The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-06-08

confidently repeated, that, after al exami
natiun Of all the correspondence HAT has
been, al various times. communicated to the
| llons.., il will b.. found that, although more
ample details are exhibited, because the
papers subsequently presented are more
numerous, as clear aud faithful a view of
the canne xion between the western banks
and the Treasury, was presented under the
! first resolution, rs is exhibited IN the whule
mass of the correspondence But, ii the
fact were otherwise, nothing could be
mere unjust than Ia consider the omission
OF every letter not communicated under
that resontion, AS Il suppression ~ th az
improper design.
Although these explanations may be
deemed IA sufficient answer 10 Mr.. Ed
/ wafds's charge of Suppression, generally (;
! yet, there are some particular instances
which he has specially dWelt upon, aud To
which he attaches particular Importance,
+ that il may be we'll specially 10 notice.-
The first of these IS, the circumstance that
extracts were communicated, INSTEAD of
eutlre letters. in parts of the correspondence
with the Planters aud Merchants Bunk Of
Huntsville.
Ry referring 10 the letters alluded To,
and which h5iYe been transmitted entire,
under the last resolution of the House, II
will be- seen, that the parts omitted 10 be
communicated, relate to an occurrence
wholly Of a Temporary nature, entirely I'M
inportantin itself, and having no bearing
whatever On the subject 6f the call. 1t
seems that, after the termination of the
arrangement between the bank 0 the u.
States aud the Bank at Huntsville, the
Cashier of tie former drew certain drafts
upon the amount standing at his credit IN
the latter bnnk. These, the BANK al
Huntsville declined 10 pay, under an erro
neous idea, that it WAS accountable To the
Treasurer for the money.
A soon ~ IL was made known TO the Sc
crctary, hc wrote TO the Huntsville Bank,
10 remove the misunderstanding. The bank
justified itself, by quoting certain eXPres
slons Of the Secrrtary's circular, of July,
1919. The Secretary replied, that, If the
bank quoted correctly, the circular must
have been imperfect, and desired Ia have II /
sent back for examination. II was sent
back, was found'to be- naccurate!y copied, f,
the misunderstanding was removed, thc
drafts were paid, aud there thu whole mat
ter ended. inthr rassages relating to this
subject, notice WIS also taken of the acct
dental omission Of the bank to render some
IfIUIilS. 4 llf1G are inc l'l'lS VI lnt i'ltfl5
in the CORES ,oudence Which were not
communicated aud this explanation viii
show, with what little reason it has been
inferred, that every omission III the cores
ppuderCe contains something which the
Secretary must have an improper motive
To conceal.
Tht4c observations apply to ali the ex
tracts transmitted IN thai CORES pondcncc,
a, Ia ~ nI
Huntsville Bunk, of the 30th Sept 1910
As this letter does not appear TO have been
transmitted under the last resolution, 1t is
presumed toshaIe been mislaid. The pur-
port of the preceding part of il, is not re
collected, but search is now making for it,
and as soon as it Is found, it will hc com
muuicatcd,
An additional importance is attached, BY
Alr. Edwards. to the circumstance of " cx-
tracts" beink sent IN this case, as contra
dieting thai part ofthc Sectrtary'e tcsiimo-
ny before former srlect committee OF the
House, Which, speaking of the correspon
deuce generally, states, that IN cntse quence
of the pressure of business, The original
letters and rough drafts bad been cnmmu-
nicatrd undcr lhe resolution of the 14th of
Febru ~, 1872. No such e. ntradl ton,
howe er, can be- imagined, without misin-
terpretius the obvious llnpor' ~ the Secre-
tary's words. lie spoke of the com mimi
cations generally aud II Is IA fact well
known, mat it consisted almost rutlrely of
originals and rough drafts. Blu, 1t is IRE
roacilable to common sense, 10 suppose
tIat he meant to convey the idea, TINT pa
pcrs which bo g on their face the ttie of
" extract, which lac had himself commu
nicatcd aud described as" extracts" were
either orr gnals ar rough drafts.
Neither he Secretary nor Mr.. Dickens
has any where said, IN their testimony, as
Mr.. Edwards sufpoees, that the latter dc
livered all the originals and rough drafts to
the Secretary, and that thc Secretary sent
them all to the House. The fact Is other
wise. All the correspondence with the
banks referred to, was not called for, as
has been already shown; nor was it ever
asserted that all WAS sent. Mr.. Dickens
collected, as he has stated, all thc cores
pondenee that he could fnd, filed and unli
led, that WAS likely TO have any bearing on
the subject from these he selected such
as, in his Judgment, was required by the
resolution and such " cxtracts" as were
made, were made under the exercise OF
this dsment After the papers bad been
thus select and arranged, h. laid them
before the Secretary together with such
statements in relation 10 other parts of the
resolution, as the Secretary might require
for his report. These papers were ia the
possession ofthc Secretary while he pre-
pared bis report but were referred Ia no
further than was necessary for that object, :
aud the espoudrucc thus prepared be
NJ. Dickens, was transmitted, in the same
stlte. to the House. This circumstance
will explain the appearance the mar ks on
the passages which Mr.. Dickens has stated
To have brcu marked lay him for ,he pur-
pose of calling the Seeretary's Attention to
Than, md 4, hirh Il th, u k3I knnn ,,',apr-