Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-08-10
ALEXANDRIA.
SATURDAY, Aveusr 10.
e0aaUslcd7IoS.
oSvENTIoN AT STANTON.


,r,der this title, letter has lately
,.r,d 10 the Enquirer of Richmond.
WA .a;o Prince William Counly,July the
:. ~. ;n which the writer has, under the
,oce of correcting public opinion.
ri,,,,;0ly attempted. however humble the
.s,t, TO iIapose false impressions on the
,au; tx. IN r. lajson to the sentiments
.fths people of Prince William, on the
,lGsct Of Convention.
This writer has intended 10 convey the
ia. that the number OF voters IN frlncs
v;g;am was as SEQ to 9 against sending
,.,a6cs to the staunlon Convection
Is,ieye it might be asserted with truth,
.1,Ae reverse is the fact, as has since
s,,p established, By the unaaimity wltI
,s;rb ne Freeholders whe were ASSET
Md at the Damfr;es August quarterly
,sprt have acted IN support of the noml
,,4ou made at Hay Market, Of Mr. Love
,n Mr.. Brooke to that situation.
Whoever the writer Of that letter may
have been, he could nos have known any
a,s;,sof the sentiments of taecountg, and
his been guilty Of the indelicacy OF ven
tarisg to pronounce them withcat consul
ttou, or ofhasing wi!faiiJ nlsrePresent-
ed item. His knowledge Of their situa1
,on must be as i,ai,cd as his claim to
Their CO, Sdence. For%if lie viii consult
facts he viii bc.rcady to Acknowledge.
that The people o. this county nRast moi
euly Be blinded to their ewn Interests.
bata sense of justice towards the infe-
rests Of others, if they die not desire a
constitutional change, OF soMe 81 the
most important regulations when have
been established by the constitution We
atpreseat recognize.
This letter writer car certainly never
hedcsirous Of the confidence of the peo-
plesi this county in particular, when his
principles are in such direct hostility TO
tie mass of their interests. Does he
know that the people OF Prince William
pay at this tine tax in the proportion
oitwenty dollars for one, more than rs
paid by sone Of the counties. The eqpa'
izing law has fixed. many years ago, the
value Of lands, on which taxes have beer
assessed at ten sbillings an acre, wh'lc IA
some Of the most fertile counties of Viz
sinia, it has been fixed at two TO Tour
shillings and sixpeHce. The latter valna-
ton is on lands worth at this time on an
average, five times IS much as those o.
Prince William, So that according 70 the
principle, which is an acknowledged ak
ION in government, : that taxation and
approximation shall be equal and ought
tobe RECIPROCAL" we are subjected to the
snarnsus inequality have mentioned
astate Of things which, although il may
sut the tax-gatherers very well as ltslves
the collection Of four or Ave thousand dol
lars to them, instead Of as many hun
dreds,ifthe tax was equalized, does not|
satt tue purses of a people who are not
sssssed with an extreme e fifty of soil.
ihe inequality of representation altho,
mol immediately oil nature to be so sen.
@iyiel5is not less disastrous to the true
interests Of the county, although the les-
eswriter does not seem to have appre-
Sa'ed any such state Of infpfmation in theI
r0lc mind, Ii is not however blind toI
~ eSlls which have resulted from AMI
MsfOearing inGaencein the smaller coun.
usSln opposition TO the larger ones ofI
10 state, With which our interests areI
Naaected most immediately, not only mi
aanilarity Of cultivation and products
Sth habits and situation. Hence it isl
aatwe find the minority Of the state en-
loyInsS this moment, advantages arts
ns IRON moncpoii1;;nns spirit over the
.aal'rty, which subjects the latter, IN the
Sa OtPaying their taxes, to a disadTan-
age OF ten ne,, rent,,n, Of least