Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-08-01

IL ea"i gave 10 i. il Word seem, ample .rppo
ana verge enough IL SATISFY liz loyel u The la,
s'S' ilpfily. She ASKED Il larger participation IN
Inc legislative power. Yea generously granted il
strengthening The West crea!Y, ard leaving in
Your own hhGds re,iluam Il yoar sc!.muliliied
authority mol moe than adequate. IS experience
!.aa shown, i';. protection oi Your lights and
lor IN, you received ~ equivalent hui lille 10
tae @fa'ii''le and friendly regard q! lie West,
Mnich has proved, however, 10 hc !: very tatien
Under yonr old Constitution, The LEGISLATURE
was composed 81 u members in Tie House Of
delegates. C!llcsc, 81 were elected W5,, d. .he
!'ue Rage and III Fast 81 the Ridge. IL which
"Ff'ais you had IL tie House 81 Delegates q
lnhi"iiY .! 81. Under ,hc p:"senl Constitution
lhc ilou.c IS composed 81 H.. members Of whom,
20 arc nom legend ,c Blue Ridge and = from
The East giving You r,.ioli.g ii only >. owen.
y '"oD Thus you, voluntarily. 10 meet Tie lie.
"'hds oil me West ,eld1d - o. The na,ofily
ven 'oil,"ry had l,t he West wa no, salts.
!ie'i, .ai 'h" accepted he nich.; sacrifices YOU
iiiaGe MI anri inutinuiIn.. u rom,.lain,s ina,
''ch iEat maIorii; Wa .cit you. and ,nul.eled
incnaces !!ai i sko,.! 10, exist. II ever her pow
cr became equal 10 Ter viii! Ami now She
seins iei.ow-c;li|ens, The time 50 ion, desired
taS arrived, and ne:v:n. her arm. and relying
On di>stEsion> among Yourselves. she is about 10
"'f'kc 10: supremacy "yer Yourselves anl yonr
rlorcf!t. Al lie Il, session, Size appea,el in me
iiall oi Legislation, aid demanded dat tie Co
rrr"incnt tie di .,orri. society reduced 10 4 STATE
oil nature, and all The supreme powers oi tie
S'a'e thrown INTO ho'chp ot, hat She migh, scram.
De ior them, assured that her ACTIVITY, ard your
scriLeneSa, would secure - hc the e.,2.cr shaic
q NE spolls She wa3 ha!.e,., bur approached 20
near Success, hat Sic considers her defeat the
hartlngcT 81 victory. She was defeated. tut
meh q he East hear aud Arouse yourselves
from Your dangerous apathy She was defeated
bll how? BY a single vo;e--G3 member, being
m favor 81 bel PfcienSiofs and CT against ltrm
Ponder on This, and ask, who were tic seven
{ > men OF the Eas', who voled asains, Mr.. La
neIa Proposition Of indefinite paslponcmcnt Of
me hii taking The schse Of III. people on the call
.! a Convention.
u IS well ior people 10 intarrogaIc their dele
gales as 10 the grounds O! ;hcil legislative action
ltshohhl be he pleasure OF tie delegate 10 unfold
lhem. II i light that The causes which suggest
great measures should he known, and hat The ne.
oessliy ior incuTfinc s:rca, prils should be made
m?ni!esI. i: b" these divisions. citizens, that 4
breach IS Ia lie made IL the walls The rampant
mounted, ami tie citadel taken Rero.e in ycur
security. Let bother legislature assemble with
out ac!ion on rour part, and you axe undrne-
The West demands The asc,ndarcy. Fer what2
She SAYS she is entitled 10 the control ii TIE tax
iES power ~ Iae S.ale, aLi she commands ycu Ia
s'!r!cniei II 10 her. sic complains that mercy
enough is not appropriated 10 works Of improve
men, IN her territory, and she therefore claims of
yen lie iS!t 10 permit her 10 give 70 herself A.
mach a. she ctooses. The whip OF taxation,
and he diraein2 rein = appropriation, Size wants
n a.. i.sl
mad OF national srarleur--a a you navel along
which, you will have Ike satisfaction of seeing
her resources amazingly Developed
Fellow-ci,iaens; Let us nov calmly pass in
review before ourselves, and present 10 The Wcsl,
the grounds on which we resist her claims 10 su-
premacy in tie State. We have the ma jority
now IL The Legislature. lei us see whether il Is
nol Reasonable ae shoud keep il. Admi, tha,
the number III whit. persons on HE West OF lie
B!ue Ridge i. equal 10 that on The l.a-l Of it, or Il
you choose, lhat it is even gTea,er. Then, sup
pose, that The amount Of property in Tie f.as, i.
MANY lime, greater lhal in the Wc,', greater al
most beycud computation; suppose. also, that We
have arrrain r,ties 81 property vast iii amount,
peculiar IN i's character, ana The rcadirsi n!1si
tempting and most frui'nl snblsct 81 ,axaioD
that can he conceived: which species oil properly
we viii suppose he W.! 10 have only 10 Il vcry
iii.l'''' = TX 'iii'si rlpi 1dtt u''bEt III tVt
time he taxing and appropriating, powers have
S "ff no Oppression Or ilbrIairg 70 IL WTe' t'H
& spirit Q! kindly iorbearance mid raiHaiiy 70
her, have 81 imposed laxcs - 10 bear hras-
" on ourselves and li9ht,y on her, and gel
have made appropriations :or her benefit from
tie common ..ui. - an extent er-aily exceed
aG The ratio ii her contributions. What,
then, would you THINK 81 the cJu.os and demands
Of the Wes,l What, then, would You think Of
The rcasonableness 81 transferring 10 Tie West
the control Of The taxing and aprropria;ins pow
ersl For our E,visG these poTsts tn0, The abuse OF
,hem BY ~ Is Ike "s.enl head and front OF our
offending" and their rf,iRc 20 ut TmEM : Inc
moving cause Of Tie earnest efctis they are now
making Tor Convention. AMI vel, i"i'pw-ci-
Zens, We can al once corvert The foregoing hypo-
ihc>i. into facts. On which side Of The Ridge,
then, lie the subjects Of taxation? On which side
Of the Ridge arr The revenues Of tie State for The
most part raisedl Let rs see:-ln lslO The whole
revenue Of the State was raised from the follow
ing subjects, viz: lands, lots in towns, slaves,
horses carriages and licenses, aud The whole
amount was S,iS3,Sl5 D Of this sum Eastern
Virginia paid 1920, i03 u, AID Western Virs-
MIA $l5i,il2 Oh from which il appears, that
Western Virginia paid that year exactly 81 per
cent oi The revenue OF the Sia;e. and Eastern
is per cent. Of these subjects oitaxaiiGn in East
en Virginia, and % per cent. Of them in Western
Virginia. In the year!siA, the necessities Of The
State required ha, The taxes should he greatly IN
creased which was effected by increasing the tax
IS on he former subjects Of taxation and BY en-
iargng The number u! taxable subjects The sub
ccls iur that ,eai bein. lois, land, slaves, horses
carriages, watches, clocks, pianos, plate, inter
e>t. income, attorneys physicians, dentists: wills
ana tee,ls, bridges, ferries, newspapers ana H.
cansas; The whole amount assessed on these was
T55 GS9 dollar 50 cents Of which Eastern Viz
einia paid SIC, IT'S dollars 37 cents ard Western
Virginia paid only 22S 81 dollars % cents; mat
is, Eastern Virginia pal! CO. per cent oil the re-
venue ol The STATE, whilst Wc.crn Virginia paid
on!y 30I per cent This indicates, loo, with
near approach 10 accuracy, The proportion pos
scsscl by each OF these great divisions oi The
Slate, OF the above subjects OF iaxaicn--tEai IS
of all these subjects Gin lie aggregated found IN
The State, Eastern Virginia contains G9i per cent.
and Western Virginia 30i per cent. Again, let
us take The year lSii. or rather some OF The most
imporlan! subjects OF that year. The real pro-
perry lax Of thai year was 291,o5 dollars 20 cts,
O., which Eastern Virginia was assessed with
rs 800 dollars "a cents, and Western Virginia
with only ,s57 dollars % cents, showing dill
ference OF nearly G0000 dollars against the East,
and indicating also great preporderance IN The
amount OF real property Of Eastern Virginia
over that Of The Wesi. But j! is as 10 slaves
thai The mort striking AM significant difference
is observable The lax assessed on slaves tor
1914 was l00.611t dollars so cents, Of which sum
Eastern Virginia was charged with sCs3l col
lars 40 cents and Western Virginia with Inc
small amount Of only l3,sl2 dollars 40 cents :
showing oil course vast difference in the num-
Der OF taxable slaves (siaves above II years oil
aecl in he two great sections oi The State. What
is that difference Observe i, citizens OF The
East: Last year The whole nnmber OF taxable
slaves in the State was a5I 500, and Of lhes,
slarcs 2lT0SG were in Eastern Virginia and
3l,G0G in Western Virginia, difference in
the number in the Eas: over lkat in tie Wes'
Of 49, $50. In other words, the number oi,axa-
bic slaves in lie East is more than times that il
Western Virginia Bot i, may be said, that i
we pay 50 much more on these erca, subjects q
taxation, taai and saves j! IS made up 10 US b.
lie Wc.t on horse; that, il il is 'rns we have, a.
10 Iese ,wo species Of property Gland and Slaves,
50 much greater STAKE in The government Than
or Wesera brethren, ycr The superior value OF
lhei horses Is an o.isetto this. Lctns see: Inc
tax assessed on horses il 1911 was s. .oi0 w.
q! this the West was charged with S2iio -