Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-04-04
Mr. RiddLk's destination.

The ~ Y Erening Post said the other day, that the
Wings would believe any humbug. We thought the
expre sson somewhat strong but really the avdty with
which they listening TO, and proPogang the report
that Mr.. Van Buren, meanst 10 make him Secretary Of The
Treasury is strong confirmation oil the proposition
We understand that Of he Nhgs, upon our sieets,
attempting 10 propagate TINS hu'nnnG' ana make
it round not only Of suspicion, but Of attack, against
Mr.. Van Buren. They must be gentlemen OF very easy
faith or of very unciarIlabe tempers.
We can scarcely believe The evidence OF senses,
when we find such sasaclous wing ms our respected
friend of the fredericksburg Arena holding forth IN the
following stran-lt s very possible that desire OF re-
nose and belief that the affairs Of the Bank in
emnenlIy prosperous condition may Of themselves &C.
count for the step taken by MIR BIddle-but the know
inc ones will not be conenled with obvious an expa.
nalion They perlna insist that there covert
reasons Some assign alleged crisis in the affairs Of
the Bank-others check given to his autocraIic power
by the Directory, which he could not brook But the
slrangesl rnmor of ALL s that the resignation is premi
nary TO his acceptance Of line Treasury Department ::
Washington Whilst We cannot say la; We place con-
fGence in the ruHnor. are far from treating ii as
utterly idle Stranger things have come to pass. dur
ing the present Administration NC, &c &c 1t
is alleged that Mr. Forsyth has been lately in FhIa-
dephia and that he much closel,ed with Als Bid.
die At any rate. assured by the journals OF those
cities that Saturday, the very current in
New York, PhiIade phia and Ballnore"-The Alex
andia Gazette indeed says The report is "aIl tudgc Mr.
Biddle seeks ep6se, and dare say, that he retreS
simply because he is Hrt6
How far This las, punnng solution be the true one
VI i'll not undertake 10 delermne-bu 10 the report n
his taking the Treasury Department. the Globe has
fortunately for the hunbuggers gwen II the coup dc grace
in the following paragraph on Tuesday Evening How
cruel is it 10 the Globe thus 10 bring down the rumor,
almost before it had taken wing:
"1he xpana,ion ct THIS Transaction, given
By the parties themselves at least so far they have
fiji raise The curtain, will be found in our columns TO-
day That step Of this character, taken at this
ment and Unexpectedly ushered to the public, should
have given rise 10 many and contradictory sumlses, s
mol strange. Among the 10 which the affair has
given brlh there i. a,tribung The resignation to
supposed arrangement ton prepostsrous in all its paris 10
require refutaon, by which the Bank 10 be selected
as the fiscal agent of the Government, and Mr. Bidds
himself translated 10 the Treasury Department. without
doubt, stock jobbing report Whether the revelations
lay before readers more correct we have not
the of knowing If their accuracy to be tested
by former manifestaes proceeding from the source
the public will hardly he made much the wiser by them
The Editors Of The ln,eigencer (and know of none
likely to be we'll informed in this insance) say that
Mr. Biddle and his iamy are 10 visit Europe. Blu, time
will show ALL and we conten. II await its deveope
ments.'