Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-12-25


The words for three days and inserting un,l Saturday
next which vas agreed to--Aycs SO, Noes H.
The question was then taken on the resolution as
amended, and it was agreed to--Aycs oil Noes 81
MIR Parker presented the following resolution.
ReSofred That Select Committee be appointed 20 in.
quirc INTO the apparent difference between the Message
oil the Governor and the report of the Auditor of Public
Accounts at the commencement of the present session
IN relation To the payment OF tic public revenues.
Mr. Parker said Il would L., rccocced that some DAYS
aS"a re solution MAS ihtToCnccd calling fer Information
az l" the amount OF revenue paid into the ;rcasury-upon
which report had been made this HOUSE bv the Tea
snrcr In that resolution which pres MED while he
(Nlr - was not i'm the House he feared that mo,e WAS
meant than met the eye. His object in proposing the
present resolution 10 10th the Governor ana
the Auditor from any false mpuation and t. defeat the
object of political parzans who might haos TO mai
uSe OF the apparent discrepancy to which the resolution
alluded was que no less to those officers than the
character OF the Commonwealth that the inquiry should
oe made IL ought not to forth To The public that there
was difference of opinion the amount of the re-
venue, Detwecn TWO oi The most responsible officers of
the State and he had been told that the apparent differ
ence could be readily cxplaned-for in truth there was
no real dihccncc between the views of the Governor
and the Auditor. At present il might Lc the opinion of
many that the other was liable to ccnsure but AZ
TINS WAS not the fact the seeming discrepancy ought
Mr. Sherrard sad that ,hc resolution alluded 10 by the
gentleman from Northampton, introduced by him
sell lie did not know at the time that the gentleman
was absent but had lac been present the resolution oud
certainly have been introduced His only object i'm its
introductory had been 10 ascertain the facts of the case
ana certainly, the discrepancy between the two docu
ments, made the enquiry natural and proper lie
thought the portion Of the Governors Message which
relates TO the finances was calculated To lnsrad the
public, and 10 induce belief in the first place that The
revenue of the State had fallen short durin. the present
year. and next that this deficiency had been caused by
the pocy and measures ofndiyduals elsewhere tho
ycw TAX, by the Governor was erroneous il was proner
hat the facts should be correctly stated and the CHROME
GUS impressions OF which he had spoken, renewed These
were ms reasons Tor introducing the resouton--wich
ne had done without concert with any one and without
any party or political object in view The report of the
Treasurer, IN compliance with the resolution had bean
N
revenue during the present year. He had no objection
TO committee being raised in order that were
thrown on either of the officers in question il mg rest
where IL was deserved
Mr. Parker said, that when n member moved reso-
luton calling for informaton and declared thai he had
no ncror object in view, his resolution would he (Nr
~ supposed, be rejected But if the gentleman who
moved this resolutions had no political object in view
sui IL had bcen used for political purposes by individuals
out oil the House and had been seized upon by party pa
pers as missile to be cast at the reputation of the Co
vernon If the gentleman would look al manor nub.b
cd IN the city this morning, he would that the result
OF his resolution had been used as weapon by which
That public officer to be wounded IL vas in The now
er oi the House TO put end 10 such mpua
lions; ana n the resolution which he (NIr. P) of.
iced should pass full explanation could easily be had
OF The difference alluded to, and it would result in 81
iSneins the tongue Of malgny, without the walls of
this House.
Mr. Shcrard said, he had already stated that he had
political object in view when he introduced his rcso
luton. Whatever right have been made of il b..
others he had no such design lie Understood the ge-
ueman from Northampton to imputc to him.
having introduced his resolution for political effect
Mr. Sherrord said he glad the gentleman did not
lie came here to represent portion of the State and to
perform iis duty far ii was i'm his mower Bnt hc
disagreed with the gentleman on this point: for me ,boob,
inns repor, could he understood as 4 party I15
she IMAM could The statement in the Governors Message
IN regard TO the finances The conclusion to which the
Governor had arrived ad it been afterwards suhstant
atcd) WAS calculated TO produce strong sensation
s,rougnoGt inc community and the Governors state
ments and speculaons had been fully much used for
political objects on side the Treasurer's report
had been on the other Fit was believed Tint there was
discrepancy III the statements of the two officers il was
TIC duty OF the house 10 call for information on tle sinh
IGct This had been done, and ie result was before tie
louse mere Is The Message Of the Governor and here
INC report oil lhe treasurer BY comparing them tore
thor the truth would be arrived al and that yos What Inc
was anxious should 60 forth 10 the people
Mr. Witchcr said, the gentleman from MORAN (NIr
Sherrard had stated that his object in calling upon the
Treasurer Tor statement of the Revenue paid into c
treasury by the first of December was to- disabus lie
public mind upon that subject and rive the Ects or d.
that it might be seen how far the Coycrn baJ
reported the truth to the Legislature If flat was f
gentleman object, (sad Mr. W. it is little rcmarka
Die that the information called for, was confined TO the
CONDITION OF the Treasury The first of Dece,0B,r To
that period OF time the Governor in his MESSAGE had No
crchce, Dul aiiuded only to the fiscal ysar which ter
inmates on The mtreM Of St;cmbcr-Mp To which time
all The fiscal officers of the State are required 10
make up Their annual accounts. BY reference 10
the Governors Message it is Obvious to an that
ne confined himself TO that time, and to that alone =
IL the gentleman had given himself tic trouble 10 mako
.c necessary enquiries he would have ascertancd that
governor Message were obtained from the Auditors
once IN written statement furnished to the Governor
ana that the Governor has been particular that after
wiring that portion of his Message which had reference
To The finances of the State hc presented and road IL 60
the Auditor, who read it, and pronounced tho Gcts
tanned III 1t to be true Notwithstanding This con-
tradlcton which seemed to exist between the statements
IN te governor Message, and the concluding de-
IN inc Auditor report when properly cxanin-
eu iur out to contradiction in appca rance only mud
not III iactthe Governor having only bcfr
observed 10 the end OF the fiscal year At the time hat
me Auditor read the Governor Mesa re as already so
,cu' he'eI nc nor the Governor knew could have
known, what the actual condition of tho 1Tro,srr,,
would be on the first of December and i'm
iin9 TO The Legislature the state of the finances ,v;t
IN ue last fiscal yeur, he had asccrtained iher,
IRON the Auditor, the Governor stated that the re-
celpts into the Treasury within that time had fallen short
OF the estimates made by the Committee of Finance
Oh tie torhcr House OF Delegates lie stated however
mat IN consequence Of there having less come nfo ts
treasury within the last fiscal year there yyoud necre
s"ny DC more paid into it within the present wear:
anu naslnuch as the amount in the TREASURY dTrinr
uic last year, was sufficient 10 meet all the disburse.
ihent5 within That time material ncOnVe would
be iet 1t viii be rccolectcd (sad MIR w that alto'
e revenue is not required TO be paid in by the Sberis
utl e nst OF november, annually yet It's the general
Pracucc Tor many OF them 70 pay before the thirteenth of
september. Whenever this is the case The nnou,t en-
Puiu Is IN TACT so much paid in anticipation of the rcve
hue Oh inc ensuing Observation-Disclosures ii constitutes
Poruon oil the balance remaining in the treasury a The
end oil the current year, is so considered ~ ali L
fiscal officers of the Government and bv tbs TI.,'.
una IL never makes any material difference nastnncb
as very nearly The thing occurs at the end of every
year unless the collections in some way obstrlced
Inc Auditor report taken in detail, arrives Mt the
same result at the same period But in Ibis instance tho
Auditor, as is usual for him do after ,n,c - ,n
report OF the receipts and Disbursements of the fiscal vear
aScertained that by the first Of December tho r,orne
,u ocea paid as was usual up to dat period; and in