Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-12-29

:. ~ 'e nsnasr and entirely by the instrunspsii.
- sss we State Those who are willing
provemens. are 10 have eid those wis ,,i,, n,.
stver to help themselves, to have 4, son t,s
FOR Instance, we are tod Of the Rail. Rod ~. t.,
between Petersburg and the Roanoks S", prlse,ea
gwen to the Legislature the sIs h him tia, !, .sS
De as wen 10 hep those who were uyor :, i.ic ,h.m.
seive', and thereby o hrlu the ate T.ue ~. -
esr"taNe o! hat town had asked Tor aid las, s,nsr
OUT We rasrs had sub,ciited 50 iib.r ,b.,iS a..
=. e, would ne" help them. they wooid pcrhap-
y" w" w"ik theoie'ves. or II thy ~-,- enable 10 &C.
co-'p'.h hai. they might remoy. 10 Ricbn,oos ~,
ENJOY all he oeaehts Of tie jane, II YER Improvement.
nut ne region bei~een Win hester aud parker,hurv
!. without any con. nrrcisl tuuN les a,, ,n,J,.t
eioosiy located there would traverse ,,,, .o,,,s
o"J oeuen' many citizens; t,'r,ior-, let the State
a' Not worf about The psopie &C that tar,,t.
region paying three-ffh Of the cost Eo, n,y .
p, greatly lear. TIA, IL the State re 10 paw n, ,h
eApsnee OF that road, would be like the Ksnawbs
roso heedr repairs by tho time IL was couetrd aud
~. .Vp I %'t'wad- requiring entire rs nov alton
,.i "oVefno- 'ell- ~, that the people above tho
mountains are pressed down by the y ant OF road, ~
mar ket, aud think. they ought all e, ~, ,'ss 80,
common eapehes Of no SAT-. Ir ,h.lr lands are
worth less on account OF the difficulty of y.,,ia o.,
pro- uce q market, thew doub, saye \. . 10. 49,
And II one man gives $50 an acre f.r J,m.. ~;
az ~ hsnnco, and ano,or man gives 81 per
tains OF Greenbrier. is just H-n,,co nrms
nnu be makes for ths Gre. Dhrier a. good wav
70 market az be hin,s II has? should think no, -.
but ssys the Governor (o efect) If yon who own tho
taxable property now, will pay taxes enouy H. and I'm,
'hs &C. nry beyond the mouotsns, The peopl. in
mat region will al lat buy SOM Of your slaves aud
acquire a. much properly rs you have siid will ,hsn
share the burden OF ,exstioo with you--t pre.um.
that In tits ocss. Col A. Of Snry will have sIsry.
amount o taxes tspay; IL he should tonplsin Of Il,
mink he mir 1T he essy relieved on the foyer,o,,
pI,ne'pes Let him give bali hi, land and negros- 10,
some oil these ci'izsns residing be yood the
who az now Prrs ed with in,cr ,ahs N ~ iss, bv
the want oil market, and he Is reieyes and so far 40
~hst was once his psoper'v, l, ,be .o,,s
" OF contribution of the East aud the Wet, 10 The
public chest Is at once bou hit shout T is mode seems
to me- to b. in priaciple ,hs sane wish ,bat recon,
~ ia
deta that his scheme, like the suction of eecb 10
STOW snu 'eafins IN its operation mine, ite the hite
Faupvre VIII soon produce most d. cisi7e effect
In my ms Number. said tina, the principle of these
easures' vas 'hs sane with the prucspie of that TIA.
' wn'en zen Floyd 30 long, ozeaou:iy, aud hope
pie oil The Tariff. $50 TAR as il -
TO be hi': to compel the people Of the south 10 buy
goods from u people OF the Notb at higher prics
man they coui boy thrrn from foreigner. and thus
In effect 10 compel The repe or The Sou,h IN g;y. n,
the people Of the Norh, the difference b.txe.s ths
prices Tor sood', end fhe prices tor which foreigners
would cell The same goodsTi we 6pd tbst IL ia in
erect anu 10 essence, governmental plan Tor taking
Que mans money and giving II 10 on her. This is ali
mere mater OF my money, given 10 you, for your
use May II no, be said, that this is a tax paid en-
eiy oy consumers, and as consumption 10 increased
ny wealth. and diminished by poverty let the people of
the South pay fer few years or century or TWO AZ
most and by that time, the people OF the North will
nave acquired so much OF the wealth OF the South thar
the burden will be equally divided Yet ,biuk his
reasoning would not have satisfied Gen Fioya the Vir-
gina Representative In Congress But, if he had been
told, that as the northern manufactures would be ex
changed for the southern materials and provisions
would greatly decrease the between tsoss
sections oil the country and that wouIi he .tbe sure
means OF pr otucing unity Of feeling and ar
'ion, between ell parts OF the community wouId 10
no' nave replied that these good things could never ex
let whist our money was taken from without our
consent, and given TO themI Indeed in one respec,
me Governor policy more oppressive than NJ Claws
NC n"o ,s compelled to pay the tariff tax, unles he
chooses to terrified (as John II nd lph call. h.y
II Gommodines-But every mans share Il the fund Tor
in'ernal Improvement may Re taken from him and n
he txitl IL.
to me, not 10 matter much whether e procees ol ry
eoour are taken from me by British tex on tea or a
feherai tax on coarse woollens State tax on NV
slave who wears those weoIens, provided n, is takeo
from me, without my consent, add appropriated to the
dement, OF hers whether my fellow su, iscts in c, eat
n'ain: my fellow citizens in Massachusetts. or my ie
low ciiizens IN Virginia beyond the meuntans In
every case is tyranny Our fathers ssuIIy re-
sisted In the hrst Instance; Gen Floyd
opposed in the secondhand for that or ,sitiep
made Governor. CIV. Floyd ooh tell il rot in WASH
tng.on, publish IL not in the streets of Bostonl Co.
Floyd in the third instance seeks TO impose il ,,,on az
IT ne Governors ideas OF sxaon seem, TO me- 10 be
II slnguiar'-He supposes every desire. to know
what amount OF tax he is pay The Governor would
therefore, never reduce the zss, pr serve The ba
lance at the end OF each year, TO form surplus fund
now this uniformity OF taxation may be- very pleasant
It 10 me people in the region in which e Governor
dweiis, but there Is enoher thing which We .as,rIp
people like still bs'terI mean reduction of taxes
or The uniformity the Governor desire- can never exist
The Legislature certainly may resolve lever TO lower
the taxes; and it possible that the eop. might re-
elect them.-Bu', according to the Governofs sngs..
r. ton, this surplus is TO be applied Internal imp
r. men-anh II h= had not devise some means of geno
lie rid OF II, have doubt the Legislature would 4vs
IA relieved him And all this surplus having been can
sumed when the expenses of the government Shouts
id overrun its income land all experience shows that ,hs
expenses oil governments do swell certanlv and a.
largely, as the Governors KaDawha iu the s,ring
a. what would then become of tie uniformity and
e. oil taxation! We should nd that il wou d be stabl
s In not coming down, and uniform in rising
DO then desITe 10 the fund for Internal mproys
ment abolished and 10 the Safe refusing 10 aid H..
citizens in any work ofh kind? Far from i'll desirs
tosee ha' fund carefully preserveddispensed upon IN
original principles, and applied lis original purposes
do not desire the surplus, which may he in The
suy at the end OF hca year, TO be added to fund
J. had rather The taxes of The next year were reduce
is ney n their own way. But the fond itself would
preserve involate; and when the people were en- CON
WINGED of the value OF Improvement that hev onId
D. pay three hbs oil lis cost and eud its
ton, n scientific engineers concurred In The opjnon NJ
It's value and it, feasibility, would aid the p.cp,e W;
o Tie oher two hhs. any smaller prnpo,fon Tho
oi might n ed would pour forth t.s funJ lie
mountain orient, tOundiDg loudly, hut dony M real
good, and sOon eahausted--I would uIeservs !, no
perennial stream, directed every part OF he SLATE in
lis turn, silently refreshing, reyivng entchpy an -
And The dividends IL would then produce like tbe . ~
Relations risiog from the adow and r. sting On ,bs
tnouhsin, would preserve the fountain "eyef n wing
and ever full" APPOMATTox .
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Il ''orr, n = Peer Cook. 70 MIS-, EaeiaeH Wat
lowing msrssesyE 10 Prince comfy on In, 94b r
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