Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-11-10

miles apart. If, however, the tax he naiHhv ,hs
maksI, he would laye credit for it, If by the USER Il
Moua inuGe 10 ms benctit. To whom should The
right Of suffrage attach' If it ATTACH to ncitIes,
would seem to vest in the vejcle itself and TO su ~
gest similar difficulty to that psopo,tnded Dv pr.
Slhanan Nv VINO commenting on the case Of mar,
whose r,shtto vote depended the tax which he
mad paid on his ass, inquired after the death of the
animal, and the consequent loss of the vote of his
owner whether the vote had beea IN tho ass or mp
| 1t is impossible, Mr. Ca4RnAN said Mr.. M ~
Judge howfar the rule of apportonnent adopted by
south Co!olinn would suit condition without
showing how operates on her Owl, What is tie
eoaracter ana operation of her system of taxatons
y sinnar rule Is said to prevail in the apportioU.
;nsht OF me senators of Massaehusetts and New
m under their respective State Constitutions
wed IN Massachusetts for seven years past ana he
thought it highly probable that the same state Of s
l itGas' ID inc frugal Commonwealth of NewsEamp-
sure, Would prevent rule of superintendent, howe-
ye{ offensive IN theory, from exciting the public in
asRotion RUE wholly iRspers!iYe yoaa Sc "a,
II can be readily perceived that fapplied to Penn
sylvania, or New York, to Maryland it wotd
SO lar from restraining the political nilence of The
ciei cities OF those States, to short of the
Just proportion OF Me number of their citizens in the
scale OF the population of their respective Statsl
would enable those cities by combination of nusl-
bers and wealth to govern without any CONTROL be-
yond their corporation limits. And yet, this is one
VI the very evils against which the member from
Chesterfield, the eloquent advocate of the amend
mant, Is desirous to guard this Commonwealth: a.
Commonwealth, whose territory is SO iptersecied by
numerous rivers, that an overgsown market is nut
likely 10 spring up in its BOSOM =
IlIr VI. said he md considered the iuperfectulA
ofthe basis OF representation submitted by the uinen
ment, arising from the nature of TAXATION cnsdersn
Us an instrument Tor raising any given revenue feQ
red by the exigencies of the Commonwealth. -. =
But II these cXSencies shall vary between different
p'o6s OF time, how unstable is this basis and espel
cy l! the pressure OF the public bnrtiens shall erosy
more iuld more unequal, rs they grew or DECLINE q
In MaIyhud there is no Sinto tax: the eypenses of
10: government are betrayed out of the income of
pubic capital already acquired. The revenue of tire
two great canals of New-York, the work of but q
few years, reaches already near million of doars-
and will shortly release that Commonwealth which,
has now neither land nor poll.tax from the ne.
cessiy OF imposing ay tax whatever on her citizens
Such q principle of representation, as that for
winch our opponents contend, would induce, undSr
such circumstances, the imposition and distrb.tilin
OF taxes Ter the sake Of power merely On the plnn
OF Carolina halt the political power ofihe s;;ae might
be secured by the exercise ofyery little ingenuity 10
miuosty OF the election districts, and With il tn,
means OF preserving 1t Grever in the same l,ails
we nave sought as yet n vain to secure fron mis-
application, und 10 prescribe tie use Of tue wo rex.
FUNDS OF the Commonwealth. IF the new Cpnstita-
ton Shall be silent on this subject, what will prevent
majority OF future Legislature from applying theh
TO reduce the pressure Of the taxes on one horton II
the Commonwealth, with view To it's povernu,ef.
N al other respects, by minority Of the peoples O,
those who lead such minority? Those funds are
amendment IT adopted, will furnish the opportunity
SO TO abuse them. - " '- 80 y ':l:i,SSS
Not only would every reduction of the taxes which
afnc'ed their relative pressure affect the pfoposny
apPortionnent OF representation, but every auemea
tation of them. 81 :! o. -
10 this view of the subject new principle requires
70 be developed A considerable augmentation Of
revenue cannot often be affected without increasing
particular taxes those sub ects already taxed Whit
VIII bear augmentation, nor sometimes without add
ing new subjects r the existing list of taxes
by reducing or responding branches of priyafe
re.se' and supplying 9theis before unused or IN
Inc ourthen Of sustaining f5rciou war. If s tr,,,
has been cast by the Eadaral ConstTfut;on s'
other government; but it cannot pc St,,-.,.f b, 80
member OF this Convention, that it hR3 been found
necessary TO double the revenue of the f,Ununu
wealth during the late war, and to incur considgra
bic debt TOR It's defence part of which, remains We,
unpaid Gan any Ian venture to predict, that SIM
Idr necessity will again aFise5 Should he do sT
would this COMMITTEES confide In The y4iction: ami
found provision IN our Constitution upon it. M
practical Statesman viii believe that to be inpossi
Die, WniSh has actually happened, or reject the com
Gil which would provide for its recurrence. y
Should an attempt be made to remedy the inc
quality OF taxation, arising from var; natopal Dis.
tress by averaging with view future representa-
ton, the taxes OF gwen PERIOD according 10 the
scheme OF b Carolina: the effect of any war which
varies the proportions of the public burhens borne b
the citizens ofthe same commonwealth, Will subsisf,
IN their representation long after peace shall bay,
been restored, and the inequality shall have ceased
REVIEW of our own system of taxation, both De.
fore and since the formation OF our present Constf-
lion, would supply an the facfs nec.,srarv IN scs
tain the positions have assumed. f'S4's > 80
Prior to the war Of 1856, called in Europe the 81
tesian war from its object, and the seven years var
iLom us aurall9n, and IN America, the French war,
from the foe whom il brought Upon the western srSn
tier OF this Commonwealth, the only revenue Of VIZ
gina bad been derived from poll tux The first
!ano TAX was iad IN l177, and ad valorem tax
the same in amount with that upon sIaJ.es--ard
these were then the only subjects Of taxaton 70
these before the last war had been added taxes on
cess. ~" pr
The last war not only required large aueynerta-
tation OF the taxes, all these subjects but the al
ditIon OF humber which will not fatirue the Cor
Iluee ny enomeratng. Since the war, the extraor-
binary subjects of taxation have been released ~,
me existing proportions Of tax on the old subjects
has not been restored. Allow me briefly IN