Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-05-15

sisiou !fum HiC planting Interest. virse
representatives protested against being
compei'cd louseTto pay tax on thps,sr.
rcICS OF 100 per cent on their value in
order 10 support The maE u'actulug in.e-
fPS'. h're we're some gtu;l. u,tu WIN
spoke ~ imposing stiil !ngilsr dhurS al
fd;0rc day; but the debate len q ,r.,., ,,l
lmpi sS"Inn, That what was nov Cunced, a.
WaS ~ spirit Of COtnurunise which ,,,s
opposed 10 any further b0url!rs 10 ,hc-e
manufactures Shan are now giVrn >, iaN.
I've Of the acts which come under ,ii,
head q! revenue laws, are The result II
sipu'atlons, or uuders landings, uIfi To-
r"I@n governments, under reCiprnCa! con-
merclai rrguiailCns, or COpSi5ut lions of
lreaiiss-the enc, 10 authorize HE rem is
SION or &C pay inrnl Of certain aiiCn cutl.s
t0n British Vessch(--ths other. coRcVruir0
tonnage and discern mating duties. in GER
ialn casrs, (ot Dutch vcSSrisl Use c,,iv
remaining acts passed relative 10 t!,rrcyr-
nuc, that supplementary r. the al for
the collection of The revenue, and that 10
provide Tor The deposiic OF vino. and Dis
TILED spirits IN The public Warehouses
embrace system OF amendments. vAirh.
II IS hoped, will go far 10 pat Z ston 10 HE
fragrant abuses OF the revenue sykieip. SO
fully disclosed in The Treasury Reports
and III The able exposition oi Mir. Sanford.
we believe In, Sc acts, Whiisii hsv project
me revenue from invasion, contain no
PROVISIONS III the least Objectionable lu
any FAIR merchant; but, on the contrary.
HsHlv acceptable "a tie Mercanii!e COM
MUMMY.
he act for the relief Of Tie Indecent
surviving officers and soldiers of .he Te,o-
!utIona!y army, for which they are in
deDtcG 10 The urgent recommendation of
HE Executive, Is one which has been Va
uousiy received. By some i. has been
called waslciul by others Stiginstiled as
penurous. We regard the act as g,atui
? ious, certainly, but equally remote from
waste and prnuIy. We cannot consider
II wa.ieiu 20 brstuw from vow supprGui-
~ Tor the support OF the friend of your
youth, by whose early all YOU have risen
10 prosperity; nor penurlouq in so doing.
TO make Il Discrimination betw cen him u liO
stands III need 0i II, and him WHO has no
occasion for your bounty Tile acj IS of
uldt liberal character, which las distin-
gu!Sh q most OF The acts Of the gov rn-
IA vi, IN relation To those who have suffer
eI III rs military servics. II the system
OF pensions were not SO Justly udOus. aS
ahordn% The means Of corruption, We
could almost wish TO. see tie same l;le-
rally extended Ia those ,.ko have devoted
their lives 10 the civil ser, ice Of govern
ment, on incompetent salaries, and an.
!Hii as destitute III old age IS anv sahiir.
or sailor. J! we were 80 saw, that sucl
persons had as Just claims on the nmh;c
purse, wc should bTOaCh "A heresV that
AoGid call down Upon US muc! reproba-
Ton bat, II cannot he denied. that TIE
rewards of military aud naval service. in
ihts agricultural and commerciairepubljc.
are ample, ii mol prsiUse, in comparison
with those bestOW ed OF the most laborious
eNertions IN legislative, executive. or Judi
eIai employmeu!s under lie government.
II there be any we'll founded objection 10
the act OF The last session, il i, that il did
mol comprehend large class OF men, the
militia OF the revolution and another
class, those who lost their all by their ge-
uerosiiy TO Their country in time of need
whom many considered TO be equally err
titled TO relief with the officers and SOL
diers OF t'e regular army But sofar as
Tie act does so, It has our Hearty appro.
baton, and, "e believe, is calculated 70
eEalt The cta ter Of tie nalion.
Speaking OF sufferers in the revoluti3u-
AIRY war, naturally leads Us TO those in Tie
last war, whose claims, for property LOST
and DESTROYED ia the public service. have
been turned over, by an act Of ihe last
session, 10 The Third Accountant Of ILe
Treasury Tor settlement, after consir,c-
hon given to The law fApril, 1916. which
renders II migratory as to buildings. DC.
destroyed. All hope, We fear, has vain
! Ished, oi the relief Of those who were
| burnt oul OF house AMI home during those
incurslons, which Tie progress Of a var
alternately invites and pr0yokcs. After
| dancing attendance on Congress ciy four
| years, IA cxpeeiai on Of some ndeuiuity
! an attempt at fraud, in one or tWo cRses'
! has been discovered, aud the Whole OF
them are condemned Il is true, lin
was reported, ia one House, for ALLOW iuo
| 10 ee'talH class 81 saieiprs Of This de-.
| eruption, on ti;" Gfagdrd, somewhere
/ about hall the asceT'aincd amount ot,brir
losses but even that vas rejected. II
Wiii be recoIiecied, that lie power Of de-
| CiuihS such claims ives taken from the
| Commissioner OF Claims al the ses ion of
i6io-lI, on lne ground, that Congress
! Cugbt 10 act OF tlg cases wi!hOut ANY ms.
diailon, and decide them on ,heir indiyi-
| dual merits. In vain ii vas urred agai,st
that decision, that the House of Repre-.
! 5eniaiives was incompetent. from its or
EaDizlllon, TO exercise judicial functions.
Nhai is The consequence Congress has
been I'D session i've month"; ouf Of iliirt,,
claims rom New Orleans. alonr. ,or nre.
periy inus destroyed, one ony PASSED ihe
House o. cpresentaliycs, anil thst vas
| rejected BY Tie Senate, because II did
not come up until the iasi dav ~ the Sos
son. ln the integrity and compelrnc Y
OF lie IhTd Auditor, there is lall cont
dehce TIE fault Is IN the law, Whirh vt
! hope yet TO see adapted more iiberslly IN
! iht distress ana riIu brought cu q lp,y lu.
arid"a,' 80 Use country b. the operations
ot TIE late war, iroa viii n G,e uatisu
generally has benefited go much.