Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-01-19
23l Congress-Sd Session.
MONDAY, JAsUARy ~, 1885.
IN SENATE.

IN SENATE.
TIL. resolution offered h, Mr. BENTON, on Fri
day. was modified Ivy him TO read as follows:
| Res,irtd That the Committee %" Finance he IN
| s,ructpd to obtain from the Bank OF the United
Stat. a copy of all Instructions. il any, 10 M
Branch Banks directing them 10 collect hni remit
| Soapj,h u,llrd dollars TO the mother bank the
| number Of such dollars a. nnally RENTED; The
rates a, which they sold At different periods, SAY ~
or about the b-ginong Of each 'arier OF the yrar
| whether the Bank of The United States has sold
| such dollars TO the United States, aud II so. how
MANY and al VIVA, rates how many u has I'D to
| .,ihors or exported Il foreign countries. Also
| statement OF tue atno mt OF gold COZ" OF N a.
| ~ cunt Of s,lv 7 coin and the amount OIL bnili"n
RENTED To the IN thu hank, or elsewhere" Nv her
order an ua Nv ,sinc- III" first day o Jan 1891 al.
| 50 n statement showing the amount OF SILVER Com
and - POLE. coin RENTED by the mother bank To
| each branch. sincr thai day also the amo"h's Of
gold coin aud the amounts OF SILVER IN, Annually
sold or annually exported by the Bank sincr the
sal fr,t day If April also a statement of 'hr a.
mount OF gold received from the Unned States
Mint since the first day Of Argus last AMI state
.nsnt ofihp whole amour, OF gold on hand in III"
Is ,nk AMI il, hranch"s. Tor cash month, from A
nil Is, 1892 10 the present time
Also a statement of the etoss amounts Of TIE
hall yrr,ly profits Of the Banh. from thu COM
ncncrm.ni 81 tie insiituon T. the prr.ent ,imr.
Mr. TYLER said hr Ind no Obj ~chon 10 'hr "A
Il mi IN "a ihr resolution, an h" wished u u b
dis,,nc iy md, r.t ,od that III. ComW'ii-e On IT.
nanc. had 10 hostility whatever. eth u The co..
iempia,pd ioq'ny, or the fullest p"h''cny b''ns
CIV n to IL. fe wish ID il also 10 he unders'ooh
that with ,nt hri"g hy any u'eaos friendly T." the
Rank ot the Unite States, he could, so far MS his
;n.es,ig.,i,ns nn the Cummrtre 1,'ende' pro-
nouucr III II III "harg. cu"ch"d ~ tie resoi ''io"
was uuf,undrd That charge wns long since made.
wac ably tchut'ed before the lah"rs OF The C"m
m;,,ee of F,nanc. commenced and that I onmt
tee wnul,I have bern strangely t"'eet"' o' 'hr'
d,,,v if,hcv had not flIy inQ tired mt them
The charge Of n traffic in g''d AMI SILVER wa
ma lie against the q ,"k in 1892, anh 'hr Com"t
tee had fully Locke into u. a"d c""l' MOI 'ns'"
IT, Mr. Tyler said. il the hon"rabl~ Senator from
Missouri wished the reference of the resolution" "r
WAS ready TO vote for II hut he wished u I" oe oh-
d.rstood that, although he stood in his place a
N, constitutional enemy Of the Ban. OF the Un'rh
States he AZ n me DbeT VI the COMMITTEE oil FL
nance stood there to do justice, not on'y :" th-
Bank, bu, 20 the people. lie had cons"ir'cd this
subject as already settled by the Report OF IN
Co,nmi,,re hut, he rePeae !. that u The Senator
from Missouri wished 10 renew the invesi'ga'ionhr
wonld vote for il.
MIR. BENTON was glad to hear that the Senator
I, ON Virginia was not disposed to oppose the pas
sage Of the resolution. He (Mr. b. might barely
say l. would hardly have been right had The gentle
msn done SO. The ini"rmHti"n ~hich b" possessed
might possibly have been erroneous. and tn. ~
should turn OF, to be the case, Why then he should
have no more to say. But the gentleman from Viz
eini the course of this invrstis have
to undergo severe ordeal. oas that was something
worse than walking among burning Plonsh'hares,
before he had done with il.
Mr.. TYLER said. tina, he thought 10 he deliver
ed frum aud it, big hung effects would
NJ, he 50 easy task as to b. delivered from the
h,ip h ing trial which he (Mr. T,ler,) had TO &,
Though. lie thought he had shaken his inc"bus
ho I'm his shoulders and although his opinions con-
corning the United States INK were well known,
he should pursue this inyrs'ig,'io', ac'ua,rd by
the most impartial motives. The honorable Sraa>
tor need not feel the 81 gh'e'i spi'ehensio" about
hin" for o" his mir. rs m'tnr''. knee lie had
| heard an sdage. TO which he had chung from that
time to this, aud 10 which h. should ever cling that
in all matters, private or poiucal-" honesty Is
the hest p"iry."
| NJ, BENTON said. that ~ TO the principles Of
disini ere tednrss l. in,esri,v by which the gentle
man had been governed, he Mr.. 3. would me'e-
| " remark that he had never heard tte honorable
| Senator terminate one OF his speeches without
| so me ass-veraton Of that kind. And he Mr.. !
believed also in reading his speeches. they always
close with this declaration Of his own honesty Of
| purpose. Every speech he had read commenced
| & ended with a hig wrought rnro MUM uron his
own integrity, his disin erest~a"ss, his inpartiai-
" aud regard for truth. The gentleman. So TAT AS
| his (Alr. B.n,on's) Information went, need no,
| IN n. any further drclar.,i"nS on the subject OF
his i,nper'iaay. and the honesty with WHICH he al.
ways discha' ged all his duties. for he Mr.. "a.
iulv aware of that. Ia regard 10 the other ranch
of tins matter. he WAS ready TO en,er ,uto when
and where hon. S majors pleased. Air o here
uric1y apaloeizrd to Mr.. Bibb for having taken
| the floor on Friday last, being ea,i,eIy unaware
| tina, that gentleman was first entitled to A..
| Mr.. TYLER said, that though he made declara-
ions Of honesty, was not his intention thereby 10
| intimate thai The honorable Senator from Nilsson.
ri ~as bound to follow his example in aoy spte CHI
he chose TO deliver. He Mr.. 1yler) mean, mere.
~ T." lay, that he could protect himself; that he
shond come out oi the ordeal OF " hieh the gentle
| man had spoken, nnscathed anJ uuscarred. Hr
| (Nlr. would advise the honorable Senator To
| 'r'" his midnight lamp. OF otherwise b" Gg HI not
fare so well MS he imagined in this 'n'r"vrrsy
For himse'f, he Mr.. j. WAS perfectly ready Tor
the cnrOu"t.r.
| Mr.. BENTON said he hoped to finish this titir
conversation by giving the h"norabie Senator \
| siehf Admonricn, and one which held good N ey
cry station OF hfe. though. to be sure, homei,
on" and It was, 81 not 10 halloo hcfore he va. gu,
| OF the woods
Mr.. TYLER said. ! viii give the same a yice ia
| the honor able Srnator.
| The rrsout'O" was then agreed IL.