Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-02-23
EDITORS CORRESPONDENTS

RiCHMoNp. February -. lSi3
The resolution adopted by the House of D,.ca,es,
10 adjourn sine die the 9th March, has been laid on
the table ~ the Strao, for The present, II is very oLr
Gus indeed dat Tie Legislature cannc, adjourn ty the
day named, unless they leave large number Of GlIs
no" upon the table. in their rrluuar, stages. In
deed. Doubt, whether tho al. ilutcIy indispensable
business II the session be dciinyrlr acted ui.n
by that tine, The Tar bill has not vel been 10.
ported, and | mfr, from the course pursued by
the finance committee, will not be, until The IIou-c
shall decide the fate Of several other bill. intro.
dnccd by that committee. in reference To The new
principles and subjects IF taxation proposed 10 /.
engfaltcd on the fiscal Icy Of The State refer To thu
bills. graduating Merchants licenses and assessing ,a,.
rs upon capital stocks, professional emolu,ncni, ST.
and appropraiiug specific the establishment, ef
sinking fund, pledged 10 The payiarr Of the interest.
and the redemption Of The principal Of the STATE Debt
II seems strange that. in the existing embarrassed
condition OF the treasury, and with the cent s,I nab'l
~ of the people tob bear additional taxation, ilcrc should
be any doubt 10 the proprriy of The reception, by the
Legislature, the sum of So eco, lying to the
credit of Virginia in the federal treasury. and which
must continue 10 lie there. unemployed, it, infurncedy
certain snbmaed notions Of political prudcy, rather
Than by the practical suggestions Of sound aud
wise economy. the Legislature shall refuse take it,,
am glad TO learn however tina, the hostility It's &c
c'p'IVn Is BY no means rahd rs it few weeks
since, aud that Of the members no xrre originally
reluctant to tonch this 'bribcry find, ;" lest they might
be- contaminated by the contact, beginning 10 relax
IN their notions of ".joe Surface" morality. Perhaps
they may have "heard from home" that il i'll not b.
entirely safe 10 reject $51 GOO. which lies in Wash
inglon, Waiting their demand, and then 10 plead, III
justification "i Their votes Tor inert ascd upon ann
Poyershed people, the urgency Of the State necessities
particularly III view Of the fact that the State rrasurys
now annually in the receipt of considerable interest
fund from the investment in Bank stock Of the large
nnlfSi'ans'y received by Virginia under Gen Jacison
Distribution law (dcceptycly called the Drposte ac
OF 1886 Ifhe eonsciemces Of the oppucn's of the re
ccpon OF The S37 0CU really so tsndcr that they can
not consent to buritn them with the sin e transferring
the money from Washington to Richmond, think tn"
least they do to satisfy the scruples OF that inward
monitor, (unless, as fear is the fact, it is very elastic
sort of thing with politicians will be to return the mil
lions which were received under the law Of 1886 CG
tanly it very convenien, for Virginia to keepth,, sns
little sum. it would puzzle her to return -but it Just
as convenlen, to take the $37 000 and though she my
be able to do without it, yet the determi nation do 80
Principle is very pretty word; but people who pretend
to be governed by it exclusively ought to be prepared
Ego the whole hog" TfprncpIe requires them to r.
fuse the money under the Distribution act Of !oilR
just as imperavely requires them to the money
which they received. (no doubt inconsderatcy. """
their "scrupes" were all aesnreriscd,) under the DS
bation act Of s36nnlcss, indeed, they mean I" con
tend, as some of them indeed, who snocrngly rcH
the lnslenifrance Of the sum. seemed inclined TO w.
that while it syory corfu pit and dishonest to take
bride" Of iS7 0G0 it is very proper and just to aNe
bride Of one two millions the morality OF The ac'
pending upon the turce of the temptation! Inns w
trine, however absurd it ,nay to men whose
no, very plastic, is in strict accordance
The prevalent morality of the age-a poor fellow WI"
perhaps induced by the wants Of a starving vic
children. to commit retiy larceny being very sure "
in II NGrnti-r-, ale vcur magnificent s'.o's