Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-11-06
1Ri:e,a.fsp ron TIE RIcHMoNp VINO:
VIRGINIA COW EYTION.
Tues lY, Nov. 3.


Tues. ~, Nov. g.
Tue Convention rcsol od its.ii ihto Commit &c OF
Tue W hO'c, Mr. Sthnard IA hc Guar
Mr., LEIGH, of ca .stnri'r.d In II address
the Chuir. lie said he had risen 10 address the Com
ini,ice and he had risen ". much reluctance and
disag lie feeling. ia ing io,w IN gentlemen
from i.oud'uh, (Mr. Moirue) VINO al II .ssrd he
Committee yesterday, who, from his advanced age
gr'tt ex1tr'e &C. loi5 'erv c. the ugh station he
bud occupied in the public confidence. and the vast
space he had filed in the eye ofInankind had uCqur
ell hist great weight Of character, which serves Ia
DEEPEN the umpire sion OF every opinion he gives II
vas that weight of characteT OF winch Mr. L.ig said
he had none, literally nUn,. Nevertheless, this Mas
ONE Of those occurrences which hc could take cnun-
sci only from his sense uf duty; and ii Grorgr
Washington himself were to ir..m the dead and
TO propose Il compromise par al hc considc: C
this TO he, destructive, ruimoua damnatory of
the dearest interests of the people who had sent hin
h'iher, he believed in his heart that hc should fluid
moral courage TO resist aud oppose 1t. II might he
admitted, be SieterUHt come bur II would not DC rjr
ilaciouv h0Si. HE hairs might stand N ,,Id but
hisvbcc would not fatcr his ouguc would not ulcuyc
10 his JAWS He would such shrek of ala run
"ld terror would strike he dlIet bearer. aud ter
ry every thn.. bat the heart OF rcthrm"r, harden
I'd by exp'rIm nting he rights oil mau to ascertain
how arg" dose of French PRINCIPLES might be nd
Uliu-t'rcd without causing thir dcstruc ION
Al the knowledge. pOesr<1, (slid NJ. L.l.h,) as
Won Mr. Chairman know, and al my hrbls Of thjik-
ing, are professionals habits OF thin Sng confined to
mere form vi municipal law and Justice. and on, NOT
N IN b" aHp ii 10 great qIe Ions of STATE IN his
profession le sald) II always urcc~sarv to rive
clear statement ut the case, and then submit his
views upon It, tic then, for the information OF the
Committee, went into The following stntcm"rts
The twenty nine counties lying below the Blue
Hidge and above tide water, pay land iaN of 81 -
cts hcnd: nc thirty-siX counties aui four towns
below tide water, pay 81. CT; tho fourteen Valley
counties pay 27.6 cts; and the twenty six coun les
Beyond 1be Allegheny pay ? Of the on
slaves the twenty nine counties below the Blue Ridge
pay 1891 CTS. EACH the thiry-six counties aud four
on al nav 81 ri he fDurt IL
counties pay SO cts each; aud the ,wrntvsx trans
AIeghnny counties pay 81 cts. OF the hors Q
and carriage tax which the West tell us is equva
lent. the twany -nine middle counties pay ) cents
EACH he thirty-siX counties and four towns tide
water pay cts each; the fourteen Valley counties
pay cts each; and the twentysiX trans Allegheny
counties pay I'll cts. each The proportions of to-
tals OF direct taxes which the different sections nav
are-ihc twenty -nn" Middle counties 72.2 cts. EACH
tine thlTty-sN coHntIes and four towns tide 63.9
cts; the fourteen Valley counties 42.6 cts; aud the
twenty six trans Allegheny counties % cts. each.
Computing tho average tax per head on the tax
paying citizens whites and free blacks East Of the
Blue Ridge, he land tax is 32.7; and West OF the
Blue Ridge 1916: the slave tax Is 81 East of the
Blue Ridge, and cts West of the Blue Ridge; the
hurs. aud carriage Is g Fast Of he Blue Ridge.
and 10 West of the Blue Ridge. Comparing the toe
tal payments of all taxes INTO the Treasury, the pro-
portion IS, East ofthe Blue Ridge 68.2 cts. per head
and We of The Blue Ridge 80 cts. per head.
lie would irihcr inform the Com niltce of com
plTi5on between several districts Oi country. Take
the Cong reSBlOnnl District composed ot sussex,
Southamp on, Prince George, Isle of Wight. and
CireeBsvlie OF the least fertile in the Souhrcn
part of the State The average Of taxes paid IN this
district island tax % per head slaves go horse and
carriage 10; making total Of 90 per head.
Take the district composed Of Loudoun Fairtax,
md Prince Williams the average of land tax is 80;
of slave tax IL OF horse and carriage tax y making
total of 81 per head.
Take the rich and fertile counties of Frederick and
Shenandoah the best in the Commonwealth. While
Southampton pays total of 60, they pay only total
Of 81 PER head.
The district he represented paws OF; while thut
which COMPRISES brunswick Mccklenburg, Luncn-
burg, and Dinwidde, pays 10 per head.
Tho district embracing Halifax, Pittsyvana and
Campbell, pays ~ cents per head
He would make comparison Of the counties.
Shenandoah pays 81; Warwick phys To- Frederick
pays 56p Jefferson pays 55 Berley pays 81; LondUun
{nys sc; Augusta pays Sd; FHuquicr pays 5q Nelson
pays 10; Fluvanna pays ~; AIbcmnro pays go;
CiOochland pays OF; Amherst pays LOG; Nouaway
pays IL Ppwhatan pays l22; Kanuwha pays 81;
Brooke pays TO- and Monongohu pays 10.
In mnking these estimates he hid included IN the
Taxpayers, the free negroes. Th'y are considered
stch legally; although in point Of fact trey are not
so Tie had also excluded merchants licences; al
though all must know that considering tic nature at
our trade ahd CO. norco, II ~ paid by The consumer
~ the neighbourhOod of town. He mad also cXclu
ded the tax on tobacco levied to indemnify the Com
Inonweuh for the insurance against FIRE in the
warehouses;, lie had also taken The gross taxes M
1923, ana had compared them with the populato
paving taxes according To tho census OF 1920
Ills friond from Cupopper had adopted the estimate
furnished bY the auditor Of the state Of popunlio on;
and taking, fhs nett auount OF the taxes actually
paid I'M the ircagury aud accounted for nv tho Al
ditor no found that in the - counties below the
Blue Ridge and above tide-watcr, the payments
inado last year Of landax average 3i.I por head IN
the 30 counties and towns on lido, 3l.7' in the {
Valley counties 24.6; and IN tn % trans Alcphanv
Counties %. The average slavo-tax paid, according
20 the bJoks OF the present year, IN the 20 middle
countless 28.5 IN tho 30 counties aad towns tide
- 9; m the II Valley Counties, 49, and IN tho %
trans Allegheny counties, 2.J. Thr average OF horse
nd carriage tax paid Is, IN the % middle counties
, in the SO COMMITTEES and tOws on tide, G.9 u tbs
Valley counties ia; aud in the 90 trans Ailcgon
Nv counlios 3D. Tho country cast Of rlir Blu,