Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-01-14

of i;s truth. He would make no comment upon the dou
bic character OF the pleading, the no, guilty which was
plead stsu,!y, aud the justification which quick
ly added. The beautiful harmony and high consistency,
between such pleas would be fully observed and sppre
cia,ed without the aid OF lie proceeded 10
something fatal aud revolving II grew out of that
dry and nexorabe thing, date. aud the date he alluded
20 the one which the hank directors had given in
their report as the time when their right of defence
against the President accrued. 1t wa. December 1929
it's mat time that ,h report dates the ,st assault OF
the President upou the bank; aud yet II from
The same report aud OF other evidence tia, the
defence had commenced year before that tims The
next hne states the expenses incurred by The band IN de
tending itself against this assault running through the years
iS29, 3D. 81, b. 49, amounted 10 the sum of $4,000
for printing Tn. inclusion of thc year 1929 as one of
those in which the bank had already began 10 'dsfend
ITSELF Is thus expressly declared and ADM ted by the
Bank itself and shows the alefence" IN h,va
full ycar hef the first assault WAS mae n, il, had
been admitted by the Bark, the TACT could have
been proved by other ans. and in relation ohpr modes
OF the defence The lee bill alto would abundant.
ly prcvr' He (Mr. b. would refer TO eyiJepc, obtain.
ell from the Bauk two years aeoits own state
snow ,hat ms arm the dcc"ce progiously strength
ened year before the attack commenced lie had in his
hand Stationery, Of the paid by the Bank t.
torneys from the establishment ins the close
OF the year 1881 and certain comparisons growing oil
this statement would fix the attention oil the Senate aud the
people, He would first contrast two periods of time 10
gether; toe years OF the existence of the Bank Go
lSi7 1921 aciusive in re sli,v there was Urea,
OF business TO be done by lawyers aud three wears
OF the latter perioi OF the time from 1929 1881 inclu-
sve when there was little nothing be done hy
orneys, and see how the respective amounts stood by
the side OF each other. For the period OF FIVE years
" De-
ROD, $4,000 Mr. II. said comprehend the force of
this statement, would be necessary reflect that this
period oil three year, when S34 600 went to a,etueys
was period OF the greatest prosperity OF the Bank when
sue was pouring oot money by mons,-nea so mil.
lions IN lew monihs,scarccy suing any body aud
ing oil the small loss from debtors aud the
punctualiy of all in paying up the longer period of FIVE
years, when only $4,000 expended, VIGOROUSLY
period OF the greatest TO the Bank when
it was brought the verge bankruptcy had TO close
all Its southern and western branches bring
BILE SUITS ioreclosc great number of morty,ges and
hN 1aVy
reflections would enable the Senate Judge the pro.
Prety OF the expense to lawyers in the last named pc
riod OF three IL would itself be conclusive OF
their opnon but there closer view yet TO be taken
of this points would be obtained by contrasting two sim
gle years together from each period time he would
take the 1921, the largest of the Bank expenditure
to attorneys in the first five years Of its existence,
lacks not then made The result OF the would he
Sl76lS for the year 1921 and SIG 29S for 1922 that is TO
about much for the year greatest bust
ness the Bank ever had aud the year in which had lit
tie or nothing to do call upon the Bank for the lis, oil
suits attended TO by the attorneys in the years would
complete the view OF this point and this call the United
States stakeholder TO the amount of seven mions
had an undoubted right 10 make And here, Mr. would
for The present. one branch of the inquiry into ,
run oil the Bank plea, that the expenditures complained
oil were made IN defence oil itself against attacks
Another branch OF the same inquiry 10 the truth Of
the plea, and still more serious 10 be made
was into the matter of fact whether there was ANY at
tack at all upon the Bank at the time averred us,f,
either her prophetic anticipation OF the event. stan,
upon afterwards 10 repel it, The Bank Directors b.
would repeat fixed the first assault OF the President am
0Hy one which they had named iIsifyiDg all
expenses of their deence, to the year 1922 the
month OF December OF that year. He would give the
Bank the benefit OF its own words and read again iron
the extract already read:
1.-The expenses incurred stated in the expense &C
count IN executing these resolutions, from December
1929 tchen the first assault tuas made on the Bank b,
the President, to the present time, running through The
years." &C.
This extract, Mr. B. said, fixed the time Of the assault,
anu the assault ITSELF Ii evidently referred TO the Pes
dents annual message, that the assault complained
must have been contained in that message; but il an,
doubt could be raised on that point il would be
up by another part Of the Bank report. also contained
the extract which he had read, ard which would roa
again, that the Bank should sill have The bene
its words. He read:
Soon after the first message to Congress issued b.
the sgner Of the present paper, it became necessary
counterdct the schemes TOR the destruction of the Ban
by the diffusion Of Intelligence among the people. Il,
esordingy me f0li0'0"g resolutions have been ad4pte
Mr.. b. then specified the resolutions here referred "a
and showed them &c be those OF the Both November 1886
the II,h March, 1881; and 10th of August 1888 bein
those under which such part OF the extraordinary expen
ditures Of the Bank for its defence had yet come
light had been me %t chs re hf b %'I Pee no
Caone on the 18th of September last. an, '" ~, III
u message being joined TO the Presidents name in ,h
Aacl hfs read, and being considered as iJenc, ,
the word assault, therein used will Leave IL h ~,
o eavi or radicion, subierfuge or evasion n,
~ a';ack complained OF by the Bank and which ia reI,
on 10 justly the three resolutions read and all ,
s incurred under them including those mot va, % I"
attention Of paragraph 10 which the President called m
eon o. congress 10 the Bank in his annual rnesss !;
VIC year iozS. This point established Mr. b. would 49,
e 70 tue message itself Tor the character Of ,i,a a
' 9o"p'a'ned OIL lie then asked that the secra,a.
,h h Ieau ,ne paragraph in the message which ha
9. IT, eo' n iuehihed. The Secretary reads:
l. cnarer OF The Bank Of the United States ex,i
lou ana us stockholders will most probs bv a,n T.,
renewal OF their privileges In order 10 avail IPpy G
esu'uhg from precipitancy in asure invoiv;n i
,"Por,an' principles, and such deep pecunarv reason
oe mat cannot in justice 10 the parties ioieres,1 .;
soon present IT to the deliberate consileration ~ oo
azure and the people. Both the constitution ;,
eAPe1iency oil The law creating this Bank are I'll IT," e
uo"eG oy large portion OF our fellow -citizens and
oy an That it has failed in rea, end of es
's'"g d uniform and sound currency"
ms, exclaimed Mr.. b. is the assault NJ tho p;,o.
.ne United States The Bank of the Uni,ed So,
; nue' rs H. IN point OF fact, an assault upon ib,i In
s'uuon' certainly none. III ii assaults anv bojy -
y mug II IS me Congress OF 1916, or the law of ,
S.esS ceaubg me Bank. Ii recites the fact ,a, he
eSuulonahy and expedency OF that la is oues,iooI
noi r. qussuoneu oya large portion OF the American
PeoPe ne adjective tce here used ana; c;a,
properly and is equivalent a araion that hs IL 60
pon and xpedient But VIVA,
'esueht does not advise the repeal of the IA 90. 81
ho' DE SAID 10 have scheme for The destrurion IS IL
Do"h' lie does not even assault the PIT &c
her oy words nor Implication; II he assault. 90, ni
~ IS me deiunct Congress that granted ,,,a ,h Ds
our me act Is, there Is assault upon anu bnJ @
on, or any thing. What he says of the nresenI hs
aeIes 70 us uiure application for a charter not ~ lie @
80, ana however opposed he might he In m.
o I'VE" c"ar'er, mat opposition canuot he ch,tna1
as nesgn to destroy the present cbar,er e'a'Seu
had alleged violation of the charter and odt IN ne
Jdetds' Tie Bank could complain of II, ami m i, ~
newspapers 10 couDtefact him, but sbouiJ snii, ~, ,i
iega' Hdi which the laws prescribed and abI ~ W.,
cisoh OF mat trial, without using The ,ooa. r NC