Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-10-16
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written out, tu' mol delivered during lie late session OF
Congress In that part o. tie speech no, delivered, is
The following pafsgreph:
"rul another moGe is adopted by the Federal psrty
having tie majority in either House, swell the c1
penses against the wishes Of the Administration, and
then charge The eXtravSCancc 10 H. For example, at
the present session. the House printed mare than one
hundred thousand dollars in dCcum, ns, many OF them
not worth The paper (now made waste paper on which
they printed. OF this is volume Of one hun
died and thirty eight pages, consisting entirely Of The
cancelled dn!is of Tie Treasury which my colleague
mir Bond) called for, and had printed lie could have
had motive in calling for this but make fat job of
rule ard igurc work for Gals and Seaton lis just
valunhls york many cancelled checks drawn
bnnk In The br ginning Of The Session mr. Garland,
of Virginia Conservative, called for the correspond
ence oil the Treasury with the banks. The House
informed that he:e not clerks in The Department
sufficient TO prepare during the term of ,hemembers
II would have made lat job Of at least so 900, on
which The rcnll"nans friend, Mr. Allen, would have
had per cenagc, and Gales 81 Seat0n their protis-
Another cal! made by him for all the documents in
regard 10 tie Geaulles TO the Treasury; and his would
have been 10 copy and print The papers Of The Office of
the Solicitor of the Treasury OUt and out This would,
besides the expense OF copying at least $4,000
for printing 1t found there were not clerks
enough 10 make the copies, ard Mr. Garland moved
resolution 10 aulharse appointments for this pur
pose but il failed This shows what the Conservatives
and Wings 'roniG hare dOnc Ivy of bringing grist
Gales X Spatons press 10 alnrd profits them,
aud Increase the per cenage Of Allen. What they have
done appears from the gross Of one hundred and
twenty thousand dollars Tor the extra and present
sion OF the House printing with an nrreGr of fifteen
thousand dollars Yet ID received for il. with forty
three thousand dollars for Books; and al least forty
thousand TO be realised tie rate for the up.
Pr"acng session showimE on nggegale Of TWO
HUNDRED AND IElRTf-SEpEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS for one branch Of Congress for Con.
grcssio"a term; whereas Messrs Blair and RveS have
received daring the six years my colleague (Mr. Bond)
has scanned r!! printing. only hundred and sixty
thousand dollars for Congress printing and materials,
aud hundred and fourteen thousand from all the
Departments for the same time
This paragraph contains two charges against o
the FIST that III the beginning Of the late Session Of
Congress made raIl for he c0rrcsycndeucc of The
TREASURY rrM Mc Ganks"-tIr second il, that ! made
another call for '"N NE G0cWincniS rcerd 10 The de-
fari'c,s qf he TrrdSury'earh of which documents il
il said would have cost tie Government so ,0uO Tho
Globe Of The .Oh inst repeats 'lr charge in the FOL.
loving terms:-"iie {spcakrnr of alr Bond and his
spcgch) coud Join Mr. Garland in calling for the BASK
CoERLsPoSpsNcr for rEAEs RACK, which would have
mGGc volumes rs large The Old documents III 1rhich
Gales & Se1toa received Sl0n.GOO II | made any
such calls do rcc"l!rcl iIrm if did, am ready
10 adai.t that they not necessary, and that
Justly ccnsuro!c; but am W. Il satisfied that Mr. Dnn.
has been misIcd upon this subject and that upon
al examination Of he Journals, Ec will find that lie
mistaken both The date and tie scope of The
lulOns which offered
The resolution 10 hicli have 10 doubt Mr. Duncan
refers not offered in the beginning OF The late
siGn but ctl,rcd lh" l2!h day of October last,
fu days before the close ni the extra session The call
not Tor 'GN tie correspondence Of lie Treasury wHh
hs BG9:tS hut for hc Of all receivers cGlIrct
crs. or tcposors o! he public m"rry leo in de-
IHu to the Coycrnmr ut: tie "GiCUut of such default
the lCrnfh Of tire due, the rCruy given, if any and
low much he'd been, would likely be- lost, together
wish ell correspondence upon the subject, from Tie first
day ci January. 1884. to that time; cali confined ls
scope entirely TO existing dr!aGcrs md in The
n""I-.9- s~.'~d "r f,ur .aars only TIE following
is a Iruc cG?y # the resolution:
"RcsCirCd, That The Secretary of the Treasury com.
mn ia rs llp
practicable The cl all receivers collectors, de
rosirnrs OF the public money AEE ~ DEFAULT 10
the Government. the amount Of such default, the length
OF time due, the security given. If any, how much
has been will likely lie lost, together with copy OF
all correspondence upon The SUBJECT from the first day
OF Jaruury l~:i 10 This time
This resolution read in Tie hrarirg Of the House
before IT was offered; then offered and taken up
by he uranimuus Cnrscnt ri HE HOUSE and adopted
without single dlSs"niient, IS wcllas rrco!cc This
call which made the l2lh day Of October was
not answered until the l1ih day of January following
and then only in Part Tie crol Of The l7;h Of Janu.
airy contained list ui The p"P"ste Banks, and the
names Of the collectors a;!d CcriY!S in default, together
with the due. the character The security given
with explanatory notes. in fact the whole resolution
answered the copies Of ihc correspondence call
ed for. Appended 10 tbs report letter 10 the Sc
crcary Of The Treasury accompanied with ore from The
Solicitor Of tie Treasury, 10 bur in these words
Office IF The Soiirior or The Trcae urn
January -, lc35.
Su: have Tie honor to return herewith the slate.
mcn Of the First Comptroller ct the Treasury, Of the
amounts due from certain collectors OF tho customs,
which referred by You 10 this Office, he 9Th De-
ccmher lc:j7; and also the statement Of the officer
of lie amounts due from certain receivers Of pubic
neys which referred by you 10 this office, the
25ih December 1871 ! transmit herewith an abstract
Ct the nurmalln which il furnished 10y the records aud
correspondcnce Of This Office, GtIye to each OF hr
cases in these statements 1t impossible in this dice,
To give any thing Ike accurate summary of 'lle
at las been "r is likely to be lost: any
I,rn mad has, IJ,pt
rcItc Their than is br derived from the notes and
abstracts annexed TO each particular 1t will,
however he seen from The hat in oil probability some
Of The largest balances will lie entirely paid, ard that
many others will be greatly reduced.
In addition TO the statements received from the Comp
trollcr | transmit siatrme Of balances due from The
late posite bauks which have failed 10 HE requi
sons nf the Secretary of tic Treasury, under tie act
of lGh October last; and also statement Of balances
due from hanks formerly repositories Of The public mo.
ncY which! unavailable together with similar notes
and abstracts of the information that can be furnished
from .he records and correspondence of this office:
II. d GlLPlN,
Solicitor Of lie Treasury.
To the Hon LEVI WooyBuRT.
Secretary 81 Tie Treasury
From fair Interpretation Of the resolution, il is ma
nilest that the Solicitor Of the Tlcnsury had msnpPre
he ndcd the scope of the resolution and regarded II as
recurring an extent Of correspondence which IL did not
require. Some few days after this report came In, be-
rynr the correspondence called for by the resolution
necessary the just decision Of he important financial
Gle on then depending before Congress, offered
resolution authorizing The Secretary Of The Treasury to
employ such tempcyary rid as would, with due re-
card To the other important business OF The department.
enable him report the corresponds III Time tn avall
in the final disposition Of that question: when | Otter.
I'd this resolution various other amendments were Of
fered which | thought would only etbarfass It. Be
lrre however, il was disposed Of, offered another re-
e,,ion calling .or The cSpundence Of The Trca
sury d., partmcn, alone with the dcauitcIs; thereby
.,,n.,seanp the correspondence called Tor by the
solution of the l2h Of October, and greatly lessen.
nr lis volume which w1s adopted without any objec-
ZION that | beaid SHos,ly after this resolution was
adopted the report in, and when my resolution to
au,horize the employment OF such aid might be deem