Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-09-23
iMPoRraNr CORRESPONDENCE.

-. DU7tt uguEHST IItUsufy.
we are graf he'd to perceive from the Ashvilr prints
that the President receiving copies the letters hieh
nave lately passed between Mr. Biddle aud the Secres
oi me treasury, promptly directed their
me public has been anxious know ho lar the runor
that the Bank managers had eorfscofed The diridends
aeeTuhg on the Government stock, was 10 be credited.
and the President, who has always locked mon H. tbai
Tue Government and all that relates to IT, should be con
nnnsy subject to The supervision OF the People has noi
hess'ed to expose TO the country the attitude which
hf Sank has assumed owardsit The Bank government
mas hrown itself in the posture OF foreign and indie.
Pe"deW G0rerameat towards the Government OF IN,
reope TO which It owes its origin. Like foreign power
without appealing TO Congress 10 indemnity it loo any pre-
tended OF real wrong may have sustained from the pub
TIC an'hores has boldly put forth its letters of aarour
and repyisai sesed upon the public properf,Z
seard At 10 satisfy demagrs 'rhieh il has assumed The
prirdege TO assess, by Judgment entered an, ,go;s,
ne Treasury BY ifs BOord u Directors "
But 'h' isLot a-Thc sequesra,ion from the r, easurv
" m o. reVrnne TO meet the sell adudicaied da-
images OF Tue bank officers in the case s the French Rll
(on which At made advance and did not suffer ,o,
Of da"sg-) is but pselude TO still more exisns;v n
lete', says: ~' " S s's'""
All INSTRUCTED AprRIze YOU Ar rur
SAME TIME, THAT IN THUS ENFORCING THEIR
RIGHT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE THEY DESIRE
NOR TO rs UNDERSTOOD As WAVING ANv or,,rn
CLAIM UPON THE GOVERNMENTS; AND THEY ntopr
ssfEciALLy WISH Ia UNDERSTOOD THAT rI1,y no
NorwAivr THEIR CLAIM FOR FULL COMPENSATION
AND INDEMNITY FOR TIRE VIOLATION OF THE cu,p.
TER OF the BANK. ny CEREMONIAL FROM IRIS Gus
Ioph OF THE PUBLIC FUNDS, FOR IHE usE @ > wHrcu
"a DARK HAD PAID VALUABLE CONFEDERATION
HAT cLAiMis RESERVED FULL FORCE no ne
Nsuc
MAY HERkAsreR BE DEEMED ExprDiENrn
What would be the condition of IN. co,o,, :, go
lnn,ymai We're 10 tae the which this corporation
OF np. nsls has aken, and intention to persist
IN ~ every man who supposed he had suffered wrong
from bis government, should undertake 10 saw how |
he had suffered, and sezs upon the public proorrv viii,
IS nno. Wherever lie could hnd it, 10 indemnify him
~ "ouih we nave any longer government Of Ia.s2
~ every soldier who may have lost hors. and ever,
merc"a who may have lost ship by the act of Govern
nent, should without submitting his claim for ipde,,ni,
10 Congress feel authorized decide The amount of Ios
sustained by him, and to appropriate the Goyern,aen,s
wopey Wherever he could find it, to reimburse him. Mir
LAY ien M-h proclaim that ." in the midst nj
resolution" " ~ S'
II ne Bank Government. in thu, prOmugaiins its order
marqne and rePrisai against the Government If The
reopis mas Two Objects in view. Mr.. Biddle aud his
Juno imngne, that TO sppease the rising wrath Of lie
ano,h an save some portion OF the scren millions of
c'pa' stock oil the Cove eminent which the Rank has in
Possrsson The nation will he Induced TO make terms and
G cnaf'rr TO secure lis money Another object OF
oeu' 10 satisfy the private stockholders whose
alves they are, that the vast out Law ev arc ,,tin H.
a' oJec' WIZ be re nbnrsed Of the public MONEY
"ey mean 10 make spoil OF the governmen mt sock 10 1
uemniy Tie private stockholders Tor the millions sncn in
"sgng TIE war Tor the perpctusiion their privileges
,',.Oe's'y 90 not know how to estimate the cha.
'see' OF me American People. This daring attempt in
stead oil producing Submission will only serve TO
GLOBE. ~ 's"'u''on'-
=, From the Nashville Republican,
""AI NExr!-fr rom the correspondence below-a
copy OF which has been forwarded from Washington lao
The Secretary of the Treasury 10 the President ~ h ~
STATES and "rh has been placed our hands with per
mission 70 Jay before The publcit will BE- perceived
hai NE unied States Bank has committed snoter ont
rage on publ npinon and The interests OF the people bv
INC seizure aud conversion 10 its use OF Iarse nor
uon Of The dividends the government stocks in thai in
situion which Tell lie die lst July Last tn. 49,,
Tor m's nnwsraniablc step is claim trutnped nm nv
"e nhN loF dpn"grs on The bill Of exchange drawn by
our government OH thai OF France and protested Lv ,h
ateT-a CLAIM, be 1t remembered which was snec do
hOerae examination, disaowed by the Treasury Dsnar
hch was never laid before Congress and wiirb
.LadO #
or sG"y 10 SnppUr IT, What greatly segrayo,es tb Of
eeei Is mat ACCOMPLISHMENTS have been laced by die Ba,k
20 he efeu o. The Government, since the claim was dis
~ -" .nius'" "ce well calculated induce the
S0ve ui'et 10 believe that it either had hcrn nsi,i,i
'@sn OF ~ 'eas' iai 1t would again be preferred
me ss'hnTr' wi'hont'he sg hies notice has been
"h"y respected, ad casiOns isarraDg euen of ,c
estimated receipts for The curr M wear
The suggestion al Mr.. Bhinls ,l.t the B,,k h,s La
Induced To akethy sep becsnse il was the re- acst NOD
OF O''nsg Tue question before Judicial tribunal uipLt
have hrcn cntiied some ron.ie ration had 49,,
ne r piAre lsd III applca before Coneress hs ,,i
and app opr!Ae ribu"d tor settling demands araios, ,
Government u would have been lime nols IA alter Con
gres. ha passed upon aud refused 10 ALLOW The claim for
e bAnk 10 hhve rsoited 10 The SIiria tribunals for re-
dress; bn ibis taking the law into IFS own hands or r,the
c"g ''Sei Sbov- all law is Of piece with Tie general
conduct o the institution, and evinces in peculiar ami
sinking degree hat reckless an arrogant spir, which m
char 'cteIise, its Whole course. M
he Tact Is, We believe, that time when the Bank
ADVANCED TIE money on tie bill of change on France
II had IN Us possession much larger aoni NJ te rooe
~ 'ne cope WHICH II was using Tor it, benefit, Ho
lag ham
tained; IL ms act OF the Bank be nctioned IN cvh,
may not the precedent lead? When he lie x and The nex,
dfdshd shaIl he due and payable what new and :r,,c
claims may na Mr.. BIdIe set W? In his letter lac nv
r'7s'y reserves pretended claim the part o! he Bap
Tor NC damages ds sustained by the removal of the de-
osFs ~ ne ran iiEhiuily Withhold the dividends Of the
government IN one CASE, ie lhe other y and Ly
ne may ca'm DANA srs or injuries o,casioted in The Rail
by The general course Of the Prcsifn in o,posjiio, 10 M
institution and seize the public funds nv way Of eo,r,
non. tie may pretend 10 have been slanlcrrd and go
qieser ule PeoPIrs money for the damages terebv re
ceived 'h short, IL may gradually become me law a
we" a. "1 g'VerTnnen aud The country the from
"'9 ana expense OF administering either.
IL mere co"h nave been any doubt originally about he
prophecy OF removing The depo-'es that doubt must surely
DE uispeiied when u IS that The money Of tic pson
which Was placed for safe kreping in The Bsk il due
IocIny seized on and detained pretence Of an ri.,r
"hich every BODY knows never sustained ~ |
esion u no longer bank bank but eoye,,oe, o.
10 soeihme me wo being wholly irreconcilAbIe and
inconsistent te agent has Assumed 10 set iseIl ai,ove
me PnhcpAi-lhe creature above he creator II ress
WIZ" me sovereign People TO determine whether thew viii
role or be ruled. Wv , W"
BANK or THE UNITED STATE
g. July ID, 1884,
SIRE have bad the honor Of receiving vour Ieu.J &C
81 s requesting that the dividend on the stock NJ
,he p"DN owned BY 'e Quilted States shoud he placed
70 Tue credi OF the Treasurer Of The United satos a, M
ONCE Of ibis aux in Washington which ,y,s Gis Nor
hhg submitted To he boad ofdirec'orf At the same dino
was presented copy Of your letter 10 to cashier NJ af
o'e' uaied me "a inst containing the final refusal M th
70 a''o" hs Claim Of tie bank Tor damages on lie
Po'yS'eu DD upon the French Government
Nsr u'e consideration OF the contents Of these rouuu
a"Vns sn Instructed by tie bosfd OF directors 10 in
iorm you, That hOin lie dividend psyable on ,bc III
ild month there will ~.