Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-04-13
Mr.. EDGINGToN AND HIS EXPLANATION
OF HIS VOTE FOR THE UNEQUAL AND
OPPRESSIVE TAX BILL.

Mr.. EDGINGrON AND HIS EXPLANATION
OF HIS voF FOR THE UNEQUAL AND
OPPRESSIVE TAX BILL.
Mr. EdiIor-wil you permit rs to exam inc this
expose for 4 few moments-5ut belors l 90 into tbs
matter. allow me To ask what has become of all
your ind ignaiiOn against the iniqui,ous tar lawi-
What has become Of men. men who are aceus:o.
med 10 lake part IN public affairs and to speak in or
public meetings. Does the presence Of MIR Eds.
IngIon silence oil your ind,gHan0a gaad Il i, n,
wonder that the locOs show a strong hand for Mr. T..
But 10 return To ny purpose.
Mr.. EdgingIon admitted repeated, and distinct
y that Ihs lax Bill was an UNEQUAL. uniusI. oppt.s.
sive aud iniqui'ous measure. and that he had opeo.
sed every ono Of its viIious fesIurs in detail. bu,
that he voted for the bill on its final reading. % get
support for our i lroad projecI-lhal his voting for
the tax bull on Its final reading could do no harm
that the tax bill would pass without his yole-and
that by agreeing Ia vote for This tax Law, he got
Randolph and other leading loco bcos TO support
our rail rOad bill. This Is the sum Of MIR. e.. e1.
planaiion. I beg the people now to look at ito
consider It. ltis hard 10 say whether it isa true eI-
Posc.-u say. Il it $ n Irue one. for | doubt whelh-
~ "hA cAhSAa VIII uuInl iva rum 1
repeat. ifinis explanation is true, ii is hard to say
whether II betrays the greater folly or the greater
Utckedness. BY it he makes MIR Randolph and 9th.
er gentlemen who came TO his support on the rail
road question. gully Of the folly Of supporting The
latter matter, that they might get n useles, rOle-a
vote not necessary to The passage Of the Tar bill. -
He must have supposed that these Democratic gem
tlemen. who rendered a liberal. but no more than
just support. to our road. were easily hHnbsgged-
or he could not suppose they would vote n million
Of money against the revenues Of the State merely
TO got his vote for the tax bill. and that TOO. when
the tar bill would have passed without his vote
But tits, I suspect. that Mr. Edgington instead OF be.
ing the humbHgger was the hum6Hgged. The tax
Ball was within one vote Of being lost, and the whig
party united against iI-one vote was therefore OF
imPoronce-and M. Randolph and others put the
party screws 10 the Democrats who had voted a.
gainsi this odiods tax bill. yet they did not then
know how far the party screws would be success.
full-and therefore the importance of Mr. Edging.
tons vote. They also knew that Mr. Z was the
representative o fone Of tho largest towns in the
State. and rs this tax bill was The most unequal
ant oppressive on the towns, it was Of importance
TO obtain the vote ofsach a repressnidtire-it would.
they we'll knew. break The force ofIown Indignation
against their nbomnable bill. They knew full we'll
that The support ofone city or town memoer-and
especially a large wing town. was worth half a do
zen other members-iI would go further To suppress
complaints than the support OF half a dozen ccun-
lies. And ! have no doubt, also. that Randolph and
Others knew full well, that they were getting Mr..
Els. support at q cheap rafs-ihey knew the house
would not vote the million for The rail rUud OF Ihii
time.
But let US look al this expose q lille furiher-Mr
Z. has told US he was not sincere in supporting the
tax bill, that in voting fer il he knew he was Vo.
ling for that which was most unequal and oppres-
sive upon his constituents. Now sir. is his apology
goOd1 or IL it not u most lame and impotenI one
How did he know that The lax bill could pass with.
out his voIei The day before its passage and the
day before he voted for it. this tax bill was within
one vote Of being lost; and how did he ascertain
during The night or in the morning that il woaId
pass at all svsnIs' Was he in the locofocU secrets
for no wing changed his vote but Mr. Z. that /,
know of Would no have Us bolievo that while
he was thus in the secrets Of the Democrats, that
Randolph and other Democratic leaders we're IN
ignorance Of what Wns going ont / hope Mr. E
does not suppose that his constituents are such sim.
PleIOns as TO believe such sluH7-and yet, 10 Judge
from The proceedings Of The town meeting it would
seem they are.
But further. was it right for our Repre- sentative
on any Preience whatever, 10 vsie an unjust and
unequal, and oppressive far on his cOnI ntusnts1 II
was not. and no WeH instructed mind would for one
moment. on any Pretenes think Of such a Thing. Our
fathers did not think so when they resigned their
hyeI and incurred the costs Of The Revolutionary
war. rather than pay The contemplate tea tai.
The member. whoever he may be. whether weak
or strong. who will thus tdmper Wih his Uote-who
will thus iamPer Nth The rights Of has condiments
will sink himself. and IN the end his constituents
and as was Mr. EdgIngton's fate in this instance
will sink his own and his peoples iavorite meas
ures-Ih e man who hUcksiers in The matter Of the
PeoPleI' political rights. will always dGPe himself
aud hem too. in The end.
WHEELING.
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