Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-04-18
Isle of Wight, April 10.
no TIE EDITORS OF TIE ENQUIRER.


f.e,,lemen-In pursuance of their favorlte policy,
the Wing party making offensive war upon US,
in order 10 divert attention from their Vulnerable Polhs
and SO numerous the points OF attack mat "tou'
The power Of ubIquity, ii impossible Tor cahu'oae'
in his own person, to guard them all nave '"eIe
fore concluded in tins very untavorabe weather ior
aIsci;oneerinn 10 avail myself OF the privilege oil
candidate TO appear in print over his proper name'
IN define my position through your paper, upon the
question of the reception Of the Land moneya ques
lion which, in my humble Judgment, has been lnves.
cd with consequence in election beyond It's nelts.
do not consider Tie reception constitutional question,
and IN that aspect no impeachment 10 the states
receiving their allotted share of the Land Jnnd WIN
(,ouuress | regard the question OF Distribution as
constitutional and of vital Importance; ana .n.nk
Thai body decided it wrong. They can derive no au-
,berv from the Constitution either direct or inoi-
ci TO dispose Of the Public Lands purposey tor the
henr6t of the individual Sates-thelr power to RAISE
money in any way being limited to "payng The DEUS
and providing for The common oe'ence anu gtHe1n'
welfare of the Union" Nor can they find such au-
,hoYv in the resolutions OF the recusant States re-
;,no the cesson Of the Public Lands or OF Congress
recommending it, of the State oil virginia herseii
accednu 10 t-all of which use the same or synonl-
nous terms expressing the grant TO DO Tor The common
or mint or gtneral benefit Of all the States, or the
United States And the deed OF cesson ltseii oil n
puia, pursues The TERMS conveying her ianos TO
The United States be "consdered as common una
for the use and benefit Of the members Of the C0ntede-
ration, (Which means C0njcderaeyD anu LOT ho o''ie
use or purpose whatever
RsI;eyinq then the Distribution Law TO be an mpro.
ner exercise of dangerous money power, think II
oupht 10 be repealed soon as posslole-and ihal
il was ripht for the States to manifest their dssa-
with it, and their desire Tor Its repeal oy re-
fnsing 10 receive the bounty NOR But when II snail
be reneaed, which hope it will be by Democratic
ConGress next winter; object beng attained, and
the system of Distribution arrested at The iirst STEP
would then be in favor of receiving the dIsribulye
share of Virginia, now awaiting her option. or,
sbond there ppen any future time, an accidental
smrnls Of money in the Treasury of the U. States,
arising from import duties or land sales, see no OBJ
| lection TO its "repartition among the States, (Mr.
Jefferson opinon) provided always that The estimates
| of the Treasury Department be made with view 10
sufficient revenue for lhe legitimate purposes OF the
| Government, and no more. And further, should fu-
ture distributions be made, in spite OF the resistance Of
few States they will be guilty of no respass upon
the Constitution in receiving the share allotted 10
them, much as they may deprecate the policy.
believe that the unreasonable prejudces created in
the public mind against the Tax DILL by an erroneous
construction and much misrepresentation of it, are
fast Welding to the dictates of good sense, and TO
na,rotic submission of the people TO little
ton for the credit Of our beloved "Old Dominion" and
whatever NAV be the result Of the approaching cleo
tons when the Tax bill shall have ser1ed The turn Of
the Wing party or failed to it, all will in il
more to commend than to condemn Every rejecting
and unp,eiudced mind, must see that the omission Of
the Legislature 10 provide the means of paying the
interest on the State debt, would have sunk her credit
already low still lower; indeed would have been vir
tua rtpudiatoa-and that 10 this condition, would The
Wing party have lef, the commonwealth, had their re-
sistance to the measure proved avang. The advance
of State per cent stock almost to par, is one happy
frui, of the moral courage of the late Legislature Of
Virginia. in encounlering the responsibility always
da nrerous to popularity, of an increase of taxes.
n b. My fellow citizens Of The county of Cumber
land, Tor whom this explanation is designed, will per-
ceive that upon the question of the land money, have
no constitutional scruples which would prevent my
obeyng Instructions should they think proper TO make
the representative OF their interests in the Virginia
Assembly Z. ii. HARRISON.