Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-01-05

~, he r,. f. STINT. that notwithstanding THIS Clam
Oh; the part OF tie Senator from Connecticut, lha' LIE
rrnn,l WINS satisfactory I,iGiatUu at all lbe Charges
thai had been made against the Secretary he c"hste'
Cd The report as substantial! admission ul every ihIns
thai had been alleged. lnGcrd, ii The documents 10
which il REFEREED should, when LAID on !Ief 'aO.rs' cor
respond wilh TIE description given ct iae;nr liz" con
due; OF the Secretary vii! be placed III more Tep'c'"
sb!c light than lie had at first suppose /; 10 De- liS
object now was state that when the documents sou!u
be- laid on their tables be would be prepared 10 sho" 20
the House and the country ihst taken togeter tnr
report and accompanying documents were substantial
admission Of Tie truth Of every Thing he had said
Mr. King asked If the Senator made any FFHpos''!oh
Air R,ycs repijed No He had only usked The cour
trsy al the Senate to enable him to make this statement
relative 10 the light in which lie viewed The report Oh HE
Secretary III consequence of the remarks made by an
honorable Senator al the June the report was tau' anu
TO which he had not then opportunity OF Iepying
which had gone forth 10 the world treating lie report as
u triumphant vindcaton
Mr. KIM observed that there certainly was greet
deal Of courtesy this body, bu, in this instance The Sc
naor taxing the courtesy Of the Senate !'t!te F
,hrr than usual The honorable Senator tluuEh Prn-
per 10 preface Tie introduction of BIS resolutions by re-
marks highly condrmnGtory Of the Secretary u HE iea
sury; and though he surprised al II then he was
unwilling TO offer any comments that might have len
deEcy pIotract The debate ut tine unsuahe, from
the absence of all information the subject The ho
noube Senator now again repeats his censuTe5 when
the subject not open FOR cscGsson lie Had hopea
that he would have waited Till all the information was on
their ;abIe and the subjfcl properly before them lErn
fair occasion would be offered fcr any charges NE Sc
nator might think proper 10 make, a"u lle discussion
could be openly carried on He fcgeufa "iuch 10 sec
the honorable Senator persevcre in TINS course when
had tendency 10 pre- udcr the public nnd IN advance
of the evidence. .
MIR Ryes said he would venture 10 assert that The files
full of precedenls for the course he had taken
though he had not searched fer them The examples
without number in which gentleman on present
ing resolution for inquiry gave deiar led statement "
the views with which he offered it, lie did moi undertake
tocondemn the Secretary Of The Treasury fIssia;enents
were hypothetical merely and his object was 70 oO'aa
more full explanation with regard TO the connection De-
tween The Government aud The Bank; and tbs lea MN
incidentally into discussion OF OF lie topics con-
nec,ed with the subject What did his friend from Ala
bama now find au, with He charged Will! seeking
to anticipate public opinion No" VII" set tue example
When the report reed: meihr! oil lI!s bouy; thT
Niles who Was known he inGscrIm!na'e support
Of this Administration right or wrong, gels up ana
declares that it triumphant rcutaiIen OF every
allegation that had been made. Now, wien ths was
done on one side mig il he not be permitted 10 eeny IT.
He merely gave notice Of the fact that he considered
these documents substantially admitting the truth o
every lhIng he had alleged IN his sperch: ana mat he
considered lhcn totally in different light from That IN
which tic Senator from Alabama We've thcm; and also
that If the documents should turn cut 10 be what lry
purporled he should hold himself prepared 10 sustain
every allegation he had made.
Mr. Niles, after few introductory remains, sara,
that il seemed thai the gentleman from Virginia ground
ed the necessity of making his remarks at i's nnappro
PIRATE moment, On Tie few observations he MI
had made when tie report read and had taken The
opportunity Of distinguishing him rs an ndiscrnlnae
supporter of the Administration. right or wrong. lie
would apply The Of this proposition to the &c.
nanr andsay ohm that while he processes 10 be friend
Of The Administration, lie lis iEdiscTminaie oppo-
ser; he should cave ali THAI t" the public The Senator
knew that on one occasion, at least he was mol e IN
discriminate supporter of The Administrations but that he
had followed the lead of the Senator himself IN n.ea.
Known not 10 be acceptable 10 the President lie
did consider his conduct this occasion as forming
point for departure, an Abandonment Of The pfinci.
pies he had protested and acted The Senator seemed
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protest against the lcw observations he had made, as he
happened not TO be in his place al tie time" lie regret
ted that such the CASE but II was the Senator duty
IN be in his place al the time, he had moved The reso
u!ion ond made The charge contained III ms speech
When this report in, he Mr. \ moved the print,
ing Of an extra number U copies well on the gioud
lh1t 1t but act OF uce due 10 i!e Giccr !npIi-
Gated, The Senate, and 10 the couEry that these 60
cumcn should Le sent out answer not only 10 The
Senator'S resolution. hut TO lis speech. The Senator
says that, in the light in c he views this document,
il forms Justification for the acts Of the Secretary
Now if this true, lie ought not to object 10 the CIR
collation. and distribution Of these documents But from
the Senator remarks, he inclined 10 think that lie
not much disposed 10 eycu pate tLr Secretary
Mr.. n sad, he could not conceive what The hon0fa'
bic Senator had 70 complain Of, what had called for
his course Of ~ Il: ttarfs %hic
! WI" ii iTpry TO those made Ivy the Senator, when he
introduced hs resolution Suil they were not in the
character with the renal KS made by the Senator:
they 10. made in advance Of the evidence, like
! those Of the Senator. The Senator asked who it
that set The example: Why the Senator himself,
who preacef mere resolution OF inquiry WIKI remarks
highly conGemnatory of public officer. Now, ii his
remarks not susaincdby the documents, and II vas
not for bin whether they not yet his course
Of proceeding not TO be compared with that Of The
! honorable Senator. The gentleman Instituted Ger.
tain Of inquiries and without waiting 10 get the
facts he sought for, according 10 all the established rules
Of parliamentary proceeding, and all the principles c:
Justice he accompanies that inquiry with speech
cupyng Two hours oflhe time OF lie Senate the whole
Of which were impuIaons Of the truth Of the facts yet
10 be asceraincd If he understood the and sub.
stance OF it, IL went 10 charge, that the Secretary OF the
Treasury had revived and restored the Lepcsitc stem,
by n Connection with the Bank Of the United States ana
others, without any legal regulations, for The purpose of
being relieved from all legal restraints IN the use OF the
banks and that all the professions on the part OF the Ad
mnisraiIon Of hostility TO connection with banks,
Hypothetical and deceptive; that there dis
position the part Of the Secretary 10 get along without
the aid OF banks. That Inc Ss of The whole speech
| Now, it the report sustained all this his MIR. RS
speech would 20 before the world triumphanty. But
the public would look at the whole matter with regard
TO the facts and not with the cooElng given to
them by tue gentleman from Virginia
MIR. Young, On Offering his resolution calling upon The
Secretary of the Treasury for detailed statements OF The
Of deiaulters, which will be found in precrd
ing column,) observed that this resolution the
in substance the submitted by him al the last scs
SON. and which had not yet been answered by the Sscie
tary lie submitted it again for the purpose OF
calling The subject 10 The Secretarys attention. That
great Injustice had been duEe 10 many individuals and
to some particularly in his Stale, by reporting them
as deiauitcs when they entitled 10 credits lie had
before had occasion state. IL might be that vouchers
were produced by those persons who had been reported
as detau!lers which not being deemed formal by the De-
partment, nat placed TO their credit, and
queny, they appeared simply deaueTs in the docu
mcnls, without their being any reference 10 the credits
which they claimed. Great injustice thus done
TO these individuals by not stating The fact that there
were items Of credit claimed by them which not
allowed lie could point out men Of property, ard Of
the highest standing in his State who thus appeared as
defaucrs, while they owed little or nothing 10 the Go
| vernment. He knew instance in which person,
since Dead had been reported deiaul,cr for $4,000
and he knew that there was receipt in The Treasury
for $50 QUO Of This money which account of some