Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-03-28

willing for my conduct to reply. Proudly will |
place myself hs the side Of ihe Senator from
South Carolina, aud let our acts be cnn,assed To-
eether. and let them give the answer s.; | will MOI
answer. The Senator from South Carolina had
complained loudl, Of the inequality oi tie dcpos-
ties, aS they we're distributed. " ould he
not throw back his recollection, and remember
What occurred onl, two years ago, when were
told, and by no Senator IN more emphatic terms
than by thai gentleman, that the transfers of draft
h, the Secretary at the Treasury were violations
nj the Constitution Did mol the ,,rone. ST denun-
eatons Come from thai senator rs we'll ~ lromthc
Senator from kentucky, ON account Of Treasury
Drafts hom Que bark /" nno,le, Yet, now the
complaint is thai these depo,ites have not h,en
transferred. Tie argument could hu,r no oli -
bearing. Nas not all the money which les on
d"positc IN tho New York banks collected in the
port oi Ne" York Gcntlcmcn do not believe thal
iloS could have been transferred. l. the Depart
mrn Ia he complained oi because tie public
money has thuS ac,unnaied, for there WI. ~ NJ
ih"utN iN law ior tie Department Ia Transfer II.
and the greater pat ot il has been eere'rl n
Ne" \ oIk Hence alls,s tie inrun,lit, Ia the dl,-
lrhnlon ol the drp",llo,, aud NOT from an, action
ri the lNeculis" Department. lIr bad lcrn
Greatly asiouish,d 10 hear Tins coma plant al tie
s'nilem,n bonn South tatohu,, ucadnr ,'oNt
II ON ,hc heels oi the othci compliant. that drafts
bad been nnconslitutonallN transferred h, the Be
partment II there had hc'p no Inv passed to
regulate led"po,rtcs, "a>the INceo,,r I" be made
resp tnsbe Tor that omission II did not seem Ii
= lo>i thai he should
1t was Ear from his purpose, coming INTO hi
seat, ~ hc bad done, after tins motion was made,
aud not having h. auoPporunlty of looking oNri
the document, To enter INTO an arru eui ~ 10 IKE
>'cnilty u insecurity of the public money lie
bad, as YET, made mp no opinion al lisown on the
subject, bat he m,alh h, allowed to >,N dat liz
did not 'r"i y" much apprehension on thc suhlcc,
~ come gentlemen Appeared to- tel, PUlnp, hc
dd not lr"l enough o' apprehension. Bul, CT
lanlN, whatever the danger N tins MAY I've, II
could not BIZ asorlhtdto any fault oil the LNoe-
utrvc.
MI CALnOlN said rh,i tho senator from
New York had diSplaycd his usual tnet and necuu-
ll> IN the remarks which liz bad l,r>t made. lie
lMr. { had stated the cNttinQ evil is it slauds.
lie bad sand that there fifteen millions 81 nthc
Peoples mon', in tie d,po,ilc hanks oi New
l"k, and tnt these funds were used without III
tetcsf. lie did not question lhc Sruaio p,iIot-
l>nt bc only appealed loi,. The gentleman. how
ever, had ri,'n 10 hls remarks totally different
lnin. As 10 uan,tc, drafts, hc Would rather tle
money should remain where II ua>, than rive 10
III" SECRETARY ol llr Treasury tie row"l OF i,sn-
me- Il en-.
Tho gentleman WISHES 10 lno~ why . ram,dy
VT, mol offered heiulc. Dad no. he (Nl1 & otsr
or, Did he mol introduce bill which would ha,r
met and obvllrcd these evils and Wa it not lost
IN the other House. As to any com ar>on of L>
political ho with hat oi the Senator from Me-"
Norh, hc was perfectly HING 10 20 into II y, any
monlent when the gentleman Saw f. He should
not SHRINK from any comparison Which lhoull IL