Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-09-07

the new State was admitted Q 10 roiia2n
|, ~ a sSyerl2-It ii true, that the scope and
meaning of. the. Act was to convey and
transfeF debB and properly 70 the new
State, and the new State could not receive
Ithem until it came into P6litical existence
bpt it is equaIly clear, that copies of che
evidences Of the claims were 70 be- made
out by the Auditor, to be delivered TO the
Governor Of West Virginia, when his elec.
tion was officially deElatedl lnA Hisiq 515-'
5aIt is supposed now that this part Of the
subject is clear and understood by every
I.body except the Auditor Of West Virginia
He SAYS: sit is charged thRthe, as late
Auditor Of Virginia, failed 10 obey, and for
which disobedien6e il became necessary 70
surrender the books" So. ~
This is a pitifuI begging Of the question.
No person ever charged that, for any fail
ure Of the Auditor to dohis duty the books
4 had to be given up. Governor Peirpoint
1 demanded the books and papers Because
they belonged to the State of Virginia. =
The legislature had made other provisions
in regard to the division Of the money;
which it was equally the duty OF the late
kAuditor TO have ascertaihed upon the in.
Inauguration of the new State, and which
were not ascertainsd and were alSo neg
lected by him. Governor Peirpoint was
anxious to remove the seat Of government
of the State eastward; but he was utterly
powerless to effect. anything in the matter
of q settlement or to ascertain whether any
money was due the State of Virginia, and
If so how much. The Auditor of West
Virginia had the books locked up, aud the
officers of the State If Virginia had no ac-
dess to them. Thesewere the reasons for
the demand of the books and papers, and
H. L,kfob hnSfkap h6k IhfnnaelH
trumped up, aud which no other "design.
ing man" ever adduced.
The Auditor says "The, seventh or
last section is conclusive as to the duty of
the AUDITOR" sit is not directory as is the
sixth, but it is mandatory" II the 'Au-
ditor understood the meaning Of plain
English, this declaration would be unpaf-
donable. The seventh section says "this
law shall take effect; the sixth section says,
sit shall be the duty Of the Auditor of pub
lie accounts" etc.; so the same qualifying
word is used in both sections. II is in
human to torture plain English in this
way. t- sa |i'H 49,.
Again, the Auditor says: "The General
Assembly made no appropriation Of money
to carry this section into effect, i" and thus
endeavors to shift the onus upon that body;
talks about the intention of the law, and
say he "is not responsible" for said tnten-
ton, 'scan know nothing of it but by the
language" &c. He does great injustice to
the common sense of mankind 1t he suPs5
poses that he can "eover up his tracks"
and ndraw the wool over their eyes" In
that way. Here is an opinion of.the Audi-
tor soIemnly given, as to what the legtsla-
ture did, in the shape of q bill, 20 the-tune
Of seventy. foe dollars, paid his sOn-in-law,
for work that any active clerk would have
done In less Tran i've days" If any one
dispute the correctness of this assertion,
the copies shall be referred to three Of the
best clerks in the city of wheeling for ad-
The original bill and order
are ON file in the Office of the Auditor of
Virginia. They are in words andflgures,
punctuations, etc., as follows, the italicis.
ing only being ours:
% 10 James shFlver I'd CLERK in Auditors once Dr.
May SOth To extra services performed Al
night and hours when the ONCE was
clesed preparing abstracts OF Land
----- and Property Books Of the counties ---
Accomac northampton ana Alex:
y andriA for the wear 1901 aud q
making in all 10 Blank Books also (
t--' preparing abstracts Of the accounts q Z. ?
oftheSheriGs Of each Of these eoun- Z
ties, the amount received fr0m each
during the year Of 1869 and 1s63...S16 90
rsisnedI JAMES saRrtia .
sIhoroby certify that this work was done by ny
order under ths prOpfsioas ef Ssettoa 9 ectqptr es
OF tie Acts Of General AssembIy, passed February
Sd 1868 authorizing the Auditor to prepare and
have transcrib d Copies Of Records upon which any
offlcial action was based ilil. 49, ~
May 3Oth 1868 . Auditor Of Pub Acets
Paid out of contingent expenses Of the Auditors
nGq fsignedi iaSsiT' . S1 SAM oa4sn :
Original papers were delivdred 70 the Auditor Of
the restored State June 18th 1868
tsignedl SANL CRAnE
The only additional comment requisite
to make the position of the Auditor, in the
matter of the delivery of the books and
papers, clear, is the simple statement, that
they were not called for until the twenty
second of June, and not delivered until the
thirtieth. a y
The Auditor attempts to cast blame up
ON Governor Peirpoint for persisting in his
endeavors TO obtain possession OF those
books and papers. he says: 'Tt was Or
dained5 that Governor Peirpoint should
liuo matter what injustice it did to West Yir-
IIpinia :" aud "by q movement that can
mot uuderstand,l he did get possession Oi
the books and papers. Let us see how be
got possession of them" Then he gives
the correspondence which resulted IN theii
delivery, aud which goes to show WhaI
every one knew, that.it was the duty ol
Governor Peirpoint to obtain possession oi
the books and papers of the Office of thu
Auditor Of Virginia, and how he discharg
"No matter what iniustice to West Vir,
ginia," says the Auditor. West Virginians
What one Of you believes .Govetnor Peir'
point to be capable of doing injustice 4
West Virginia3 His action in her beha1
is his yindication, and the attempt of tht
| Auditor TO cover his derelictiOns can no
discredit said vindtestion. go :, ''iss.e.
The Auditor says "The usual receipt
of the Treasury were about .%eniy.aY'