Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-03-29

one Congress, which have been before 70, ss,;s.
years pressed in vain. These claims are NO, li,h,,
or debts of former Administration.
Should Congress at any session appropriate s,r..
FIVE or ten millions OF dollars for French S,.'
items prior to 1900, such appropriation could -,
with any regard to truth or proptiety of phrase =
termed the payment Of the debt or liabilities Of anv
ceding Administration. The payment at anr f, -.
of disputed State claims for militia service, wbsta.
just or uni is not the payment Of the deb, o, f.,
bliities of a former Administration.
Instead of this new device, to produce false ;rr,
SONS as to The amount of debt existing on ,be :,
March, 1871, how much fairer and more in. ll,,h,
would 1t Rave teen to treat the subject in the nsn.
way, and 10 use terms connected with the financial ~
rations Of the Government in their common al
ceived acceptatlon. The delusions which are s,sm,,
ed to be created IN the pamphlet alluded to- Concern
the public debt, are founded upon report No - mar
from the Treasury Department, at the 2nd session =
the 27!h Congress, under resolution calling fo, ,ba
specific appropriations outstanding the I'm N,cl
lS4l-the indlhntts appropriations drawn between a..
March aud 3lst December, lSil, as we'll as the o,
standing Treasury notes on the 18th March, l..l
This resolution was lngen'ously designed 10 draw f,,h
Report vi ich might be tortured into the a,ns,
ance of sustaining the reckless assertion of the WHO,
that the Democratic party went out of power With II.
Van Buren,, leaving debt of lhlry.fye or fo,y ,oI
lions for them to pay. The statements which b,ya
sent you for publication, explain the whole subiec, 4
appropriations and expendureS.-They explain ia
amount of public debt created and left by Mr. v,
Buren's administration, and the enormous and rsns
augmentation of that debt in two years by the Wb,:
But let US make q comparison of the liabilities ri
the Treasury the 4!h OF March lS4l ACCORDING +,
this famous document, No 2Sl made 10 the 9th Con
gress at their % session, with the liabilities os the ,
sury on the 4ih March, lS43 according 10 a statement
prepared exactly upon the same principles How does
The matter of liabilities stand after foil two wears e.
perimen,s by the Wings
Liabilities on the 1h March, lS4l, S35,597 32j y
do. the 4th March, 1913, S44,o96 s9l .
TREASURY DrrARrMEsr,
Registers Office, 7th March, l544,
Hon. CAVE JoussoS, House of Representatives
Sri have the honor to refer You to the fologir,
statement of the amount for which the Treasury va
liable on the 4,h March, 1913, prepared in compliance
with your letter u the Secretary of the Treasury If
13d ul,imo-ond by hun referred to this ofice-"upoa
the same principles Of the statement made in documen,
from the Treasury Department, No. 2Sl, the secort
session of the twenty seventh Congress, which shea.
the liabilities Of the Government on the 18th Marcel
lcIl"
Statement OF the amount for which the Treasury ~,
liable on the 4th March, 1913
Specific appropriations undfawn 4th March, .i3 oi
appropriations Cor the half calendar year ending 3OA
June, 1S43, and previous
years, si5,3il ,974, 80
Specific appropriations
made for the service
Of the fiscal year CON-
mencing lst July,
1oi3, and ending Both
June, 1874 not placed
to the credit OF the
respective appropri-
tons until after The
3gth June, 1913, 1874, 1863 23-3l ,5S9,3 -
Indefinite appropriations drawn be-
tween 9Th March and 3lst December,
1913, l,Ool go ::
Treasury notes outstanding on the ith
March. 1913, il ,G56,3s; $
Sl4 9N s.
From which deduct the cash balance IN
the Treasury the 4Ih March, lSi3,
exclusive OF deposites with the States
and the unavailable funds due b.
deaultlng banks, as ascer,ained from
The books of the Treasurer OF the
United States, 5,793?59 &
S39,l73232
The above balance (s5, 1888 6il IN the Trtssor
does not include The SUN Of S4366l9 - trust irnc:
| have the honor 10 be,
Sir, your OBJ sery I,
7. l.. SMITH
From the liabilities on the tih March, lctl there
are TO be deducted S-62 o55 81, leaving S346o3@v9 q
Deduct also from Liabilities on the 4th
March, 1913, the sum of s., 723, 119 81
and they are S'''i'o'-'- d"
Increased liabilities Of lo43 over lSil i,30'"b5
So that the Wings after clustering about On enc
nous debt Of upwards of S35 COG 000, consisting
utilities resulting from outstanding appropriations an'
Treasury notes, have at The end Of two years !a 30
enormous debt of upwards Of S44,0O0,000, resuslr
also from outstanding appropriations and Trea;g I
notes In addition 10 this, look to The public d
,roper created in the same Two years, between y
March, lS4l, and 18th March, 1913
TREASURY DErARTmr>r}
Registers Office, 9TH March, leii.
Statement Of Tie PnLitc Dtit, rrsofed Lctneea he
starch, lsil, and the Sd .hareh, loi".
Loan under the act of 2lst July, ls4l,
redeemable Isl January, 1915, S5,C'29't -"
Loan under the act Of 18th April, ls42,
redeemoble Is, January, lc6a, e,.43--b