Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 88, Richmond, Wayne County, 17 December 1825 — Page 3

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standing c a,bj agatnst tlie sUio m,d hoi by the collectors. Thus there may be c peered in the treasury on thefirst day January, 1826,of available funds, ilie u ol thirty thousand dollars, to liquidate V demands of the current Tenr. The or nary expenses for the year, including U civil list and contingencies, will be abc twenty-two thousand dollars, which rr be appropriated towards sinkiru ,he pud jeiit. The public debt issix'een thon uine hundred and twenty dollars and entv three cents, and consists of the fi. ing items to wit: to the U. States as sijjoees ot the ineenncs bank .v231 orinripdand interest; to(he road'and ual and, $6275, principal and intci treasury notes in c irculation and intr od the same. $1580; to the seminary f

s"j'J o. principal ad interest ; an iivdericK udpp 5300, principal and teresi. u may ne presumed that a (hre thousand dollars of this debt wil demanded during t! ensuing venr he there win r 5000 left in the trea subject to the will nf the l-gislnturc. as it it your duty to provide the way m-ansfor tjr ioll.vi,,- tear. To", (hi purpose, the present posture of; will enaide you to see vour way c 1 Almost ut of debt and eanahle lall the d-mands that will arise on tl,. , urv dirir tne tU ,1 , ear.nnd with a , anrpvue ol ro:i,ee-: it cannot be d fed, that tneexUfi::? r, , . . ijd'n'!- an abti'id a; r"t means for tLe 'in ItlMtdurin-j the r.ext scaon then. lvji , ?v V, ' """red thousand addiJ acres of land, Ml!ljc.ce t a u urn have heretofore hoen exempt, tive ears under the ompaef. J.f. u p. rail, d migration torn. i .t. ' ' ( fi"t well avoid the coin Itisioi -virh viuilanre t.?i n.c part of fh ers. il ; an addition to the poll INt al Jti.Jiei: the increase of population of i vra thousand. Taking this view ; Tit data, the assessment will be' upw; ff;Hv thou-and dollars, under t:.e u U)i of the present law. At a period like this when the Ji it difficult to sell hn produce f-r catdi, ' tiii not be expected that more revenue j' ,!! he exacted thn U neces-iiv, under j: tvnj.trinidtconoinv.forthepri-e. t use. i; Firmirovernerits are rontemfdatcd. let us. I irt to a different state poju to rai-e the jT ui. A the tax upor land- was moderati lv le?se ; I'd la-t ear, I am impressed wituthe belief that vt-n nc safely ditr."-V-the astmet t "upon the load one fmrth. 1 have chosen this object, because i poll tax H'i mi to le the mot odious tii -people : hein often viewed in no rett r z' A than a a rernait if"Lf had'e of Brit V4j' di;e. For the iiaimonv a;d j t.l t nietv, it is equally a nccevan lb- t ft- revenue should he raided to ptiblir sal tion, -i? that it shall be demanded u it;i -.-rtaintv, and upon principle of equal juc. Knowiiti! fnn exp'rieiice that it i re dalhr 'ilt to get rid of an evil, than t isi one, it mtht not he ?jood poliredn. e this tax mor(,- thar; a t'-urtl), :.t t, and o on each ear, for tour yi ars. s e !, it will be di-micd fiom our statutes. he f und also that the principle isethat originally induced it is cc.'inp v;-t. Mar.v artirb s of tdea-urc and virvmi'ht h'e selected with more prerv, than thr head- of fref men. The htior.a! ei'i'tifn at' ? r- : una -;e-ed, is of several clerks ofj an evidence of ne"ii !. , - .1 - ,u nil1i 3 , . I i r t . ,i,,,i iv.'i ; , . i . . '. r,.ro it fhe Aa;;! ir!i: notet been aide to procure all tin le-M-ters arid maps reu'iired hv the - w 1 , c l oi lie la SI 'e-rioa. u mi-it m ' i LeLfi?!ature not t lose siuht of urh an iiportar.t addition to the revenue system. Vou have recentU hadorra-ion to learn .h-il (here is an alarming defalcation surnc - .' re in the discharge of a mst important o: .ffitutiona 1, l Unl '4,'d moral duty It ' '"in tint there are eleven counties in the .u,. f, n: which n return for Governor 11. i L'ciiU'!' ant Governor have been re,j it isof m avail to impo-c heavy 1' ' hit s oil Clerks to induce th'-m to put iH -b; rcturu into a Post Otli( e, whilst rV'.tt,.r ihrr,il. w hoe har.ds those .. " ri - , t 4fk rir, r,pti ilt il 'turn! pass are Hibjcct to no penauy , . . :. niir to!' whatever It will he vault to I. it. our ioi, . , 1, .i irur. I serve the In edom and purity ol Idec- i - r, to, if sut h ;cei f we have justj itn.--d are Hufiered to par- unnoliccd.j t law requiring: the jeiic tn each county 'Mrat.srniUo the Speaker of the Hoiie ol . 1 . . . i III" li'WI' IlliiLl v i u 1 1 a is - iu i l ut i u kv- ,

ii- mipiicairi.-iuM.sM; m,u- q.n.,.u I thlf,w t transport. And it is unreasonable n lbr whose inte-uty la- shoulo he ; tl.ut route svouM br chosen for a e-r-Vponsible, (but : o! for uavonlabh- acci-,j ; h nn(i of cuuimMmcritloI1 bel WPrn th,. LaUe5 ,K);imI.al.-oone hv mail, nn-Lt proved u.ip?i When the population nlon, c e etlective in nlv.av-- c unn to the; Wllb-sh shall h:ue become much more dense, V ijde the person oi the -ir choice. j (ho s,j IU,.C. rendered navinble, THr.r; a canal Having detained ;ou h: enough, suf- tween the two rivers will be n proper subject of 'tr me to cor;clude by reeiin t- myseltj i.rnatorial recommendation. :'i't piivilee of corr.:!:nr.i atitr. to vou in We think his excellency ha been peculiarly -lur.tte message-, tLc ri'.uation of the pcn-i.f ,rtuin:-j i- rc.omnit.rtvi::is '.he nnocct of a en

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.'il. !.. Governor. This has thrown tlie Inc. Mr. Ray into the greatest confusion, out of my power to describe the chop-ff appearance' of those who but a lew since were exulting in the success ol i schemes'. But the day of relrihution arrived. The firmness of the Seriate I put a check to the unconstitutional cccdins of the party. The member ! the House, wht n retlection liud ta j them t tie true intent uf the resolution ; had acted on, recalled their voles. Ti I is much t ilk, anions tte members, of impeachment; hut 1 do not think such 'event will take place. Be this as it ir. Cel. Kay's friends fear such a measure, tlie introduced a bill on Mm.dav evenir in the Ilouic, pointing out the method c impeachrnrnt. The rules were dispense v, itli, and the bill was read a second ai third time, and passed in one day. It wi ' no doaht meet with some de!n in the Sei w ' ate. I GovLRNou's Mi'aSACE. Our rc.idc rs will ; in tt.u prrccihu culuim-s, thr Mt sage of Got. It contain a toh rnblj full j o'ol' the atTai the st3lf- "r faiancrs are rqrernted as m ' ; fl'nribinS cou.'ition-atui thr Kate Ht.Lt, at1 in a ,air w:1' ' "nrnatr oxtinunrinitijt. 1 anKuaS of lU Messap we tLmk rather 1h,i. : iiun:iinit; ain we cou ' point out ton.v gincu r. e:f;i:AKDrr) xprfsiion. We call them urisj ii''e- 'oo.- we tlo not suppose the Governor r I, meant what cortir nf them would corivey. Wt ' ... : i I :n : I ..... n t; itit where it u due, ana to pa8 over faults of a conseqnencc. Soiue of ttie fuhjects rrcomiDetide'l to the col eralim of the Legislature, are of deej) interest moiij; these ar Asjr himtor the pcor and en education. The warmth with which Mr. ilay jt comniench these, docs honor'to his humanity j! patriotism aud wc cordially ngrtc with hi:n t ' the present poor svt-tctn is ftulty in many repe j and peculiarly deradin to tlie unfortunate. j A goodly portion of tlie Message is occupied the subject of internal irnprovetnents a fuhjec ; portant in ittlf, but we think prematurely apt. ;j in this stHto-diing canals, we mean; for a I other object of internal improvement, suc h as provinar our state road, public attention eonm i , , , too soon nor too earnestly diretrd to them, r.i are, th reUre, pleased with that part of the me . . . . , . which relate' ti the state roads. Hut we nre hrctly nati-Gr-d thut it is miieh too oon to the uniting the Vahah and Maumee by a cnua'. present, vho woul I he benefitted by such u w Not the inhabitants nhri tlie Wabash, for tin '' r,..t. mill Ou ffinntrv cik tcv lli;t thv hnt ' - ----- -j -

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