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

VIII We no'lceu presently, III conneNion WI
another subject.
But, though there were two calls IN this cas..
either of which rendered il tho duty of Mr.
Crawford To have transmitted all the cores
pondeuce and though, in answering the Sc
cond call, he expressly stated that he had
Transmitted" all the correspondence required
ny The resolution, except two letters from the
Receiver at St. Louis, which were Of a conf
dental nature" yet, your honorable body will
hno very strong reasons 10 doubt the correct
ness OF this statement, and l shall be much
surprized if the third call, with which he has
80 tardily complied, has been sufficient TO draw
from him all the correspondence, even with
the Bank of Missouri. The omission of let
tiers, addressed to the department. might be
accounted for on the superstition that thew
might have miscarred. But his is u casualty
to which the letters, or cppirs OF the letters, of
the Secretary himself, Which should ALWAYS
! remain in the department, are not liable
They may, however, sometimes dsai,prar n,
the letter of the Receiver at Edwardsville
seems To have done. If not, it will be difficult
to account for the absence of a letter of the
90th July, 1919, which is presumed 10 have
been addressed by Mr.. Crawford To the Bank
OF Missouri, upon the authority Of report of
committee of the Legislature Of Missouri at
itssesson in 1899.
This was committee appointed TO examine
Mr.. Crawford's letters TO that Bank were sub
rnitted TO the inspection ofthe committee, and
the report which / have the honor herewith
10 transmit, Il II contains extracts from several
OF them. among which is one from his letter
of3oth July, 1919, of which enough appears
To prove that 1t was embraced by the call and
ought tn have been communicated unless.
indeed, II 10 mere fabrication 10y the commit
lee, Tor which no imaginable motive can be
perceived.
have not time TO dwell upon several Curl
Gus particulars that are disclosed ny this report.
beg leave, however, TO refer your honorable
bsdy To the contract with the Bank of Mssou-
ri, AS therein set forth. An inspection of il III
enable you To decide At once whether it is cor
fectiy represented in MIR. Crawfurd's report of
II, and whether he had Il right Ia withdraw any
part oil NE permanent deposite, under any pre-
tence whatever before the expiration of SIX
months after 1t reased To be empIoyed 10 re.
ceive the public moneys"
lnregard To the letters hat have been allud-
ed To, i will barely remark. that if so many OF
thein, actually belonging to the Department
cou'o not De found on its tiles,' il will moi
be strange If il shall hereafter appear that th
letter Of the Receiver, at Edwardsyille. has
Aeen overlooked or, the former were pur.
pos"iy suppressed, there is nothing Improba-
he IN the belief that the latter has shared the
- fate.
But this letter may have heen received by
MIR. Crawford, and he may have forgotten il
rus, presume. may fairly monstrate
hy shelving thathis memory has been extreme.
~ treacherous, in other instances, of far great
er consequence. Fer this purpose, Ibeg leave
IN The first place, TO call the attention of yuu
honorab:y body t" his oath, before the com.
mittee.
Regardless Of the salutary admonitions OF
the proverb Of the glass windows" he has
treated my oath somewhat freely, and he car
have no reasonable cause to complain if his
o'cn shall undergo slight investigation.
On his examination before thu. Committee
ne says :" / neUer sanctioned the omission OF
ANY PART Of The correspondents"
NOW let us hear Mr.. DickinS, his confidential
clerk. On the examination of this genrlemas
before the same Committee, he says" II /:
the general direction of the Secretary, wher
Information is called for, TO give epery thing
that relates To the subject. When the call wa:
made, looked over all the papers, fled and TN
t'ed, relating to the subject. The papers, af
Ter selected are laid before the Secretary anC
IN ms case, he directed me TO collect ererl
Thing in the office relating To the subject
They were selected and submitted to his inspec
ION. IN this case, from the urgency Of il,
/ took The originals and rough drafts. TIL,
! papers remained some time before the Score
J tary, while he WAS making the report, after
gave them TO him, and before he communica
ted To the House"
Let il be recollrcted that Mr.. Dickins is on,
OF Mr. Crawferd's witnesses against me, ant
enjoys his highest confidence. Now, if, thi
gentleman swears the truth, | would ask, how
1t could have happened that so many letters
The correspondence with the Banks of Hunts
vile and Missouri alone, were suppressed
without Mr. Crawford's sanction7
The document, No. II9, before referred to
most indisputably proves that upwards o
twenty letters OF the correspondence with tn,
latter bank were suppressed on the first cal
Tor them; and that these very letters wer
an the e6ice." If, then, Mr.. Dickins did col
leet, and lay before MIR Crawford, q" all TN
papers, filed and unified, relating TO the sub
Ject," which he was strictly ordered To do
and swears he did by whom could the sup
preston of SD great portion Of the CORES
pondence with the Bank of Missouri have bee
Effected If not by Mr.. Crawford, its o~I
statement shows that it must hare been done b.
Mr.. DIckns. To permit SO fragrant breacl
thrust and confidence TO pass with mpunit y
Is to sanction IL. If this suppression escape
MIR. Crawford's notice i0hen he answered tn
frst call for those letters, he could not hav
been ignoraD; Of it, iChen he shortly afterward
complied with the second call, by transmit
ting the Uery letters that had been suppressed
Vet, we have never heard that Mr.. Dickin
has been punished, in any manner whatever
aud from the relation in which these gentle
men stand to each other, n cannot be pTesum
ed that he has been even blamed.
Again: Mr.. Crawford, in his testimony
says, "It is usual when resolutions require in
formation which the records or files Of til
Office afford, TO send copies but when ther
IS a press OF business, the ORIGINALS ar