Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1847-01-02

more bitterly for shrinking from his duties,
instead OF dschsrging them in person, as
required by the first section OF the act; 18th.
because he was able to take the bonds with.
out being signed, and to sign them as they
were sold, leaving the unsold bonds unexe.
cuted, as they ore to this day, that portion
wanting the signature OF the Executive,
thus avoiding risks which no agent could
have avoided; 18th because the state ran
only about the same risk in allowing the
Executive to execute, sell and exchange or
redeem the bonds, that she did in allowing
him simply to execute the bonds; l4,h, be.
cause any remove from the Executive TO
another person increased the risk to the
state; 18th because the official business OF
the Executive al home, had been pushed suk
ficientIy in advance to give him time to at.
tend TO the sale Of the bonds; 18th, because
the Executive had other official business at
Washington City, to which he had promised
to attend, and which, al that time, he sup.
posed would require his attentions; 17th
because as the state had made the Execu
tive 10 do the work, il seemed improper for
him to shrink from the duty, and to trans
fer it to an agent Of his own, unless the pub
lie interest had required that course. In
all this, the Executive may have been
wrong; but il so, then it was wrong in the
last Legislature to require him to perform
the services, and the sin should be referred
back to them, and not be visited upon the
Executive. But whether all this shall be
determined to be wrong or not. may depend
upon the result Of the matter, which we
shall see in the end.
But, to proceed with the particular en-.
quiries made by the mover OF the resolution.
The Executive is asked "the amount OF ex.
penses attending the same," meaning the
sale and exchange or redemption OF the
state bonds. This inquiry may be divided
into TWO branches; LIST the expenses to the
state and, Cd, the expenses to the Execu.
tive the former OF which it is proper to
communicate 10 the House, and the latter
to the honorable mover "particuiarly."
The answer then is, that the expense charg.
ed TO the state was "siK hundred and TWEEN.
ty.fve" dollars, but the expense to the Ex.
ecutive was largely over that sum. ..
But, the honorable mover OF the resou-
ton, asks, not only for the "expenses," bu,
afterwards "particularly" for the "items'
Of the expenses. This is the covert part Of
the resolution, and that which was pronoun
ced IN the beginning not very reputable to
the mover, and which was intended and de-
signed to be offensive and disrespecttul to
the Executive, and which the Executive is
well satisfied went through the House un.
observed; because, in justice to that body,
he 10 bound to believe that they ask for no
information which II is not practicable to
get, which it is not proper to get, which
ought not to be communicated if the Exec
utive had it, and which would be Of no use
il communicated, as the honorable mover Of
the resolution we'll knows, or ought 10
know. .-... D. -..... d.
The best disposition which can be made
Of this inquiry, is, to divide the answer be-
tween the House and the honorable mover
of the resolution, as was done in the pro.
ceeding inquiry. In the first place, then, The
answer is, most respectfully to.the House,
that the only "item" Of expense 20 the state,
is the "six hundred and twenty five" dol.
lars above mentioned. In the next place,
with due respect TO the honorable mover,
the answer is, that the expense Of the
| Executive were various-numerous-"
tedious to mentlon"--his breakfast, his DIN.
ner or his tea, when he had the time and
| appetite to eat it-an apple or an orange,
lemonade or sponge cake, piece OF
cheese or q cracker, a glass of brandy or
some old rye, when, from hard travel, much
fatigue, and great want Of sleep, he was
| too unwell to take more substantial food /;
or else, from rapid travelling, had no time
to stop and get 1.-THE backing Of his
boots, or brushing the dust out OF his coat,
or hiring q servant to hasten his dinner, IN.
stead Of forcing him TO eat through series
OF regular courses-hack hire and omnibus
hire, porterage and drayage-stage fare,
rail road. fare, steamboat fare on the lakes
gulfs, rivers atd bays--all these, and warn.
Gus other STEMS" multiplied many times
over, making, perhaps thousands in the trip
of six thousand mhes--nake up the stems
of expense to the Executives long list
hard 10 get. and hard to give.
To enable the House better to under
stand the subject, it is proper TO state, that
an act was passed in le4I, requiring the
Governor Of this state, to ''execu,e and de-
liver to the Bank Of the State Of Missouri
the bonds Of the state, to the amount of two
hundred and ffty-,hree thousand, two hun
bred and sixty.one dollars" to "be payable
ten years after date, but redeemabie five
years after date" and to shear interest a
a ratio not exceeding ten per cent. per year
pay able semi-annually." The full amour
Of tho bonds was sold at par, bearing tel
per cent. int. per annum. II should be oh
served that this law neither authorized IN,
Governor to sell the bonds. or spply tn,
proceeds. See the law. page 81. II shoul'
be observed, also, that the bank guarantee,
, the payment OF principal and interest Of