolution Of the House
oil Representatives To state the amount of un-
current paper, which he received from the
local banks, that had been made repositories
Tor public money, received from the sale of
pabilc lands he admits the receipt of large
amount from the Banks of Edwarsdyille, Mis-
sour, and Tombeckber. But as an grouse for
ms conduct, he represents those notes TO have
oeen deposited in these banks "brfore the
uate ut their contracts" under which, they
agreed TO account for the public deposites as
specie
inns do most unequivocally and positive
~ aver To be misrepresentation and an indie
tenSibe apology, and your honorable BODY
cannot fail to be convinced Of it, by adveriing
TO the contracts themselves. will refer TO on
~ one ofthein at present. The very first ar.
tic'e of the contract with the Bank of Ed
wardsyiile under which it received the first
cent of public deposiies, is in the following
words, viz: LIST. That the public moneys
shall be entered to the credit Of the Tieasu-
rer as cash :" which may be seen in document
No. &C, letter g. No. aud ?.
But, for his own opinion upon the subject.
even IN a case where there had been no ex
press stipulation q" To pay cash. refer your
honorable body To this letter l., No I, To the
President of the Bank of Huntsville, dated
llth january, 1913, where it will be found
mat ne says. In making the Planters and
Merchants Bank of Huntsville place of de-
pos'te, at its particular solicitation, it wa. ex-
pected that the transfer of the funds which il
undertook to make, would be effected in funds
tnat circulated at par at the place where the
transfer was directed. AS the Receiver had
been directed To receive the bills on no banks
which did not discharge them in specie upon
aemand, II was expected that the bank would
De answerablr fer the amount deposited i'm
specie, or in bills which would be reviewed az
specie, at the place To which The money should
be directed to be- transferred, unless il should
state the contrary"
But this is not the worst case: he has, i'm
The same report, misstated the amount of I'M
current notes, which he did receive from those
icdS and some of the suppressed letters in the
correspondence with the Bank of Missouri will
prove it.
This statement, no doubt, will surprise and
astonlsh your honorable body but YOU will
not long regard it as proof of temerity !
snail, however, content myself with barely
stating enough to carry ressflsss conviction
TO your own minds of tho truth of it. None
, shall doubt, who will either read or hear the
testimony exhibited to you by Mr.. Craw ford
himself.
The suppressed letters B, No. IS, from the
President of the Bank of Missouri dated 18th
: October, 1919, and Il, NJ 10, from Thomas
R"ddick, agent of that bank, dated eth +. b
ruary, 1890, taken in cOnDexiun with MI
, CrawfOrd's settlement with the said agent will
, prove that the sum of S1,I75 which he. mir
Craw'ord) received from that bank, though
arttuily stated 80 as To disguise the fact, was
composed Of $500 of notes on the Franklin
Bank Of Alexandria, and 1855 on the Mocha
nIcs' Bank If Alexandria.
His own suppressed letter b, No 7. dated
, g9th May, 1919, contains notification to the
Bank OF Missouri, of the failure of the former
ofthese banks. And friend has furnish ed
me with the following extract from the files al
the National .nteligeuccr in regard TO The lat
Ter, VIZ " August 98ih, 1919. The Mechanics
Bank o' A'eSancrla does not redeem It's notes
In specie, and its notes no longer pass her,
currently"
The suppressed letters, b No %, from him
self TO the President Oftho Bank of Missouri
dated 18th November 1920. ,ni the Presi
: dents answer b M. &c, d ,j"d 18th Dec l $40
f will show that he received from that bank
S4o,l5G, in notes on the Bank of Tennessee
and its branches, which vpr,. d. posted in Nh,
: Branch of the L. Stales' Bank, at Louisville,
. on the 2lst OF May, 1890, tn meet the Treasu
+ rer's draft
report from Luke Lea, Pension Agent a
\ ROCKVILLE, 10 j l.. Edwards. Of the Pensio,
@ Once, dated 9Th Jan. 1925 shows tha: thes,
: notes were mostly on The branches of n
. KnoryiHe Bank"
have in my possession proof that thos
}. branches stopped payment in the summer o
1919, but deem it unnecessary to exhibit il
: ns every member the delegation in Congress
n from tennessee, as well rs other members O
n Congress, must know that they had failed +,
= redeem their notes in specie long before tn,
4 notes N question were received By NJ craw
ford. II IS only necessary 20 add, that nom
i ofthese notes are included in the amount O
:. uncurreut notes reported by Mr.. Crawford
g Now, though the probability that these mis-
4 statements were innocenty made, is SO mcwha
weakened by the suppression of the LATER
that would have detected their inaccuracies
$ do not deem il necessary to insist that the,
prove any thing more than greater degre
. Of lOTgetiuIness and inadyerfence than To hav
l. forgot or overlooked such trifling affair a
The letter mentioned in my examination.
!. they were Intentional, il would prove tn
= statement made against me so much the les
. entitled TO credit.
. In making deposites in the local Banks q
g Louisville, Cincinnati, ChiIIicothe, apd tn,