Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-06-08

Callidge box and contents 90
Supposed lowest cast 500 90
Now We viii suppose thai The lowest nvntage mum
Der oil miles to be travelled the place Of rendrz.
sous be 300, miles, and that will require egh days
10 perform This distance foot (25 miles day is iair
"alkingD going aud coming viii be sixteen days
'nd II the time spcn, IN camp be but ten days, then
mere Is loss 81 26 days,-aud lht twice year is
o. days Il Is fair 10 estimate the average amount OF
""thhen's wages at s. PR das-so here Is u loss Of
80 ~ the outset, and SOC each succeeding year /;
aud what Ion But we are promised "suilif lcn
compensation Aud hnw much will this "snli
Client compensatory be Can We llupe 10 pei more
ihan The regular troops of the United S,ea do And
At ~ per month tnot quite ~ cents u day) how
must a man travel 1t would not feed his horse
nor pay his steamboat stage fare 81 lac must
walk And then again, provided the militia so
called into the service OF The Uoued States shall
he deemed Arrays 10 hare trdutied bB The usual
or efPcddtoas rouiss'- (see 25ih arliele) How
wonderfully careful that the government may MOI
be deImuded % one cent
Bnl with these acquisitions not half Of the
people will be ahlo 10 comply. having neither the
necessary means nor credit. How many will be
HHfing, Is quite another question.
should tlls scheme take, aud become law OF the
land, and The Law be put IN force with any hing
Ike energy, II will eeraInly be necessary Tor the gov
tlnmrni 10 devote all the surplus revenue, If
THERE EVER SHOULD BE ANY, To the
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ton, sale keeping aud maintenance of the dciia.
qhens iot the little count, Jails will ho SUN
Gent io contain hall ni thrm-aud II viii be allow
ed by every one. thaia RAN III confinement Is not
ahle 10 support himself 10 say nothing o hls FAINT
y) unless indeed The PRISONS are convicted into
hugo "orkshi Sd measure that would Perfectly
hafmonze with the ptol os,d scheme, aud would be
worthy Of HE plcsent administration BY the bye,
this would be no bad plan lor when the people
saw that tho government was IN earnest, they would
submit, although II must be acknowledged thai tins
would be u stretch OF pc cr not hitherto assumed
even by on' Stale Legislatures But bad an tins IL.
II IS hul the germ 81 other measures more burden.
some and OPT lessire, rs we shall see aud feel.
Bnt why indulge IN such gloomy anlicipatons
"Suiticeni tn the da, Is the evil thereof" Let US
tutn our thoughts 10 sonctiug more bright aud
cheering. onr wiserulers are gong lair
way and Ia continue, let them utterly destroy eve
~ ono Of HE Banks-demand specie Tor all dues
pay all claims tsalarlcs ol Office holders and panl-
z'us exeeptcd) in Treasury Nol,s-,cdecn, these
notes. with thtir interest, by issue ot more.
We see. that, by this means. the Treasury need
never he empty intact, it viii be inexhausuble-''a
contamination dcvontly 10 be "ished; iof then what
iofelgn power dare insult a. modest ns Aud again.
10 what asreteh Of power aud dominion might nol
our President. or lile-(lhe plan would not be com
pete "iihont,) having possession OF the purse aud
The command Of the sword, aspire 10 aud attain =
Aud Then, rs Mr.. Ruthe says nous rerrons a
glorious prospect. We shall become GREAT, u
GRAND NATION; Tor the DAYS Of PLAN SIMPLE
KrpnblIchnsm are gone by, aud we are asi-shall
say degeRerdtng But will hasten to my concIu-
sion, with Que more obsefyalion-thai s acc orng TO
the l7th and 18Th articles, the President will have
all the advantages oi - Standing Army without its
attendant expenses and having power TO call out
ts many men rs he may desire aud when he pleases
let the Oill onee So, and II greatly be feared
that mere VII be no Lack OF pfctexs for The excr.
eIse oi this power. Oar county Will M longer be
as "A In. "A
ed OF other Daiiors--we shall have distressed enongh
o our own. The march Of empire IL said 10 be pro-
e,essyely westward ; but where is the wrst a man
may uaVcl eastward lII he back tu his start.
ing place. Where Is the west
Ask where's the North nj Greenland mud when there
At Noya Zembla,-or the Lord knows where.
A MECHANIC.
l0F~As fiji accompaniment of the foregoing sen.
sble communication, we append The subjolned art-
ele from II late Richmond Whig:l
The Anoy BH-Hs oppreSsiUe ProriSions.
A friend has furnished with The following cal.
cularIou prepared by Mr.. Joynes the Wing Elce-
tor Tor the Accomack ID street. OF the immediate tax
which will be mp, sed by the Army BIZ upon the
People OF asngle county. The estimate is very
moderate one-In tact, we believe 1t To be much be-
low What the reality viii prove. A musket cary.
lug Is 10 The pound, bayonet kuapsack, rarrIdge
box aud chrtrdgcs, cannot be purchased Tot S2 90.
They viii cost ueafet $50. Bot II is betlrf 10 be
under than over The ARK, and aeapllailon tax ol
Sl2 50, apan from other taxes, Is enough, III all
nscIence, these hard tunes.
The idea Of making such calculation ia good
one. We hope 1t may be adopted IN every county
IN the Stale. twill serve 10 bring home the PEG.
pie a more accurate knowledge Of the oppressive
provisions of thus odious scheme. They viii by
II, that ~ order 10 put this slupeudous project in
operai . >, they will have TO pay heavier TAX by
tour fold, than they NOW pay Tor The whole support
OF Government W no can meet this increased bur
then without inconvenience Tie few wealthy
men may bnl how viii it be with the hundreds and
thou-ands whose labofs AID resources are all de :,
manded 10 supply the daily and pressing wants Of
themselves aud families J Let the people, aiead,
bowed to the earth by mlsrule, answer.
But the tax al Sl2 so on each man is only part,
and very small Pant, of the burlhens imposed by
tins magnificent scheme Of our Federal rulets. A
laere uunbe 10 be draJted Tor 'actre scrricc.'
They are To be called ibice year, 70, ten or Mirty
days al Ine, from their business aud npatIons,
to be marched, at The pleasure Of tile President to
The District Of Columbia, Mar, land. or Delaware.
What TAX is lhls Evety man actively engaged
IA business, winch requires his constant personal
tenron, must determine for himself To The poor
man, the meChauc, the overseer, the farmer II
small force, who are dependent their daily labor
for their daily bread, it would be oppre sslse beyond
endurance.
a CALCULATION
Si0cine The tftct upon Mt coanfL II 1fccor,ack oj
The ptan proposed by The Secretary IF Har, toid
hc appreciation Of President Fan Bwea, for III,
"rcorgan'2atioa IF The Mititia n The y. Siates.'
The plan proposes that every person of The az,
"ol twenty and under that of forty five years.
with the exception Of the Vice President and le,
| "thtr officers who are exempted from militia duty ;,
"sha seVcially and respectively be enrolled IL lht
militia thai every clzen so enrolled aud notified