Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-11-28
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Ihe Southern civ Of Savannah. with sea port
better than that Of Richmond whose whole capital in
trade aud does not exceed ST ,Si9f9o. whose
~hHle population ia hui 5000 suhserbs 2.soo.0o0
dollars thr rlllr nds which she commands But tho
city Of Richmond with thirty Thousand mlmbitants and
property If twelve millions OF dollar. think hprsrlf
ruined with bmdp ion of ! IS than 81 500 600! !
The snbscrpl ION or Savannah averages $50 Fl each
inhab,nut; tlpat Of Il richmond averages only a35.
Rnf u mdr aud Noodle. aud I,odls, rj in in chorus.
--"R chm,nd is in d bl,-n debt 80 the amount of
one mill on ofd4 ars - We'll, and how Is she 10 get
of debt except by an ncreas of her trade! ineease
the nle That will increase lhe nu nber d" merchants;
in their turn. they VII ncfense by employment the
number Of chan cs, If operatives aud of prof. SIS onal
men. aud nrreasa he NUMBER of people who's taxes
will pay the city deb Whal can increase the tade
his line # improved Iocom toe. which will bring
To her doors The greatest travel that any line ever
minded aod place in her markets the produce OF The
richest realm On ear h 7
This debt Of which Doodle croaks i but the twelfth
par ol thu real proper II tbs city. and can be pal
o.morfow by tax averaging only hliy three d'llirs
per inhabltanl yet II we listened tr the disna yans
Of sol Of Shy looks who have already made th money.
WIN .hefrfne care mol straw alb III the future business
Of the place and who would mol pay >ix and quarter
10 mako the city an FL d rad f those thai ma
after thrm-we must believe this cTpofaton on the very
yrr,e of ius lqency aud o1ly fl to be wound up b,
srries nf protests from the Banks. and large s'e IN
front ef Mr., Constable Gjddin's prmes.
In e's Last what prodigies arise,
The streams ol dotaSe flow from Marlbr'oughs eyes,
And at a ten-pen'e tax rich Doodle dies
" hen luen reach The stage If lf, and frnne at
which they are indifferent the welare OF tn social
frame fo n which they have oh anad then veal h,
hatevet may b. TIA ir age, is full time r them % lie
Charity to themselves as well as others should hasten
drop the eur ain. Why cumbeI they the groundl Why
tumber Il.
Is st,n longer exporting her citizens as OF yore
No longer does ,htl wn lack support t,r them hoha
Her popul ton has increased fifty cent in he last ten
years aud he value =, her property has un up o even
ty per cent in the same rna. What but the nnnber' SIS
railroads viii h converge that cy produced these
eiec ST The writer himself saw them cogen ihe fields
Ike the bars of grdirnn; aud the astes al Aassa-
chses show hat The average distance be cen lhs lines
of Tint Sat- IS ONLY SEVEN MLES For Sc the ci l.
zens of Boston alone have paid THIRTY SIX MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS, besides five millions m r. Tor the aqueduct
which brings her the chryslal aers of Cochltuaie -.
Here ls basis of taxation which irlgh ems us even u
wire Of it, and from which Doodle and his friends wo"d
draw speedy inference that the property Of iiost'n
must suffer a fea fu deterioration in value Bat The
truth as we have shown this same pop has rls'n
some sixty seventy per der this ne taxaiun,
and in the last ten years alone
Citlzels Of Richmond. u have said enhtga II ne
facts WHICH have laid open ae nsuih nj 10 arouse
you then uours is the blindness and the doom OF lhe
adieean Church who SAIL rich ce are M cred
sed ,ch goods and hare need Of nothing. and knes not
that heu ,cere Ureihed, and miserable aud poor, and
blind aud naked Forget not that The de IN The afas
of men an than that wieh hills he iieef ny
your streets. and b' away the b'at o the hsreF"sn
and ths ship Of the mrrchant. The crested 1o1d now
covers the sands: Embark isNesp ny to those who
will syaie etIemseses OF you, neglect