Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-04-14
TO THE CITIZENS OF fGH4TNH oV re

~ 1 flc CITIZENS OF HANOVER
Fctto'c Citizens Our late Delegate in lis address TO
you of March 3st, has honored With a very nnrticnl,
notice, the Address Of Portion of the Committee Of
Hanover should not have noticed his address in this
way nut having 1T stated in the Richmond Whig
once or twice. that Senator Fontaine was considered
the author of the address of thu. Committee. and 49,
men of fact in it being disputed it is due TO the Com
nittee and to myself to say that although that address
was as 1t processes to be- published by portion of the
committee; yet am responsible for the disputed state
ment and 1t IS due also TO the Committee and myself to
sustain H. which shall do the very authority which
is quoted to controyertit, JOHN TYLER HIMSELFI
ne Doctor says These veracious exposors state
That the United States Bank continued to CURTAIN its
deht to upwards of $s0O0c00; whereas it conclusive
shewn by The investigating Committee of the Senate
that that institutions during the whole period from The
removal OF deposites, October 1888, July 1884 never
dld curtdlt but about and half millions sum EsS
! IHAN THE DEPoSITES WHICH WERE RE.
nloEED 1 am no supporter of the Bank in any shape:
put eei II due to the cause of good morals correct
inns mIsstatement Now, let who is ii that has
blundered, the Doctor myself
In the first place. late Delegate has misquoted nv
the Bank q CURTAIIED its debt and eyery n ,,,"
who knows any thing about Banks ought To know that
Inu' phrase (eTtd) has particular and icrai meaning
uenouhg me gradual dininuon of debts ON LOANS
OF long credits not positively be paid at the end of
SIXTY days The address of the Committee states that
inc BANK ana ITS allies produced ,chd;cUcr distress there
was; and that without any necessity 1.-THE Bank bv
pressing ls creditors, and the panic makers CRYING
suin and destruction on all sidesA for tho RanG
aoous the rising OF Congress, declared il could have
loaned from .fec 60 ten miV0nS sgfeiy Then surely
theTe was no necessity for pressing its creditors but
evidently meantj alt went on DRAWiNC$ IN H.
Witch WIFI w n SI nT6y extent upwards Of 81
vesugatng Committee is ION this subject of produc-
ing distress, page q MD NOT abandon its c6,yse f
PToccedtng until the ll July" did not state either
s e Doctor seems to supPose) that the drawing in of
IT'S debts took place subsequent the emova of Tho do
PGses1o1i intended to include the whole period during
wich ue Bank diminished the currency for political
effect took my position from the statement OF wri
tcF III Tie Enquirer signing himself can't Bank which
was very minuteiy detailed statement prof.ssedl made
out from The Bank reports; do myself take any
per III winch those reports published from, which if
seems, that Aug. ID 1888 .swhole Observation-Disclosures
granted on bills and other securities, $64 16O $40
'O''' O0'oOSi Ist' DO do 46,00G,790
Bnt by the authority of tic h,restigat;ng Con,mee of
Me oenGtS which prefer, Z" Il IS concaSoelY SAcacaH
i'dt the Bank did not abandon its of proceed
my Dut went on drawing in its debts much greater
! extent In all, much upwards of $18 600 O00 -
Inc investigating Committee of the senate j." by
S9hn yler, their Chnrman Speaking of " CURTAII
MENTS' ordered after removal of denosites 0c,ah
lst, 1913, by the Bank pare 80 that the total
actual reduction effected" was, Jaly LIST,
Al page 81, Mr. TYLER says. that ait, 9''O''14i %
DEBT DUE on domestic exchange" was
diminished from May, 1888, to October
ISL 1883, Thereby placing in the pos
session of the Bank uacapi0yed resources
to that extent" Dcbts dyajcu in on cv
change during rim that period, 5e7o,39O 45
AT page ~, same report says, LIST Octo-
Der, domestic Bills" (Which is synoni.
nous with debt due domestic ex-
change,) &l7 5g7 oD7 ~
At page -, "Domestic
Bills, Cor debt domes-
tic exchange) due Nov
ISL 1884, l0sG,373 OF
Debts draicn IN on OK
change from October ST ------
i0I 80 10 o. NoS ", ISL lo5i' G,75l ,554 a.
mltlee make tie debt of
State Banks, October Isl
1883, 2,25s,573 10
Der list, 1884, same com
mittce make State Bank
debt A27 too IA
Drdcn IN from State
Banks between those pc -----
r''us' 1eG1 40 80
Now, Fellow citizens GIT IS CON.
CLUSlVbLY SHEWN by THE IN
NES1IGATING COMMITTEE or
TIE SENATE" that the Bank EVENT
on DRAWING ~ IT'S DEBTS in
different modes, mot by "curfaiiiug'' onlv)
instead Of $lSCO0O00 TO the amount OF sol AL sG 81
Upwards Of 50 900 600 and if ye add The sum otd
to have been criaiid in Aug, 1888 81 06G0OO. when
The removal ofdeposcs antcipltcD on the anbori