South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1834-12-27

of his own honesty, he stood firm and
erect. He would worship alone at the
shrine of truth and of honor. 1t was
a precious thing in the eyes of some
men to bask in the sunshine of power
He rested only upon the support which
had never failed him of the high and
lofty feelings Of his constituents. lie
would not be an instrument even in
their hands, lift was possible for them
to require it Of him, to crafty an an-
righteous motive.
He had not called for General Cad
wallader's report upon the subject OF
the Branch at St. Louis, because ne did
not see the necessity for it. The
Bank was charged, in the report Of the
committee of the other House, in 1882,
with having established branches with
out other motive than the spread OF Its
influence. This is the charge which
was inquired into, and the gentleman's
letter, forwarding the application OF
the citizens Of ST. Louis, and that of
| Mr.. Rush, the Secretary ofthe Treasu.
ry, contained high evidence of the pro-
priety of the establishment Of a Branch
at that place, and relieved the Bank
from any improper ascription as to
that Branch. The report stated the
fact that the Senator wrote that letter.
Was it true or false?
Mr.. BENTON. True! true
As well, said Mr.. T. might the Sen.
ator from Tennessee (Mr. Grumpy
complain, that his first application. in
1917, for Branch at Nashville was
rejected, as we'll as all subsequent ap-
plications until 1927. The honorable
Senator, after all has no great cause
to complain of the Bank in regard to
the Branch at St. Louis. True, when
he smiled, the Bank refused ; he gave
it blow, and straightway it was kind.
Whether his smiles or lrowns obtained
the Branch did not seem to him, Mr..
TYLER, to alter the matter. The gen.
tleman had said that he was in good
company. True, he stands in good COM
pany. Perhaps he could not have Sc
lected a company to suit him better.
To be with you, sir, addressing him.
self to the VICE PREsIDENT,) would
be high honor bu. to have you, and
the President of the United States a.
long with him, is certainly no ordina.
ry good fortune. He had one word
more TO say on this subject. 1t was
due to the committee to say, that the
facts adduced upon this point of inqui-
ry, were elected 10 the prosecution of
their legitimate inquiries, relative to
the management of the Bank. They
sought cause of offence to no one /; but
they could not withhold information
necessary to an calculation Of the ques-
ton.
The gentleman had complained of
publication by the Bank off review ofhis
speech. Mr.. T. said that he too complain
ed of the extent of the publications ofthe
Bank. He knew that the gentleman had
been frequently reviewed--he had proba-
bly, still to pass through other editions
but if the Senator had delayed his attack
on the report for few hours until he
could have read the documents, he would
have seen full account of'the Review
and also of General Jackson vetoed (al.
luding to a publication paid for by the
Bank.) Now, sir. / object to all this, g.
this elaborate report in defence Of the
Bank condemns these publications and o.
theirs of similar character, as highly i'm
polite. He charges the Committee with
having endorsed falsehoods. [Here Mr..
BENTON disclaiIned any personal allu-
sions.] l do not believe there ever has
been any thing in our past lives that could
lead to any personal difference between
US. But, said Mr.. T. as one of the Com
mittee, must defend the report against
this charge. There is not an assertion in
it which is not sustained by proof If the
I Hon. Senator will look to the report he
will find no charge against the President
of vindictiyeness. or an attempt to use the
Bank for political purposes. The first is
quotation from Mr.. Duane, late Secre-
tary of the Treasury.
[Mr. BENTON. by quoting it you
made it your own.]
Mr.. TYLER. Indeed, sir then the
Committee has much to answer for.
They have quoted numerous passages
from Mr.. fancy and others, and wofuI
is.their plight if they have to answer
for all they contain. The committee
has quoted the Honorable Senator's
own letter, in regard to the branch at
ST. Louis. Now, sir, we claim no d.
vided authorship of that letter, or of
the Presidents or Vice Presidents for
Pensacola or Albany.
One word more before / take my
seat. The Committee, in their inves-