Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-03-01

eXefBp ton from tue taxes winch Citi16nS
of the states pay tor the support OF their 40
mest,c government. | call on the oppo-
nents of retrocession, to say, 1t we do not
pay our full proportio OF all those taxes
which are levied by the .. S. for the main
tainance Of the national establishments.
Do we not consume as many articles on
which an impos. or uty is laid as any tswn
of our population!
Is not the national government entirely
supported by the revenue dsrivsble from
imposts and duties Has it any other re.
venue ?-And when direct tax was lad,
did no, Alexandra pay her fair proportion.
off. ?Does any portion ofthose vast sums OF
money by whose expenditure Washington
has been so rapidly improved and peoped,.
find its way here? fancy that none OF
the opponents of retrocession can answer
these questions in way which will bene-
fit their argument. But it the U. States
did expend here ONE part OF the large
sums they annually disburse, would re-
| PROCESSION cut off our communication with
Washington, and prevent such expendi-.
| ture imagine not: unless change OF
jurisdiction could alter physical situations.
If we enjoyed the rights and privileges
of Virginia citizens, would our sommuni-
cations with congressman be less frequent,
or our representation and wishes be less
regarded by that body because with tree
dom we should have some poUer OF making
our resentment dreaded. Is there any
thing in the education of the members OF
| Congress, which should teach them TO re-
spect The humble applications OF quasi
slaves more than the manly sollclta..
ton. of portion OF their constituents
When the advocates OF retrocsssion
publish a plain and particular state
ment of the taxes which Alexandra would
pay as Virginia town; the question is
not canddlv met. Their opposers are
contenteG with general declaration of the
| incorrectness OF the account land oyattack.
! ins-a single item of loss, and solitary
article of gain. Let US See with how much
ability this petty war has been maintained.
1t is SAID that the taxes levied on law pro-
cess ought to have been added by Pendle-
ton to the sum of D852l, and that the sum
Of DI250 would not be gained by the di-
minution of law expenses.
Lett be repeated that the legal or taxa
bic lee, is but 2 dollars 80 cents in Virgl-
Ola, and in the District it is dollars. Pen
dleton said if there were 800 suits brought
in year. and we all know the average is
near 800; that the taxable fees would "a
noun: to $500 dollars, and that in Virgil
MIA, the fees on he same number OF suits
would be but 1850 dollars. leaving gain
to the town of the last mentioned sum.
But can Alexandrian" has said with that
remark able brevity, and elegant precision
for which his letters have no doubt besn
distinguished, after having made forty or
fifty suppositioDs that the whole law taxes
would amount to $50 dis; and of course &C
cording to BIS logic, that that sum must be
taken from the 1850 dollars; but if he had
possessed one spark OF candor, he would
have known and admitted that Pendleton
had underated all the peCuniary benefits
proposed as the consequence OF retroces-
sion; that Pendleton had purposely avoid
ed mentioning the tax on writs, because 1t
could not make any difference in the re-
suit, if fees on all forth coming bonds
should be placed on the other side. On eve
ry forth coming bond here, there is fee
Of FIVE dollars taxed; in Virginia. but 2 so.
SO that il there were 500 forth coming
bonds given sannually gain from hat
source Of 1850 dis might be contended for,
But sir, what cannot influence the general
result, the readers OF Pendleton can easily
discover, it is not his practice to state
Such course of argument, such shifts ant
cavIs he avoids as the peculiar property of
IAN Alexandrian's' genius. An Aexan-
drian boldly asserts that Virginia having
already made nine chsncery courts, she
W ill not change her system and make
tenth for US if We were again part of her
people
If she were to refuse Us-ber system
would be changed indeed for her present
system is to make the administration of
justice as speedy and convenient TO all her
people as possible. And when it is re-
membered that every town of any sort of
importance in her whole territory has had
charCery court given it, no good reason
drawn from principle or policy, can be
seen why our wishes should be denied -
Nth the same uniounded boldness of aflir-
nation, he says chat there is considerable
doubt whether Alexandria will be taken
back as county" and sagey maintains
the prOprlety OF this doubt, by saying that
The ultra montaine counties wouldnot con-
sent TO an increase of the representation
on this side Of the Ridge. Is he ignorant
or did he purposely mistat e the fact, that
there are but thirty two counties beyond |
the Ridge, and that the number is sixty five |
below. Every one almost knows that each
county in Virginia, Sends two members to
the assembly without regard TO population.
That the people beyond the ridge are al
most every session asking for the erection
of no W cnuDfioe ont of tho old hy Simi- |