Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-04-21
More BEAUTIES Of Uaiggc,y!

The Wings nre riding their humbug hobby 10 the
death Were there time enough 10 expose all their
msre atoms of the Tax Law, II would entirely
break down under them, and il would break them
down with itself But their only hope is, that they
will circulate their versions, before there IS ar oppor
luny of avres,ng them Error flies the country,
"whilst Truth is putting on her boots. We advise
the people TO be their guard and 10 receive all the
statements of the Wings upon this subject, with sus-
pcion We have another proof in the Norfolk Herald
Of Tuesday last, of the facility with which these
charges idly made, and anxously propagated =
We shall cut this article of the Herald into its several
items and then cut them 10 pieces
"Beau,ies If the Ts1 Lar
"As AcTuu C.sg A gentleman in Norfolk county bought 4
farm paid If the consiaon and gave his bond i the
remainder He pays tax on the fois ra"e q" the land and
somtbody else another tax HAT portion n Us ra1",
which unpaid Thus Is the land hy that Perfection Of csis
Iation, Ike ico foco Tax Bill, made double rnN
! The Herald is, suppose, somewhat like MIR.
Lumpkn, Of King and Queen-perhaps, "has not read
the law yet, Ii does not lay any tax upon such a
Loaa. Tha, part Of the fifth section runs in these
words
"On all money loaned ont a, interest, by indvi.
duas, or any bonds notes. or other securities, ac-
quired by purchase over, and above the sum IN the
aggregate, Of hundred dollars, two and half per
ccntum, on the amount of oil interest or profits re-
ceived therefrom, within the year next preceding The
time OF listing, or giving in the same TO the commits
soner of the revenue, after deduciing ,hereffom the
interest all sums, in which such individual shall be
indebted TO others
Now, neither of these provisions covers the case in
question. This bond for the residue Of the value oil
the land is neither for money loaned out, does The
seller of the land acquire it by purehasc-and there
fore it is not true, that the land "pays double tax
"AxoruEn-If merchant keeps his goods hand, he only
pays tem If he sells them and takes bonds for the
amount he pays n second them Dr. Taem, under
stand says he did MT understand when he voted for The
hill. Let hin examine lle law The Asscssors understand II
so; and that Is enough.
Another blunder! These bonds taken by the rrer-
chant do not come within the provisions of the law
They are not given for "money loaned out-nor does
the merchant acquire them "Jy purchase"--in fact,
they come to him by the sale Of his goods
These two cases argued and fully scussed
upon the floor ofthe House. The Wings tried to make
capital out OF them-bul they egregiously failed
Mr. Randolph took the bill, and showed from its very
expressions, that it no, intended apply to snci
cases. The Wings were gagged by his Argument
and now il liz brought up again. "Tme was, tina, the
man died when the brains were ou;''-but not The
Wing sophists OH the tax law. If i. be really true
that "the Assessors understand it so-it only show
that they do not understand the law. They could no
even have read the Auditors Circular it.
Take the ~ Heralds Sd case
AcArx-our neighbors of the Portsmouth Wing complain
that the their little prcssvalung the materials thei
ofce a, the original cost Of sao within trie OF being
probably fifty times that Il there is any justice in hi
mode o TAXATION only TO be discovered through the medium
Of microscope of greater magntyng power than has
been invented"
The law provides "That upon every printing pres
OF newspapers, twice the amount charged per
for subscription 10 the highest paid paper that ma
issue from such press. We pay $40 Of course; bn
as never see the Portsmouth Wing, we are unabl
TO estimate the amount of its tax Bnt if there be an
inequality in taxes, it amount 10 very SINAI
sum-and only shows how easily objections crcate
By departing from the great al rdlore principle of III
law The present bill but follows the provisions Of tn