Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-03-23

| VINO at the same session passed Dill 10
borrow t,celve millions Of dollars.
The distribution is suspei ded by the |
operation Of one of the provisions of the
llaw, which provides that when the duties
upon imports shall exceed twenty per
cent. that the suspension shall continue
until This cause be removed. The next
succeeding congress passed tariff bill re-
I peaing the compromise act, and Imposing
duties beyond thirty per cent. So that
no more money can be bestowed by the
liberality of the wings.
1t is absolutely certain. therefore. that
! this distribution is to cease with the OPP
i Grafton Of one year. This law and the
) famous bankrupt law. another wing
spawn. have both been virtually repealed
by the very wing congress which enact
ell them-Antl why Because they were
I odious to the people. Aud you, demo
cratic citizens Of Virginia. are called up
on to consun.mate this wing legislation
!. by receiving this brhe Receive it. and
they will beast that forty-six thousand
: democratic voters were purchased for
the sum of thirty-seven thousand dollars.
: This is the estimate they place upon
= your political integrity. Receive it, and
/ they will ridicule you as sacrificing your
: principles fer this paItry sum. The APP
peal is pressed with more earnestness
] now. because the legislature, after rejec.
9 ting this bride. have raised your taxes,
: ard they think that by appealing thus
4 directly to your pockets, yon will surren-
der your principles and integrity. Will
you disappoint them2 1t is an insult TO
: ask the question:. ihis sum, divided a
/. mong tie free white persons in the state.
f would make to each fve cents. Divided
E among federal NUMBERS. would make To
t each three ard a half cents. Divided a
$ mong the qualified voters, would make
! to each forty-one cents.
4 For this pltiful sum to each, you are
a urged to sacrifice your principles. DO
0 it, and YOU will in reality have sold your
: birth right is, d mess Of pottqge. YOU
t have been told that if Virginia does not
\ receive it. the other states will get that
e in addition to- what shey have received.
: This will not be the case, but would have
:. been if Mr.. Clay's policy had been cat
ried out. Virginia's refusing it will have
: the effect to replace it in the federal
e treasury. by subsequent legislation.
, View this question as matter of ro-
: Icy. The general government. at the
# time of making this distribution. was
/. borrowing millions. They were forced
to increase the tariff Far beyond the com
v promise of twenty per cent. They were
5 literally bankrupt at the time. The ef
s feet, therefore. of this distribution was.
n that for every dollar paid out, additional
j. taxation was laid upon the people, in
# creased by the expense of collecting it,.
j. To illustrate it Suppose Virginia had ia
/ ken these thirty seven thousand dollars
J. out of the treasury, it must be replaced
t from some other source. 1t could on Y
d be done by imposing tax on goods i'm
v ported into the countryside only FEAST
e bic means of supporting the government
: except from the sales OF the public lands.
This tariff or tax is paid by the consul
! mer. and operates most heavily upon an
q agricultural community. such as Virgin
d ia. And surprising it only cost ten per
If cent. to collect that amount, we should
c be the loser three thousand seUen hundred
l. dollars. This. however. falls far short
: of the fact. You will readily perceive,
e therefore, that while we receive thirty
# seven thousand dollars. we paw at least
:. forty thousand seven hundred-and it
9 requires no philosopher to ascertain the
j. tact, that we shall sustain loss. To
e bring the matter to every mans concep-
e ton. Suppose you had in the sheriff IS
IS hands one thousand dollars as a deposit
l.. tum, and the county court at the March
e term should say. we will distribute this
d among the people. not in the manner it
i was paid, bat according to the number of
i free white persons in the county-the
D distribution is made-at the June term.
v the court, DESTROYS of raising thousand
]. dollars to 6efray the annual expenses.
o proceed in the ordinary way to levy the
f same. and in making the calculation, add
J. Tor delnquents and costs of commission
e about one-tifth more than the sum to be
t. raised. The effect of which is. that ele-
ven hundred dollars are absolutely paid
by the people to replace the one thousand
dollars distributed. How much would
the people gain by it ; But look at the
a effects: those who paid nothing and were
y absolutely returned delinquent. would
) receive an equal sum with him who paid
Would it be just in its operation p
i. Just so with the distribution Of the pro-
ceeds from the public lands. 1t is paid
8 to the states in proportion to their feder-
70 al numbers. and is received by those who
> pay absolutely nothing, by way of tariff.
this alone is a sufficient reason to reject it..
ei But there is far stronger objection
) to this measure. founded upon the want
, of legal and constitutional power in con-
5. gress to pass such law. But as have
r. prolonged this communication beyond
my limits. shall content myself mere
) ly by giving, in parallel columns, the
;. law passed by congress. and extracts
from the deeds of cession from N. York,
,fI Virginia. and North Carolina.