Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-01-02

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n deliberate opiuion upon it, by their re'ouiion
hrming all they had done. They refused have
statement prepared under their own direction, al.
though we Informed them Of the v.gueness vl the ac
count. Ia word, il evident. they would IL, i,her
aid in changing the system anst which
ed mr. I'm sIning ,rue account of what l,, h.. -
under il. Itwas on The l9h 9ugust-aer we had thu.
given them ample mo.icea-r they had refused ,o ME,
give their own statement, nto any invest.
CATION themselves, that reported 10 the Pre.I- OF
the United States all that they would allow "a. h ascer
tain Yet with all these circumstances well known
mem: hey eafgWy suppress ia their statement erery
a"oh 20 theT erisfence, and en.i.avor convey the
idea That they never knew of charges or I'D OPP
por'o'y 10 repe' them. u" the, read them in the news
papers. Nay, more. With these iicts paipsby brought
10 thsir no'ice-wih these dates apparent their
.eeofuS, anu on our report, they have the boin-ss
10 assert or innust-, thar our nvesg ,on. were Sc
cretiy made, and pretend that la the .
they taken by surprise. In what language all
we characterzc m representation so gross as thi, D
Have stated any thing OF which they hal no, ample
notice! We defy the production OF il. Have they been
put upon trial. they say without any chance. OF know
ing or answering thu charges made against them, Their
own minutes prove exactly the reverse But no We
are no none can be at loss divine the
sucn a" accusation agains, in the face of evidence
E"s uis 10 ren'ove the real ground OF charge. Its
10 evade oy an uniounded attack public directors
an explanation OF their uDwsrantej proce edings
10 insinuate that members Oi the board Improper
W discharged Juywhen the cause OF ,iissss
aeuon is that we have examined censnred, aud expos
eu abuses they had hoped 10 conceal But is this ALI
What is their course in this very matter selected "a
the object OF attack u.s. They deny to directors of The
board, the right TO examine its aud port
proceedings to the President Of the United States
aud yet Is notorious, that the editors Of newspapers
under their patronage, obtain, aud publish with M
permission Of the board known to us facts in regard
10 us proceeding' accounts, and expenditures which
uhey admit have been obtained by Z" Information in
anu out oil The Bank, and by an inspec ton of the
documents possesses The irresponsible by
an editor OF Newspaper, of facts favorable views
OF me majority, containing statements obtained from the
Bank without the knowledge OF the public directors in
wolves no mpropretythe responsible repor, OF those d
,ngs and expenditures which have been brou
~ 10 me notice OF the board, ia highly cupable
uncandid, and unjust.
But the majority have felt hi, WAS m, sua .;s,, D., ~
cusc themselves before the American people They
Knew that IL the facts we stated were true, public OPT.
Mon was not thus to he led them They have
therefore attempted to point error. in the reuo, we
have made the hey thus nd to dis ov did in
reality exis'-ihey are in themselves either the result of
their own course, or they ling mseaL those
whom sdesrabe turn aside from rea facts we have
venured 10 expose.
What the errors il il asserted a.. h.v. anal, =:
our report 10 the President OF tie United SAFES. The
nrs'is mat we have stated that the expenditures under
me mead OF printing and stationery discovered by
u.s. wnen' In act as the m Ti,y would have il believed
,hey had never been conceaied-wheu they were rcgu
Iary entered in the hooks Of the Bank. We repca that
ey We're discovered 10y us-that iley were unknown
us-'hat they were incurred 10 the extent OF several
h usana aol'ars while we were actually nbers of the
poard and never stated to il when they were incurred
that several directors esies ourselves Expressed tair
ignorance OF them, though they had held their seven
inon'hs until we made them knowu-that the book IN,
winch they were entered laid fore the hoard
that the accounts themselves never exhibited a,
the board either before when or after thew were maid
Is an answef TO all his say, that they were recorded
In book OF whose existence were Ignorant - ,Ia,
these proceedings and expe ndires sscr, no.
concealed because on inquiry, could find an account
IN which they entered? II we could demand lron
.he majority candid avowa we should hesitate 10
ASK several oil them whether these expenditures were
not III truth, utterly unknown them, until brou,b IN
their notice by usI a' "
We are next accused of in stating that these ac
counts were vaguely kept and that the are moi
suhcien'y stated and il is alleged that the entities con-
ram the names OF the persons TO whom payments were
made the amounts, and references the vouchers /.
which acr shouli ba
we stated to the board, and repeat now that il il MT
stated 10 The board them tina; they TO exhibit
the sums OF money paid each person. the ouantv anil
names Of the documents printed by him, the charges FIR
tue distribution and postage OF the We repeat il
now, and we assert that without this the accounts or
not Kept as they should be- But 20 fur,herwe deny
that the account does exhibit the OF all the
TO whom the payments really made. IL il notorious
mat ia some instances, the persons receiving the money
ana whose names are entered the book not
properly be called the persons 10 whom the "a
were made: Ii Is admitted, too that large sum was
pended under the orders OF the Preiden,chere are The
eHHies OF me persons TO chom the payments un1, them
DeIe madef- Have we, then, been gully of error in
stating mat 'hese accounts were not kept in manner
as be read'iy submitted to. and by the boa,d
OF directors, aud the sockholers Which is the real OH
tec OF just censute!-the Esprit which our inonrv
made, or the deceptive and disingenuous ,',n1or -
which it is replied 10! "
We are accused Of in conveying the impression,
that these expenditures were confined exclusively 10 the
bank at Philadephs, because ave said that all ex
Pendltures OF this KIND introduced into the expense
count and discovered by found to be so far a.,
REGARDS me institution IN this city, ed under
head OF stationery and printing IL is tina,
expenditures embraced made
elsewhere. Does our language convey a contrary i'm.
preston We are sure it does not. We have never
doubted the fact that payments have been made bv the
parts OF the United States. We that the onIv ar
count we saw, was for such expenditures a. are
In the expense account OF the institution hercand Ina, il
others are charged at the Offices we have been abs IN
discover no account of them. Whether there are .ucI
we cannot assert since have means here of asc.r
tanning and since our resolution to inquire was ponp,lv
rejected rP"S
We are accused not merely error but of ,nisrepye
sentdtlon, III not stating infinitely, that the head oil
stationery and printing, embraced other payments IN an
'hose Tor printing the documents which we have refer
red-ior not giving copies Of all the bills and recepis
which we savior making the remark generaIy that
large proportion OF eighty thousand dollars was maid In
Ihe pTopeors oil newspapers and periodical Journals and
ior me pruning distribution, and postage, OF immense
numbers oil pamphlets anh newspapers. We scarcely
Know ~ what terms to repel the of
charge 10 whom was the statement, now conplained
oil being too general, first made 10y s To he hoard
Itself Why was ii made 10 them? For the very pnrpo.e
OF having ii expanedof having the details stated more
FULLY, by It's own officer. The was accompanied
with that very request. 1t on the veyv eround
that The books did not enable US 10 be mara min,
Ute. Ihefe ~ no single remark of ours which cou.
Veys Tie impression that the tch0Ie of The exn.nd.
lures under this head were or were bv us sunnns.d r.,
ne TOT he purposes we complained otbut the
ihe expense account, We assert does not now "a il
exists enable any person TO ascertain how much W "a
pended Tor these objects, and what for the more To-
giumate objects referred TO by the majority. Thai il
might be so amended TO exhibit this the very