Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-11-28

supposed
thing of tax is imposed on him who pays il. lie is
merely The collector. H
Mr.. MERCER said he had known on the commission
ers' books land charged three times over to different
PERSONS and at last not charged to the reol owner
lie resisted the idea that the tax ON professions wa,
always paid by the consumer.
The question on the proposition to amend was then
taken and decided III the negative--ayes AZ, noes
40 and the Chair having voted in the negative, ma
King the vote, ayes AZ, noes Al.
| Mr. RUNNERS moved to amend the resolution BY
adding to the resolution previous to the ,ord spro-
v'ded" in the 23d line, the words:
| "Or who having residedtwo years within the coun-
W. city, town. or election district, should have been
assessed with, and paid to the Commonwealth any
Part OF the revenue OF the preceding year"
Mr. SrANARp asked ifthis was not the proposition
which had been already three times rejected
Inc CHAIR, after examination of the journals. re-
pied that had not been decided in the specific and
separate form in which it was now offered
Mr.. &. JOHNSON objected TO the amendment, be-
cause instead ofsctting the principle leaving
to be decided by the discretion of the Legislature
we had on some questions. restricted the Legsla
ture; but on this question: put in in the power e
the Legislature to extend the right us far as they
dollar or mil "
| AIR RANDOLPH sa'd he the least ye,,o,s
with respect "a the question before ire Con,m,,roa
but he wished with the gentleman from Loudoun
MI Monroe 10 restrain the rich. of suffrage TO tho
land OF the Country, and be trusted that when tho
question was brought into the House. lie would have
.ne oeneni ot bis vote In carrying that principle in
cooperation. II matter of complete ;nIifor
cnce to hun whether the proposition of the GENTLE
man fion henawha, MIR. Summers,) would prevail
or not De would go further and say that the pron
ostion which Was written III sport, by fellow lsbo-
OF ms u adlnit ali to the right OF suffrage who
mad resided 81 hours in the election dstrict psS,r,
they offered to vote subC1icss 20 ehs, Cor,r,sst
he did uot know feslns a. be dad that h. World
.aAe Shy great ioesrsSt II ePpositipn i. BslE De
"ouio say WITH p''rts:t SINCERITY that h. gInd ruth
or the COE,F1lGtes should 1ug rise md e,,,nr,s NJ
the por srs 70 the Gen. NJ Assg,nfy man ,,i,,ce no.,
such pElscIPa that contained N ls ,r,,,stt, :,
question: be would teei str n trusting to ns DIS
erFton OF tn General Assembly, hun to sanc5cu
tuen n an uncoa'Fnteri povef, by adopting, sas u
iuuuaments4 aT-5oe q le1st, would rest o. the
good sense ADD intelligence OF the people He
thougnt II safer, to give TO the General Assembly
carte blanche. to make them as omnipoteut "a The
parliament OF England, rather than To adopt a finn
oahen,ai law which the Legislature cannot change,
control or modify, bnt on which all their proceedings
are to be based. He said, and he would repeat II
that IL the 1st resolution OF the Lcgislatiyc Com
mittee vas adopted in its present unmtigat naked
,cIm' would be matter of perfect indifference TO
fim what occurred afterwards, and it was only be
cause that resolution undecided and still IN abo,
ance, that he was disposed to make strusule IN
this proposition. He said if the freeholders of ths
otate, are mad, or weak enough, to surrender this
power 'hey wiii nave etaced from all record-if it
we, the proprietors of the soil--the land owuers
who can give them notice to quit-and compel them
to OUTFIT we give the people, who have been we'll
terlneu by the gentleman from Frederick (Mr.
drunken set OF vagabonds-a power to tax
our Property-lt we are so "inefa6ky stupid" III
thank the jew for teavhi..g .ao Tho. chaos" ny
will have cfiaced the record, were it not written
by the pen of inspiration of the stupidity of Esnu
lie did not know whether he should rise. or sit
when division was called on any question. unless
lie was compelled by the rules of the Committee
lie would not have taken any part in this debate
did he not perceive that apathy prevailed AMONGST
NOSE VINO Ihougnt "!th hin-but with one fatal ex-
cgFtion-an apathy that to him most affiictnp.
fbere vas one class Of non frceholders one 80
alone, to whom his heart yearned, and to whom
were he not from principle opposed to it, he would be
most wiling to accord the right of suffrage-he
meant the of freeholders whose fathers are mot
noW able to afford them eaiyision of their mon.
erty-to parcel off to them their modicum They
must Wat-they are the bone the snew the mus
Gle OF the Commonwealth. To that class he wonld
IN Parucuir address hmself-"can you not trust YOUR
fatherS!-have little patience-are you not neces
sariy to succeed to their power IF YOU will net bv
oequeS, DEVISE or inheritance will YOU not get IL in
few years, by the honest exercise of vour own in
dustry! VIII you enter into joint stock COMPANY
VIII you form partnership with the rabbIe
the drunken yagnbonds described by the gentleman
from Frederick, Mr.. Cooke,) proaigate' homeless
gang, Who as the gentleman from Spoitsylyan,a
MT Stanard had said hung loosely Oh society, but
VINO are sure to stick very closely to her skirts-e
iI"s disposed To PICK up all they get, and earn
their vile, and infamous bread by any art, rather
than labor They surely would not unite with peo-
pie OF that description--hc would call upon the sons
Qf the recholders, to watt and not 10 make con,n,on
cause with those Who in the nature ofthings had no
permanent, nor even transient interest in the Com
mnonweath He hoped they would rally round their
Iathefs' tie was sure that Constitution with such
provisions as that proposed, would never be accepa
Ole TO the good common sense, of the people NJ
this Commonwealth. fP'' VI
tie would rather that the Committee would now
f,se take OIL all restraints FROM and comnr n Tho
General Assembly, all powers lepjslstve oyac,.r o
ana Jnacial andArnst to the good of the people
tnan intct on them, the curse, which the provision
III this Constitution, would iohict on them
hJr. SUMMERS said that the objection which A.
gentleman from Charlotte had made to this nronos;-
tion appeared him to have less weight than be ra
usually inclined to accord, to the suggestions of TINT
Ecnueman on ordinary occasions. We were anxions
70 Iniuse INTO the organic law, fixed principles. but
we were not equally anxious, to fix the application