Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-11-12
VIRGINIA CONVENTION.
I1rEenAY.NnX. 3.

TUESDAY. Nov. 3.
The Convention WAS opened with PRAYER by
the rev Mr.. Croes oi the Episcopal Church.
The President took the Chair ~ II o'clock, and
90 MIR Powell mo ion, the Convention resolved
ltsel' into Committee OF the Whole, Nj. stan
ari n tho Chan
The Chair stated the question before ihe
Committee.
Me Leigh said that he rose 10 address lhr
Comm ttec under the most unpleasant clrcnm.
stanc s--alter the venerable genlleman fron
Louloun, (Mr. Monrot) who from his long
public services, the space which he occupies in
the eyes Of mankind tue Seig of his cha ac-
ter. was cacuale ed TO give the greatest hnples-
sion to his opinlo $. But on this occasion, Mi.
L. said hr took courage II IN his NV ceilings
he egs dnd this compton, s. rs 50 dtuna ~,
so mlsch"v II, t. the rights aud Interest, of The
East, that eyrn il thu grea Washington him Fl
were on the floor, expressing contrary opinions,
he thought he conld 6nd in ms heart courage =
uougb 10 do hls duty.
Nh L. hcgan With statistical statement, .
snow ing how much more the low eI county paid
IT, taxes on lands, slaves, horses and carriages.
'ra6 thu Wesl.--Alier particular enumeration
OF the average taxes paii on the different sec.
tons OF he State, he stated that the East OF The
Ridge paws nj he average rate OF GO cents per
head. while the country West of the Ridge
paws only 81 cents He extended his calcua
tons TO vnrlo1S portions OF each district; COM
pairing tn average in the Congressional District
Of Soulf amp on and the District of Loudoun
and mat of Shenandoah. The Southampton
District pays 81 cents-and the Shenandoah "a
--Extendng the sketch To other Districts and
Counties, he stated that Shenandoah county
pFys only thirty one, while Warwick pays Sc
veniy FIVE eenls.
I'm making this enumeration, MIR. l.. said that
he bid embraced the free people of color
though they pay little or no taxes. lie had ex
cluded the tax on merchants Licenses, and on
tobacco inspected. Taking the Auditors state
menls, il appears that
Ofland tax slaves.
% s .s', "ss s'' s"i I'd" d; s's II" csc
sc iide-water counties "a II
ii Valley counties u q
% Translate hany do 2
He extended his calculations 10 carriages,
horses, &c. aud the result was pret lsely The
thai for every dollar levied on the people West
of the Ridge, the people to the East pay So 10 :
and for every dollar actually paid by the West,
the East pay $3 "a.
MIR. l.. stated that during the late war, he had
ed with the same moaning low by the people
OF the West, as II the animal itself bad scented
the blood Of us saughtered companion. lie
had failed in this proposition but as the war
procee led aGd the necessity increased, the tax
was imposed and the spectre of this cOw-tax,
aud The names of the dead who persisted at
Norfolk, have never ceased TO haunt US ever
since. The Western people have never ceased
to bring them up to show how much the people
of the East may be disposed to impose on the
West 10 any great public emcrgeDcy-And YET
this cow-tax was paid more tully per capita, III
the East, than the West. He alluded also To
the taxes levied al the same time III 1916, on
various other subjects on plate, ON furniture,
on every conceivable subject of taxaiinp, the
Easi paying So 80, for every dollar paid by the
West.
Mr.. l.. remarked, that there was one subject
of taxation so very convenient aud SO much a.
bounding in the East, that il had always felt the
the imposition aud this, while there is no 9th
er subject of taxation in the East " hich does
not nay more than ia the West Without claim
ing any of the generosity and chivalry which
he gentleman from Frederick had ascrbed to
Us, il was impossible that it could be otherwise.
He asked how il was that the North and the
West were always willing to vote money, while
the South and East were always feeling it
while, if we complain in the least, the West Is
apt TO reproach US with niggardIines. The
reason is, that the money is TO he paid by us and
used by them. He did not see how these'eylls
conld be lsssened by throwing the balance Of
mower TO the West. What are the discontents
which have led to this Conyention-~hich have
overcome even that venera,ion which was felt
for ancient institutions and for the Dames OF
Patrick Henry, and George Mason What
but he desire for Internal nprovements-whicil
the Western gentlemen have not hesilated 10
avow 10 him--and there was, too, another mo-
tive. II was the desire to attach the Old Do
minion 10 the car of he General Government
and TO put down those State Right doctrines
which the people Of Virginia have always been
,he first to defend.-Ihese Western gentlemen
wished, by forgetting such principles, TO Undue,
The people Of Virginia 10 accept, aud the Gene