Hagerstown Torch Light, The (Newspaper) - January 4, 1847, Hagerstown, Maryland 1I1E TORCH IBY VOL. ni THE TORCH ONE FIFTY A YEAH MONDAY JANUARY 4, 1817. MI If If within fora lime i ume be the institutions ol the and though I am fully impressed ilic viction in oilier hands the war might have been by the beneficially und honor lo the I cannot view the meie expenditure lliu public 00 al lliu public m outweighing national hive so far resulted those who One will j once u Cirre for so In except by ol the Adjutant General lo furnish Ihe with proper forms and for their and antt directs the lo draw on Ihe ry lor Ihe cost such forms and Since the passage of this the annual expense incident lo the compliance with this I Your determination lo fund will printing and postage as its the repeal of has been equal to one dollars laws which authored the payment remains ju Oe jn. you should IH BCl of ihe repealing the coupon to take effect fiom firal lulu I Anil the due on the 1st of 1S47 Which will make make the and to become due dial date the inc 1'OLITICAL, j The national by creating the this section sity of a larger may be converted by in the i I'll I those who are to fallow our present j of officers now in above i the first of July I should think it fair into a national affording adequate the number heretofore Since view of which w ill be fell to protection lo American Bui i the adjournment of the in March pay the taxes by this depreciated to of mete treasure which j I have than fifteen hundred estimate that the amount be funded will has expended ii in my judgment fully military which would double nol exceed Alk t I I 1. f t Jt compensated by the of union ana by the American have been exhibited section of the act ol the the expense heretofore this Youi next object should be to ascertain will be the current demands upon the he annual claims upon the 1S34 and sats that no officer or should be in com of the House of ft i m I IS tht of the which has in the and returns requited of him bv State may be estimated i i the boundary between United States and Great Britain has been by two Governments lo ihe of the people of each country Imd the adjustment of this public will and of ihe two gives assurance thai the amicable v 0( I i VI glory won by American ihe con- who is incapable of making ihe ory consist of ordinary expenses of the which has been in the j and returns required of him State may of our regular above i I am mre you will readily apply ihe f at by the sense of consequent upon j ry collective to save is The interest on the public the which for ihe will isary be placed in ihe efficiency of our only true j I national Citizen When in their opinion the proper time has arrived for that the people of ihe must now refer you lo the subject which above all demand your Our State for ihe last six has been of the interest the tobacco which is paid by that at which nave been happily will j will thoroughly investigate con- j unable to meet her horn causes re- ioi again OK by ol j duct of their Government upon this feared and fully explained in mv message lather I At the referred to behoved that our I verc more susceptible and less was j menl of ihe sword necessary to ol preceding my qualification may by a ihe ihe deep condemnation which ei Hie arrears ol interest amounted lo The only rer with that than with Great will will not spring 154.51. er the Making the present annual de- mands upon the treasury 16 I o mis you must add the on one just to remaining inquiry will whetli existing tax laws will yield a The imposing the lax had revenue meet this demand upon the I T V I to maintain as the boundary be- ween the United and the of Texas us defined by Ihe Texan anterior to her as an Ths result hai shown ihe fallacy j from the amount of the public treasury un human inadequacy of bul from ihe loss ol aed al December session 1S40, and with the The importance of correct conclusions luin to iln gallant of ike whose j revenue upon this subject cannot be overrated liad been lo the American Union occasioning a war wild Mexico; bul u me mis investigation shall tlie progressive accumulation of and Stale humiliation of a second insolvency subsequent determination of ihe Federal be that the war was uncalled for by such consequent increase of the public To I solicit for the momentous national as would ihe total of ihe laxes which i which 1 anil shall in ihe past year amounted to 01 for ihe of deciding whether vou ca i rely certainly upon increased for the from those by means intend to over field 33 ami thai I content myself very to i wo or three of the indirect and in an after portion of this communication more at large to the ion of the Slate with her various woiks oi internal the revenue may be derived from You are aware that the laws imposing a tax upon the commissions of T and have not been in full practical operation ami I have no hesitancy in faying mav ly wilh positive upon an increased revenue from The amendment of the Stamp Act al the last by lottery tickets are re- to be only into effect on the first of December and you rely with entire certainty increased receipts from that lo the probable receipts in future from the internal improvement companies which lie Stale has invested so much of her I desire in this connexion to nish you with some facts which will assist you in the In the past fiscal year receipts from the works of internal improvement were llian in ihe preceding by the The decrease of dividends from the and Ohio Hail Koad Company and Road Company less by Tide Water anJ Canal Company less by 651S31 16 email condemnation of our will be nowhere more unanimously expressed than the was j In the nny not the i j the more thai in seven of the existing tax laws be assumed rise to ihe war which now exists in for she has suffered more lies of ihe the revenue laws were im- the fiscal results of the last two thai and the United than her sister Before ihe A- In this disastrous condition of in other if the Legislature of 1844 I if fll IMP Stii It V Htl it I. ft. I i r t i The Congress of the United by an Army had met the it was public it became my duty to devise had funded the interest then in and ct passed on the thirteenth day of lot to mourn the loss of one her gallant and recommend measures would be 310, recognised the a state of j Col. Trueman lo redeem the faith and murdered upon the banks of the Km der justice to the creditors of the It Itar between the United States and the of and the lent to accept of the service of a volunteer not exceeding fifty thousand and of her on the several Slates fur their ve quota of that Under tins a on me for of as ihe quota of that to be supplied by the Sute of I immediately a iho resumption of payment by the would noi tlie of the treasury since lime have enabled Stale lo her solvency to the present ihe re- j prompt and action on part of I menl In the fiscal year ending on the have been checked legislative und executive branches of the j of 1S15, after by ihe in every of or insolvency ing the Ihe 35 more than the interest evety conflict with the was foe has resulted in the the most distinguished of those whom J the necessary j paid or two she had sent to serve their At crisis in the of the I j which accrued for the same and had Although ihe memory of those who have ja right to expect the support of every in ihe treasury on that day o of perished will live in ihe heans of valued ihe honor of his 16. It is manifest that il be your duty 1 was consequently unprepared for the for that fiscal year the could have mei ihe measures jail ihe liabilities which funding in some sec lion would imposed upon In the receive i next fiscal ending on the first O ailing upon ihe of the lo lo meet the wishes of your by lo some c. nicer for licit and the patriotic ar- taking the necessary Meps to in a was or manifested by Hie sous of lo on behalf of the her nous of the I widow a pension only for five to ihe the proper enforcement j ry a 41, thus iv or orphan of ihe officer or soldier of ihe other revenue will be the ability of treasury in that the anility ol who may br killed in il will ba ex- j by a comparison ol the with to have met every liability which mould by your that yen will the condition of the have been consequent upon the funding ol lake such as ensure such a j ilie fiscal ending on j the arrears of and ihe resumption ol rieni iho action of the first of 1S14, puid the payment of ihe on ilia icu i ma action 01 oi the payment of Hie i the no to receive or by your as will be of being j actual service any pail of ihe force rient to keep from want ihe widows and j Irss iban one year's the sum ol I done bi from this and I of course of the Marv land und 54: and the public debt was i rely upon any not lhat you should j ion expressed by have been killed in the battles increased during tint fiscal year by momentous Il is your tlie amount of thai the following lo give to this subject a minute anil and it is my desire sole such ther upon your to express my of the sum lads as your investigation and that will perform an being more one by the assist you in arriving al correct table service to your by ex sum of decreasing the public you could not adopt the approbation of ihe of ihe debt by that and making a of investigation which would lead you more conduct of those of her who of 89, in the financial lo than by looking of their Will ou ence ill you permit in year ending on the of December rough i lo this to much 1S15, tte treasurer towards ihe liqui ly to for y have distinguished themselves in the battles which have been fought In mv message to the last it operations rf two lo ihe receipts of ihe und by an If this comparison is extended to the close examination of the resources from which of rhe year on the first of December J receipts were to ascertain ally under the flag of their ic in a few ilaya afier ilie to call upon the the assurance that I could quota Uus Stale within any period e might he would an- me to give the to those might that they would be re- and mustered into the service of the Ignited The Secretary of War stated itu I a foi as than a useless lea two volunteer nder the of the 11 formed that he had no to the on of Government was three had d in the city of Hal whose claim 10 be into the the United Stales ihe and two I from ilic District ol sent to ihe seal of under the com und of Lieut. who has met a s in his in upon the 31 The of the the in view of ihe hostile attitude of and lessening the public debt by that from the ux by and a letter frow Great the of such as I have had a double And from other sources ic of of the IB are as be preserved lo explain of the force which i sent into the field imd to show the icss of her people to meet the call of the defence of com ion country In placing Maryland in her due position I not be understood desiring to throw any censure upon the resident for the course pursued by un- this act of Mis taking the ajor part ol the force actual service oin the southern and Slates I have to the great wilh which they could reach the seat to their supposed better adaptation i ihe of the country in which the ar is Whatever was object in aking his requisition lor the entire effect has been to exhibit to Mexico and the KI eat political spectacle of a I cc differing amongst as ihe and national utility If the uniting as one mnn lor its became my duly to that it will show that there was in thai the from the same sources the laws were wholly inadequate to of will be increased or diminished in future ensure the proper and ihe sum of being If you this tion ol the of the and to more than the accruing interesi IW the will find lhat the for the last year 67 Making the diminution of receipts for the present year And in estimating your ability lo maintain the public you for the rely upon companies for ed at leasi equal lo thai As il is possible from the in which the revenue is collected ami paid into ihe that a small deficiency may exist on some days when interest jo which would be certainly met within sixty or by receipts I would recommend for your consideration Ihe of conferring upon the Treasurer ihe power lo bonow ike amount to meet such a on a pledge f he of the This would resumption sate and and would remove all apprehension of the State's future ability lo rnett all her engagements with The of expenditure upon the passage by you of the Biennial sion will he to but this connexion it will be necessary for you to estimate the relief it by demands upon the The laws regulating sales by auctioneers require amendments and I suggest which have to me to the ate uf your J have in a former communication recommended a re- view of the existing tax ihe equalization or repeal of those hich operate and a condensation of the whole into one or two which last would abridge labors und facilitate the execution of the lies of ihe officers of ihe State ami I must again respectfully ask your attention to those Having satisfied that the ing tax faithfully are to sustain the credit of the period at which iho necessity for their will probably will present an in- of deep interest to your and wne altogether of your It is that the necessity fur the continuance of ihe present taxes can on- ly be removed by ihe pay menl of ihe public or by the provision of would be to a thorough re- in instituting comparison between the organization of military force of ihe pre-existing system of taxation J and her in a proper pasture of the system as perfected iy The believing lhat of 1S14 and fully enforced my chief j Making the aggregate receipts 752 71 In the train of your attention would now be di- 394.70304 ue from other sources lo meet the accruing interest on that and the public mind can only be directed for to ihe one certain but the other morn difficulties with Great Britain would be object has been lo by actual recud to the inquin whether ihe lax e j cubly ami not apprehending a war j that the existing lax laws aie more for the future will probably yield an with did noi deem il necessary to than adequate to meei ihe current demands cd diminished legislate upon that When Congress declared that i upon the 1 will now proceed lo j Upon this let me invite your con- slale of show that you wiil be without the j sideration of a single By an acl of the i war existed wilh I imposition of additional in funding it to bo my duty to ascertain the slate of of in proclaiming a day property in Ihe city of Thi efficiency of the militia and jupon which ihe Stale shall resume the has not been to use all the wilh which I was current demands upon her the desire of supplying you with all the to place in a military position and thereby cast oil forever the reproach necessary lo just conclusions to meel any contingency which might which for so many years has upon her j ihe I a letter to the Mayor Ihe report of the and her of thai requesting him in inform me of thai requesting him to inform me is yon a You first object in prosecuting this j what would be ihe result of thai ed account ol the enrollment and organize will be to ascertain Hie amount of inter- and I have received M communication from lion winch been effected under the Jest which it will be to that which lie says that nary Borders issued by me. I Ktk for you maj know ihe increase in the will not fall short of If this against enemies of their t Indisposed from habit and temperament to at tht darker title of every I M some in victory a- by a lurking this consideration which iu im- j upon the treasury and it is my j estimate be it will add 171.784 and I have every confidence ly to give you the data upon which j 10 which the direct lax thai the additional legislation necessary to i be I will suppose now and will die ihe lull enrollment and efficient organisation thai you will decide to fund to ihe first of which will accrue from that source 9S9- of ihe volunteer and militia force of ihe October exclusive of the interest of 26. It will be for yon to decide whether will be ihe result ol your I You will then have the arrears this increase in the accruing will 1 he pretent mil. in system imposes on the j interest on first Dec. 1846, 33 I vent M decrease of receipts from that Stale an expense of from one lo two thousand without affording any The 24th section of act nf 1834. chapter 251, it One month's interest due on ihe IM of 1847 00 The dut on ilie 1st of In pursuing this it will only remain for to examine Ihe various ces of other than the Irom which you have the receipts but less remote in ils probable For the relief to be derived from the first payment of ihe we can rely with entire upon ihe ration of the sinking fund already ed. For the to be derived from the provision of adequate revenue from oilier sources than you mini look sively to the works of internal in the whole amount of the debt has been By the operation of the sinking as now the regular payment of the interest on the Slate will guish the principal of that in years fiom the present This fund on the first of 1S44, 79; on first of to 24; end on the first of 1840, the close of the present oil lo 30; ihns fully its adequacy lo redeem ihe principal of the debt within the period above The people therefore are incited lo ilia punctual payment of the Stale not only obligation lo sustain Ihe public bin also by ihe knowledge ihai are off the debt and
