Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-02-19
THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 10, 1929.
Report er Me eommittee Of Ernnnce.


actively engaged in the trade in pork; trade upon
which many Of our citizens, through CUSTOM depend
for their domestic supplies; yet which in its consc-
quences Is the most extensively embarrassing of any
mode OF our social exchange. Through this channel
1t Is supposed, that 500 900, 100000 In cash. is
annually taken from our circulating medium; and
when our general commerce in lanGuid, and It's re-
Turns slow, and consisting chiefly in articles which
VII not entirely supply the deficiency III the currency
81 the state the obvious effect of the trade will be- the
depreciation in the price OF property, difficulty in
complying with pccuniary engagements, and consc-
Iuclt ds;rsss p-rva!inu MI our commercial relations
Why should capital engaged in such dealings claim 10
Ire exempt from taxation? II is not perceived that
my strong reasons exist, which should make other
modes of merchandising much less favored, and
which give peculiar liberty to this occupation"
And this portion of the report is concluded, by
sort Of general recommendation to subject the hoe
merchants TO the payment of license.
Phc reader will perceive that this is half way
adoption and timid recommendation, of Gov. Giles
idea of taxing Kentucky hogs, by way of retaliation
upon that state FOR her agency in enactng the tariff
We are somewhat surprised that so important
aud intelligent committee as that of Biuancc, should
have Suffered to come from their hands, a suggcs-
ton so remotely md obscurey expressed, and in
dealing so entire ignorance of the v,odus opc-
anus OF tax upon articles Of CONSUMPTION. We
supposed that every body ut all convcrsant with
financial matters, appraised that the consumer and
not the capitalist, paid the levied upon articles
OF consumption; and that in the general burdens
imposed bt government upon such articles, no mat
fr how onerous in the place Of reaching the capital
Isl whose resources created theIn operated TO mis-
advantage by giving him prccxt for exacting larger
profits from the Tins the dstillerics Of
the country never enjoyed SD Itch Il harvest as at
The time, when the necessities produced by the var
compelled government to lay heavy hand upon
thcm--nor are we appraised that there is any mita-
ION to the truth of the position, short OF tie total
prohibition or suppression of the burthcnod articles
ii these principles true, what would Ire the &c.
feet ofburthcns upon the live stock brought from the
western stutcs? Would such burihcas come out Of
tbe pockets of the capitalists, who send into thi,
state, the product of their capital, Or wond they
iail exclusively, that portion Of our own co,ny-
ny, who rely npon this for tho nCccssarics
OF lc' We imagine that every tyro in politica! O.
cdnomy, can answer these questions ye. if the ono
t@tfon We have made from the Report of the COM
muee OF Finance means any thing, Z 1nealrs the nrr
alive Of the answer which such tyro would give
Is it thcn the object the committee 20 tax the far
mers and planters of Virginia, for buying Kentucky
pork! Do they mean to compel the people of this
commonwealth to raise their ovn stock when those
people think they obtain il adyantagcously
elsewheres The committee allow, that, through cts
tom, many of our citizens depend upon this resource
for their domestic supplies ottcy mean to cut of
tins resource upon which many orc absolutely do
pendent for their domestic srppic.2 Or in their
blind rage against the taris and its obcitors do cv
mean TO punish by toxaton, those refractory citizens
who Will not raise their own hogs, bat persist in
tEinLinO fhcv ,trcI,nec ,,o-o
vantageouSy than raise il? Or vas it Intended SIM
ps to manifcgt their devotion to Gov. Giles, Dir.
Cooper, and tho Colleton gcntlencm
We say nothing Of the conslilu.ionality Of tho
sucasure. This has been doubted, even By Major
Hamilton and Gov. TayloE-and denounced al worse
than useless by most of The s. Carolina apostolcals
The 3. Carolina doctors have granted, that IT. is IL
competent for state power tho property of cit
zons of othc- states before i, il mixed Mp and ncor-
poratcd with the property Of the citizens of the tax
ing state. How will Dir. Bryce tthc chairman of the
Finance conmittec) and that committee escape from
this difficulty Where the hogs 20 pay the tax,
At the turnpike gate q. Cumberland gap, or in The
slaughter pens through the country Willis they
are still hogs, When they assume the shape Of
rOrk'--for that is the language of the Report
We do not mean to be Jisrcspoctful to tho com
Tnttec Of Finance, all of whom we know and crtcern
but VIC mean to express our rcprobation of tho
contemplated TAX, our disapprobaton of tho spirit
tl1lt conceived IL, our Acknowledgment NJ its layipo re-
caived the sanction Of intelligent body, ond orr
serious apprehension Of its consequences hpon the
Interests Of this community, and tic N blood tat IL
Is calculated most wantonly and Unnecessarily 70 pro
woke between rs and some Of our e!stcr etotcs
Whom fbo Ut,,,rt ,yo, ,,,t, D, IL
Wallace protested against this feature, as we find In
Tuesdays Enquirer.
Nj Wallace said, that rs be mefnr Of tl~ Commit,
fu o Finance, o you'd take that pccaDp 10 dea,c thai ne
nh dsscned from 80 much n the mppr NJ that Committee, as
recommended tc taxation n osc who brought no into III,
for sale Gle s,id that while he did not prcic,d 10 b..
highly gfei isn othcr evident to i mind ~,
he most disastrous consequences o. and be teeyed would
flow iron, the adoption oi the report Il rccO1neds sid III
w, The slnc of policy that the citizens of the
Southern Stairs had recommended, aud had acnp,
into effect TIE agitation Of fou teo adj