Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-01-09
CONGRESS.
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HOUSE or REPRESE$TAYlV
TUESDAY, JANUARY
IcONCLUsIOsi

Mr. Wnfed submitted for consiie
ration the following resolution
ResOred. That 5000 copies of the letter from
the Comptroller o. the Treasury transmitting
Il lsi OF balances on The books of The second
aud third Auditors of the Treasury whcl
have rcnIained more than three years prior 10
the 30ih Sept ls20, list OF names of persons
who have tailed 10 render their accounts TO
the said auditors within the year, and list of
advances made prior TO the Sd of March, 1909
ny tile War Department which remained 10
he accounted for on the books of the third an.
ditcr OF the Treasury on The 30Ih Sept. IS2O,
be printed for the use Of the members OF this
house
MIR. w, said he considered The docu-
menl described IN this resolution as a
mODg The most important which had ever
been Submitted 10 the consideration Of
This body. II exhibited the impesiliOns
which bad been pFacllSed on The govern.
meni by persons IN lis employ or holding
offices uHder it. We hear, said he, many
complaints OF the protuseness OF lie ex-
pendllure of The public money, and our
fiscal concerns are IN a deranged condi.
ton. lie wished the people 10 be fully
informed OF the manner in which the
funds OF the government had been diiapi-
dated. THIS was Il document which ought
10 be spread at large before the People -
When we examine 1t, said Mr.. w. we find
OF defauliefs III every station, aud of eve.
~ rank, from that OF commanding gene.
raj to that Of the suballern. The people
ought 10 know these hagiiious impositiOns,
aud no" money was III so many instances
uiIaccnunted for TO large amounts by pay
masters, quarterma sIcrs, and contractors.
We are placed here rs the gu3rdians of
tie rights 0l the people, and ought moi to
hesitate, from The consideration Of the
little expense OF printing II, 10 multiply
copies of this document for their lnspec-
ton.
Mr.. Smith, OF Maryland, remarked thai,
ibis Was a document Of great SIZE, and
| full Of figures aui, said Mr.. 5. il we
print it Tor tie People, they will under
stand about IS lille of il as we do nOw.
| The document did uoi, lie said, afford a
| data from which = correct opinion could
| be made up We have known PERSONS
KEEP, upon lIis list, said Mr. S. Tor tNcniy
or thirty years as owing thousands OF
| dollars, who, on thcir accounts being
! properly cXdC ined aud balanced, did HOi
| owe a cent. The very men on the List Of
| the present ycar, who appeared to owe
| the great amounts of which the gentleman
| had spoken, uiiglh not be really indebted
a single cent. Mr.. ). said Is had cousi
I dered llls dnhudI otumfut al 80 liiliG
importance, thar, although hc filed nearly
all lie documents laid before Congress,
hc had never thought il worth while Ia
file that. For these reasons aud for tie
additional reason of tic expense OF TIL,
prialing, Alf. S hoped Tie resolution
would moi pass.
Mr.. WerfeM said that tic people.8 oulr
noi understand this document, was sup
pDsili0n Which WAS not, in his opinion
founded In fact. inrre WAS a. mncl
Intelligence among tiIe people ~ was Il
he found in lkeir Representatives III TIL
House. they were entirely cOmpeir;i
e. understand document OF this sort
ana IL Ines did nos examine II after IL va
furnished 10 them, Use iault would b
theirs, au6 uoi that OF this House. 81 :
tli, gentieu8n's rot having much regard