Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-12-23


IRE IN impress III the Bank foundry Philadelphia and
was intended 10 let the people OF Missouri that he
ole. Is was very unit person represent Them and
Afterwards i, from the report OF the Govern
mcnl Directors to the President OF tine United States
that SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND copies of that re-
view was paid Tor by the Bank of the United States
That looked bad enough, said Mr. r. but il was not all
Thai speech, OF which the bauk Thought IL worth while
10 get written aud To- publish an edition OF Sc
re"ty:Fre thousand copies, thought worthy t.
bc put in the Register OF Debates that Register which
Congress rs subscriber and which purports to BE- a
true history ot our debates. More the replies were
published IN the same Register lie spoke OF the speech
on tine veto inessagc There another the final
passage oil the Bank Bill not totally suppressed, bu,
compressed into nothing six hiurs speaking put in
to paragraphs; and bis man speech the whole bill
thus converted into whit AN unfortunate orator of
Arkansas saiJ of h.a seeing the mar
rowlcss skeleton OF his Grafton in the newspaper
" a dihaHut,rc metdm0yIltt 2, And for third
speech inserted for him that Register it was am
infamous Justification oi the truth MIR T. had never
mentioned these things publicly before, should he
have done II now except to show that the aschood of
winch The Senate committee has been made organ is
part OF the system OF the Bank pervadng our Congress
siona history 1t his intention at some proper
tne to have aconnttce 10 report upon those publlca-
ions, called tegstcrs OF Debates, far they have
been published since the Bank of the United States has
undertaken to WELD the press. The one which he now
had in his eye that OF Ncssrs Gales and Seaton
MIR. b. sad that if he had had line from the commit
tee, (and he was within their reach all the sunner) he
could have turned them t. the inquiry which would have
brought out the truth, with respect to the establishment
Of the ST Louis branch, and saved them from the npo-
sition which the bank directory had practised upon
now theirs, as well as his; II to aid him in exposing
the unworthy, the scurvy,and the base trick of the
Bank. lie should submit resolution, requiring the
committee to obtain from the President OF the Bank 4
copy of General Cadwaladers report; L copy of the
answer t. the merchants and copy of the second let
ter, announcing the change OF determination and
the Immediate establishment Of the branch Until these
copies came in he should say that point
be- content To see his name pre i'm the ,yriad of
copies of the report (the the better which would
be printed, and which would give the village orators of
the Bank AN opportunity OF astonishing the natives who
came in from the heads of the creeks gorges of
the mountains with showing them what inconsistent
and unprnciped fellow this MIR Benton is and To adj
mire the delicacy ofthe Bank which publishes u
private letter, nor exposes the names of public men.
Mr.. B. said there was another thing which must be
noticed now, because the proof conound was written
in our own journals He alluded the hosity of the
President OF the United States to the Bank which made
so large figure in that report. The uindicreneSs of
the Prcsdcnt-the "hOSiil;ty' of the President was
often pressed into the service of that report which he
must he permitted to qualify elaborate defence of
the Bank. Whether used originally by quotation
At was the same thing. The quotation from Mr. Du-
ane was made TO help out the argument of the Com
inttce-to sustain their positionand thereby became
their own The 5indioitrsneSs of the President to-
wards the Bank. is brought forward with imposing
gravity by the Committee; and is at a loss
to understand what is meant Tho charge has been
made too often not to suggest the whole story often
as IL is limited. The President became hostile the
President of the Bank because he could not manage him
and make hm the institution for political purposes
ana hence ms revenge his vndctiveness his hatred of
Mr. Biddc, and his change of sentiment towards the in
stution This IS the charge which has through the
bunk for three years and alleged take date
from les9 when an application made change the
President of the Portsmouth Branch. But how stands
the truth, recorded upon journals, Ii stands
thus That for three consecutive wears after the horborn
OF this deadly malice against Mr. Biddlc Tor not managing
the institution 10 suit the Presidents political wishesfor
three years; one after another, with this rdicire hate
In has bosom, and this abolca determination ruin the
insutnuoh' he nomnates tins same MIR Bddle to the
Senate as of the Gov, directors and at the
head OF those directors Mr. Biddle, and of his
! friends with him in, upon every nomination for
three successive years. after vengeance had been
sworn against him For three years afterwards he is not
only named director bn, Indicated for the Presidency
OF the Bank, by being put at the head of those who
came recommended by the nomination of the President
and the sanction of the Senate Thus was he nominn
ted Tor the year 1870, 1851 and 1892 and il only
after the report of MIR. Clayton committee of 1922 that
the President ceased to nominate Mr. Bddle for Govern
ment Director! Such was the frank conhdng, and
| friendly conduct Of the President while Mr. Bddlc
conscious that he did not deserve nomination at his
hands, had himself also elected during each of these
years, at the head of the stockholders ticket He knew
what he medtatng and Matching against the Prcsi-
dent though the President did not What then becomes
OF the charge family shadowed forth by the committee
and publicly, and directly made by the Bank and its
friends False False hell and no Senator can say
il without finding the proof the faseood recorded i'm
journal!
Mr. H. was not now going into general answer TO
the report but ne must do justice absent gentleman
ono OF the pures men upon earth, both in public and
private life, and who, after the he had been treat
ed In tins Chamber, ought to be- his retircment
from Senatorial attack and injustice. The committee
have joined a conspicuous issue with MIR. fancy; and
they have carried glorious bank victory him. by
turning OFT the trial upon false point. Mr. fancy ar
ragned the legality of the conduct of the Exchange
Committee, which, overlapping the business of such
committee, which To buy and sell real hits Of exchange
had become invested with the power of the whole board
transactng that business which, by the charter could
only be done by the board of directors and by board
OF not less than seven, and which they could not de-
cgate Yet this committee, OF three selected by the
President himself was shown by the report Of the go
vernment directors To- transact the important
business; such as making immense loans upon long
credits, and upon questionable security some times
covering it's operations under the simulated parb nd
alsiiicd preteSL, Of bayng bill Of ekchange some
times using no disguise at all 1t was shown by the
same report, 70 have the exclusive charge of conduct
ing The curtanent last winter business of the most
important character the country having no manner Of
affinity to the proper functions OF EXCHANGE commit
tee and which they conducted in the partial and
niquitous manner and without reporting to the
board All this the government directors communicated
All Tins was commented upon this floor; vet MIR
fancy IS selected! He is the pitched upon; as fno-
body but HIM had nrraigncd the illegal this com
mitice and then he IS made ~ arrarn the existence of
the committee and not its misconduct Is this ri0C Is
At fai Is At just TO pursue that gentleman and To pur-
sue him unJusy! Can the vengeance Of the Bank ne
yer be appcased while lac lives and moves on earth9
MIR Is had performed duty, which ought not to be
delayed an hour in defending HIMSELF the President and
Mr. fancy, from the sad injustice that report; the
report itself, with all s elaborate pcadngs for Bank
--ts errors OF omission and Commission would come
up Tor argument alter IT was printed and when with
Gods blessing, and the help OF better hands he would
hope to show that 1t the duty of the Senate re-
commit it, with instr examine witnesses upon
OATH and to bring out that history the instu-
ton which seems to have been scaled book the com
mittce For the present, he would bring To light two
iacts detected IN the intricate Of tho monthly
statements, which would fix at once both the character
OF the Bank and the character Of the rcport-the Bank
for s audacltV. ylckcducas nd