The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-04-07

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y tiee done to those patriotic men wh
b are serving the State, suggest an i
9 crease in tia pay of ali civil Office
whose compensation is fixed by laP
< Supreme Court Jndges should bespai
Z a salary of 5000 Chancelse1s al
. Circuit Jadges should be allowed s !
I AIRY Of 80 009 and the Treasurer, Comp
Z treller, Secretary of State, and othe
, officers should be allowed a correspond
ing increase 81 their salaries And
! respectfully but frankly suggest Rhh
/ the pay Of members Of the General As
senbly be increased, and the more K
rs such increase could not take effael
during your Own term Of Office.
7 = y 5 fQhY q k4ink 81 nan a s
puflie ciiee roy, supporting 1s kkIaily
On the salary he received four and i've
years ago Boarding, clothing, meats
bread-stufis, vegetables-and, in fact,
everything has increased to twice form
er prices. Aud yet the wages Of public
officers ara down TO the old standard
tifany one of the inculnbents nAhaed
| is worthy OF his Office, he is worthy Of
his support from thai Office His pay
should be made equal TO his necessary
| expenditures. The State cannot red
sonably expect q man to devote his 10
dividual time, and his whole energy
and talents to an Office, when the salary
of such effice viii not defTsy the neces
sary Expenses Of his family. Gentle
men capable of filing such Offices are
eapable Of. supporting themselves in
other yocatioRs; and it is obvious they
viii be fpreed q turn their attentioh
to other pursuits in order TO gain live
lihood The increase of such salaries
viii, add something to our taxes, but
The amount viii be 50 small az Scarcely
to be felt by the people. II doubt not
they viii cheerfully contribute, in this
way 10 aid in sustaining good and
competent Iaen IN important ofticial
positions. recommend, therefore,
that immediate action DC taken in this
matter -
E t5 THE STATE FINANCES.
The financial condition Of the STATE
demands the early and prompt atten
ton Of this General Assembly. The
reports Of the Comptroller, and the
aurer are to the lst of October, 1861
tiom that time to the restoration ofthe
Capitol to the National authority il
February following, and the light Of
State officers, the information left as Is
imperfect and insufficient. The subser
quent operations win appear from the
current report OF the Gem troller, whose
high character for integrity and truth
colnmends him to your teonhdence.-
The balance in the Treasury on the LIST
October, 1851, according 70 the Treaur,
er's report. was 1885 49a 81. Besides
warrants for payment remain in the !
Treasury for 500, 40l o. Warrants for |
out of the Treasury had been
Issued but not presented, for $l45, Az IL,
How far this figures were modified BY
the operations Of the next four months /
and a half, to the middle of February, /
1862 have no information Except |
ing tlie military expenses, It IS presumt
ed the balance was not charged; Judging /
from the uniformity Of the fiscal opera
lions Of the preceding four years - I
Since that time. Middle and West Ten /
nessse have been, generally, within the
Federal lines, and East Tennessee, sinca
the lst Of September, 1868. Governor
J Johnson has occupied the Capitol, and /
exercised gubernatorial Jurisdiction
over those parts held by Federal authors
~. Gov. Harris, adhering to the rebel
cause, Is very generally understood to
have collected revenue in the counties
within their military lines. The Comp
troller will be found to have given I'M
detail, 10 his report, the financial his
tory of Gov JOhnEons administration.
The report is respectfully submitted 70
your careful c0nsideEatisn, and the re-
of that officer are fully
by me. What moneys were
collected .by Gov. Harris and his subor-l
dinates, am unable to sta o nor am i
to state that it is important
for ne 10 inquire. 1t via be q matter
for you consideration whether the ar
rearages Of taxes fof.the last four years,
shall be collected wholly or in part
The principal-n not the only current
liabilities during that period-are thel
interest on the State debt. The usual
TO common schools and acsds|
emies, and 10 the several charitable in
Of The State, we're not made.
The consequences Of the failure would
not be atoned for by reaching them
now. The same is true, substantially,
of various other items of ordinary. ex-