Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-01-04
ONO LEGISLATURE.
REMARKS OF MR.. BARTLEY,

reporter from the not0s.
Mr, Brtley, said he hoped to be in.
dulasd in trespasSing upon the partisnce
Of the Senate for short tins. Ho would
BE- brief, as the present condition of his
hsslth almost forbid any participation on
his part, in the present debate.
Ths objections urged against the adoP
ton Of the resolution under considera-
tiOn, are various, and such a. were to be
anticipated from the quarter from which
they smanate. lie would notice such as
hs thought merited reply.
The Senate is told by several gentle
men, that they cannot vote for the resolr-
tion, because II contains the name OF e.
w. Hubbard, who was member OF the
former board of Bank Commissioners,
iB whose reports to the General Assem-.
bly,, It is said some mistakes and inaccu
racieS exist. Twill not, said MI B., at
tempt 10 maintain that the former board
Of BInk Commissioners we're infalliable
superior 10 human nature; nor shall ]
institute the Inquiry whether absolute
perfection was reached by them in all
the miuutia Of their substantial facts, or
even in the correctness in all their opiu.
ions upon that most complicated and diff.
cult of all m stteTs connected with our
Government, TO investigate and to under.
stand correctly in al its bearings. The
former board of Bank Commissioners
commenced a now beSingss, the most
successful mode Of performing which,
had not been marked out by any preds-
eessors. The difficult task Of investga-
ting subjects almost innumorable and in.
waived in mistery--the difficult task Of
penetrating the thick veil OF secrecy,
which has for so many years conyered
the proceedings Of Banks from tho pub,
lie eye, was imposed upon the Board .-
And If no inaccuracy exists in any of the
minutia Of their facts, or error in aLy Of
their opinions contained in their reports
IL would be a matter Of astonishnent. II
that board was in no instance, mislGd by
any pc Isl or false statements made by
any bank officer or by any false books, or
by any Ingenious devices or Ortifcs EN-
ploysd by bankers for the purposes Of
concealment, it certainly would bO more
than could be expected. And because,
iorsoOlh, occasional or incidental mistakes
may be committed 10 examining into the
dark doings and mysterious proceedings
Of banks and bankers, is that a conclu,
SiVe argument in favor o fsuppressing oil
investigation into those subjects? or is il
al objectionable sin in either officer who
commits the error? Because occasional
errors are committed in. investigating the
commission Of crime, by which the often
der often goes unpunshed, will the gen.
tlemen claim that all criminal proceed.
ings in our courts should bs suppressed 2
What public officer in any department
Of our State, can claim to himself tho
high attribute Of perfection in all his in.
vesiigations and all his satemonIs5 The
Goyer.or, in his recent annual communi
cation 10 the General Assembly, states
the expenditures tho State for tho last
year, less than it appears to be, from tbs
books in the Auditors Office. Would
these Senatsrs admit, that this mistake
Of the GoVernor,(if it bs mistake) would
bO conclusive argument against his re .
election, or much legsan argument in IA
Vor Of dspe nsing with the ofaco Of Gov
eTnor, entirely2 II Is said that the Bank
Commissioners reported the Bank ofGal.
llpolis in 4 good condition shortly before
itS failure. The investigation Of that
Bank by the commissioners took place
several months before tho failure, at
which tImo the Bank may have been in
such condition, and some Of tho knaves
Who had tho bank in possession. ono oi
whom is now in tha Peniteniiary, may
have distracted the effects from tho bank
and appropriated the same to their own
purposes, subsequent TO the investigation,
or they may have erceived the commits.
Sioners by false books, by perjury,o' some
other contrivance.
II cannot be denied, that immense light
has been thrown upon the proceedings Of
The Banks Of this State, by tho extensive
information furnished by the late Board
Of Bank Commissioners. Evidence oil
this fact is exhibited in a remarkable
manner in this very debate. Those gen.
tlemen who heretofore opposed the Bank
commissioner law and all the procee dings
under II, have received, as il seems, new
light on that subject. Ia times past, es
peeslly ct the last few sessions Of the
General Assembly, we have heard moth.
Ing from those gentlemen but the
thunders Of denunciOlion against the board
Of Bank Commissioners in PARTICULAR, and
the Bank Commissioner law in general.
But they have received new light on this
subject. And nov we are told by them
that they wish to see the Board Of Bank
Commissioners flled with suitable men.
and The law rigidly enforced. must
sincerely congratulate the honorable Sen
aIOs from Miami (Mr. ThOmas) and tbe
honorable Senator from TrumbuU mi
CTOwell,) inbsing 50 fortunately reclaim.