Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-05-29

e present to the senate these views of tn
y executive, and of the duties of the fv
, directors appointed BY the U. States.-
/. But the bank is believed to be no,
e striving to obtain for itself the govern
I ment OF the country; and is seeking, b
p new and strained constructions, 10 wires
5 from the hands Of the constituted al
. lhorities, the salutary control reserve
BY the charter. And, as misrepIesents
} lionis one of its most usual wear
ons OF attack, have deemed it my du
I. ~ to put before the senate, in manne
! not to be misunderstood, the principle
on which ] have acted.
\ Entertaining, as do, a solemn con
victlon of the truth of these principles
| must adhere to them, and act upon
them with constancy and 6rmress. A.
ware, as | now am, of the dangerous
Vaccinations of the bank, It is more
than ever my duty to be vigilant in guard
ing the rights Of the people from the
impending danger. And | should feel
that ought to forfeit the confidence with
which my ceuntrymen have honored me
If did not require regular and full re-
ports of every thing in the proceedings
OF the bank, calculated to affect iniuri-
ously the public interests, from the
public directors. And if the directors
should fail to give the information call
ed for,i would be my imperous duty
to exercise the power conferred on NE
by the law, of removing them from Of
hce, and Of appointing others, who
would discharge their duties with more
hdelity to the public. can never suf
fer any one to hold office under me who
would connive at corruption, or who
should fail to give the alarm when he
saw the enemies of liberty endcavoring
to sap the foundations of our free nsli-
tutions, and to subject the free people,
of the United States to the dominion of
great moned corporation.
Any directors of the bank, therefore,
who might be appointed ny the govern
ment, would be required to report 10 the
executive as fully as the late directors
have done, and more frequently, because
fhe danger is more imminent; and il
would be my dnty to require of them
full detail of every part of the proceed
Ihgs OF the corporation, or any Of its off
GERS, in order that ! might be enabled to
decide, whether | should exercise the
power of ordering scire facias, which
is reserved to the president by the char
ter, or adopt such other lawful measures,
as the interests of the country might
require. 1t is too obvious TO be doubts
ed, that the misconduct of the corpora
lion would never have been brought to
light by the aid of a public proceeding
at the board Of directors. The board.
when called on by the government direc-
tors, refused to institute an inquiry or
require an account; and the mode adopt
ed by the latter was the only one by
which the object could be attained. 1t
would be absurd to admit the right of
the government directors to give infor-
nation, and at the same time deny the
means of obtaining it. 1t would be but
another mode of enabling the bank TO
conceal its proceedings, and practise
with impunity its corruptions. In the
mode Of obtaining the information, there
fore, and in their efforts to put an end
to the abuses disclosed, as well as in re-
porting them, the conduct of the late
directors was judicious and praisewor.
thy; and the honesty, firmness, and in
telligence which they have displayed.
entitle them, in my opinion, to the graf
llude of the country.
But, if do not mistake the principles
on which the senate have recently
rejected them, the conduct which
| deem worthy of praise, they treat as a
breach of duty: and, in their judgment,
The measures which they took TO obtain
the information, and their efforts to put
an end to the practice disclosed, and the
reports they have made to the execu-
tive although true in all their parts, are
regarded as an offence, and supposed to
require some decisive mark of strong
disapprohaiion.
Ii the views of the senate be such as
have supposed, the difficulty Of send
ing to the senate any other names than
those of the late directors, will be al
once apparent. cannot consent to
place before the senate the name of any
one, who is not prepared with frmness
and honesty, TO discharge the duties oil
La public director in the rnanner thev