The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1862-01-25


the Treasury subject to the payment OF
the ordinary expenses OF the govern
mcn'. except about $1,000 which mas
since been spent towards your pay, anu
had drawn the specie 10 the amount OF
$50 apiece.
You knew that the only money re
naming in the vaults, (for you had sent
your committees over To- count !, iog you
was, this that your bill approprla,cs, the
nndistsibuled school fund belonging To
the counties, already apportioncd To
them. amounting to si3.sl0 81. The
taxes deo counties ;l2, lit 80, and lees
due assessors 81 ,093 "a, all OF which
were liable to be demanded any day by
/ their proper owners.
The appropriation ST these latter
amounts, although probably not more
sacred than the others, would have
brought the question directly home 10
the people in such a shape as that all
could have understood II at once and
felt 1t as the money is for immediate
distribution in the counties. Aud with
the exception Of these, your bill appru
pirates every dollar in the Treasury TO
your own pockets What are the means,
/ then. by which the Treasury can be re
plcuishcd, 50 ms to enable 1t To- pay 9th.
81 officers Of the government? The
taxes alone. What taxes are due, and
when will they come ing
There Is due from deiaulting asses
sots and collectors, on the asscssmcu, 81
1850 an amount which. If all paid I'm
mcdlatcly, would place at the disposal
Of the Treasurer account SUN less
than $50, 000 But when will tins hc
paid ? Some of the assessors probably
have u part of the money now while
much Of II will not hc paid ~ many
years But yonr bill provides that You
may take drafts on this very money Tor
the balance Of your pay, and 10y THIS
means, the moucy which may tie ~ tins
fund goes also into your pockets.
The assessment Of 1861 when VIII
il come in? 4, will begin to come IN
about the LIT Of June five months
hence and IT received III money. would
probably come IN fast enough to pay
the current expenses of the government
for the last seven months OF the year
leaving the first five entirely unprovldet
for. But it will not come IN III money
for you, yourselves have provided. prop
crly we think, that the state indebted
ness should be receivable for these tax
es and no one will contend that whci
b the State Indebtedness is four times TN
: amount OF the taxes to be paid IN, au
, IN the almost entire absence OF money
: that money viii Toe paid ia for taxes DE-
, ring the present year Then where !
the money TO comc from 10 pace 9th,
: officers ON an equal ioutng with ON
selves Answer that question and ~
! quit yourselves ot the charge which yt
are pleased to call Islander fail to ~
Z swer i aud you must stand convicted !
! the eyes Of au impartial community.
BInster will moi answer the questo
= or side issues divert public attention
y Neither can the press be sllcuccd, no
. the veil Of .secy be- thrown over you
public acts II yon were honestly M
g taken. as we think many were, we woul
y suggest that 90 honest confession II GOO
I, g., o., s.l, a e... ur., ..e .....
s, mud show To- lhr propic whric the mone
II ia 10 come from To relieve you from o'
IL ,,,, s,a tho money +, nlarc 9th,
y ..au,L.s ~ ,l,c ,,,ynrnrcrt ~, an c,,na
= - ,,..,,..,l,,.s ,u tLa b,s,s
4 $50. .,,..,.,.,LA, 4,.,lu. the. office,
"a Co., ,r 3 '.a, ''.,"' Wv vs.
e est clerk " will delight twcuty-lr
District and three Supreme Judges an
the people would he delighted tu kuu
u that iu t,,.T..,tYt.,t.. Innate.
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in ,hrir infancy ;ns,,tr,.d tv tho Il,
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