The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-06-01
CONTROVERSY BETWEEN
y. Edwards and W. IL. Crawford.
.4adress Of The Secretary Of the Treasury.

.7adress Of The Secretary Of the Treaswy
COHrtsufp.
T'tc accusation Of having presented con
Trajectory statements Of the amount of pub
liz morev, 10 the bank Of fdwardsyllle, ADD
of having trauposed other statements from
that bank, IN tie communications rAade by
the Secretary 10 tie House, and Of having
done 50 for the purpose of Disgusting The
truth IN relation II the deposltcs in that
bank, with view IT, their hearing on the
charge connected with these supposed let
ters, is altogether without toundallon.-
The bank statements Of I9rccmbtr and
! November, which are referred 10, either
i formed par, of, Or accompanied the letters,
which they immediately follow IN the prln-
ted papers; the first having been written
on part of the same paper as the letter OF
| the 9TH january, 1870 TO Mr.. Edwards, and
| the latter having been enclosed IN the let
ter If the 9th January, and both the letters
aud the statements having, when transmit
ted by Mr. Edwards, IN his letter Of the
10th February, been, ii Is believed, IN the
same order as that in which they appear an
the documents. The Treasury statements,
EdwaIdsyilIc, at the end Of the Cd, Sd, and
18th quarters of 1919, are quoted ty Mr.
Edwards, were prepared, by the Treasurer,
from materials IN his own pa5stssicn ana
the Secretary had no more to 90 w'th the
preparations al them, than Mr.. Edwards
himself They Were communicated rs the
statements ofthat officer. The cause why
the statement for the 4fh quarter Of l8l2,
differs in amount from lhat rendered by the
bank Tor the satrc purot, IS, That, ia the
former, the Treasurer. has deducted from
the sum standing to hs credit IN that bank,
the amount of two drafts which lee had
drawn 90 the hanit. and winch had not
been paid At the tim. when the bank state
ment WAS presented The sum stated by
the bank is, therefore, moro than that sta-
ted 10y the Treasurer, by the amount Ct
these drafts This IS mote particularly
shown in the accompanying note OF The
Trrcsurcr, all Of whose statements are pre-
pared up the same principle, and have been
always SO prepared. It's considered I'M
ncccasar, to dwell longer On tins branch
Of the subject. That ~ such commun'ca-
tons, as Mr.. Edwards alnges, were made,
is believed 10 be- conelusHrly dcmor'lra-
ted and If 50. no agts could have been re.
sorted to Tor tie purpose OF concealInS
them. But, at every stage Oh THIS in'tsll-
CATION, tins rcmarl, naturally su66"sts ITSELF !;
that even IL both the communications ALE
grd had actually been made, thePc was
nothing in that fact for the Secretary 20
conceal Mr. Edwards has stated, ON oath,
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ne In. receivers both a Charlottesville and
| l<asl,asl j., woe Instructed. nv the Srcre-
If,r,,s lrttrr of thr 3istof December, 1913,
that if ,ny circumstance affecting the cha
r,,tsr or In, EdwardsviIe bank. should
come tn thr;r knowlgage. they should com
rnn;c.,t, tho snmc IN i've dsnart,ncnt, and
snn such inflammation. WAS received from
Ifhsn and ,s the bank continued 10 fulfil its
en,r,y,n,rnts there was no sufficient rea
SON for disseminating the arrangements
wb;ch h,J boon ,,,de with t. The fact is,
tba, = was not nr,,l two yea,s after tl.
Ir,trr IS fine pr,,id.nt of the bank of Mis-
sonr; rrrrrrrd r.. that III, EdwardsviIr
h,n. s,onn,l n,,ment. But although this
cbar,,, +! ron.,d.,.1 =, sufficiently answer
oil a.. anil, r.n,in,,g circumstance nre.