Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-03-19

Thus leaving balance as the DEBT con.
trac,ed during the Administration OF
SIR Van Buren,, by the issue OF lrea-
sury notes which had not been re-
| deemed oil - =;
.,mcn, and 10 il the following note Is appended, VIZ
This amount OF notes received of duties anu
,rds .n.rouen, 3!st of DECEMBER EAU anu WITCH were
MI poed en- for record the 80 OF March, i by the account
From tb, il will be seen that this balance should be
diminished BIZ the amount of Treasury notes which
rars ,eceiv.d in the payment of public dues 'om IL
Isl dsy of January the Sd day OF March, Ga, oo.a
DAYS inclusive, being period OF s'xty-t"o Gays. VT.
W. could not withhold the expression OF MS 50 pro.
and egret that the amount of this deduction bad not
been scertained and made in the document ell
These notes must have been "repored on tor eco.o oy
the accounting officers long before the 80 OF Dec,
lS4I, the day on which the call Tor tins information
was made BY the Senate. 1t is Impossible 10 suppose
that Treasury notes. received in payment for duties or
lands on or before the Sd Of March, lell, were I'm
the bards of the accounting officers tor settlement,
on the 23d of December, lo4I and had not then VI
naiy pissed those officers; and as the call OF the Sc
nate not answered until The lotn cay OF January
Is42 eighteen days after It was made, II woud seem
that this simple fact might have been ascertaned aud
made certain in the answer to that call
| As, however, that had not been done, MIR. w. had
sought information upon this point from The highes,
source the record evidence IN the possession Of
the Department upon which the call had been MADE,
and felt authorized TO say. from the evidence thus
obtain that the amount OF Treasury notes issued un-
der MIR Van Burens Administration, and so IN tact re-
deemed the LIST OF January and the Cd oil March,
lS4l was not less than one million; thus reducing the
debt contracted during that Administration, and un-
paid at It's close from the above given OF SOo01
| 36l 81 to $500, 36l "a. This would correspond
very nearly TO the oil that debt so frequently
and confidently made by the late Secretary OF the lrea
sury now the honorable Senator from New Hampshire
| NH Woodbury. during the late extra session That
gentleman had uniformly stated this balance OF debt at
about five and half millions. So far then, to the ex-
tent Of about ire millions hundred thousand dollars
expenditures beyond the and available means
Of The Treasury during period of four years OF the
most excessive appropriations which the history OF the
country in time of peace, had presented, or could
present.
How was it with the present Administration The
same document would answer The question Tor the 80
day of December last 1t states the amount OF the
whole public debt, upon tina, day, TO
have been sl4,72sOS5 20
Here, again, the same items of old debt
| should be deducted, to arrive st the
amount Of debt contracted BY the pre-
| sent Administration. They are given
! in the document, as follows, viz
debt of the corporate cities of the
Di.trlc, Of Columbia, assumed BY .o, m
The odd funded and uniunded debt,
The funded debt, principal So, iai &c
Interest .io'2s a ,.o III,
The unfnndei debt, regis
tered certificates 2b,oa2 IL
! Do. Treasury notes Issued
| during the late lilo w
| Do Mississippi certii- 1900
| 53io W
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