Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER in. § 1. Treasury report. § 2. Eppes' introductory speech on the loan bills. $ 3. Phkin's reply. § 4. Arrangement of the debate on the loan bill. § 5. Finances of the union. § 6. Causes of the war, and justice of its continuance. § 7. Naturalization and allegiance. § 8. Offensive and defensive war. § 9. Rights and duties of opposition. § 10. Treasury note bill. § I. The annual report from the secretary of the treasury, was laid before the house of representatives on the 10th of January, from which it appears, that the monies actually received into the treasury, during the year ending September 30, 1813, amounted to g37,544,95493 Balance in the treasury, October 1, 1812 2,362,652 69 39,907,607 62 Payments for same period 32,928,855 19 Balance in the treasury, October 1,1813 6,978,752 43 39,907,607 62 In the above statement of receipts is included nearly twenty-four millions of dollars arising from loans and treasury notes. The accounts for the fourth quarter of 1813, had not been made up at the treasury, but the receipts and expenditures would reduce the balance in the treasury on the 31st of December, to about g4,685,112 95. The expenditures for 1814 are estitn ated as follows : Civil, diplomatic, and miscellaneous expences 1,700,000 Keimbursement of principal and interest ot public debt ' 12,200,000 .Military establishment 24,550,000 Navy 6,900,000 g45,350,000 The ways and means for defraying which arc estimated at 3ee the report at large among the congressional state papers. Customs and sales of public lands Internal revenues and direct tax Balance of the loan still to be received Balance of treasury notes already authorized Of the balance in cash in the treasury, a- mounting to about g 4,680,000 There will be re...