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.ion. Bat b. eoula 10, eorssni % put any re-
slrc'iPnF on he Legizlasure 70 come alter Is,
( Is VS. proposed b this bill he should, ihe-s-
fcfl. role i1f ite ildefinile po<,ponement.
M Gartfll Ind moi seen The irSt man IN his
oNe county, who vas 10 fovof Of this bill The
people looked nPon il - miserable eonirivahce
,oEelq popqlasily-
NJ. sla1tbn, il The strain Of Cato he Censor,
1eliFefed IL obju;eElory haransos open he
!. proceedings 81 The Virginia Legislature and HE
deseneracg fih< lines generally. That Leeis-
latnrs (hs s1id) had become nuisance. Ia
stead Of passirs feu wholesome laws. demaEd-
"a byElae public real, il passed volumes Of ACTS
n lEe bene6l Of pdFaie indiFidoals-lo make
rivers IA uful fsnces-io protect oysters, &c. &c.
And @ DO al these useless lsboofs, i consumed
much time and money
1 Mf Meredith called he preTious question:
which was ordered
The molion 10 postpone was lost Is soIlous:
AIRS lessrs. AilWcrtk, Blown Of AibemaIle
Harvie, Edmiston. Jones o. Buckingham, Mar
shall Of Charloiles GaInett, Grigsbys Byrd Of
frederick, Robins, Creigh, Jones 81 Greenes-
vile. Siovall, M'Rae. Pace BowdsRss Gailaher
Turner, Lewis. Farley, Tebbs. Nic6ispn, Wade,
Talem, Young, Edgington, Critz, Boiling. An
deEsons Denison, Minor, Warren, Walker, Neal
t-3l
NoEs- Msssrs. HolIeman (speaker.l Powell,
Bell. Fulton, Tompkihs, Campbell, Thompson
toff Baleiourt, Stanton, Meredith, Blick, Boccck,
Shel.on, Fox, Brown o. c.. Lacy, Hancock,
Broadus, Hobson, Brown Of E. c, q W., Keith,
Marshall Of F., Tyfee, Payne, Banks Of F.,
Muse. Psndleson Of G. & NJ Leske, Carroll,
Edmunds, Blue, Ward, Miles. Armstrong, Hay
nond Lampkin, Wallace, HAYES, Bales. GIubbs,
lCarler. JackssR, Street, Baaks Of Madison, Nor
Nr.r Iffkb H.
son. B1wlby, Hamilton. 0'FeIFall. Cabell, Yer-
lbys Rice Of Northumberland, Oliver, Davis, NJ
Phsrson, Bird Of PendIelon, Gay, Baldwin, Dey,
Slum, Eastman. Barnes, Moore, While, Maf.z,
Coo es. Cowsn, Kane, Snckley, Tale, Hedgman,
Harrison, StephelSpn, Burwell, Goodson, Rice
lof W., M'Comas-T 70.
Mr.. GALLAHER, for the purpose Of Limiting the
operation Of the bill to the present session, NOV
ed an amendment TO the Senates ameuemelt.-
Ia conference The said) was The only means Of
lgeuIing 81 the body Of the bill.
Mr.. Brpadus said il was useless for gentlemen
tic make any farther resistance-as lhelate OF the
bill was sealed d
Mr. G's amendment was rejected
The Senaies amendment was then agreed 10,
4 and the bill became the law OF The land
TIE TAX BILL WAS TAKEN UP.
Mr.. Stephenson moved to strike out The tax
upon printing presses. Mr.. S. stated his chico
lions 10 The TAX Il was tax upon knowledge
The press was the cheapest means of Informing
The public mind and 10 il, was owing The fael
That the people Of this country are better advised
lof public affairs, than the people Of any other
icounlTy. The tax was an enlefiag- to a
censorship OF The press, such as exists in France
and which he was strongly opposed. Besides
lonly the papers in large towns, why're The aHyeI-
ltlsing vas large, could afford to paJ the tax
Mr.. EGmands said the farmers did not make
more profits than The ediiors-and il was bu
a fair i0Nsx both
The motion to strike Out, failed ;ayes 81, NOE.
70
Mr.. Kane moved 10 amend the lst section BY
imposing tax upon slaves under II years o.
age in proportion 10 the lax upon colts l2a cents
Mr.. K 'soelecl was TO equsllze the burdens.
Mr.. Boiling Inquired il il was the intention Of
the gentleman from Scott 10 follow up his mo-
aion with another 10 tax horned cattle II be
ibid not, he should do it--sor that was necessary
10 the equalization Of The taxes.
Mr.. Cowan and Mr.. Goodson supported Mr.
Kanes motion. The latter gentleman said the
time was not distant, when The majority OF tbs
slaves would be ia the Western paTt of The State
Mr.. Davis commended that the Slaves had L
pay county lesy and poor Iates--whieh greatly
Increase the tax upon them.
Mr.. Edmunds read statement 10 show tia
Eastern Virginia pays ,0O0-whiie The Dis
,rict West OF the Blue Ridge paid only 10000
Mr. E. said that slaves now, in addition 70 Tbs
Stale tax, paid county and peor rales- and lht
lax, in truth. amounted 10 dollar instead Of Al
lets ia some counties, The tax was Sl,75-fE
teen times as much as the tax Upon a horse
Upon the Gd ralOysm principle, the tax upot
horses was perfectly right aud lusl-sas fifteen
horses would purchase a slave.
Mr.. Goodson was surprised 10 hear the gen
:len at from Halifax read his statements about
the tax of the East and the West. He would
iell that gentleman, If the East didn't like 10 pay
lakes upon slaves, If they would send Them opel
the ounlain, the people there would pay the
Lax.
Mt. Tatem was ready TO take The gentlemen
of The West al their word, and TO throw aside
This bill and bring in another on the Gd valoreH
i principle. We should then bring in the Ioas
Beef Of the West, which had been boasled Of TO-
lday. Bot Sir. I. Saw no probability Of q neW
bill now, and he should vote aga inst the amend
ment of The gentleman from Scott.
/ The motion 10 amend was lest Ayes Is
Noes sc.
Mr.. Bocock moved to except ''broiher and
sister, from the operation o. the clause taxing
collateral inheIitances. NIB, had doubts a
bout The propriety and justice of this tax, ali
together and he had voted for il with teluel
ance.
Mr.. YeIby approved Of The amendment. i
was but fair that brothers and sisters should
stand on the same footing with mother.
Mr.. Edmnnds stated that the clause was iden-
ltcal with the clause in the tax bill of the State
| Of Penrsylvaniai and the proceeds Of the lei
were estimated BY the wealth and population oil
this State compared with that Of Pennsylvania
The Auditor had received letter from the
Treasurer Of thai Slate, who stated that the iax
was the most popular imposed. Itwoud be SC
here for il would effect bntfew, and they would
be willing 10 bear H.
Mr. Bocock considered the Augment OF the
gentleman from Halifax unworthy Of him and 81
the House. Hehad supported The tax on The
! ground that il would not affect any Of Us. An
Argument addressed 10 lie selfshness Of The
House, whichhe hoped The House would mol
heed.
Mr.. Edmonds admitted thar the argument 81
The gentleman from Bnckinghemswss worthy Of
him, bot moi Of The House. Mr. Z. proceeded
10 oppose the amendment
Sir. Bocock could not understand how his
argument was worthy Of him. and unworthy Of
The Honsc, excep. on The superstition that be
was above the House. Bot II the remark was
designed in an iavidious sense, be wished 70
knew il, and be took The occasion 70 say 70 The
gentleman from Halifax, that be was responsible
here or elsewhere for whatever he said or d..
Mr.. Edmunds assured the gentleman from
Buckingham, that nothing was farther from bis
intention Than 10 give offence. He had replied in
> playful way 10 what be considered NplayfuI
remark. An ihe House knew The friendly and
intimate relations between him and the genle-
man from Buckingham.
The amendment was agreed to--ayes 3d. noes
81.
sIr. Stanton called he previous question on