Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-03-31
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b. The-Postma-.er General has published 9 ie.ter,
bnrhich he g:ses some statements thai wi bea
interest The reason wbisb determined the Presi-
dena MOTT call an eztrasssssion, was HIS snuwiiii
,iagpsss to rasauy portion of ,he coufsdesaesa'
q YdH !soiceih The councils qs the nssiOt. The
heoastessopsl elsctiO to held in fse ssntss
after the lst ufoetobsr. An extra session IN time
to afford.any relief could not possibly be ci!sl.
He states that:
t.Had the appropriation bill which f.ilel mlie
tho Isl Of July next tlHtfc Would obviously have
been nosnecesssy .f,r .ag extra session. The first
dareerIy service Of troc,orsfor that year will
not have been performed So as to ent!tle them 10
pay until the first of 0ctober; and by the terms
Of their contracts-thoss for railroad routes only
excepted--sixty days more mpst elapse before
ttheir accounts cd' be finally settled Which would
postpone the day Of. aymcnt I'LL the lst Of Decem
l.her, within less than q week from the regular
meeting of Congress" -
Hethen makes thefollowing financial statement:
"Snch, however, is no: the case. 7Thattiil also
provided that the sum of SS,SS8 1913 be, and the
same~is hereby, appropriated out Of any mopey in
the treasa,S not otherwise Appropriated, to sup
DIV deficiencies in the revenues Of the Post Once
Department. -for.the year ending the 39Ih ofJun
1852 Upon o careful examination and investi-
eation Il has been ascertaiued that the deficiency
will amount to about the sum Of So S85. .281 So.
thought, however, TO be observed that, afser the
Both of June next, the sum Of 1000 granted
| to the Department by the Acts Of March g. 1S4e,
K,,t Ell Ara SottoS axadd "a
livery Of FREQ smaipmatter. for Congress and the
Executive Departments, may be applied in part
TO the extipguishnent of this deficiency. This Will
leave the balance to be provided for S3 1886, 28i.
g5. OF this sum Of 81, 1885, 28l .96, the deficiency
which existed In the quarter ending on.the 3lst
of December amounted TO S749, ,84l. .98; that for
the, quarter ending Sfst Of Marchto Sf,964 1885,
| 26: that for the quarter ending Goth Of Dune TO-
SI,s7l ,2s6 Oh, fotai :, 1888, ,2sl So. -. =
J. '.The S749, ,63l. .68-he;ng the unpaid balance
OF the quarters liabilities closing Slst December
ana payable 2Sth February --can and viii be paid
\ by the Department within sixty, days from this
/ date; the payment of the principal part Of IL Will
| be made within thirty days, The effect Of this
viii be 70 divide the entire deficit ofS4. .SS5 28f3
1 95 between the quarters ending ,3lst March and
Both June, and payable 8lst May and Slst An
sust, SO that tbe suspension of payment Cd no
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few dsss, six months before the regular meeting
Of Congress; on nearly one half Of t the suspea.
sion viii be bat few days more than ttrse.
months" ''.F'H' =
The following opinion, which he expresses, viil
be gratifying to eontractors.>s-- - - -.
| ssThe debts due, and to become due, tothe con-
tractors ore ofs sacred character. The contracts
out Of which .thesedsbts arise have been entered
Pinto under the express authority OF existing laws
of Congress. To appropriate. money for theirpay.
ment is as obligatory and binding on Congress as
it is to provide for the principal and interest Of
4 the national debt. There never will be-there nes-
er cau be-a reputation OF this debt by the re-
pressntutives' of the American people. After the
amount due to each contractor shall have been
asc ertained and finally settled according to law.
This amount becomes specific debt of7record O.
gainst the United States. Its payment, is iuevi
table, and if the contractor desire to borrow mon
ey upon it, the lender could have no better secu
rifs. Besides as Congress are In default for not
1 having made an appropriation to meet tins debt,
il would be nomors than strict justice for themto
provide for the. payment of interest ou these ac-
cennts from the time Of their fnal adjustment by
the accounting officers of the department., and
when q, warrant would have issued for their pay
,ment had an appropriation beer made. This in
terest excluding from view that on the 81 AZ, ,841
now, in the courss Of payment, and applying %
the list Of July, to the extinguishment Of the prp.
cipal, the 500, ,0e0 for free matter which ynl
be then available-shoIld Congress think proper
to allow IT,. would amount to less than 100000
a sum not to be compared with the great dif-
fcutes and embarrassments Of public ind tpri
vate character which would result from holding 0
special session Of Congress, to say nothing of the
expense that would necessarily b. incurred, even
though the members should receive no additional
pay"
| He concludes by stating that system Of re-;
trebohment so as It may be practicable 'ander ex-
istihg laws, is now anIuiperitise duty 10 thesaa-
slinistratioI Of the department.. This will bc
gratifying to oppodents Of high tariff aud disss
lrous 'newsto the protectionists, who, by accumu
! idang expenditures, hoped to force even those
who were the advocates'of a'tarif fOrtrevsnus to
yield to the exigenoies ofthe Government. Mr..
Gaiasha Grow, the redoubtable Republican pro
,eetionists, from the great. iron State ofPennsyl,
sauis, is thus en,anglsd in his own meshes. :
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