Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-03-23

on State nn,s had mi heard The cupirar, sentiment
~ zaaou>ly advocated by intelligent gentleman. II is
the extent ot the taN tcpudatun Of the State debt;
and if the principle lie right then Necessity must be the
only limit 10 lis application. Aud whrr, does tins al
mission dr We ls} If STATE find ii necessary this
year, in order To meet It's liabilities. 10 withhold
eighth of the interest which it has rdgt iisll puhctu-
ally pay lis creditors. what is 10 hhGr H. IT the
cessity become urgent ueNt year 10 withhold hall
tie whole. aud even la cncr1ach upon. and thereby
gradually oeai up the prncral And wl.t is this but
reputation, In every lining but the uane! II lssNen
odous, because, laokng the boIdness witch char
acterlzes avowed nPudaiion and which proves tie sill
cery Of some III It's advocates, chos the property of
its creditors while, protesting to hold reputation In alb
horrncc seahy To be sure. hui Just as surely and III
eyiiaby and goSs,s over The aitoclt OF f scation
hy calm. II tar The tax salates, too, is ma
gravity unjust and oppressive, requiring. al an whose
sole Of living his tabor, Than does from
who has thousands ot dollars invested IN real estate
Thus person who seceiycs salary of $1,000 per an
mum, assessed by the bill with tax Of so upon his
salary which terminates certainly with his life (andmay
do so peiore) leaving his my, if he have one desti-
,ue s. in the like proportion for smaller ap'ogns wmlo
in order 10 obtain the amount oflax from the
landlolder, he must have invested in real estate ttecn
f,lsand dollars, Which, the event of his DEATH dues
not perish with him, but doscends his family Is not
this inequality the odious kind BESIDES man
o.ay be III the receipt o salary when the commission
as ii The Revenue 90 their annual circuits and he
Mil he accorIinel " IlSicd-and yet in week, month
afterwards his saar, ney be cut of by DEATH Of by i'll
ness OF i,y some other t. suay; yet the gaherer
cannot he put G ON that arcon,f II is strange tina
hs provision Of lhe bill, it passei the IL use OF Del
egaes, has gylg 10 much discomfort and canor IN
the cities and towns, where such vast proportion Of
the citizens have ether resource but their sala
rIes aud that strong fcmonstranccs, emanaing from
OF both paf,los have ateady reached the city from
Petersburg aud Fredericksburg IN addition 10 that pre-
pared in this city The people Of The coolty are not al
together unnerest,d ~ His mailnr-at leas,. that ne
spectacle and useful class, the oyersees but the Greater
difficulty OF enbody .ng public opinion among scattered
population viii prevent any action upon i,er part be
fore the rising he Legislature. This tax viii prola
bly, be reduced by The Senate one-halii aud | imagine
that. by the time is ,,'t'rned to the House Of Dele
sa'ss majority Of that body WI not be very averse to
tbs r@iuction. There is manics some lear and
trembling among the authors of this in, 'i'o'S ana "p
passive ttA bill, as 10 Its probable effect t"Y III inc
towns, which most harshly treated but throu. ut
The State, aud particularly in the Eastern countless
which, by the grlduatio of the taxes we'll rs n, ,l
selection OF the subjects u?on which ,hev are imnood
will be compelled 10 bear greatly mnff than Their Just
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