Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-02-13


Mr kosxarses opposed the rseommi,m..,.
me House refused 70 reecmmis without d;v;s.
The question then recurring upon Mr. smi,h.
amendment S""hs
mr ssIrH stated that no had voted for s.v.r.l
works Of improvement when he supposed ,hsrs 80
an excess IN the Treasury. What he nov com,
plains OF. Is that the Legislature make sppropris
uons when they have no money, and without Al an.
sane time laying uxes to NEE, them. wv
Ms honssrsos considered the motion OF Mr.
Smiih as the test question-whether or moi. vs
snail preserve the public faith. There wero onv
three modes suggested foe meeting the defeisncv n
INC Treasury: l. By borrowing-2d Bv s,le of
Bank stock, and I'd. BY incressedtax ation. A.,o
inc hrst, where could money be borrowedi No
one could tell-The sale OF stock was Out of IT,
Questionable attempt, if made would prove ,hor-
i've. Increase OF taxation the only remaininx
means; aud he conceived that honest man would
hesitate to resort to the only effective means 10 re-
| deem the public faith.
MIR TArLos, Of N. B., was opposed to increa.inx
uxauonEThe people were not in a condition 10
pear additional burdens. He confessed that he vas
nov ,sumo'enuy master OF the subject to express a
uecioeu opinions But he inclined TO think that Il
would oe best at present to borrow, and defer the
taSanon TO time, when the country would be hat
| ter able To bear il.
MIR DoRMAN would inform, Tho g.n,I.,,.r g.
| Norfolk Borough. that we were compelled M To-.
row, whether the bill be passed or not The -
imposed by this bill would not come into tho ~ :
sury un'ii next winter, and, in tho meantio e :
Il
by that time there would he deficit of $500 00O
ana we must lay increased taxes to meet thai sun,'
ie repealed the imputatiou that Western Vir-
s",,a mao been the sand-bank TO absorb the re.
souIees Oh tho Treasury. As TO the parties bv
whom the 3 millions Of debt had been eontr.e,eJ
nc stated that millions had been incurred INV ,be
,onaS RAJ. and millions by the Wings He men
ne admired them for their liberaliiv. ''"''
Mr. LEE deprecated the introd uciion of marty ia
e eonsiueIsnon OF this question. Il SCARED above
am parry; re entered his protest against the doc
trne OF the member from Isle Of Wight. He wonId
unoer any and oil circumstances maintain ths go
on OF the commonwealth. He thought the peonls
would applaud rather than censure their reprrssn-
tautes Tor sustaining the public faith
MIR WILLIAMS opposed the motion 10 amend and
urged an Increased taxation, as demanded bv The
honour and true interests Of the Commonwealth
mr. SMITHS motion was ncgatived by the fol.
Ars:-Messrs. Carpenter. Byrd. Hannah. H.,.
Rms Meredith, Burlington, Caldwell, Cor. Burvsn
OF -. w, Vaughan, Mclaughlin Deskns. Wool
of l. Of Wv paSis Aa Butts Tayorof Il. Smith
l. Booton, Goode, Boyd, Clayton, Tanzsy. H,S.
reil Tay lor Of n. B., Langhorne, Ether;ds. sa;,h
81 o. NJ Fi!zssrad, MPhersOn, Chea,ham. Burke,
Warren, Prince, Goodson-46. -ey'
NoEs--Messrs. Souihall. (Soe.k.r1 c,o,n,.
payy' Coles, Stuart, Burwell OF b Vandoren
y; ask'Gn, Jones, Kyle Tolsr COrbn Broadu,, ir.
Payne. Woods, Hale, Gather, Smith of a. DUE,
rant; Erskine, Clarke. Vance. OdeII, Thomson.
Mullen, Lee, Armstrong, M'Rae, Hamlet. Gre,
cory, Stephenson of j. worthington, Tayloo of
son, Caldwell, Digs. Bryan, Orrick, Brown of
Nelson, VERIFY, Mcconnell, Hiden. Hiner M.v
rnnstall, Keen, Burner Porter, Brown of Preston
s SIIon STROLLER, Robertson, Dorman, Leyburn,
o,n''h OF H. Shlpman, Conn, Williams Spotis Ste,
phenson OF T., Walker, Stephenson Of Wood. FIJI
ton-7l. ''o'' ru-
The bill provides that n tax of 81 cor .v.,, hun
ureo collars yearly rent or annual value, shall DO
imposed upon houses and lots in towns NJ NJ
moved 10 amend the bill by striking out This pro
VISION, so as TO make the tax upon town propertv
p'oporuonnte to the tax upon similar property IN
the country. "
MIR DoRnAs opposed the amendment. and CON-
tended that the principle incorporated in m. hin
justice. oeu u"
-, Mr. Mr. SRrSoRr, MrWuLIAns, and Mr. TAYLOR
VI ,sorIoIk Borough, supported the amendment
Mr. SrRorHER moved that the bill be recompi,
ted with the following instructions:
whereas the State has become so largely indebt.
Gu, IN ihe prosecution OF an extensive system of In.
'ernaI improvement, as TO render additional bur.
uehs upon the people Indispensable to enable IL In
meet It's increased expenditure consequent IN The
existence OF that debt, and whereas the system Of
,sAauon IN TINS Commonwealth has rested mainly
u not entirely, upon tie visible property of its e.
clizens, which under the new and increased neces
SUES OF the State, II would be unjust to adhere 10
any longer; anc whereas a large portion of The
VI TIC otate, IN consequence OF that system
ana oil other causes, has been vested in interest
paying subjects, which, while rehliz no large pro
nus enjoys the protection of the Suite ioyenmen,
without contributing it support; and whereas /,
Is the duty OF the Representatives of the People
acting under the necessity existing, of incress,
ing the public revenue, to impose upon every in
teres' IN the State, some share OF the public bur
thens: Therefore,
Rescued, That II is just and proper that capital
invested al interest, now exempt from taxation,
should pay IN common with all other property now
taxed, patt of the revenue of the State
hesoped, That the Committee of Finance be-
ana Is hereby, instructed to prepare and report to
TINS House, bill that will carry out the prncipe
herein recognized, embracing such subjects as thew
may deem expedient.
Mr. >: was proceeding to support his proposition,
~hen, u beng near o'clock, he gave way 10 a
motion to adjourn.
The following having been printed incorrectly
yesterday, we now give them corrected:
PETITIONS.
Mr. GREGoRT-Of James Irvernersnuole md
Others asking the passage of an act TO prevent The
taking OF clans by any person but citizens Of the
Commonwealth $50
BY MIR LEE-Of Preston Nj. Adams and 30
DINERS, Tor the survey of route for a road from
Harrisburg to some point on the Guyandoue Turn