Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1843-03-23

The iniquItoug lt1Iure1 q THIS puiuql
tomDosn5 Of rank DemaeoEuism. oppres'
zion Inequality and inbeciliiy. engfoss
he public mind Is . very remarkable
mh6neK. to The present exclusion 81 al
most every other subject
For 0urselTes nse confess that We did
never expect 10 iixe 10 see any Amencsn
Legislature s6ncff0ning such : biiI-so
destructive 81 equality. 50 inquisilorisl
20 Infamous ia the Demegogue design Of
making the towns bear the burthens Of
) The country. because Thomas Jederson
was pleased once % say il the teeth Of
an history. that towns were sores upon
she body polite.
sLet~ns cite one instance to prove the
enormous iniqniiy Of this lax bill. rs
chairman, Mr.. RAndclph. owns fine e..
tate III the Redlsbds ol Albemssle-say Of
700 acres--and the tax on that by ibis
bill. Il Is cents The hundred dollars
which, if The land be assessed at $50
per acre. will be something like $50 for
The whole tract.
To own such an estate implies wealth,
and comparatively. as things 20 in This
country. is wealih--is affluence-is Ar.
sstDevocy according 10 the democratic
notion Of AristocFacY. Seven hundred
acres Of The rich Redlands Of AIbemarle,
will support ia every year. and in The
worst yearihai can belall, the proprietor,
his wife and children and slaves 10 plen.
~. and enable bin 70 pay his taxes, his
salt andsiron. bill. bis sugar aid coffee
bill. and bis bIacksmi,h's bill without in
convenience.
To be the opner Of such an estate i'm
plies substantial wealth and places the
proprietor above The fear of want-ERen
tfa bad manager he has The happy GER
tainty that bis wife and children canno.
want bread. The sale Of a negro or two
once 10 q year OF NO. will square of all
saIrearsges. make him~even with the
world, and secareshis family their home
and plenty.
Now look on the other side Of the pic.
tufe, We9ihsl il !. the writer Of this
am not one Of those who have been born
with silver spoon in nv mouth. Still
have nv children TO feed, to clo;he
aud to educate. To enable me 10 90
so. Ework msnuslly. BY day and BY night.
1.-The Sabbath shines no holiday Tor me.
The kindness Of commissioning friends. OF
kmy own industry procures for me sa-
gisry OF 81 900 per annum--enough, and
fbsrely enough, 10 enable meto live. and
Ito feed my children. or. purchance, TO
extend some casual aid 10 al aged moth
ef and 10 widowed and helpless sistersa--
What does this atrocious bill dos II comes
TX SnI - enrra1Aar GD1 nj
your poor pIttance 10 support tn govern
m mt You are townsman-you are
therefore 40 Arislocral-and we the De-
naocracy. will no, only punish YOU for
that SIN and possibly for being Wing
bin we will 60 home. and get popularity
for.ihe aetl
Iwho am dependent on this salary Of
one thousand dollars-I who would not
have accepted II, save ihaiI was poor and
compelled 10 daily labor for daily bread
lam compelled BY this Law. 10 pay upon
the hard earniugsof nv industry, within
fraction as much as Mr. Jefferson Ran
doiph. with his hundreds Of palrimonlat OF
marital acres
FL II this Is Democracy may God deliver
The country trom[>il and its expressions
But il is not Democracy. tits the bases
Demagogism combined with utter igno.
. rance Of political economy.
Do, can, the authors oil this law think SO
poorly sol their countrymen as TO Imagine
il can be executed Do theythink thai
any man with Republican blood 10 bis
veins. and Republican spiritin his bosom
will submit to such gross injustice and
.inequaliiy-ihat he will submit 10 the de
3gfadaiion Of being selected as The ass Il
bear the burtheA OF the community :
Never-no, never Pass the law il they
choose pass il il they dare. II will no
BE respecled-it can never be, executed
when passed; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS are pre-,
pared not only TO wear chains, but 10 glo.
~ 10 the inlamyt
The amount OF the tax though most op.
rressive in many is nothing. Il il
the principle. II is the inequality. Its
the execrable design of5making inyidious
distinctions ia society. which requires Of
the oppressed thai this diabolical bill shall
Be resisted-RESISTEp we say "Peac-
ablyif We can. forciblyIii we must"
What care we who are its victims. wha
band it's that imposes the yoke Or Intlcu
The scoutgel Will the yoke sit the light
q on our necks. that il i placed there b,
the hands Of counlrymen and fellow ciii
gems! Will The scourge fall any more soft
lii, because il is brothers. hand which
mields ILL. Most farfrom il. The sense
Of injury. Of injustice. q prescription. i
!. AGRA saled Thousand fold BY The fac
that il II or counlrymen who PerpetIat'
the wrong.
We most respectfully ask 81 the oena1'
Of Virginia 10 pause before they pass tina
BILL we shall hold j, up day after day
and doubt not Of con viocing the whole Poo
pie. that nothing approaching 70 tin mi
guilty. has ever passed a Republican
Assembly.