Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1829-11-20

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Gu as !he basis, the power of laying and
collecting the taxes from the people, and
oil administering all the affiirs of the gov
eTiment, will be placed in the hands Of
those who pay less than one fourth OF
'ne whole amount of taxes, of imposing
them on those who pay more than three
l0urths oil all the taxes paid into the
Treasury.
Inc whole revenue for the year 1928,
derived from lands, slaves, horses, car
rlages, and licenses, paid into the treasu-
ry, amounted to $365,429 so. OF this
amount, Albemarle and the counties he.
low the Ridge paid more than 1926 ,072-
w. and the country beyond the Ridge,
less than $96,357.
The whole white population in Vir-
Smha amounts to 682, o6I. or this, the
amount of population west of the Blue
ridge is 310,516; and the amount east
OF the Blue-ridge is 362,745. If the
white population continue to increase in
the same ratio as it has done since 1920.
then IN 1885, the population west of the
Blue-ridge vii! be 375, 3lO, and cast of
the Blue-ridge, 372,o93. Thus, in five
years the whole power of laying and ex-
pending the public revenues derived from
taxes, will be vested in the people be-
You'd the Biue-ridge, who pay less than
one fourth of the revenue whilst more
than three iourhs of the same revenue,
will be paid by the people east of the
Blue ridge, and will be levied and col
lected from themby the non-paying por-
ton of the community.
What despoliam can be more cruel.
than that which gives to one man the
power of laying taxes and expanding
them, and compels another man to pay
them, whilst he has no controul over the
power of laying the taxes. If the amount
oil the whole taxes be divided according
to the white population, then the people
above the Ridge will pay. at the rate of
Is cents and 4 mills on each white per.
son, whilst Albemarle and the people be-
low the Ridge will pay at the rate Of 81
cents and mills on each white person.
1t is further worthy of remark, that whilst
the people west of the Blue ridge nav
less than one fourth of the revenue. 10
wit, only $o0,73o they receive back
from the treasury, as members of the
Assembly, and for claims and services
which may be considered of local char
acter, S97, 635, which is !S6.333 more
than they contribute annually to the pub
lie treasury. These will be the effects
OF adopting the white population as the
basis OF representation.
10 these statements Of the relative
burdens of taxation, and the ADVANTAGES
derived from the expenditures of the
public treasure, in the eastern and VEST
ern divisions of the State, it will be par
t;cularly interesting to lay before the peo-
pie of the County. the following consd-
erauonS:
The Senatorial district, in which the
county of Albemarle is comprised, inclu-
ding the county of Madison, which this
new arrangement of Districts would rem
der necessary, would pay into the public
treasury nearly as much tax as the six
Allegheny Districts, which will have six
Representatives in the Legislature, while
that District would be entitled only TO one
representative, and nearly half as much
as the fourteen Valley counties, which
would send five representatives. Sun
posing an additional sum of $780, 900 to
be raised by taxation, the country be-
tween tide water and the BIue-ridge
would pay of such a tax S36,036 and
receive $29,9O7. The county west of
the Allegheny would pay $500, and
receive $27,5S5. The Valley would
pay $14,763, and receive S2O,246.-
The Albemarle District would paw 60
996, within little less than $4,000 of the
entire country west of the ALLEGHENY,
while 1t would receive $4,5O5, less than
one sixth of what is received by the same
western district.
If the compound basis be adopted, the
power OF laying, collecting and expend-
ing the public revenue will be retained
by those who pay the taxes. The rep
resentation Of those who are to feel the
pressure of The public burihens, and who
pay out Of their pockets, the money for
the public service will be the persons to
assess tllc amount of taxes, and thus the
good old rule will be verified, that thew
who are to pay The taxes, will Law the
taxes. The people east Of the Blue ridge
will pay into the treasury $205,o7
whilst those west Of the Blue-ridge will
pay only $00,732, and that only nom-
nalIy whilst they receive back more than