Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-04-01

o,.,r. statements ni the issues CT reasury hotes,
correcting error III the report upon 'ne s'ae VI m
To,.ury made 10 the President the 9Th instant, and
I;.,, r,s communicated TO the House with his late
respcctipg the issue and redemption oil fea
surv notes The Secretary states IN ths commuh'ca-
lion that the was one oil clerk, VINO TOOK i"'
,,d ,L, I'll the Treasury notes issued IN the months
- M,,.L A,,r,l and MAY, ISL, aud which bear less
,,o,es tian six per centum had been long since re-
deemed and did think it necessary TO notice the
=, ol,. Int limiting his enquiries TO the ISSUES oil SIX per
cent, notes cbaiusd from the chei crrS III the once
nj the Treasurer, statement dated on The 1lh m
..,i .boyiur the amount oi such issues III lie
months referred 10. II appeared however, upon
more careful research that the statement rom The Ire
sur.rs Office was itself incorrect IN omittng an ISSUE q"
dls 5g1 A; Of SIX per cent mates; which although acn
v made IN June was, pursuance Of Treasury regu
I,,o conferred upon the books O. the Treasury Of The
month Of Nav preceding The discovery OF hs error
;,drced more careful examination IN the c!lce OF The
FIR, Comp,roer the First Auditor, the Register OF
,l,a Treosury and Commissioner OF the General Land
O,;ca i,b view To ascertain, far The records OF
,bose nfces would enable it TO be done, the amount OF
notes actually redeemed. The statement from the OIL
cea show that Of the Of SlG6s Zoo ~, issued as
ner the Trpssuers report in March, April, and May
I.lI the amount redeemed is 81 ,n5G7:6 30, leaving
balance outstanding of 300 42, which exceeds the
estimate of notes outstanding, as mentioned in the Sc
crctarv's report, by the sum oil Sloio,t' ~ From
this sn the Secretary says deduction must be made
for the notes remaining in the cusionhousos and land
offices which hare been returned 10 the Treasury
;he amount of which, however, is not supposed 10 be
| large.
of tae Whole OH the state oil the union having IN
c,,arge the Loan bill, and was ordered TO be printed
| Mr. BARNARD moved that the Committee on the
Iutcary be discharged from the further consideration
Of the resolution Gircctin. an inquiry whether any
measures were necessary 10 prevent interference or
competition by foreign steamers with the revenue aws
of the United States The motion was agreed to, a'
Tho resolution was referred To the Committee on The
Post Office and Post Roads
The House then wen. into Committee cf the Whole
on the state Of the Union, Mr. WARD i'll the chair and
| took up the Loan bill.
he was interrupted by motion to and report pro-
gress
he said Yesterday when he moved that the commit
tee rise cloud o night had passed over this dome and
he really thought that night had come or he wouc not
have made the motion he dad There vas a stormrag
inp without doors as we'll within and, like Aux Of
old all that he wanted light-no,h'ng more; and
not only the light Of day. but light on the subject before
the committee.
When the committee rose yesterday, he nqnir-
nr the object and the motive of the chairman OF the
| Committee of WAYS and Means and the party with
which he acted doing nothing at thus session. lie
asked the question last night, and lie repeated again
TO day Why was there contrast between the course
of the gentleman (Alr Fimorc) at the called session
ths the expedition and despatch Of business
WHY was il that they that gentleman NJ this ses-
sion holding with the hounds and running with the
! hare: Why it in another form that they heard
the gentleman mugling the cry OF "hasse, haste with
the words "honor and "credt,, and "nerests CT the
| Government" And yet around the neck ofevey bill
which he presented 10 this House he tied milestone.
WHY was this course pursued What object could
there be in this policy of do.nohing al this long, ed-
Gus session: This was ar important topic, and an I'M
portant subject. What the motive for this delay:
ale who runs may read The whole policy, nne the
whole design of the party in this delay. But he asked
it determined that John Tyler ut all events, shall
be '.heacd in his attempt to do something Tor SUI
ierng country They had the problem OF finance to
sove they had the question othe currency 10 settle ard
the difficulties the Government TO overcome; they had
To make for the public defence; they had
measurable amount Of relief TO vote to the country ana
the man who by his wisdom and hrmness al tins tlme
shall bring order out Of chaos, and prosperity out OF
6epression will deserve a monument of gratitude from
this country The true old rule as laid down BY tlc-
race literally Translated, was, The intercesson of the
rods is never be invoked but to overcome difficulties
worthy of being solved by the gods The d'ihcnl.
ties and dislrcsses and the embarrassments OF the
country at this time, he had almost sad, and he
hoped he would not imriously have said 1t, are
worthy of solution by Deity. 1t had been his
opinion for long time that the wisdom OF man was
no. 10 relieve the country but that time and DIVINE Fro
vdence alone could interests from utter ruin
Certainly If those difficulties and ADVERTISEMENTS were
not worthy of the gods they were worthy VI ne hsh'
est and noblest of men, be he who he may. ne gen
Itlpmcn
rule and eservipg those difficulties for Deity 10 solve
were reserving them for some poor feeble man. Yes,
one who has another sobrquet-"a particular chef-
ain-ns given to him in the course OF the debate yes
terday So they have all the dstre sses, all Tue
embarra OF the country postponed until they had
had another trial before the people, to see whether the
particular chieain could not have the opportunity OF
obtaining the credit Of triumph and victory over these
dsiresses. Was this the policy Of the gentlemen =
lfthey admitted it, and their conduct would seem 10 ndi'
T., ,hor, Ton nj
he asked of his constituents and of the people at large,
of all par,es-and il q solemn and pertinent ques'
tom what 10 become of our poor country, Whist po-
lticians playing this game: Debt, derangemen',
ssconfusion coniounjed 10 reign, ana oanK
rupicy both national and individual, was to destroy
and wreck all around-the currency TO remain in
disorder and the creditor well as The debtor was 10
be ruined, that they might wait for the opportunity Tor
tspartcuIar chieaIn 10 unite the knot. were gen
tlenen lost to all Of patriotism as TO attempt
TO deprive the present incumbent OF the rresnehtai
chair oil the honor and credit of serving the county
it was the only honor and credit he asked, or thhl ms
friends asked for him; when, they must recoiiee''
their country and their constituents were TO lie tue
sufferers by this policy: Was it true that these gem
emen were not willing that either God or man should
save the country from its present embarrassments,
unless that man be their man Was that the so'n'
ton of this procrastnation Politicians OF wash
ington too good for this suicidal poiicy.
IL was doing violence to politician nature 10 pre-
men and guided their actions. Would not relief be re.
ef no matter whence it came: Was ii true OF relief,
as of the pool of Bethesda, that the waters snail
have virtue unless the angel descends 10 trouble
them, What mattered il to The constituents OF those
gentlemen or his own, from whose head or whose heart
wise sagacious patriotic, and beneficial measures pro-
ceed' Dad they one lot or one little whether such
measures from John Tyler, Harry OF the West,
or any other man Would relief with the restoration OF
prosperity be any the less blessing, because 1t comes
from instead Of an"ther: Was any one man so
heart in this country that his sanction shall
swce,en blessings than the sanction of another
He was induced to make these remarks by the course
that had been pursued here in connection with the
course pursued elsewhere and he asked gentlemen II
they had heard the mumurng rise, in doors and out
OF doors, that there class OF politicians who avosS
that they would prefer defeat, disgust, arrangement,
debt, delenceless condition, doubt despair, and ruin
under particular chieftain, than triumph, or
der, credit, defence, prosperity, under any other
Mr. G. ii. WILLIAMS rose and proposed some
! a., hnn not