The Directors of the United States Bank have replied to
the charges of President Jackson, in a very long report. They state that the Bank had fully realized all the objects for which it was established, and was proceeding in a course of inoffensive usefulness, when, soon after General Jackson's election, it was distinctly intimated to the Directors, that it was necessary for them, in administering the affairs of the Bank, to consult the political views of those who had pined an ascendancy in the Government of the country. Upon their refusal to attend to this in- timation, they affirm that every effort was made to ruin the institution. They dwell much upon the fact of the President's personal hostility to them, on account of their opposition to his election ; and declare that they have been compelled to expend 524,000 dollars to defend the Bank from injurious misrepresentations prompted by the Governmeet. The withdrawal of the deposits its also made the subject of heavy complaint.
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