Alexandria Advertiser And Commercial Intelligencer

It is to be hoped, that when Congress next meet an inquiry will be instituted into the reasons which induced the sale of the bank shares belonging to the United States. Whether it was because Mr. Gallatin was disappointed in the negotiation of his Dutch loan, from want of credit—whether from the deficit in the treasury, from the repeal of the internal taxes—or whether from his opposition to the principle of the United States possessing any productive revenue not drawn from commerce. From what motive the transfer may have been made, certain it is that the United States have sustained a very considerable loss by the transfer, nor could they replace the stock, without the sacrifice of many thousand dollars.

(Gib)