Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-05-10


he had received letter from me as Chairman OF
ne investigating COMMITTEE, and that he had call.
go al the Bank and vas unable 10 obtain the youch
erS OF the expenditures. This ] wrote on a scrap of
paper myself and handed to him. with a request
that he would add such explain nations as he Thought
proper, and he wrote thereon as follows: shat he
vas yilIngto give any explanation to the commit.
tee he wss possessed Of" and he then returned ihs
paper to me without his signature.
THIS was all he paper contained or hat passed
between US on the suit ecj he was not ~ the Office
over ten minutes; have no. seen or heard from him
since.
His paper as above quoted was on the same dsy
presenied TO the gentlemen composing the Invest.
eating Commitee, wsS Examined 10y them, and con.
sidered by all, a. not containing anything likee1.
phantom or reply TO the subject Of my letter 10 him
and was 80 treated by them.
The sixth and last letter " Mr. Biddle. that
have yet seen published, odvers 10 dividend com.
niitee Of the Bank IN 1885, consisting Of Lippincott
tChairain) VAIN, Cabot, Lewis, and Vandsrkemp
and after reespIiglating Some Of The contents d
Their Report 10 the Board, and adEertpg TO the pro
M and loss account, also, the phraseOlocy Of thf
Report tas II Il had been write r by the eSmmtt.e
Winds phis letter to Mr.. Clayton as follows
'And now, my dear cir, LEI me ak, did you eVei
hear Of any thigg like this the face Of the earth
any thing 50 upgensfoas, 30 unfair, 20 unjutt7,
For the information Of those not cOnVersant will
the potion OF the business Of the Bank rsfsrred I,
by DIR. Bddls, will state that these Reports wsr.
sl~sys previously prepared by the officers Of IN,
banh' lend as nov sppears,) very arifully, 90,
~th great hHcumspecuon, and beiag neatly co
| pied by clerk IN The Bank, were handed 70 IN
| Dividend COMMITTEE for their Examination an,
! comparison, With numerous documents accompany
| ing mem. These reports were alaO usually com
pafed with the general ledger, and II found 10 60,
respond hersVith, also (which was always the case
we're signed by the Chairman Of the Commute an,
presented 70 the Board. NV
whether the gentlemen composing the Dividsr,
COMMITTEE ~ above referred TO- or thoss M ,bs o.
mIiiee on the STATE Of the Bank in Their bslf vss' n
examinations, had the particular vouchers To- m
large sums OF money drawn out Of The B,nE sn
mentioned IN my letter to him, and a portian ,
which we're probably charged in the Etoen.. :
count, snd reported TO and confirmed bv H. a.
] cannot say, but will here positively ssssrt IN,
never saw tbemI they we're carefully Kept out Of M
view. " w
Ia the performance Of this and other oTsei,l du
ties, an unsuspecting committee may easily he A,
ceiyed and entrspped, az Mr.. Biddle has shown.
Nor " II surprising that such q committee sboul
rely much upon The Fidelity Of officers of the RAM
} whose integrity they had no reason 70 doubt an
which they felt ought 70 be confirmed add sssor,
bythe nnfeserved confidence OF both Stoekbolds,
ana Directors, which had always Leee Given ,
them. ~ have Inadvertently committed an e,,,
here ~ common with Other honorable men. ,yh
'seryed wrh me on the several committees While