Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-12-23

power-this Fifth Estate. it WERE in the Constitution
and the attempt will be- insprcd by the present Re.
por-but the People will remain firm in spite of all
'.dereopc,nents and of all ''ait-rndtiecs.'
TIE MESSaGE-.qgain!
The Go1ers,0rs Message has been very unfortunate.
lie sets out with stating that sit becomes his duty
hbit all such information he posscsses) in regard to
any matter of importance to the Commonwealtl-and to
invite (thcr) attention to such to be
necessary, &c. &c Now, it unfortunately happens
that many of his statements have been controversial and
many OF his propositions opposed.
l. AS part OF the Information he exhibits, he draws
gloomy picture OF the public dsessand takes care TO
single out the Executive entertainments as one great
cause of it, This picture must have been drawn during
the panic times of last winter Ii has certainly come the
day after the fair We understand from Il gentleman
just returned from Philadelphia, the very seat of the
Bank that scarcely such state Of prosperity
wtncsscd-tat millions of money are seeking invest
mcnt-that the gold coin is getting freely into cir
cuation-hat though the Bank Of the United States re-
fuses TO pay it out yet 1t can be obtained in the State
Banks-and that many of the merchants transferring
their accounts TO the State Banks because believed
that the U. 5. Bank will be compelled wind up its az
fairs at the expiration OF its charter But the evidences
OF the public prosperity numerous that il is
derfn how they should have escaped the Chief Magis
tratc in search of informaiiOa
2 The Message says, IS Millions of the public treasure
lre) deposited where but the favored few tell
The list OF the Depositc Banks well the
deposited there have been submitted TO Congress- from
time to time-and can be obtained at any moment by
call from any Wing Member of Congress-
g. is guarded Of guarded at ally by unknown con-
trivances, devised by the same heads &c &c. The
very same, the Governor ought to be informed by
which they were guarded in the days of jefferson and
Madison, of Gallatin and Crawford.-That they are
not more efectua now is the fault of the present
Administratonbut of his Wing friends in the last Con-
grcss who rejected the Bill from the H. of R-'rhe
President has again called the attention of Congress to
the subec-and invited them guard the public trea
sures against all unnecessary control of the Executive
power And we shall see whether the Opposition in
the Senate will again set their faces against Reform
O. The Message points to an evidence in the public dis
ress, IN the fact that hc payment of the taxes lin four
State Treasury has been made Tess pyompav and th,
collection of them difficult than has usually hap
pened Yet the First Auditor contradicts this fact
for, he says, "Ihe of the year has been paid
with the usual punctuaiy But TO all sor, of
doubt, a report was presented Wednesday last
by the Treasurer, on a call of the House of Dele
gates made at the instance of Mr. Sherard from
which it appears, that the rece,oed to the
LIST Decembcr lo'4, exceeds that of any year the
last ycars-that it }45 ,266 Sj-we the receipts
for the year ending Dec 1st 1885, only 1895 OH 80
that instead OF being less promptly paid It paid
1888, only S20S I66 a was received the sum of ol
$50 ~ paid in last Octobcr-bcing sum larvcr by
$4,000 dollars than had been received in the preceding
October, and 10000 more than in October, lS:,2!
D. The Governor refers to the Revolutionary claims
for Land bounties-complans of their accumulation
and states that 'if the number disposed of in past time
bears any proportion TO that have been called upon TO
decide during the short period have been in Office the
aggregate would very far exceed the number of Just
claims of this Sort which by any possibility could ever
have existed against the Commonwealth Here the
Governor completely overlooks the fact that has only
been two three years since the papers in the CAPITOL
have been ransackedand evidences Of the claims of
soldiers been obtained. Hence has happened that so ma
ny OF these claims have poured upon the last and the
present governor he number submitted to Mr.. Taze
well, therefore, form criterion of those
winch have been disposed of III past time But the
report which has Just been made upon this subject l
the Committee OF the House of Delegates shows how
incorrect are the previous iacments and how iidic-
Gus Is the proposition he has founded upon them The
Report says
Your Committee have attention to the enquiry
mas 9'en m Of applications for land bounty @ the
and papers relating TO revolutionary matters
ac story ofte capitol AgentIoman competency
e PIesen, eomnI..oner OF revolutionary claims, selected by
information, hitherto deycopc and the Legislature
az S last session thinking that this information ought be made
public for the benefit othOo concced
be made In consequences Of this heretofore ignorant
the services ofiicr but could by
factory proofs behold them sulanncd by
E mn , "nnoeI ., spPIcaons mas been much
hsS e a s 9n. oasOq o general character why
war; some who had performed services independent
Many in the service who's" pre
ni " have bee" unaware that they Lad claims to bounty
SO much for the inflammation" which he commune
Gates We pass over the propositions which Inc makes;
only the which lie advances in relation TO the
Internal improvements of the State This has drawn
forth but one sentiment of opposition from every citizen
who IS friend ofthc James and Kanawla work; or in
decd ofany liberal scheme for the internal improvement
OF virginia Who can compare the spirit which prevails
either in New York. Pennsylvania or Ohio--tie loans
which they have contracted and the profits which they
reap from their improvements the spirit which
Pcsdes over the late Message without certain degree
OF DISBURSEMENT and indgnaticn'
The Boston Centinel says, at it does not become The
Editor OF the Enquirer to complain, if at last the
rule ot prescription has visited him; that thc poisoned
chalce intended for others, has but reached his own
lips; that amid the prescriptions of the present Admin
istration eve have not heard syllable Of complaint
from that paper; with much other slang of the same
character Now, defy the Boston Ccntinc to point
out list 'chen did we call for the Introduction Of
tins proscrptiye principle into Virginia. Whose head
did we wish taken Off in the hottest times of party
spirit, and when for many years were connected
with the dominant party in the Legislature? Not one
In the "a place, defy him to say when did we ap-
prove OF any prescription in the Federal Government
Tor opinion SobcP But if this rule is now to be adopted
ny me seifstyed Wings of these days, presume as
Richmond Correspondent writes in The Maffingburg
Republican, "thcse consistent gentlemen will not IN fs-
tire annoy with the cry Of prescription when
Dor for a livelihood"
II gives much pain to the death Of two Of the
Delegates of the General Assembly BrNIAMiS POLLAHD,
Esq of KIM & Queen and DR. ,,,ts & HARNESSES III