Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-07-16

The available balance, however, S6,ooo,000 and ns
would take that
He then proved that there public debt, from
The So cre,ary own report, Notwithstanding the gentle
man from ~ Y, Mr.. Barnard had made the people be.
lev. that there was debt Of S40,000,OOO.
Rank of the U. s., he said was necessary for the
Federal party not outstanding had been condemned
bv the people And protective tariff which Mr. At
ans sa;d members were lodging the other day, wasne
cessary TO make the BANK
He said the report of the Secretary was deIusive and
calculated TO mislead the public mind He tkoupb
the President had the most right TO complain nj Il,
He made no chnrge against the PRESIDENT, ont showed
in six cases that the Secretary and PRESIDENT disagreed
in their account of the debts aud expenditures VI
Jones went on at great length to criticize The coauc
| of the Secretary. He defended the past Admlnsra
ton and said that rotation in office was SAID IN VIZ
gina by an opponent, to be rolling out OF one Office
into better one. He thought Wing reform and ecoro
nv WAS rolling from one debt to u much larger one
MIR Garrett Davis OF Kentucky then proved ,o h..
own satisfaction that we in debt twenty million,
of dollars.
MIR. Dawson of Georgia showed 10 his satisfaction
that we were in debt about fourteen millions OF dollars
| and ayerred that figures could not lie.
Mr. A,he rton Of New Hampshire then commenced
, searching speech. lie alluded to Mr.. Barnarcs
manufactured debt Of S4000O.0O0, which, having
misled the people at the last election, is no longer
needed and is therefore repudiaied by lis author
He said if two statements conceded IN amount, The
\
| agreed The President, Secretary, Mr. Barnard, and
ali hands, were at swords point in figuring up. Gen
tlemen agree nothing, excepting III charging upon
the past Administration debt OF millions. ! he whole
design was TO make an excuse for tins session Tie
Secretary Of the Treasury, although he has page upon
public debt never states what the debt s, what items
constitute the debt lie alluded TO the charges Of eS
travagance now and then referred TO speech last
year. wherein the Administration was called nggadly
and parsn,onous. lie asked where the reformers
NJ relnp
pendtures and he was laughed at. Now the Srcrr.
,ary asks for larger sum; and he was satisfied that he
was inaccurate in his whole report. lie referred TO
MIR Ewing including IN his deficit sum OF 81 1000
O00 TO be kept in the FIscALlrY to trade upon. De-
duct this and the appropriations, the cost .! this
extra session. and the amount of Treasury not
due and the balance in the MINT and shall have
deficit of two millions. Correct the Secretarys
rors and the deficit but one million.
If this Congress could not pass Bank bill the gen
tleman from Kentucky said he would adjourn and 90
home This showed that he dad not care about Tie
convenient debt and this Mr.. Atherton thought pro-
per and frank admission. Mr.. At!.erton went INTO
the matter IN detail
Mr. Fillmore of New York now rose 10 speak.
Mr. Cave Johnson OF Tennessee objected u W..
Fillmore speaking after he had spoken once but
Mr. Fillmore moved to amend the first section Of tie
bill by striking out and inserting new clause, he was
allowed to 20 on, with the appreciation and consent OF
the committee This amendment limits the loan 10
three years the estimated time Of the existence OF the
present Administration and extends the amour, OF IN
lrres To 8 per cent.
Mr.. Fillmore then planned the Of offering his
amendment and went 10 show that II was very proper
to pay the debts of nation with another and larger
debt as soon as practicable. And he believed that
number Of the Wings wished TO have this Admnlstra
ton pay off the debts of the last lie SAID there might
be debt when no appropriation had been MADE 10 meet
il. lie said Mr. Ewings mistake in his Treasury re-
port occurred in putting down wrong item, then add
Inp COumn-tllen
then forgetting TO change the amount Truly tins was
sad mistake for Secretary of the Treasury and wha,
is singular than all the rest 49, hatshc mtsaIes
all appear against the Treasury. The hour Of two
clock having arrived, Mr. Fillmore cut OF il the
midst of his speech by the Wing rule, which limited
the speaking TO that hour
Mr.. Gilmer of Va, moved 10 strike out the first
section and insert clause authorizing the President
to issue Treasury notes Telers were demanded, and
It was rejected By 81 yeas, III nays.
General Mckay now moved TO strike out "tae Sc
cretary Of the Treasury, and insert he President 81
the u. s."
The Chair said the amendment not IN order
Mr. Fillmore, who had an amendment TO offer, said
the Chair wrong.
Mr. Clifford took appeal, and it was decided By tell
by ayes OF, counted So the decision oiie
Chair was reversed The question on MIR. Mckays
amendment put and losl-ayes 81 noes 10.
Mr. Mckay offered the following anne ndmeni, winch
lost
"Prorided Tha; no part Of the money borrowed shall
be applied to deiray any Of the public expenses The
actual and estimated means of the Treasury from the
various sources Of revenue for the year S4 suh-
cent make The aggregate expenditures OF that year
equal to what they in 1870"
| Mr. Clifford of Maine moved TO amend the bl! by
adding proviso that no money should be expended
but payment Of debts due by the United States on
ith March, lsil.
The amendment Of Mr.. Fillmore, limiting the bill 70
three years, then passed. and per cent was insert
ed instead Of per cent. IN the second section.
\ Mr. J. Van Buren, offered section To pa Tie
debt out Of the nett proceeds Of the public lands
/ Rejected
The committee then and reported the bill TO the
/ House.
Mr. Morgan Of New York moved the previou. que'
! ton
The previous question seconded BY l25 yeas nays
not counted
The yeas and nays then taken upon ordering the
main question, and it ordered by l26 yeas, and :
nays.
The amendments then concurred in, and the bill
was ordered to be engrossed by yeas l2z, nays ~
The previous question then moved upon the pas
sage of the bill by Mr. Stanly of North Carolina and
there second. The bill then passed b. yeas
l2I, nays %.
The House then adjourned until tomorrow a, y
o clock.