Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-04-03

tzans might arrive at the conclusion that the difficulties
they encountered wcr1atribuabc TO ether than dc
ranged currency consequent the misrulc ofthe Federal
Executive; while others experienced and who had
been accustomed Ia the uSUai difficulties Of such colcc
tons would discover unusual arrangement and would
hnd all things IN their accustomed condition And had
the Governor extended his enquiries e doubt would
have discovered, that it is no unusual for
Veroi OF the s riffs, every year to "J0r0c money
their "o'rn credt TO pay the taxes, the collection of
which, they had not completed aud chat. too. unire
quently to enatlc them the two aud half per
cent allowed them by law for prompt payment of the
revenue.
The undersigned win not attribute improper motives
10 the Governor, other officer, whose official
They called upon TO notice but believing that his in
aerences not warranted by and that his conclusions
ere not properly dcducblc from the facts they exist
ad and that they are calculated to mslcad the public
tnd to prejudice the people against the Federal Execu
i've, they could not consistently with their duty suffer
rhem to pass without comment If the farmers gene
tally hare comparatively c at chich TO rtyine ,ceter
Mey took 10 he present tie past or to The future surely
,hey ought not to be less prompt in the payment Of
che small dues TO the Common wealth. III our Ia
so"rtRg class hare not fat The pressure of ,oant
urey the Sheris should have found unusual difficult
ty in making the usual collections. If the prvaions
experienced elsewhere share here ien upon Mosc only
s0hO could best sustain them, surely no nsupcrabc CD.
stace need have been encountered to prevent the pay
men oil the revenue OF the current year cquang that
OF the year last passed And if cousp0ratire quiet and
hapPybdnqutty prevailed tSrOuehOut Pirgiaia amidst
Mc of unt and disorder ,chirh hare anif0f,d
some portions Of e ncghJorin Saics surely Virginia
ought to be the last to be found procaimng herself def
cient IN resources, her citizens the be want
ing IN promptly meeting the just and moderate demands
OF their own government.
Inc undersigned cannot but view the whole argument
OF the Governor upon the deficiency in the Treasury as
III direct conflict with other parts of his Message and
tending TO shcw how easily grea, minds asray
by Pre'conceived prcjudices and msappcd dedactons
AND deprecang ms they do, the tendency which seems
daily increasing invest every subject with party hab
hments they cannot but desire disrobc the Message
n such foreign ornaments and present the facts they
are made manifest by the documents referred to-
Upon survey of the whole ground presented TO the
committee by the resolution referred to- and the commu-
nicatons OF the Governor and Auditor the undersigned
cannot conclude without congratuating the House of
Delegates and the whole country the atterng con.
dition Oft the finances whether they take consdera
ton the ability possessed by the taxpayers to discharge
all the obligations of the Government upon them or the
promptitude and fidelity with which the agents charged
with the collection of the taxes have performed their
duty JOHN SHERRARD
G.. w. WILSON,
BART c. PAYNE