Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-04-23

its capital, half the thrones OF Europe NO wonue'
that such Government, the natural enemy OF ours
yes Sir, say the natural enemy, regardless o. l'e
Federal cant often heard about "our AFFINITY oil ihe
rests with the mother country regardless OF the STU
died efforts daily made to justify here every abuse,
usurpation corruption and fraud upon the aulhory VI
British example; no wonder that such 0ovelh'ns"'
with view to its great object OF our humiat'eh aNu
ruin should have violated territory fired our YES
sels murdered citizens; and, by IT'S stocKs It's eo
norat;ons its capitul and s mercenaries among US
should have deranged affIrs, reduced our Pe.
distressed our people, forced thousands " -! 49,
for relief, and seek it in the eXpu's'ou" .L aom;
councils, of those who dared to resist Dr. hor
nation No Sir nor is il wonderful lhat ho" ~ VII
these things are done, Englands bankers s"ou'o
demand n mortgage on American SOIL, OF lha. mt.
should be found here ready to give les " s'se
because the Federal Government says the senator
Cow Massachusetts, is bound TO uphold the credit oil
the States" And how: BY the payment or assump-
tom nj their debts There is no other way. But even
,h;s i insufficient For the Government, to uphold
their credit, must guaranty, likewise, all Deus Tue
States may future contract, assume the power 70
restrain them from contracting any more II can &c
the latter. then are the States made powerless, and
brought in subsection It's will III 1t cannot restrain
them and yet is bound to uphold their credit hen mus
it tax the people much as the States oeSre "
whilst thus they induced to spend as thuch as .ey
can For if this Government be bound to pay theif
present debts so is it their FUTURE if one class OF DEBTS
then equally ALL If bound to pay those incurred LOT IN
ternal improvements or for banking capital las were
most of these now conracted0 It IS bound also, and
for the same reason, TO defray an the u
administrations And where is Congress to find me ans
TO satisfy demand nsatiate: In unbounded, inter
minable taxation. =.
In this manner it is proposed to uphold State credit
and this is called favor to the States AS the Sale
and Federal Governme nts did both derive their only
revenue from the and only source-the pockets o.
the same people. But in what does this favor result
Plainly in this Congress, not the State Legislature
in future the people of the State Tor all onee
of State necessity and may, tor reason equaiiy
GOOD prescribe by law, what those objects shall be
when and how to be executed. Thus would the State
Governments, having become useless, be virtually
abolished and the people deprived OF the very benefits
they obtained by the American revouton-local Go
yernment, local taxation, imposed by themselves to
local objects For the Federal Government is, to the
people of State in reference to their local affairs,
foreign power and it, TO raise revenue for State ex
pendIture il the right 10 tax them, they are
taxed without their consent-a condition which nj
other word than tyranny can describe. But Tor Illus
tration put the case. The people Of Ohio, acting
through their local Legislature, now Judge OF the
own wants State, and tax themselves TO meet those
wants Ifa canal desired they determine when where
how, and by what agents, II shall be executed 1T
tax be necessary they decide in what manner, when
and to what amount, it shall be levied. These ques
TONS so important are settled by majority OF tina
people, none others nerposing and IN this TACT they
find the benefits of the State Government But IT. IN
stead of this Congress, IN whose power the people O
Ohio have but limited participation-t Congress
whose action they cannot therefore CONTROL should
assume to Judge for them of their local wanis-to tax
them for distribution TO meet those wants-that IS te
say, decide for them when and in what part OF the
State canal shall be cut, and tax them to defray The
charges of the work-If Congress should act thus
would not that people receive their local laws and pay
local taxes imposed against their consent, by the vii
of others-as much did our fathers of the colo
MES before the Revolution For, it not evident, tina
,1,a.- Ihnn M n
this case the disapprobation of majority cannot pre-
vent Nor does the fact that the State is represent
ed in Congress affect the principle long as the tax
and objects are local.