Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-04-22

The HunlLus IF the Richmond Uhig!
The following hrt from the Enquirer, and comment
from the Wing, have met our eyes in the columns o.
the Fredericksburg Arena. We beg leave to offer our
own comment in return:
Wr will stop inquire what UHe Sam is 10 do If he gives
away HE Urn Land Fund '-Engn'rer. q.
Viii you pause aud consider ybgina is to d.
she slrrcnd her property: She has not one TENN o.
resources of Uncle Sam and her debt Is a great ms
with what prnIey, under az f
abandon her rights ana still further opp'css her cizeh. M
deny Whatever your Ftderai desires may prompt iia
Iand Money bengs to the States The nranmocs vote OF n'
House Of Delegates years ago. affirmed the ie,. IL ms '
by and the Deeds of Ccsso and the o'an
III old Congress nf the Confederation No ~ " -
holds lands by higher aid more ndrrasbe tile than % "
State. the public dcmain.-Rtamond Hks.
We have scarcely ever seen paragraph so i"i. q
the grosses What is Virg inia 10 do She h'
ample within herself to meet all her engage
ment.-She has all the internal sources OF ta2a" a.
her comnand-her land, labor, law process, licences
&c, SC. But if the U. S. give away the public an1'
they have nothing but duties on foreign gooos /" w.
pend upon, for raising loans and paying ce6ts' ~
true, indeed that under the Constitution they may @
direct tar on lands, &C. but this IS so nnnsuai '".
popular a resource, that they will never resort 10 ",
in the greatest exlremty-such as war lhey nave d. a..
such a tax only twice in more than 10 years ~
if they part with the proceeds oi The puo''I 49, .,
at this time, the U. States would have 10 i0'A
an increased taaiff or 10 increased lean. u We
sort to n tariff, then only raise Inc guy a,o
certain dcsree-for, when the rerennt point '"'
the proiectirc point, the importation is re6uceo-
revenue must fall with 1t. This is clear u
certain in the law Of political economy, as MI. L i,,,s
de,o point ia in physical science. Bu. u Tue C.s.
fail, what them In this extremity, the Ch'ea Ls,
may be compelled to resort to d rect ,a1-a"o S,,c.
the lands will be taxed both by the Cn'teo 81, 80
and the States But for a fuller ilnstraon o. :"
positions, we refer the reader 10 Inc very cha.
structive, and common sense speech oil OH In,
nan, the Loan Bill, which We publish 49," other al.
ing MIR. Buchanan also shows Us, how Inc o." dr..
,sn,,;vs car b;gb duties viz: leans is affected ny
ribuon of the proceeds Of the LANDS. ne c,,o Isu
then have nothing pledge IS the security o. ' mn
except the customs Auctuang IN TIER rect'p
certain in their amount-aDd the loans they ~o1' mar,
TO run up, would have to be hawked about 10 l"e
ket. and effected The least advantageous % coma
BIZ, let US pass over these general views noIaIy
TO the other proposition Of the X. wing; :. ~ ,bs
take, the ground, that Virginia has ""sms
land-hat N,he land money belongs 10 'he n",so,,es
that the "unanimous voice Of the House oil ,r Al,
affirmed the right 10 30-ihat it has been . Timed
ter time admitted by men of all parties Nv the
by the Constitution, by The deeds oil .es ,hs Sstrs
ordinances of the Old Congress-and ''.a in yir.
have as much right to these lands as any A''A
ginia has TO his own lands ,ber are eI
These several propositions are as SUI! If any pre-.
tr,v,oant We have never teen any man =. :. ,bi.
tension to common sense take such hlgh of the
Thpre il moi shadow of foundation ior Il ~ aA'
do.nmenfs 10 which the w hig refers. r go fMr
~ a.an The preamble and Resolutions o.
Tris,a sanction the claim Nothing IKE ~ from VIZ
III. Renort rec,tes the deeds of cessoh nnditons
c;nia North Carolina, Georgia, &c'-'ne '''~