Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-12-07

- its Subscribers, we ave seen tue gentleman
upon whose information we threw IL out. He
resides in this county. is well known 10 most Of
It's ctizeus, and is OF unQoesl ionabe and un.
improbable veracity. He says that he receiv.
ed the haadbill with his Richmond Papers from
the post Office; that he then believed and still
believes that il was sen, in the Enquirer, tho
he is o, willing positively 10 oSser. il We will
merely add that the handful he received was
printed IN Richmond. We have no doubt tha,
the fact was as we FIRST stated it.
u The Va Free Press, in ausion TO Mr.
Leigh's obnoxious assimilation Of the peasantrv
Of the West with the negroes of the East, very
happily quotes the following lines from Gold.
smith, who ii thinks Is as least as good a judge
Of human nature as Mr.. Leigh:
+" Ill fares the land, to Fastening ills a prey.
Where ,yeatth accumulatrs, aud mtn decay;
Princes and Lords may flourish or NAV Jade.
" breath eau MAKE them, AS a ath has made;
" But bold Pedsantrs, their country's pride,
" When once destroy d, can never be supplied"
u We are glad TO perceive by paragraph
in the Richmond Compiler, tina Mr.. Leigh is
more cunslderate than some II his friends tie
has declined tor the present. the honor OF a
public dinner which was trndered 10 him, we
presume as an ofisett to the Rock ngham efiigy
burning. Such an occurrence, at th. rolne4t,
would have added fr, sh fuel to the fire which
already RACES With suffcien ferueness.
u A great deal has been said about the Sc.
curity which the shareholders ought to require
that, under the ope atom of the new cons,nu
ton, that description of property should not he
uneqoally taxed; and ihs security, they say,
can only be rendered eff lent bv giving them
unequal power IN ihe administration of the go.
yernment. The snbJoined compendium will
show hat this affected anxiety for security. is in
truth IA struggle Tor p0tcer, The slav eholdtrs
must, under any OASIS oil representation, possess
the ascendancy in the Legislature a; this time,
nor can We conceive OF any possible combma-
ton of circumstances which can in future take
Il from them. But, if they be sincere, they
cnnnot refuse the terms nlthe compromise offer
ed by Mr. Campbell Of Brooks providing that
appropriations of the public money East and
West Of the Ridge SHALL be in exact proportion
to the taxes paid by each sectio What more
can be asked7 POWER! Power to give all
legislative appointments to residents of the tide
wafer section OF the State, and 10 that part of
the middle section Immediately adjacent TO il
Power to si7e tone 10 the political character
of the Commonwealth
Number Of Whites aud Of Stare, and amount Of
1dres paid IN that dir,sion If the State en-
bractDg, LIST, oil Hest Of The .4Aeghauy. and
2diy, dsi'9een The Ateghany ana the Blue
Ridge.
WHITES. SLAVES. TAxE5
West Of Aieg'y lsl,3Sf l7I7S 33,77u
Between A. ~ &. r. l38, 1872 33ass ~ 962
3l95l6 SOIL 90 1872
Ditto IN that dirisiOn ofhe STATE. LIST, beflcsca
the Blae Ridge mud Tide B'nter, and 2dy
beloW Tide Huier.
WHITES. SLAVES. TAXES.
Bet B.R. T.W. 49, 222 81 332 $50 265
BELOW Tide Water, 100 ,52} l762al li4,43o