r
.'J f
i
y
. It iifvrn la'alin fi
m Uat. .1.' I. 1 ... . , -
The
wudorn of hz
f..btKl IS Scully Mn in wr.fl ' '.tt -ave the
wiiii.n nrtwrc i ...I .. i . .,
. . . ...... ,., . .7 "h touuuiuc.
w i:,i Uirt of - the c. .n, and whLu ,!!!
i"! H
Dr.
rt mom.
tnv BtTirro.N ciiArr.i
r
J;MTr:u STATIC
TwKNTT-SscONO CoTUaKaS r7T fct.
. ' sin. '
Vow iJlf-prtMHUUivrt, .Vi 11, 8.73.
" " '"""(Cttjictrneoy
Tim committee would present another 1
Striking antilogy btlw"a the situation of
bank ia April, I9, UkI it present
, eon Jitioa. At the Am mentioned period,
Mr. Chovei iidirtd I be Secretary of the
Trees jry lint ine 10 would not pay the I
jmitans !.. or wree Bullions, without
negotiating mmb in r.urope, and (wo mil.
fo-:
fi-r
of the iniU;
r ..... .nun, is Irarix.
MI,.wiiyHrlih.w,,fBii
n'i an jNiymntU fl.r the
"'M of lU J.,,,,-WI,,(,,'r ft
r immfinl ,t, army, navy
r r wr any o,r rnirpa. what.
v.w, v. w W 1IW tharg.: fa TOch
Service. " -
for Derf.irmiixr lliia ?ni 1-..L '
imed, ami Lu rfcio4 from th lm
ry auponmenf.tntf tM country wncrally,
for m nn mt. merit ia .n ..,.;,
U.l ewrld not hart bfn
all IIium wrvicci it Ofirfurmt ,!.
tOIM. Thil and other ciminnltiir.. 1...
"""" SAI.ISimrnv nnm.vT
; T ii i j
Uuk tiat c.,,,1,1 thrm I tr.j th,l i,
"9
r -
Mw, IIKr ! M o,,, ) f
lb Ur,k , nit eoljocnilw ra)u
0jWQ py ,M Uovcrmc.it to lei
lb, flX dl t.01 n led.lbat tlt )Ua of paving to f
"u.m,c9'lHi"b lwfr hiaii. rcid at ,
Uained tu that aIUU
tiro ia precisely in tha Mm atitualiun it 1
iuw Hm hi wvTdruinciii iv pnipma InS I
feacniiuN w Utfltnr percent, from
litol July to It uf UctoLer, tud hat an
mmed tba payment U nua quarter's inter,
est oa tbc'M ftocka, bcinf aubttantiallv
equivak-ut Id borrowing aavtn milliona aVI
tiie Ouvernmf m' momy for tkree RKNitha.
litlier Ilia (.'
mcnt reuirta iJ, or that iIm
ny ean affceted ty the cur the j
ujieraiion,
I tie tank baa i( Irmlimmta U.Xin
I ,:.L ,L: i . .B, . 7
neiM, and fcornmwfeta the
I! . I j r. I IIX1M. anil flki.
iioiii were ui-iumij vuirvwcu iniinpe,l. , . Kn.iiiimncri pare tpfiiifiil , Ilii.i.r4 rf.k. t.J
Ihailtfence fcftb. Government Lein "
i nn MiHi at inn I ,v J " iniiiiea urn
wouw allow, ty-fore tlmmi th-ij1 lalnra,
lo H Ikw fr the Look u entitled la iH
credit betfott! upon it, and to vhul ei
fn bank hoi eided the orjriiaiont in
cai oncraiHiaa prvond tha o ii fin
ui uuvuivnce 10 lit cnarter.
ne eoverament. in o. tnrt
through the Dank at the UuiteJ Htntai.
Tho eunclv vfetchanira bv tha hank Bothmjr but y cie. er notea
mi Pta uoue lor uie, wm lire mcDlbi.l , " ' ""o piaiea, iw maaea cnmmuuli u-:..n . i J . I - i. iijuuiu m
a..d tho curtailing of diaceunla, are bu'?Pniu.i0 nothing elae. If the note. itl miL ITJZ 7 ? ,T-?,tMl,1,Mlk
tmre MU'lb. , flSuK btt.;rrtblvi bv tha I.JH ib' eavl, but tUt it would be
lelmvi S ami ther ara-rJUt !. I own, U ie a private matte, htwn 1 .1" .7: " "P'r P-.v""a w,"ft or PW He Nnk Wuuid t..ake tha
- j - w ""v raw . - i inanii ilia iiawiaw wt.m .. . a i . . . . ri . i i a , -
moaaure caa ba ir u re.!,. . ..i Cd bank! and the Bank of the Fail. M ZrjTZ.r.-' ia?" tuna wnaie; . uu the Id Uclnler.
eurreocv.ana a Mru!ae..a ,uT 5lte. and eo with which the rov-rn. 7 T ,H,' W"' c- T Ihn f tt.d.thul, aa the bank would
o..iir .to hurnpeaii- rforkbd.frnu would
'"id W,gi;aujttAlUjiaaiaetMia ,t.
uud (o tha J..Liora of the Uovenimeiit, ami
ni.ht elan;f r . the pnwtinl mymnnt.
Forthiareaw I thodght ft.tof the illte
P, ' eoverumtnt, ta powtponatHe pay
l lurtlie.rata
each ork
would not
ttiun nn
rciMmj at mic , ,
v M Having thue prrf-irmed my duty in
giviiiff the otiinion aked, I Alt it. ni tmn
tatlie Covrniiwrt ' to dctideOa the
rt r tha tank, 1 aiai-ht .thins, I re
qneatiHl nothing afler weighing the cir
eumotincea, the Government wr k.
ro of Batting the meamjre, but the dif-
ftmlty 1 uKlerI.Mil to be Ibis, that the
inter
hi
1 1 may errata a eVmand tha wmitt
jiLwu-I) iti", lU 'c"rnnmnitT, anH,",
abnlilttg the fueiliiieg Wh the dtl.t'.t
ol tlw"j')rertifn:nt are iQ the kitt.it of re-
.WPlt fm Ihe bank, tne? e&iaDrar tha
mmciual payment of tlte revenue, tla
Mna would
would nncMMnrilv heoLlifntd loeonii
Bmnce early iu preoamfiona for tha wim,
burnenfiiit ef o lar-e aa amount of taiU
My imprpwlon, Ihwfure, ia that, with
a viear to me a.lr and punctual payment
the wililie rtvwmii', the Government
wnfild le. ktH-SiffMl W , .oomJm tlie
pr.moartd rwyment "of the nublie t't-bt to
awHwr quitter, t.y htrh time the etwi
try wH mMaui Hi ineratveniance from
aemanda on foreign account
Tlte coiniiiitloa Brfl t!ili"rd to diwwnl
from the view cpisd bv the prerioW
in i no loregmnt axlract. ne eomiuiltoe
eamifit bolicve that the oremura ahlrh
fend which continuei tu eiit ainca
vmiieifl t and I hu. i. . r .i.. r ... i .v. .i . A
gnueraliy, and gird k! id and permanent nKm uoc mi concora it.-ir; and a i to ffl,duiv Bmwnrk ,i 7 7 ' ." ,u"" UUf,"R
?luetpr.ly, buMbt witLdrawUf b Pod tlutl the Ilank of the Unitl -ZS '2 f;''11
krgepViofneaWincircubtion i too watchful 1 vit in the ShJm 1 7' "'f '"V
- Inb.k.-Tihteh- wflt-tjompcl otter reetktf fcem-i
,A.Kdathem, - r ...r.' . fUua fxou, the S.t. bauka, for "rtrr
. The committee will here introduce e nmta thu. taken, epecie oritaeqiv.. ?Jj!l f f 1Lu"nc"P , 'f eeen, that the bank,
ft, m, B..-I. ;.k:-Jr!r'." lent, or ita own ootoaii' .rlian, T,BiMt t,(S Ibeo pay in tltthis. hu had not the kat aaeocy.
HtawtHu-u ) vm Hiii iiuui ui iiaai a iruiuirv a - i
ticularly from impbrta, a ia univenalty
knoarn, is collected in the Atlantic cities
north of the putonvic. Thoae cities being
me great marts ot supply to nearly the
whole of the Vnited Buton. and places In
which remittances centre from almost ev
Import ia IS28f Which fully accords with
!ien evutimanU. "It is the presorva.
tiou 4" good curreoey which can alone
wnjiarf stability to property, and prevent
thJse fluctuations a t vafuo, burttal alike
to individual and nsiioual wt'allh." A
pill, -aays, " This advantajo the bank
- - pa wacureo w ine eoarunumty, by conhn
ing wiin prudent limits iu issues of pa
fur, wberibj i l reatntint "has been imposed
- irpweeasjv-tmp6rtaJioni,wTiicSrt
"T: thus irtjgt iuar wltM thi trua wants and
cajiacities of the country Accoriling to
- th triennial repot of the directors to Uh
T ItockHoIderS on Ifie lil "of AujuatTef 1823,
. tne amount or etrculatton thea vas'f r3,
1 044,760 71 and on tl first of Anril lart.
as Uioro Utad. it wa 4V2i7.ill ia.
tresentin j the aMoowhing dillbrcnce of ffreater the dtitanco, the greater the pre
iU'07I JbO 43,1a teas than four years. ra,am! Ulfl '"ger tne amoum mua re
van una 0araoi(ireaf accoruing .10 tne
sound doctrine of Mr. Rah, confining its
-ies- -f napnr within prudool Jimita,
- Wlierehy a rwrtraint has been imposed up.
.oa eceuivfl .imporuutontT last great
ikn,k k. :t. . i r.r. nuunMiHii, atiu iite uovernmcbt im. I sices to oUur lUomiuon. wha it
w.iv.1 w uniim win mm iidiq inoi i: ..i- . . I. . . ' "
collection of the revenue, equal, ia value. " 'J BS"1B cirtulte - the wgar to a meatre pmpoaed hy
to that wtuch.'thev ul-miti "y. ' .. , ,: .. . z ;,r,Ll(rmm.iniAMUiUM
sjw-reowred te f nn, r.fr
nmv . -r'"""''"l
WliWio-ofthr.fiim. nee. Pf?7 l be committoe M p.in 6nd aim-
i-7 ' ...... . " ' ..
Mrl)er,Iiu.t. is attriliulalJe nakiulv "lo
tht grtoL 4imoMi fjtuitt jmfUt ff Ms
" monihtr The committee be.
lHv.tht- opmrioni of theKa4ikof Rie
tutted Btatus in lliibulohthia. ajkl the of.
a... . i .... L- ' . ' "
nces in iiamnM.r, New York, ami Das
(the mi principle place where bond
re iwyahle.) during theW quarter, Sir
nish eviileoce to the contrary. Uy a re.
(renee to the weokly tialeuicnts ol (he
nnk of the United States, the oilier t
Baltimore, new 'York. and lloiil.ji. rVow
July, 1-31, te Aprit, l?3?r liiarked No.
oi, it wm uo seen, that the amount of re.
auctions on dincounts and loons rt thoe
four largen Commercial cities, du'rmj the
at quarter, taking the maximum amount
m (htTOiZi In cm-lmv that "l! i. .-' ?? 5 W"'. lU0 1,1
. , -r . - -r-f' . April, IS B2.rJ3.43? m or m naimt mIM.
:xonUrfi 4ju4to
TIs Ctwnmittce Yaniiot ilinenvar anv
..I . : . . ... r 7 I . ... ... . . 7 - v
l . rrquire any lunncr illu.tralioa suunjaumn lite bank pnssfMiee, to give
and if the principlo is sound, and has been increiaod aid to public debtors in the pay.
acted upop by the bank, they cannot dis- M K the nine million of dollars fulling
cover in what manner Jbe operation i.if due fa is ai(l) in the: ijuator ending with
commerce could have boeo disturbed, or tn H t My, but on tnwenotrary, they
the value of pwuniaryrlnvestmoitts have that sucir is tU situation oflho
and . n k -will ba the demands
Ml be called unon-1 meet, that
require the aid "of all tho accunnj.
. .H .1 - n ...
pnrnirami- 'Theretbre,-Mflirifthe bankiTr,.iw .
L e.iM in.fc, fi.u fn. .k- f rwwry Uepartmeut, g 'ae on discount-. I hs) wmirw are faU
ng upcm it, or loaning it out, disregarding 'y ."f opinion, that though the bonk md
the period w han they would b callen rp.' r r gh," f-'f noe, Mrwwtwl' a port
T.1 wmtarttsj it, 'the comitiittee'can poncihent of the 'pnyhient by the goWn.
readily perceive thai, when that ordor ar? went, stated ia the declaration of the
river, they would be fund not ouly. defi. preidentye.Meuc postpmemeut bad
wontw preparation, but ia a state ofeur'-, MJ??!: Mdd, .the bmikj would wot, on
prise, and that the paymentsrwoold ilm the ii uf Julfi' hirve-posscioed the ihihty
ciuodrrasf me nans;, ana men load It: to mw ess lu Oi'mand, witnrut causing
jnvt anu vuiuui(( WiUIUICfCiiU CwiU
niuaiiy.
i n... .1 i a I. . t r . i t . i i - . i-
ery pert of rheuntry, ereafc it hmrfd x,k7 Z.ZZll mW9 ruWWI TZTT
tuU.., ii.. l . debt by the OovefTtineMin'nM -- - j which a w
e called upon to transfer funds from thoae
cities to oilier places, it bocomes a matter
or profit, trig not u jixpeuae to U, Mud the
quired to be tranitorred by iho govern,
ment, and the greater the ditauce, the
K eater the profit and advantage to 4be
ak...!::.;. ,t.i- A
That the bank has aided the. Govern-
discover) or thai they are tinder sny obli
gations to the bank for those services,
they are 61 a. loss to iuwgina.... IIr fir ;
the bank baitl4 the- (iovermitwit in its
fiscuJ operations, as it cbitms io nave done,
will bo seeo by a coramuuioUioa from tuo
jPresidoof of the bank to -tiia- mittee,
consider' that they hsve- adduced an id
.Jborily,that csnnotj yell be doubted,"and
lmt a roat one is now ia opewlioa there
-,Ire too tiuiiiiyrira
nation or the fact, to be refuted. ' A par
. ticular ooo wiUiiflwe,whichis taken
Ironi the docuiufints called for if the Sen.
v: 'ate. and presented 4o that. hod, bv i tha
8eratar7 oy the Tretrth l5tKpf this report and also in a lpoC pf.ihe
- ItfuTch laat t which will be found a wt ctMitiee Tthioc
- .. ' . m . .1 ... m.i a ..mint n..f!nM .lhlT f .it fi'Hlnhl.mluV
- roimicttuoq uora ine turesjaem cu tne Jiaiwlcul,,'u ,uor""si' "?
plating that tbs amount of branch note laSI, m the-lollowmg words. ''That tiis
' tuloeiued by the Bank of the United buuki through the whole course of Us op.
-Stutas al Philadolphia, during the month orations, kas ef&ctually asited the Trea-
ofFebruarv last only. 'to be 8730.0001 iry in the collcctiou and dlatrihution of
and the amount redeemed, in 1831, durim? we P"5"0 wvenue, Bnd.that.oi'htto years,
tno i no monrn, war qmy f ms'jiq, i uaM UKVU g" fK;iu. ptomjj
la a leftor Under date of the 2dtli of " 'charge of the public deM from dn
sr . a . .- I a l l a
" ' Jiarcn last, to tne chanmaa
niinee, tne presiacnr ot the. bank" says,
. . i!wt tho amount of branch notos redeem.
ed at tho NearYork office during the year
isiu, was Si-VJitf.uo-j, and at fbiladel.
. , phis, $5,S9d,S,J0,..makini a total of I8..
CI(J,433, with aa increase .of .circulation
(. scene ot:great t&Ktt.lt lWlMo
cinl commuiiity.::T;':-;::."::;rr
The eoiwnittee " arw- unable to discover
in what aff-rd manner fh bank coulJ aid
too Uovernmeut 4a carry luji bta ttSmA,
Trom tie oBservations made, and the
WamutiUion of documents durimr tha
course of this invcutiation. the comnutW
hiive strosig "reaiibii to apprehend lha lhftIthgMlaium they tifopnaedh.-whtcfrthe
wwwarpia pnudattiif the;rij
this lattor pnncte. If so, the bank has HIk ol having , proflored to them. All
inciirred a high vespfflwfaitiry,"--- tjM H the 'tiorf rnirpvrjicvlda k' fifjilii
rvoT. ; u .v ':-:
peitK njil A an iV'-'ratlon of tn t
jf I he iii'"inre I liu.n eilry'''. 'I. I r f
tiientvii that in live di'wiiit iV
lant, tlto collector of Nrw York, nillim
UuLLIe aniM'iy to protuct the ih'i rv.
ttior. sailed to tho tiik to auihoils an.
citiiuimi nf Laina I', that citv. in un'er lit
etiil ihv deUvr to the Goternmwiit..
71is promptly done j tli'm I should oVsiro
o do asain, attiie a inrnt to the Gov
eroment during tha iv t q'lartar, will be)
I pon a reP.'renre t je. weekly nvn
ment of theotHce at New York, iVm Ju
ly. 1831. U .AaeiLlb33. btforv. allu'lcd
t, the committee find no ajxrajrate is
crease cif loan ( but; on the rwnntry, the
find Mat there has beett a fedurtimi in tba
anwmt vis t the amount ou the 291k 1'eb.'
ruary being Urn than on tho UJ, and tha
rih dnys of the saraa month, and 1140,
OOOlcaeoH tlta inta day of .March, than
on the SUlh of IVhru iry previous. :
Uy ttamiiung the atutemei4 o. r
will be seen that the Mai amount of die
counts at lhtJ!cw.lnrk branch, Jj'wrnj ,
the 4ttt ofOotohor, 1"3I, and the U u ot
Marclr, lS3i, Twcra actually diminished -
1 169,4 17 17, while- during the soma time-,
the bonds paid at that vpon? amounted t
between mow and ten smHimie of dollars. -
- Ilia committee itt ardor to ascertain tha
nramaa niiuwi im Ilia atuiual .
tirm of director baa been connected. calT.-
ed at an early period oflho iovtist.oiii '
lut the following Jocuaisut, viai "AHute.-.
lrW.nl o AUAlllldHt Aiw.M UIM..KI urTi
annual electioa of directors since t!i..i of
1323, the -whole number of votes riven; f
.L . t ... i a .a . , ,H
ine iiumoer given in person, and tne imm
ber given by proty, i.d in ihe Ini' t en;'L
by Whom," witkh Matetitcot waa wot fur
mwhed the committee, but the stateiimnt,
marked No. 41 wa fumili'nj , ll.ia .
k.. ii. .i i. ... i . .t . . . i-:
,333, ef which the pteii li ut Ii dda. tY.
clusivtly, 1,430, and at a truiti-e, in ton.
j-mmmm.,w aFltftVW at ' , W1IH. H Lit
biia without tiitcodipg lo impugn tlte
ercisa of the power, dw.idodly a pfeyond
eritingTontrof in lha ceU(x tit tiirnc tii s ' " "
power which, waa tiever eontemtdatal :
by tha cliartoff f so far from it, that intro -
rat nt, a well a sillwjqueot Jaw pne!j
L d 1 . - 4. . . 4 . . J .. . ... ..
uj vwigruM, nave siutiHMJviy eiMicaorea i
io nrvTvnt iu very miaciuol wiitcb Ikia
nun luiraiin la hub.! .,hu,jii.lu ...Ii, .ii i..
predueev f ko-cl a ter has Hmited tW
VOteaoftlia lnnmtJ Kln. L!.,l,lt.r n.. .,,,:
what-wity ba the mnnber of shares, to tha
"Miivi'snj vriait aa t' t vr fc
prevaut the whole alUrs of the bank ft om
.LiUing into the hands f a fw ind.vidwa! .
it- fKrwetfbl n tnmm to te crtstro:f
d. by one jnaa alune and,thk jbusI ka
apparent to the good sense ofeverytif.fi ;
Tha jamhiilioA KulUu ii.. ..l.a. lHiutitr m iKa t.ifti . ..a ,.t...
bj;iariveied.o
3 jwrcwit, tockJA wteiided, as they tin. -ajnouiit.At liad.idloiod W JjmeaeMit,
dersttiod, -ta lave i bn pidli the'Uf ' of when thojr wished to' ohiploV It-ttie ioe
Wjr;ajr the Government, to be within the ' a "principal' would cull upon ita agent to
province of their bquiriesj and believing, pay to him monies jrhich hehad collec
that it had a strong connection with ted f hi liepefit. . . .
the present stale and iUta.ioo.as.cf tha Hy-diuioi marked No. 99, it would
aiTairs of tha bank aiid for the purpose of appear... UuUV oa the 13th day of March
cnabijifg theiii tit form a correct and true bit, the bank wua aware of the intention
opinion upon thai aubject, they made a Government to pay o$ during the
Ciltl nnon thn nna.iLnt .r il.A kuk A. k. Mir mwil lurfinn' f tka 9 .iui
of the ohokJ turbtngm. correspoidewco in relation to the Dortpono. I atoeka t and the subject' of making an ar.
bank- Myi, U pvalue ol pocupiarj' mvestments. merU of that payment in tha' toUewia liogameat witk'tiia. holdors, was, on thst
words t v ill you ploase give a copy f day, referred by a resolution of the board,
the corespondonce connected with your
application in March last, requesting a
suspension by tha Government of the pay.
metit of a portion of ita debt intendod to
have been made on the 1st July next, or a
statement of tnV arrangement uutde ia re".
lation to that suLieci." Which
baiik does" not
poases, "nor CSA it et pre.
ow the committee are not able to dis-
covsr upon what principles the foregoing I
declaration is made. . By referring to the
correspondence, in f Sl9, between the then
president ef tho bank and tba then Secre
.Between tho 3d of February, 1 831 nd the I ,,u7 f th8 Treasury, the committee dis-
z.i ot January .Bij:YOt more than tlIIir.,iOT, l, lBW '
Jion ol dollars, as per monthly statements j thoTreosury Department
anl (tWaeaaeofUa jM reserving all that it
1st of April, I6U, c-um trotom.,
"to
as follows:
vMorcrf, Tliat the subject of the com
BHttiicatioojuRt made byle president be
referred ' to the committee of exchange,
with authority to make, on behalf of the
hnhk whalever arrahsomeats with the
bidders 'of the 3 percent stock of the Uni.
pondenee was commnnicnted by; the pre- tod States may, in their cjiinionj, best pro.
si'dint of the hirilc," U'ilh thaXlfowmg re. mofo'tho1 couvem'ence of the public,' and
marks: ".I .have made no application to the interests of this institution. .
tha Government, nor have I renticiftod This proceeding on the part of the board,
any suspension of the payment of any por-1 nearly two wee it before they wsre ollicial.
iy luiuriuou in mo iiaouiion oy ma uov
corns.
f Fubruarv. '1431. and I
to meet immediate defnandsol more than J 0n ,he 80ta Mb, 1619, the President
twelve millions of dollars, vii i - - jof the bank closes a couuutiuicalioato the
In pecie. funded debt, and notes ofltbcn secretary, Mr. Crawlonf. thus: I
.'... ,i r
er banks, which, at first named date, nave ventured to trouoio you wua tnose tion bftha public dobt.w
anted, as per monhtly statements, vc wan me nopo mat ynu wm paiwni Xhe inquiry, I aupposo relates to this rnment to make the proposod pavrrtent
o . - 831. 758.663 10 1 the liberty, and with the conviction that if i , ., f . .A on the 1st ot Julv. domoiistratcs fulk. to
ft J mt. - f - a a. a a lii nan aa I . oAna fhu if til mil inn nw- l I . I a I. . 1 a I . ' . .... ...... i i
'iOuu luoiaw-tw w,o4u,uutf vui Juu-ba ava..ia nMtivi . .. y. i ih. ai-iina Sor-relarv J ilm Traaminr ilu. i i"" miiuia oi me commitiee, an aexnowi.
" ' I AjH!wb ywidiaUdosut 6n.i.tr.l with jycg TBroOrlrtlirtWarT iJ niTriirialf g""" w thtrrwrt tif the administration
- i - - ' - a,M a) mmm a i ik a iniiKli A M.:.jr will fiinl ia nlnnniM an 1 1 1 - V Ck V I a a.1 . a. -'.. - .. J -i t : a . a t
v ........ .,1. at,JHi),Pua.lU iwjiuuiiB.rn ..u ......... fjovcrnment...a-aboutt iauee,ntie w me oana, oi ii inaoiiuy w meeuuefle-
- Makin; aa jost. stated a diminution in doing so.n -The boennary of th- 1 reaau- 0B tne jst (f Aprjjt 0f ln0;r jotonf ion t ,rwn1 't,'c' contemplutod paymenls
the active means immediately applied to ry, in closing his answer, under date of pay)0ntho It of July next, ond ball of "f'he Govsrmooul 3 por cents, would
; ;jhe extinguish merit of (ls"dobls,"pfcorrsi'd. t1ia27th March, lelO,- says," every, fa- lJ)(J ,jinj: " cmH.rtoc and to d it by bring upon it; without prJuciug the dis-
arahly more than half of its former capac cilily which it is in the power of this do. i( j, ,toc)h0,jer '0I,9 half of the trt1 Lefur8 lluJec' t0, -
ityjtoeirisctthesamAphjecU ; partment to afford the bank, in its etforts amount 0f hislleertcate., lie addod.; In a biter to tha Swretj.-o-iha
; With such an iacrea!6fiasues, and the to support scio JPayraen,,g. nt reorljf ,-. objection occurs to you aJAer' TwaTOI7' rr4,m th prewlent of lha bank,
influence of a most powerful reaction nowl Ike currenUy td a natural state, .may be ..tothe amount or moHa o oavmnni. 1 1 dated tho 29th March, 1632,' marked No.
operating errotl tho fiscal energies of 'Hie confidently relied upon' 1 will thank you to suggest itl WIwng i
country, as U exhihilcd by the diflorende By a reference to a' statement of the f "Thus iuvited byha Government to af 'Owing t a vari
" af the redernptioa of branch notes at the public deposites in "the Hank of the United communication .marktii' cotifidViuiiul to
- period and places- above mentioned," ' to- State each mouth, from' March, ISl3,' to give mj opinions on a measure contompU
gether witlt such a reduction or its means. March 1832, inclusive, marked No. 37, it ted by tha Government, I ielt it my duty
: ,'fA .................. . .... . . ...... i. V .. . . , . . r '
-wrfius vugRgamenis, must, we toar,iwiU be seen that trom tne ist oi January, to express my view of iu prousWe ope.
compel them still further to curtail their j 1123, up td tl.e month of-March, I83'i, rationnn my feply, therefore datod Ciitli
accommodation. ' I thnra haa hnen onl ou lieriod. f Noveai. of Mare.h. f atalnd tliSt an fae aa ti
It is oyidont, from the circulars addres ber, 1835,) when tha public depositee did bank is concerned no objection occurs to
tsdtotha brtnehes, 'and correspondence not exceed four millions of dollars, in the me, it being, sufficient that the Govern-
itk them since October last, that the hands of the' bank and they -frequently ment has tha iec(.'Siary amount of fund
f hief hit of the bank baa been to 8us amonnted to' eight, nineton, and elovea; in the bank to make the cwenphtd pay
, feat itself the statement accompanying and on one occasion to twelve millions of tucmV I then proceedod. to oUorve,
.wis report, clearly proving that tho bank dollanr. that in the present inrtitution rit the c
not increajed its tacilitics to the trad
variety of causes, but
nuiu'y .to the groat amount of dtilto pay
able for the Um few months, there has
been a pressure up m tha the mercantile
causes, who have been obliged to make
yry great elTtrts to comply with their eo
gagemouts to the GoverunrMt.. That
pressure alill centinuos, and it may bo pro.
l inked by the aniO cause -the amount of
duiiesatill aide during the Best three
mouths.-This state f thini noem to re.
cciHvw'nd all (lie fiirlxjaranca and in4ul-
guneo lo the dt4itprs-viich tan be safely
I he' inconveuience, then, of
ftt poAiwinrta Ia trwnmfnl marked maniut i.AiAmiintlv:' aml..iuit.a'a irarw- lia"f i.r:A,irr.ftf.
Bf eoinfflUFtitvrin SJl H:frt .of ItiH'fTtiTnhi' 1 53' ir i ill lT finin-l thai ainnfl the month ramiiii : n(rr.inna -om.iii iliTr, Irt ii . ihn nrnmiAil mpnui.r ia Ihn'l ilia ra.nnv.
The l-.arik of United States, amoo? oth-l of March. TS-i. at till th diiforeut periods! miiliunsA t be "aid hiHir the 1st of Jn.'i ni-int nt six or seven millions of doliara.
V editioaa of pljaitfli, lfl,ni to ifljs.djs4cly wiu; tjba. tfaipti'jn by I ly, the uVbr? if 10 QavgrMt wJ 1 tfrw bap9 W hkh w Lcii W Curofp,
! -WWibA, l RssidV lha elimiiwhe
mean of tha lank pmioii.slV alluih to
! !?3c;l;fis;:M&::al,
specie,. its foreign exchange and other re-
sources, one or tiia great difficulties umlot
which it now labors, in paVing the public
debt, is its bein compelled to receive the
puuiie revenue, in the Atlantic ports, in a
eurr mey, to wit, branoh notes and drafts
of the western offices, not promptly cn.i
vertihle, and to pay the public dolt iu
currency money. i
Without . a Jiir2e abriduement of the
usual - accommodations," which "will, 1 of ,
course, greatly dial rew tha community,
tha committee are under tha slminrcst
conviction that it will be little better able
to hieet the pressure the Government pay.
mont will cause, on ths 1st of Oct. than
they would have been on thw l.i of Julv.
The words of Br. Crawford, in Vbttter
dated Oth of April. 1819. to the nramdent
of ike bank, the-rwnmtttee KfoifsiJcf pocu-
1 ! .... - . ... . ".
any appropriaio nera . to introduce.
radiations may prolong the eximini'
eln1larrament1, and by eiciting illje
hopee and fcnrs of the community, aggra.
vate the existing evil, but cannot inllu-
ence the final rNult.w "
I n another letter, dted the Oth of A nril.
1919, to ftio same iratillcmun. be savsit
: . vaiiaa,, ih umcr i ooure Mecie pay
hmiiU, hi4 epproaimat Aeir t ireti'asion
and individual dnrnMics, to a sum jiwlly,
proportioned to the amoupt f specie in
their vault. Any thing hort of this,
will keep them in a precarious state, and
ponpone ttie ieriod"wneq banking ofiera
lions can be aafoly preseouted upon ordin
ary principles. . ; , . ,'.., , , i -Ybcna
inMitution, with invoHtments
amoutttiu to. wjvunt) -five millions, com
manding the foreign an dotueti'c'axcksngn
of the country, inonopoluing tho Govern
ment deposit', cannot, at the tnni nt.
when wo an; vporttng our aiuint re- n ul'
cotton, amaiiiitiiig, by the admission ol' tho
president of the Unit, th twenty milium
of dollars, (but re.illy near thirty,) timi
t a fow milium 01' its funds abroad, to pty
tiK;Uovernmeiit debt without ixi!arra.i.ii)ig
its operation, and friouly dihtra-f-ijig
traders, is there not rvaoa to lIitn t.'jat
its !)ii:ihwj ha bom .too much - and too
rapidly extended r
,In the late letter of the pnwidnt o the
hank Ui the Secretary of the Trcawry, ..f
lis syiu aj4ra liiM, bm u lljc fym,
Iters, two millions and a half of dollars!
this redaction by the bank and it branches,
ho probably compelled a similar rodeeo
lion on the part of? tha State institutions.
in proportion to the amount of their Jfn
in each of those places. Ia this, and in
this alone, the eoinmittee era fullv ner.
tuaJea is to be Tiuiia (he true scen t of
tM prcaiura which has exisfcd". and dun
still exint, operating upon the commercial
cowmuijily..-.-.--
, nt"liiis" prira "will" eontinue'for
soma tune to eome the committeo fear
for that espiuwun baa pearr lo Fcuf, lliiil
the contraction which is now in operation
cannot, m the aptmon of tba committee,
oeen.icmtuiy checkej or Controllod. with-
out a necessarv caTLiilimu.i nrdr-rn.,1,1..
If thetek pofirTO iblTit vlto iuS.
(am it If without curtailing its dincoutits,
the remie falling due the prmnt qtiartsr,
wgpe-trfttrctod
uurm run Utus, upon Hie pHncipl before
pointed out to the commercial
ijbg? C"it H th Covenf-1 yeii not wtthrtatwlihg .thia : raHtrjtina, lJf
nf'O'a wttheut, any. inconvenianca boins ,n UM Pities, tndiyiduaU, witk J ui .
caoaoo oy triw wperation.-' But atteh ahili.
ih .,D? e.ljriw!l..ttoficd. tho
or no. iiiiinediahi tutcrcst, tatJ'Mffjrrn
tat those pocMMinr a direct end f.e-n
interest are nrohiuilad trom doinv. Co-"
iksctod . wrth- thi suhWf. thtr kii.i.t
whicJn ioatlit not to so- wimici; -T1,a
reciore, marked iSo. 42. there han
but tweuly.four. The presiilimt oflf,
bank holding tha appointment from t'ta
Government and Hie atork'hotd.-rs 'pi t!.a
saute tuna.
The coinmittsa cannot paaa over r.i. r. '
tioniogtlM suhgoet if tho sum ai(J i m
printing. : By rfi'ianca to a ataioioMnP '
fonuahed the Brnmo in March last, it will
be seen tnat,fr.m the poiiod of e.talni-h
hRW'ai'tita'bitnklfier trytkfVSft
totheyerr lD. tUe si,.i ptid fir r U
ing, in any one year, Ima not etc ,!.; J
567 19 and in s me year, it Ims ber a
reduced as low a tl2t and I1C3 fit
Bui in lH3i, theaniKimt i swoiluJ to lha
umofta.7C3 5i; and, ia IfcSl.to f3,a
17 04.- In the yoaT tl7, tha year in
which the bunk wo elnMi'lied and wei;t .
mtwVrpVratinn; and con .-.,iu..;:y a greater '
eijene wa incurred, the exjiua t4
printing was 15. - -
'."M'hnt circumstances occurred or txht. '
ed during the 1830 and 8l, to require
such an unusual incrcaso in this brsndi of
expeiwe over the preceding yparaiii tho
ordinary course of its bufiuess, ( com.
mittoe linve been unable to- .ovAr.
tlKUJB lhaycalkd Tor tue occnaa'un.l. r "
this head of expenditure, but faaiu n.t t .
received them. - In the unme iU.- u r i
contained tha sum paid to "iilon.f).,'
aiiaunlly, since the astiiblishnient cf'tlie
wl,jrttag.tatLtur ! mil.
edliroe, tho committea. were unabe to
investigate. ftiitcint' however, mm
tolhoir knowledge, to justify the belief
that tha ums . returned as bvinr lt j .
paid. to M attoriMys,' embrsca. only l,(.t
waa pnii tn them in that JUfliut iUrur.'
tw; that the suras paid Unnllcifvr . J
rouniKllart tor the bank are not ia ths e
tuvr.x given. , .
Tl " fomtnittoa addrcs.-ed life f.Ilowi
infinity to the president Of the ban';, 1
livoing that it involved a fjct'whirh utf '
Lo useful to Congress ii it future Ji
tion nn the aubject of it charter i ,
, 'tPid Mr. LlUworth.'or any one-el.-u r.f
t'.a- S;ate,of Conneeticrtt, us"-.- rs i f
Uv:s M'liiut State, Write to requt-. yVl
to give ttiui a li4 f stovknoldcra bt-lti"
itlo thJ fc'tate, for I'm purpise of taxi"'
tin-in avoiding to a hw thoiet.fV.