Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-12-05

The Auditors Report,
We have before us the report of the Au- /
ditor of the Commonwealth for the fiscal |
year endiug on the Both of September 1852 |
1t presents an exhibit to our people which
we are sure they will examine with salts
f4stion. We shall publish it tomorrow.
No stronger argument can be adduced in
behalf of new State than the figures of
the Auditor. The State has on hand, after
paying all the ordinary and extraordinary
e4psuses of tie fiscal year, a surplus of
one hundred and t,ratey thou1dnd, one hun
d,ed aud yijty.ssuen dollars aud forty seven
eents. The whole expenses of the State for
the year were SI65, 45o II, of which S75,-
SOB 81 were extraordinary, that is, expenses
to which the State in the regular course
of things would not be subjected. The
expense ordinary, that is, expenses of the
State when reduced 70 the natural condi-
lions of peace and her machinery in full
working oder, would be ouly $s9,646 SO.
And even this expense was made much
larger than the necessary and natural OUT
lay by reason of an extra session of the
Legislature.
The whole amount collected from the
counties Of the new State ard sent to Rich
mond in the year 1850 Was $G2o.Oe1 a.
= By subtracting the natural outlays of the
State government as administered here lin
Guiding the extra session Of the legislature,
and the expenditures necessary for the
counties of AIexaudria, Accomac aud North
ampton) We would save for ourselves
from the taxes of 1850, the incredible sum
of $55O,2l4 &c. All of which in that year
went into the hands of the Richmond gov
ernment.
The Auditor remarks that "ifthess figures
can be relied upon, and when it is recOl-
lected that only twenty-nine of the forty.
eight counties of the proposed new State,
have as yet paid ythiug into the Treasu-
ry, is it not clear that with the new State
formed and peace restored, the taxes could
be reduced oue-balf, and then produce
more revenue than wonld be required for
an economical administration of the State
These figures of the Auditor ought to go
home to the people of West Virginia with
great force. Surely it does not take much
comprehension TO see the difference be-
tween what we have been aud will (still
gmOre) in future be obliged 10 pay iato the
treasury of Eastern Virginia, and what we
q will save by having a treasury and state Of
our own. Is there any man in West Vir-
ginia who is willing to pay bonas OF
$3.50, 2l4,5e, simply for the privilege of
being governed by class of people
who have NO social, political or commercial
identification with us. We here in West
Virginia have been simply deEeudeucy of
Eastern Virginia. She has been our ruler
aud We have been herseFvant. We have
stood to her as Ireland stands TO Eugland.
We must pay all she chooses to put upon US
and get back just what she chooses to give
us. We must pay for building James river
and Ksnawha canals, Covington roads and
numberless other improvements, amounting
to millions, not rod of which come into
our territory or benefit US in the slightest
degree.
We shall publish the whole report to-
s morrow. We bespeak for it the earnest at
tentiOn every tax payer in West Virginia.
No man can excuse himself for not giving
il his most careful attention. s,s