Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-11-20

Blue Ridge as a minority of The feholders and tn
payers. he wall addto the Western counties thos
Counties beio% The Blue Ridge. whose representa-
ives vote with the West, he will then shew that th
majority IN this House represent 4 majority of IN,
tax payers. "10'' % '''
For the process he referred 20 the tables which had
oeen presented by the Auditor ofthc number of per-
eos P"yl"g taxes IL any gentleman will take the
fato of White population above and below tb,
Ridge he will find THAT it is nearly ,,e same as
Inc OASIS oi theiaX payers above and below the Ridye
rurther, the ratio of persons listed for tsyes Wo-. aft
the Bine Ridge, who own % acres each b.or< tho
same proportion to the ratio below AS the Proportion
o. white population above is 20 thai of the white no
P".a''oh oeIow TN" Ridge. The number Of persons
III tne "hoie state charged with land tax Is 90 500
oil these there are West Of the Blue, Rd,e % 400
Dcduct from the $4,000 grcat number Of .. r. ms
on Wnofn land tax Is charged in the West b,t who
n'e pei"W ne Blue Ridge, aud tho proportion, will
stand as 80 To SO. The number of .rs6us ,ye, vim
are charged with taxes on Inoveable property are
4o'oIoi deduct TINS number from the whole number
OF 35ooO, and 55 900 will remain below tho rroup
tain The number of Tue whit. pon,,lot;on We, 'f
tie blue Ridge according to the Census of 1920
was 100000. IL we take the censps of 1900 Tho
argument would be much more unnnswcrablo The
number OF tao white population West TO The nu,bn,
Of whole po tlaion was IN 1890 IN the ro,io of a.
t. 2' or taxi the ratio OF taxation as he had ms,
sewn It, and the ratio would he as - [, 30 Con
tietnen seemed TO argue under deuson when they
.hs th'ir calculations 10 the white population in
the West. ~ "
As TO thc unlniniiy Of the people below aud t',e
Number o. persons; the number of persons listed in
tie ooohs, as chHfgeHbic with land tax i measure
OF ra;io. Then add the vut.s below tn. ,noun,oi,
In Loudoun which he represented there were but q
who voted against n Convention out of9OO In Fair
lax the votes in favor Of the Convention mr., q %
I. In Prince Wihan they were ) IN I IT,
votes are To be added 10 the West Then take tho
counties OF Aih"murie part OF PItsvlvania and BED
iora nnd you VIII md large majority of ta. PAYERS
IN favor OF the resolution.
NJ. SrASARD made an euCuiry Of the Char &c e..
the regularity of the debate.
The CHAIR said that the debate had crrtnirv cx-
tended imperceptibly him beyond the hounds wi ch
strict Observance of order would Justify
MIR tSTANARD said If it regular on enc s:hn 70
ctef ine eGfraneous topics, would certainly be
irregular to confront them. Tho gentleman from
Loudoun had been unsustained by his cuadlutor pro
hIc rice He would examine wluth the alcula
tons winch had been just submits od the committee
aiid the Deductions which were made from them were
correct. He understood the gentleman from Lou
ueun MT Mercer. TO mean the ratio of tax PAYERS
ABOVE tile Blue Ridge pot di1 from he ratio
OF tax payers below the Blue Ridge IT., woald con
front these calculations by t'psc OF t1e lenan
from Augusta. He had occd sion OF Saturday III re-
ierrng to the relative numbers OF frelI iders TO
state that tie proportion OF taxes on the Iand books
as between the West and East side oithe Bine Kflre
was IN the ratio OF 80 TO 90. Gentlemen thought
that property changed the relations OF the numbsrs
and that the p oportIon was between 80 and 10 on
one side, aid % on tic other. lie computed that
alaong the names which down in the land books OF
%
sidents-tkey were either residents in tie East or
ION residents. IL would allow. by making that de.
ductlon the ratio of 30 to so. He would not add TO
the East the 600 landholders whom, M. had sub
Quoted from he West, although he coniecturcd that
even III Richmond alone there lttleless than 100
people who were land holders IN the West How
was so IN other portions OF the Eastern country
nc could not say. He would however contine his
arguments 10 the ratio of 80 20 IS. He % nada no
Calculation al his own but far as his combinations
nave went they were founded on those made BY the
gentleman from Augusta WIG was ;, cond 10 no zen
tleman u The committee ia accuracy, and ne would
confront the statements OF The gentleman from Lou.
DOM with them.
Mr.. DoDDRnGE enquired whether the present de-
bac in order.
The Guam decided that the member from Spott-
syVa0ia had an undoubtcd rght TO reply to the zen
tIemsn from LOudoun.
MIR. STANApD said it was no, his int. uon to 90 any
farther IN hcfcnarks he about 10 oiir han 10 pre-
sent correction ofhe cx rayag mistakes whirh the
gentleman tEom Loudoun mad committed, IN the cal
cuations tie had submitted, and In order to give this
correction more force, he confronted them with the
calculations OF ne gentleman ffom Augusta who was
at least as accurate as the gentleman from Loudoun
The proposition of the gentleman from Loudoun was
that the ratios of frecholders and PAYERS did not
exceed that Of the white DOpula. ion.
lie had the tables of the gentleman from Augusta
which apportlOned the represent alton on the supno
sition OF having 100 members IN the House of Dole
g Ites. Computing tie ratio OF white population in
tine two divisions he gives Sc delegates aud fraction
10 the West, and % and a fraction to the East
Computing the land tax ratio and making no al
lowance for persons who are non es.dents Of the
West, he gave SO aud fraction to tine West, and 10
and fraction TO the Fast. Computing from the pro-
perry books, and surprising all the taxes Ia be paid
he gives proportion between the West and the East
instead Of SO to CO, of 30 to 20. If he was naccu-
r0tc, the gentleman from Augusta would him.
Yet we are told here, without qualification, that all
terminate in the same results.
collie felt it due To himself 10 the country, and to his
abroad nnc0nrtbnt these statements should not go
more consulted 80 those in which accuracy was
Mr.. MEEcEH regretted hat hc W
pass OH the indulgence of the Cornintrg eG 10 tres
order 20 support the statements he had made, ain
whose accuracy had been so much questioned. lie
protested against having his remarks Coliatcd with
those Of any other gentleman. H. responsible
for his alone, and to the statements OF the
gentleman from Augusta nc the last individual
IN the Convention who would require tho aid Of ano-
Their To sustain them. That gentleman has infvrued
in him whisper, that his calculations and he ratio
which REFERRED TO, had hcen dcduccd from the
population OF 1929. lie (Nlr. NJ had repudilted
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