Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-04-11
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FoK THE ENQUIRER.
OLD VIRGINIA AT AUCTION
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Yes, irow-citizens, the Whig leaders, and their de-
putty ccconeerers, striving persuade you 10 sd
| cr.ce the credit the inercs. and honor OF tas re
nowned Old Common wealth. fur the pary sum oil S''
/ 000-oniy twenty two cents to each white mae ~"
habant above the age of twenty years !-l"ch'y ~
cents ahead, and that TO be paid BY yourselves
aud that, too with all :iic costs OF collection ana "'
, hu!scment and a succession OF merchants pfcl!'' !"
bont
This is no cxag-eraon Of the real facts ct 'ie ca''
a E,dc.ai Uhnr Congress have passed law, 10 G,S
tribute ,om the National Treasury TO the States Tue
proceeds of the sales Of the public lands, and ms, a
time, when The Treasury empty, and the cre" VI
the Government 81 low, that il found 1t had TO poI'o"
money al SIX per cent, 10 deray liz ordinary eSfe"
Hoping, however, 10 buy up popularity from .ne
States, The Wing majority determined upon The os.f'
BUTTON reckless of the interests and honor oil lhe "o
! vernment-Thlrly-seve thousand dollars IS .''e s
allotted to Old Virginia And we are called upon 10
take the money, else taxes shall be raiseh 10 guy
port our State Government-no money shall &c r"''e
to pay the interest upon our State debt. ana ~"
that patriotic Democratic Legislature has he'ef"'
to pass Tax Bill for those purposes, RESISTANCE, ~
force, is invoked b. The Richmond wing, the t'""t
piece OF WhiGgery, at the metropolis, whose appe"'
are re.echoed BY leading Wing organ in the Western
section Of the State.
Wing voters Is the pa!try sum of twenty-five cents
ahead the price of your votes ?-Twentywo cents 10
be distributed TO you Of fund, TO which you are
compelled contribute at the rate OF more ihaa my
cents ahead Are you willing TO pay taxes upoa your
purchases Of the merchants, OF from hity 10 Sky
cents in order that your Wing brnoiacoFs my gain
popularity, BY returning to you twenty-,%o ceh,S :
Cypher end reflect for yourselves, and you Wal h"u
that this or worse than this, viii be the pr1cucai
operation Of the distribution system, Ter, have car
cna;ed the amount per head, for The Tree whlle '-e
inhabitants alone, leaving out widows, orphnns' &C.
who large contributors to the revenues OF t'e
Try.
Bat worse than all thia--lt must not be disguised
tina; ii elections this Spring shall result IN " my
victory with the Tax Bili-as principal ISSUE ihe
credit of Old Virginia is gone. l!ef bones 10 'ne '
ket will not sell for much as fifty cents IN 'ie oi,"1
All the world viii consider as d,shonoIaoe anu us-
honofed rfpudidt0rs, and shall be laughed INTO con-
tempt when hold up this paty distribution Iuno Oh
thirty thousand dollars, proof oil our Wiling
ness and ability supper, the credit and character OF
our S,ae.-Thmy seven thousand dollars 10 pay inc
interest the State debt, amounting 10 near 'oui
hundred thousand dollars ptr annurl!
The incendiary spirit breaihed By the Richmond
Wing is inusng itself into the depa;y Wing leaders
throughout tie State. II is spirit which cueh' 10
arouse every patriot 10 sense Q! the Iechess"ess
which characteristics Whissery. The honor and cTedit
IF our Governments State and NATIONAL incsl not oe
allowed 10 sink, in order TO crafty The unholy AMBITION
of aspiring politicians. 1t The credit oil our 10
vernmeGi, that bore us rlnm2hantly toaJa $50 wars
for liberty and independence Ni,hout That credit, We
cannot sustain that nGepe ndencp, when menacfi or
wa,,ed against By foreign fees What viii that credit
be worth if we yield 10 the doct-'nc oi repndation
and ANONYMOUSLY refuse 10 RAISE c means o pay ing
our public debts, in period OF peace md plenty -
The Distribution and the Bankrup, Laws enacted BY
mphan, Wing Congress, have already crippled TIE
credi, aud Of the country. See how difficult
has been for the Federal Government, to borrow mo
dey enough al SEX per cent, 10 deray lts expenses,
and tbs, whilst millions upon millions Of CAPITA, eager
for investments, lying idle in private golfers
WHY THIS difficulty Wing voter, why II is be-
cause your leaders, as they gam the ascen
dency, adopted train Of measures when were cnicu
lated to destroy The credit OF any nation or indscua
The folly and recklessness Of distributing money from
an almost bankrupt Treasury a; the very moment that
they were hawking abou, the bonds Of Government IN
market places, raise the means OF paying the officers
and funcionarcs of Government, was enough 10 SINK
the credit Of that Government-Sucl folly would SINK
the credit of any ndividual-and when supe-adced TO
This folly and wickedness Bankrupt Law enact
ed for The purpose of enabling oil their pc
cunary obligations, wonder that credit, public and
private, should sink. And if you, fellow voters G!
Virginia, shall follow the lead OF the Wing leaders
and their organs- you shall counenance tie appeals
of such presses as the Richmond Wing, md follow
the councils of those no make their IDouth-piece
the credit 81 Old Virginia will soon be gone, and when
the credit OF 'the Mother of States and OF Statesmen
is gone tic credit Of the United States Will become Z
thing So contemplate, excite the derson Of the
civilized world.
Democratic Committee II is your duty to aid
yonr candidates in correcting the miserrese Of
the Wing presses and leaders in regard 10 the Tax
B-,o ssrn your neighbors Of the consequences of
Wing triumph ever that bill, and those who enacted
IT, Defects there may hc in lis details bu, was dc.
ta,ed BY noble OF public homer, end founded
upon principles which will be rdiay appreciated by
the great mass of our people, when they come to MA.
dersiand H. Iaersasm taIes, paLiic dtShcnor md
discrtGit, is Tie ISSUE. The Wing leaders, usual are
+ relying upon the mCnied interests TO sustain them
Money lenders, men with noned saar;es above fcur
hundred dollars year, stockholders and stockiohbess
are taxed, in order to help the labor and property Of
the State in supporting the Government the late Lee
gslature deserves the gratitude of the people, for com
peng the money handlers and money dealers to bear
E their part Of the public burthen. They COS, the Co.
vernmen mere than all other classes put together
They consume Of the time Of Legislature
and Of our Courts, than all other classes 1hey live
upon the fat Of the land in and luxury whist The
farmer, the planter the mechanic and other producers
live hard toll hard and 4. that barely able 10 kee
out oil jail. Call upon your neighbors 10 rally the
polls, and sustain the legislature in compelling all
CLASSES, without distinction, TO contribute the support
Of Government, in proportion 10 their ability This
r. 5eed Tax Bill IS founded upon this sound Democratic
principle and although, III some OF lis details, II may
fail OF ils object those details can be remoGeled nd
perfected hereafter. Let manuiiy hold 10 lis priu.
cpes, and never, never again, put the credit and char
acer OF beloved Old Dominion in the Keeping O!
men, who show willingness 10 sink tina, credit and
character in order to gam the high places in The pub.
lie councils
,, a DEMOCRATIC CoMMITTEE.MAN.
!. April Pad, ls43
a ron TIE ENQUIRER.
- The General Assembly of Virginia has al length
adjourned Atvarous times, during session, severa
important and exciting subjects, which elected much