Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-06-26


e selves, particularly the first, decisive
1 In addition to this, it appeared, from /
:, areful examination, instituted for tina
f. purpose, that the answers TO The first Sc
a les of calls could not be prepared with
o ut the uninterrupted labor of tw,
t clerks for at least ten months.
I The undersigned are unwilling tt
:; take up the time of the house by par
ticular examination Of each of the reso
'ntions, nut they feel themselves reqni
led TO express their opinions of por
ion Of them. They will refer first te
: those which rail- for information touch
ing the transactions of members Of con
gress with the bank ofthe United States
and the correspondence Of members o.
congress with officers Of the bank.
: One Of the resolutions alluded TO is il
The following terms:
"Resolued, That the president and di
rectors Of the hank be requested to fur
nish the committee with copies Of all
correspondence between the president
lof the bank or any of IFS officers and
members of congress. or OF unanswered
letters received from any one Of them
since the first day of July, 1872, touch
ing the renewal of the charter of the
bank, the removal or restoration of the
public deposites, or touching the busi
ness transactions of such members with
said bank"
Another Of the resolutions alluded to
is in the following terms:
"Resolped, That the president and d.
rectors of the bank he requested to fur
mish this committee with detailed
statement ofall loanshmade since The first
of January, 1929. to individuals, who
then were. who have been since, and
who now are, members of congress, sta
ting the amount Of each loan, when the
same was made, for what term the Sc
scurity was given, and the time when
such security was received: and also the
security which the bank now holds, and
the amount now owing by any and
each of such borrowers, or other per
son for the benefit of such borrowers, al
ltUC Oduns VI VI VIC anu
stating, also the particulars of any such
loans. which have been protested, or
which are now under protest, and the
names Of the parties to any such debts
also the names, if any, Of any such per
sons, whose notes have been renewed
rfter the same had become due and moi
protested or renewed, with the names
of individuals parties to said renewals,
whose notes were under protest at the
time such renewals were made; and, al
so, whether such loans in each case W ere
made by the directors or otherwise, and
by what authority"
The undersigned suppose it impotsi-
bic 10 mistake the general purportlof
calls like these. From their minute,
ness Of specification, they may be sup
posed to aim at particular individuals.
OF any such reference the undersigned
are without accurate knowledge; and
nothing is further from their design
than to lmpute to their respected col
leagues the pursuit Of any unpaIliamen-
tary or improper object. They cheer
fully concede TO them what they claim
for themselves, to have acted with sin
gle eye to public duty, in their appre-
h-nsion Of it. But the undersigned are
free to confess, that they regard the IN
deniable purport of resolutions like
those repeated, as highly ohiecti 'nable.
They seem to them TO convey genera
inslnuation out Of place. above the re-
gion of the partisan press. The charge
suggested is that Of bribery and cor
Iuption, so common as 10 authorize a
general search This is crime. un-
questionably, which may, if sufficient
grounds exist, be rightfnlly charged on
any directors Of the hank, or member
of congress; hut which the undersign.
ed regard as far too serious TO be thus
charged without such strong grounds OF
presumption. II is true that it nigh,
seem gratuitous. in the undersigned, to
he over forward in reprlling such a
charge. In the existing division ofpar-
ties. they and their political friends are
not found on that side of the house
which il was necessary for the bank to
buy or bribe. The honorable ano high.
, minded men who compose the majority
in the house, politically attached to the
administration. and opposed to the bank
do not need the aid of the undersigned
to show the injustice of a general impu-
tation upon their characters. But some