mercury th quod veruttt atqui decens euro c ape-fe a r et yoro tt omuls in hoc sttm {• friday november * 4 1769 ) n ( 7 te bis excellency william tryon efe captain-general governor and ctm ■ mandsr in chief in and over bis mcjefc tj's province of north-carolina the addrefs of the afjembly of the fail pro vince sir 4 ei i we his mn>ftv's moft mm and loyai iub uh ihr men hers of tiie iff rnbly ot the province of nordi«c..ifo.i'*i»s neturn your excellency our oncer thank few your fpeech at the opening of this lei lion and beat leave to con*ratu!a.e y hir excellency,on your happy return from virgioia to your government / the information your excdlcnry has s^n o tfwt no petition to hia m icfty from th£<olonie praying an cin.lijju of paper currency as a legal tender tan meet with fuccfijiljo u he utaiolt concern 3 r mwf uurltf v tnaton ttetrarm , ble repw*6s?a«^'>i of the late alfembly with yowt^tcctllpncy's jnrcrefl at horn wrsfsjfcvyou werrplealed ibnv»n-«y 10 «,»'<-'« t*d ich we doubt not has been rnpft ftrenuoolly eaerrted in fav^r^l.t pre vince we movjid tavc obtained tl»e relief fo aeceflaiy to the diftrelted fituatton and circumiwces oi ihi country fc we are truly ic nfible of the neoeffiay of teing an agent inenglaw'riuly autho ikl to atf in*¥*ry tale in whri the t.n tjrft w thia colony mav be toncerntd hiis houfe theref#*y wilpru 1 to the int»»e!.t.,of a agent in which we "- c t o have trie concurrence ol the other branches ot th'elegifuture ; and will make tlte neceffary praavifipn tor luppouing fuch an cftabli&mfcnt t . the-enco-u^gjafrt given hy,»n a of mriiftmont w.^ttjcultureor rawjilk in america is pleating and agreeableyo us j ami we allure your excellency that it lhall meef with fuch further encouragement cwfiftent with the true intereft of this copntry m ft intercfting an object may require the making provifion of powdvr and fcijhbr hi majefty's fervice and the de fcn&ty'f **"• government at ths time * wjien we are enjoying the bleffings of vpeace permit us fir to fay we humbly apprehend is by no means neceltary as every clog or tax whatsoever uport our trade mult of necemty be a difcourage sfcot to the fame and of courfe have fuch a tendency as to be prejudicial father than advantageous to the country the ftate of our public fuhds at no time fince the fettlement of the colony has required a more drift examination than at prelent •, and we agree with ypur excel lency that a fettlement of the public ac counts fhould be forthwith obtained fo as a general ftate of them may be made known to the country \ and fliall be ex tremely obliged tb your excellency for any obf rvations or regulations in the manner (.'. i.e ping tbe public accounts that you fti.ll be pleafed to lay before us which may tend to render tlie fame free trom that obkurity they have hitherto been in *• . we hill ever efteem it our indifpenfi bleduty to enquire into and lee how iar t^e laws or theemifl-on of paper curren cy bave had their effaft ana in whole hands the lums raifed to fink thofe emif fion's remain ti i the intelligence your excellency has re ceived from home and which you are p!r nltd to communicate o «*, regarding the inrention of his majefty's prelent mini fhvs i i-ivinc no defign to propofe to par nrnt to lay any turther taxes on ame ri^a for the purpofe - of raifing a revenue and their propofing to take off the duties upoh glafs paper and colors is very tinxtawkms and will be much more io wi-en we find their defigns are carried into c ut on even upor the confide ration of ftjch duties having been lak contrary to th true principles of comfljerce •, and wc rejoice that we are once fir happy is to have the fentiments of the miniftry in in that particular coincide with our own we fympathixe with the unfortunace fufferers in the late ftorm in general and with the inhabitants of kewbern in parti cular but the calamities lofts and mis fortunes occafioned thereby beiag gene ra we cannot confiftent with the duty we owe our conftituents think pf grant ing them affiftance in preference to any other part of the province left by fo doing we fhould fliew a partiality we would ever endeavor to atoid 7o which address us axatttenty was p'eafed to re-urn tht faltowing an swer #_. iwfr speaker and gtntumtn tf the houfe if afjembly i thank you for your congratulations on my return from virginia tot his cbuh tiy kwoawhwta#okkd|ii»muc tisfaa'ton if the fupply of amunition fo the country and the affiftance for tive town of newbern which i recon»mend , » ed to you in my ipeeeh had been hortor ed with your approbation 1 william tryon i north-carolina newbern 00 i$x 7 6 $ recommended by his excellency to th houfe of reprelentatives now aflemblsd as an object worthy of their attention that they take under confideratioh tbe ftate of the public revenue and the re gular application thereof for the pt,tr pofes to which it is appropriate _ th e faa is too well known to ad milt of a denial that in a lonjj courfe of years paft great lums of publu , money have been loft by the negligence or iafolvcncy of fhehffs and other cpljeos and it is prcfumedyitel wt f}m.e ; courlc of time coous r k.yc been funk alter they fflkmoged in the public trealury whereof account h^j hitherto been made v a law ot this province lately p^fled will if executed with vigor probably in a great meafure prevent or the lim to come the firft of thefe mifchie's -, and a law to prevent the latter might be qjf great public utility for mankind never part with their money either for theii private or public benefit fo readily as when allured that it muft be hone&lf applied for the purpofes intended a con.tanc regular plain and uni iorm method of keeping the books t a_r couatsof the public revenue and of ftat ing and fettling thefe account uy pre > vent fuch ibtiies and make u extftwely difficult if not imprtfticabfc to embez zle tie public money .: .' the houfe therefore willto^flde n for the future the public treafofers fd prflively lor the time being 4*11 ba obliged to keep a regular diary or tlay book in which rxau be entered every particular fum of money received or paiji by them on account of the public with the name of the per m fain whflm jt reived of to whom j3«d*ra 1w as^htf day date and n*tufl of •• the trafllatfi tion a cafh-book debtor and creditor where the trealurer upbn one fide flvtll make himlhi debtor for all lums of pub lic money paid in to him . and on the o ther fide creditor tor all funis of publif money paid out by htm with the dates of fuch receipts and payments . whit caflv book is altogether abftra&cd from the diary or day-bonk „ ljit w tr^^^fc-_^^^^w^^^5^c—»^^^c^sxvbt2^^ftjm^m^^^b