Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-03-27
EDITORS CORRESI o.NDL.NtE
RicHAoNr. Marc

Among them, the taN State b, uds has been sirck,
wit. ~ well as urn all inds guaranteed iy H.. State
BY an almost unanimous voie only Dire unnibt Is
ting in the negative. One Of the Loco'oco Senator'S
who was al first decidedly in favor Of that tax remarked
IL me yesterday. that after consid.ra,iou
he had become satisfied If The ,rnr ,illat opnl, aud
would not have his 81 recorded for an, eo,sid
eraion In addition TO the objection generally urged a
gainst The pulley oi such taA he suggested anolher-
that although tie State is sovereign in its p1utr of
taxation on all other subjects ulnguLcd tia, soyer
eighty when it entered the marke, as an individual does,
and. as contracting party, placed itself upon fnug
OF equality with the money lender. II one Of the con
tracing parties may, ar the consunmaion Of bargain
change lis terms and conditions accordance with his
own interests while the other Is rgidlv bound con
form To It's siipuaiinns il is Inau st that thai equality
alright. ch is The only guarantee II safety and JUS
tice To both is destroyed and tina, the one is wholly in
the power If the other, while that orhrr is under Tie in
huence of those sorld motives, which 80 frequently
prove onnpoien, against mere right when unsupported
by the power to enfprceit The result Of such prn.
cple may Indeed he clearly oXenrlifd ty pushing it,
Ia the present case, 10 It's natural if lis inevab.
consequences as !, ma do. the first place
to the withholding from the State creditors the entire
mount OF the interest upon sdcb, Which i, has sui, mn.
ly bound l's'lio pay. and which would to ,autaouni
I" using the money Of those whn have cnfded in lis
faith and I.nof irem twenty 10 iy years. without re-
nunerann and i'll the second place 10 the coniscalion
Of the principal Mhis the State un, l., no prr1tcr
VT stranger o!ligalls ruucluay 10 lay than i,
Is To pay the inercsi.--'rhe Senate has aleo r..
dneed the tax On salaries Irn . 10 FER cent On the
amount. aud raised HE minimum from $3.50 To- sjOO-
hass'r'cken ou sales and substituted Purchases as the
standard Of taxation merchants Iecns,s-utu>e 10
tax collateral nh, anc,s. and imposed tax On III. pr,
hat Of withstand made other changes such as be
inrodnc'lon Of printing presses which pay each
twice the amount Of the Subscription price of the journal
issucd ihcrcfm: and imposing pol-tax upon male free
negr"s between the a.rs Of II aud 60 MANY other
changes are proposed, but it is iinssitc To say Nha,
shape II will ultimately ASSUME. A uption was mad.
by .Hr .Nc.Eulifn ind' fnilly 10 r,sp ne the hill
which. had hoen sslu would have ,hrvn In,
subject before e House again. dc ,,o: lut il received
only three votes. Some other amendments hay, been
made, but have not Teen able 10 ascertain their exact
character.
yesterday. The GoytTnor communicated TO the Ieps-
Ia'ure correspondence between himself and Marcus
Nor N, the Leo Fdco Governor Of Massachusetts, in
whom we might reasonably have expected To find
"ndndl oily" OF the South refusing as Gov ;jayis had
done before him. 10 surrender the slave Gcorp. atimcr
S"frcqu'nlly have we tc'n assu.d in the teeth Of the
refusal OF the Loco foo Governor of Maine To surrender
ee''a' saVe-seaers, who, aittr running Of scy. raj
hegrocS from Georgia, oun refuge in that State
and were IN vain demanded by the Governor Of
georgia, as the three fuLitsfs from Nirpina
were. under similar circumstances refused 10 be
SURRENDERED by the Wing Goyernor of New Iml-lu,
III reference 10 the former # which so lile has been
SAID even Whlie HE ihud, rs Of patriotic Indignation
were necessarily reyeIb' rating in The public ear in
ies''on to the coiuinacy Of Gov Stewards frequent
v'i say, have we been assured that the .Norihern
democracy" might be safely entrusted with III,
'no'eat'"h and del'nce m Southern rights that
INC rf"p'c to Gnst ,Atnt, lave teen duped
ny Inc assertion. But, heretofore the word Of
promise, winch Was held to hctar has been broken Il,
the hope. Gov Morton considers the cu,s,in If III,
SURRENDER OF 'eorge laiInr odniicotcby the d,cs
ION OF his predecessor, Gov. Davis whic, he refuses to-
revise or disturb. lie enters into no arrumen, in ynd,
cation OF tins repeated refusal comply with Que of The
Paies and os imperative inunciions If the constitu
'ion-bul contcis himself, with cool and absolute r,,,c
ton Of the demand made by the Executive of VIRGINIA
NO movement has yet tecn made in the Legislature ON
me SUBJECT though ii apparent tina, the reading Of
tiov. Morlons letter eNce, colsderab, Gel;n, .,n,o
members An extension the provisions Of the Inspe,-
ZION law, adopted IN reference 10 vessels owned or
gated by New York vessels entering the waters Of Nr
e"'a 10 those oi Massachusetts, is talked Of as m
oef existing circumstances the appropriate remedy.
This reminds me to say, that in the New York Ieos
a'ure IN which some weeks ago movement was made
rea'iVe 10 the controversy with Virginia b, the Iocoo,
majority IL" the same deceptive purpose which has too
often Influenced similar movements there has been far
weeks past dead silence. What that silence imno,,.
can only be cohJecued-but yct that Conjecture is ne
cessary very nniaynauc 10 the ,anG,r of the n,,,,it
rf the New York Legislature whose zeal in defence Of
southern rights. Mhlc in this case is the cause Of the
constitution iist has S, suddcu, cool.d f. PERHAPS
loo, their recent long silence ltrle in ac ccrdapc
win the ardor which they al FIST displayed, may b,
interpreted hy the resolution some time since Offered hv
ny r. Hopkins, in House Of Delegates. pro
posing material modification of The conditions upon
which the repeal of our Inspection Law was suspe n,cd
Gov Seward hid refused 10 surrender tic three men,
who, alter stealing slaves from Virginia. had found re-
f'ge IN New York, and the Legislature Of tina, State
had passed. law comforting the right trial by Jury on
ASCENDING slaves. Sine, The lnspcction Law passed
however, the Sup omc C,ur, has annull,d the jury
Law by affirming lis mconsnfionali,y and hence its
repeal by the Legislature of New York is 4 matter Of
form, and not Of substance. NAV be justified before
me people OF that State the ground ts il is hence
u rth nuly. Yet even thai r,re rn, Al ,ocoss hoe