Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-10-17
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No measure of the last session OF the Virginia
Legislature was so furiousy assailed by the Fede-
rasts the bill to provide for the payment OF the
public debt of the State and to save her honor and
restore her sinking credit, commonly called the Tax
Bill In this county, IN particular, u was most viru
lently assaed in every possible FORM and denounced
in every variety OF opprobr,ous ep'thet and there can
he doubt but that the late delegates from the county
were defeated by the excitement gotten up oy these
means The Federal orators who sumped II through
the county IN defence of the "veiled prophet, (wno
did not show his face to his devout worshipPers en-
larged upon IT. "as an enormous and unnecessary IN
crease of the taxes" This particularly the case
Mt Earlysvle where the Federal orator for the nonce
racked his BRAIN denunc,aory epthets where.
with to single The tax bill, and The delegates
who had voted for It.
Well what has been the effect OF the bill thus iu-
riously denounced, and Tor voting for which, some
members of the last House OF Delegates have suffered
martyrdom Of which they have reason TO be PROUD =
The faith OF our blessed Old Commonwealth has been
preserved, and her honor made TO shine with ius'e
unexceed by any thing IN her past history o'ae
bonds which wee selling before The passage oil The
tax bill little than seventy dollars IN the
hundred have since steadily advanced, until they
so,o command premium What true hearted Fir
yinan does not exult IN tins state OF th'ngs-and
what Federalist does sink his head for very
shame when he remembers that he and his party have
exered themselves to the uermost, IN order to pre-
vent II,
But our principal object, in advertng to this subject
at this time was call the attention of the people OF
Albemarle 10 The fact, that the Federal Wig County
Court hare this gear increased the taxcs al much
greater rate Man that made By TIC Legislature last
Winter, Let any OF our readers compare the county
and parish levy paid last year, with that paid thus and
they will see precisely what this increase has been
Now, this county and parish levy TO great extent,
capation tax, and to that extent most unequal and
unjust, 1t compels the honest hard-worktng poor
man, to pay just much the most ordly proprietor
in the county. Now, do not charge The Wing
County Court with originating this principle. We
only state it fact, that The county tarss hare been
greatly increased By The Mig County Court We can
but ask what has become Of the sympathies of the
Federal Wings, which strongly aroused last
Winter because the taxes we're slightly, and far
practicable equally increased to NEE, the debts of The
State We have heard not one word from them about
this "enormous increase of the taxes'--not They
cannot complain, however, if we ''carry the into
Africa, and mete out the measure to them, that
they meed out to Us last Spring. The County Cour,
of Albemare is Wing to the bone, and they take care
10 keep it SO, by nominating men Of their party
the magstracy. This Wing Cour, have increased the
Of the people of the county, and they there
FORE responsible for ,tand they cannot, dare not
PLAIN, if the Democrats hold them to their account.
ability.