Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-09-27

to an official coll Of the Senate that the emor nous
abuses Dhieh had been proefsed in 1884, might be
eeaied from the Senate and the people! We are inform.
ed from the authentic source, that the facts aud
lite contained in the preceding OF the
Directors. we're found in book denomnsed Expense
Book, which seldom. ever, comes before the Board OF
Directors that IN their examination not finding the
penses attending the mission OF General CAdw.adcr to
Europe, connected with the per cent. Transaction they
were informed, upon inquiry, that those, amounting 10
$4,000 for compensation and number Of thousands OF dol
lar. Tor expenses Of himself, Secretary, &c were charged
to Exchange Account How many hundreds Of thou.
sands Of dollars may there not have been pended and
charged TO this Exchange Account 10 the Profit and
Loss Account, to the Contingent Fund Account, which
neither the Government Directors. any else. bu,
Committee OF Congress- can investigate and discover
Could the Government trust such s uIion any lon
gc''
Among the curious particulars disco. ed in the nves
CATION which gave rise this Repo, Of the Cove rnen
Directors, learn tina, the origin OF the check FIR $3.50
accidentally discovered in it, pssag. from The Pre-
the Bank to James ilson, Editor Fit sburgh soNe
time before the last Presidential election was c.ary
cer,sined. voucher (f such may be caiIe,D .oHe.
what TO the follow ing effect, was found, viz:
"Cred, Office, Pittsburgh. five hundred and eighty dol
lars tor draft enclosed office In favor OF Jas Wilson lot
printing pr. N. Biddle Priests letter Of this date j.
charge Expense Acct '"'
Who does not RENE mber with what pertinscity this
transaction denied charged ISLANDERS Of the
Jackson presses! Wilson himsel ade an affidavit hch
was hiumphan'iy Paraded the Bank presses
the nation as refutaon OF the whole charge. To show
how the community deceived by these instruments Of
corrupt institution. copy the affidavit entire, with its
caption from the National Inellgencer Of the 18th Octo
| Der, 1882
| "NULLiEIcArIoN OF A SLANpER.-The editor OF
the new aud able paper. established Ptsburg and call
ed the Pennsylvania Advocate. has completely the
csiumny Of his P,tsburg enemies aud the W Washington
Globe on the subject of his alleged xion with the
National Bank.
before me, Charles H. Israel of the Aldermen In
and tor the City of Pburg, personally AIRED James
wilson, printer and publisher OF the newspaper, entitled
the Pennsy Advocate al Pi,sburx and publisher Of
the Western Herald and Steubenvlle Gazette in Ohs
Almighty God, deposes and says, that neither the United
States Bank any ois branches any officer or d.
rector OF either, did, at any time, directly indirectly,
| aid with money other valuable thing, or with the
promise thereof or in any other way in the establishing or
IN the printing or publishing Of either OF said spa
pers except perhaps in one or two cases. as
on the same terms with all other subscribers Of said
newspapers; aud the said Wilson further deposes says
that he has not, as he believes yet received dollar Oh
such subscription account, from any such officer drec-
tor, and that the amount Of their subscr the same
a. that charged TO all the subscribers and no
more And the said Wilson further deposes and says tina,
lie has had no correspondence, directly indirectly, with
the said Bank or any branch thereof any OF the rec
tors or officers, relation establishing conducting or
in any wise aPpeI tanning to either OF said
and that he the said Wilson, borrowed dollar from
said bank either Of its branches-and never
or was offered any money! other valuable thing in the
way oil donation or gilt n any other way from the Uni
ted States Bank or any OF its branches, from either
the directors or officers Of said Bank branches. from
pose express OF implied. of influencing him IN, paying
him tor his editorial the establishment sup.
port, or management OF his said newspapers either OF
them And furiher this deponent saith not
i Guy ~ PWs6Wg,ss JAS. WILSON.
| sept ~, 1882, sworn and subscribed before me,
CHAS. Fl. ISRAEL, AID"
IL appears by the Directors Report that the Jas.
Wilson received "$I447 rs for 25 900 copies Of the Re-
ports Of Mr. McDuffe and Mr.. Smith, and %. 900 copies
OF The address to the Members OF the State Leg
agreeably to order, and from John Sergeant ESQ
Iwi'i be remembered, that John Sergeant, Esq.
ida,e the Vice Presidency ordering printing and H.,
Bank paying his 6iW Thi throwing oil the mask e,
ireiy, and directly sustaining candidate with its oue,
But without this direct case, the scepIica can no
longer doubt that the whole power and an me nse nor.
ton OF the funds Of the Bank have he EN- eploye since
1880 in ndou. eerl to control the politics o The
country and NIL the councils of the nation will, its
lures Is not these printing expenses alone which are
to he conidered Who has forgotten The $50 900 loaned
10 Wehb ana Noah, who were iDsov-n Ia year; the
SSD,O00 To Jesper Ha ding, who in like condition: the
$sooo0 10 Gales Seaion, who insolveni before.
hand and unokf sums 10 political profg gates, who might
De aoie 10 extend Its influence and increase its
Aud what is the prospect ahead! We are officially in.
formed that these practices are TO be continued The
President OF the Bank has been instructed by formal re-
solution OF the Board of Directors to connue these
pen'iiures, Tor Objects known and unknown He is in
siruced TO hire writers and editors 10 assI those
10 The Bank, TO scatter hroug bout The
land, TO furnish eecone ring ns to candidates IN
fill The offices OF the State anI General Government with
us creatures to wres the political power of the country
rom me hands OF pure people, aud place it in the
oil men who shall rule the reg enis of the Bank
WI, not al republicans aud all pu and homes. en- OF
Whatever name or party, rally TO the support him ho
has resolved 20 rsnge this Hydra and save hi. count,
from its usnrpaions and rruptions?
Yes, General Jackson has made an anne Al 10 lis
county men in vain. Newt an. he said 'our co,n.
ny must and shall be dfended," and 1T WAS DEFENDED
when Nulilcaon reared iis bloody banner he said fhe
federdf Union must be preserped' and 1T WAS PRE-.
SERVED Wheo the Bank is assaii,ng cur ins;i,u-
Mons oy corruption in thousand insdios FORMS he
1t must 6e destroyed, and IT WILL Re DES ROYED
The In'ellgencer attempts combat the fact. con
famed 10 the Opinion delivered by the Preside Mt 10 his
Cabinet, thus
"lf there any truth in these state mens or force in
he reasons which are drawn from them is not strange
that they SHOULD have produced on the mind Of the
secretary Of The Treasury Of the Secretary of State
or 'he secretary oil Warpersons strongly incl rs
thry are both by attachment 10 the Preside and
as nembersof his Administration TO yield their
IN his views opinions! So far from this we find them
holding out TO the last against The measures which the
PRESIDENT finds such abundant grounds for adopting: and
the secretary OF the Treasury indeed (eng and
honest certainly as any member Of the more influential
Caoa'' and no friend OF the Bank eher)-even prefer
ing 10 forfeit his office rather Than yield his assent 10 the
act so earnestly pressed by The President This very fact
carries WIN conclusive reuiaoD Of the whole tissue
OF hcion and false interference which are adJuced in a.
vor OF the measure "
We respond TO this by saying that here was no, the
slightest difference OF opinion between the and
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