Litchfield enquirer., 1834-01-09
CONGRESS.
Mowdav, Doc, 90,

port from the Secretary Ot tho Treasury tn accord with the resolutions Ofr Clay, calling for cop ies of a correspondence between Mir. Crawford and others respecting the Bank; also, copy of cor. respondence between the agent appointed by the Sec relary last summer and the State Banks the name of the agent, the compensation, Sc.
 Mr. Clay then rose aud said, that as to the report which had been just readi aud which lie now held in hIs hand, s was most extraordinary and unpre- cedeNtsd document. The Senate had called on the Secretary of the Treasury for documents and he had give" them dn argument With respect to that argU- menl the Secretary Ns welcome to Ihe full benefI Of M. He (NIr C) would under take prove at proper "pporIn''y that the SecreihFy has msquOled the et tersol Mr Crawford. Mr. Crawford had acted under the resOluiOn of l8l6 and all extracts which referred to that authority had been suppressed in the report the Secretary Of the Treasury. The Senate had call ed for things which they had not got, and had got things which they had called for. They harf ask ed of the Sec. eiary bread, aud he hagiven them stone.' The Senate had called for the name of the agent who had been employed to make arrangements with the Banks. The Secretary odSht to have known that this one of the objects of the cA because he reci'ed in the beginning of his repor, the whole of communicated. The Senate had asked for the com. pensaon to ;he agent, but the Secretary had giv z" it: The Secretary was asked hy virtue of what law this agent was appointed. It was replied by the Secretary, ,hat he knew of no law but the practice ofllis predecessors. li not the proper siont gO into this question:. He had himself looked and hna seen it all hut the circular io the Banks, which he had obtained an OPporWDi;y of seeing this morning, from another quarter. And he was ready was now claimed by the Secretary ofihs Treasury.
 Mr. Forsyth then said that he thought the Senator from Kentucky was most unkind to the Secretary of the Treasury, and had done him much injustice. He had aEcsed the Secretary 0f suppression Of infOra- ,on. because he had not returned all which he had been asked for. What was asked for? The Secre- ary hadheen asked send certain documents to shew
 that the extratte made from the letters of Mr. CraW- ford sustained the of the Secretary. i1e had done so. The gentleman from Kentucky had charg- ed that solre of these extracts misquoled, and it must be well known, referred to no documents which were exclusively tn lis sp0ssession They were out of possession and there cond be no conceal. men,. The Senator from Kentucky when he iniro. duced hs call, had distinctly declared thar Ee denied the Secretary . statement of hs own There il was. The gentleman had chargedt6e Secretary with making misquotaions from Mir. Crawiord's leiters,- Here the letters were-chppter and verse He thought the Senator would be grossly mistaken, f lie thought he should be able to shew any misstateinent of the Secretary. Mr. F. then referred to the charges made against Mr. Craw ford before the House ofRep- resenaiiyes, 10 shew, that lie not charged with impropr iey for having made transfers of the pub c money, hut for having tailed to communicate the fact to Congress. As to the other part Of the charge gainsi the Secretary, that he had given the name of the agent, would be found that the name in the commission of the agent; and among the papers agent. The information required was here given in the most nnsheniic form, and the gentleman could make what use or ii he pleased.
 Mr.. CIay replied, that no one could bH more free from the charge OI unkind feeling towards the Secre- tary ofthe Treasury than he was. He scarcely knew him as an individual, and could have no unkindness towards him. The gentleman from Georgia had said that he (Mr. Cay,) had required from the Secretary his own statement Of his case. Had not the Secreta " made out hs salemen. before the Senate made this call There was, indeed a part Of it which was not made out, and that was the correspondence of Mr. Crawford. The Senate, af his instance, had called Tor this correspondence; bat no argument called for They had asked for documents, ellers evidence, and the Secretary had given--what? an argumeni.- As 10 the name and compensation of the agent he had not been a6e 10 find it in iherepori. The gentleman from Georgia might have had the documents, the report, in which seemed to be totally omt,ed.- He sho1d feel happy, however, if the information the course and authority of MT. Crawford sustaining i'e Secretary. he could only say. that he had read the whole ofihe correspondence Mr. Crawford, and would pledge himselft 10 shov at some other time, that he had sqooied in every idsta nee. where there Of Mr. Crawford and that of the Secretary. The pow assumed by the present Secretary were never serted by Mr. Crawford, and if they had been il would be noii'ins more tan the opinion of one Secretary sustaining another.
 | Aher IuIe more business, the order of the day coming up, the subecf of the Deposits, Mr. Clay rec sumed, bpt did not conclude his speech.
 IR the House, a memorial of nine of the Babks in
 
 tho United States Bank, was presented by Mr. Binney, and referred 10 ibe Committee ofWays and Means.
 T6s question of the removal of the deposites, upon motion of Mr. Polk 10 recommit to the committee of ways sRd means the Report Of the Secretary of the Treasury, with the instructions moved by Mir. McDuf
 e then up, vixen Mir. Polk delivered his senti. meDis ai large in reply to Ms. McDufie. [We regret our inability to publish some of,hese able speeches. but they spun out to such length that they would exclude almost every thing else. Mr. McDuhie's speech, 10 which Mr. Folks is in reply, was exceed ingy able and bitter; and I've published one, justice would seem require that shoUld also publish the o,ber however mdcSinferiOr it might be- especially Mr. Polk seems to have ass0uied the office of Chan celIOr of the Excheq6er.E
 r Tuesd0I Dec. 3f.
 Ia Senate, Bir. John P. King, of Georgia appear ed, and took his seat. Mir. Ewing offered a resou- tion ,hai the Postmaster General lay before ihe Sen ate statement of the amount Of money borrowed dur iag the year, wah the persons corporations of whom borrowed. the date, amount, kc. of each loan.
 The special order, the PSblic Deposies, coming up Mr. Clay resumed, and concluded his remarks. Mr. Benton 10 reply, but requested fle Senate go into executive business. Alter which ihe Senate ad. journed 10 Thursday.
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