Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-03-07

Tic representative royer 81 1872 free wir persons
md alter accomplishing this who'vsair destruction
cor!ers furtct additional de- ate' o.: INC i.as Such
process Of clipping he so'crcisLs ''ou.d wei
Justi: prosecution !rr pci'i treason against s OIL
lrndiig ;,ag:ics
viii no.: bling to y5.:r :.o;cc, provision IN Inc
substitute whit u NJ, q io'l. IS calculated - ::ol
n three fold wrong. i.ic 10 that c!at:sc i !ct u
c;arcs That 80 The representation ~ 10 -" Or CAY sia
N any tna cscced teeSa''s ai.a
Ser:ors bit The surplus fractions thereof, whether Of
ponu,atic or toy..io shall ue s-tinltcd in assigning
Representation 10 the sections OF ihe State III which
they are respectively situated =. the irst place here
is violation Of the principle which alone The mixed
basis can re Justified thai the community possessing
wealth or PROPERTY. which may he injured by lesisla
live acts ought to have representative power 10 protect
lis interests This prori-o Of The substitute declares
that when tie wealth sha have increased the property
shall have accommodates 50 s.. &c in truth teinpta-
tcn 10 phnderc.s The ower oil rfoect!oa shall he cut
short and the o.cie.ow mass o glit:eriaS pef snail
lie open 10 Tic assaults oi ;ii vim may have The " oh
in, palm may feel propensity 10 ssZc Their neig-
bors p,;rsc-.r;i.s Bat III the second place this pro-
siso iot only declares that the inhabitants, ny whose
energy and enterprise, the Pofiiaoh ana wealth ri
the Giles have been increased. 'na cease to have the
power which nc payment OF large revenues would al
iort FOR SELF Itcciion hui ':at g, certain point IN
their progress they Themselves snail cease TO be count
cd in assigning Representations liz "e'er great may
&c The population, lie surplus beyond given number
shall be semced and the trec'ic "l The cities placed
upon worse footing Il degradation than 'hcse even Of
the West. How pleasant 10 ,hc people OF Richmond
will il not be- AT some i:;;.rG day, when suddenly
rested by the very prosperity HEY once sought H. pro-
,cc, they find the mere Vi population or o wealth
of no avail 10 give them power iio" pleasant then to
reflect t,:. they aided 10 secure III: adoption o The
mixed hi,ss-t:iat bal Tor their o"a votes they might
have stood upon equal icoi,ns With nc'r fellow
citizens !heo;,s ic;t the STATE lS IL The third place.
his p.oyi-o only disraacses the pona!at:e and
strips to property o the cities oil TIC power vi self
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protection, b; with IN nnnara"i generously gives me
surplus fractions 10 the sections III wncn the cities are
respectively situated. The rcs"rTor o1 ciiy power
si.: have certain capacity ana nu more, and tie
bright waters Ia. TO" lno II, sai rise sparkling 20
lie brm AID then fall in cool refreshing currents on
the marched and exhausted regions around IT. The
pictarc is beauiiu-thc idea il poeca! hut is the
princplc sounds the thing Itself just and right
What attracts popua;ioa--sl2t brl':' capital 10 ycEr
cities: 1t is taar radt-it Is ii:c!r co"merce-it is
tte;r bae, cot.!ry, Without dis, no city can grow
with L. ain, With ways oone, 10 il, ans city viii pros
rcr And wha: j. the eject OF ii.c pro'i>o: rot TO
give Tie back country ot city-tia; country tom
which i; derives IL strength aad -nppofi--thc benefit
% IL surplus population! ai1 "e%!'h, LA |" give II IL
lic loH ai.ts beyond hc;who arc her enemies Oft
,mcs-hos:!c t. her .ucress, a'a incapable OF sy:m
,,athz;:. with her purpose. Richmond. whose inter-
est and semra;ies ali bind her 20 the Piedmont and tie
West i 10 furnish strength 80 lfe-"ncr which trades
with Baltimore, 10 crash al i'o" schemes oi improve
men, in which -hc !. s'er. sled. There is 4 meaning
IN this proposition which call on you ana the country
- mark Ii is put forth by tic iarseerg and sa.ac!ous
champion of the mixed basis, Mr.. ScoTT OF ~ and
d;scioses two facts First. that Inc naked basis Will
not work as a prjnc:p!,-s friends AFRAID 10 trust
i,-hcv sec the result, oi following IL lca.!-and they
are right The iiiScu bass would concentrate immense
power III the cities. Did ~; tell :ou Yesterday i;;a
Baltimore and Philadelphia paid forty pc: c"s; OF inc
fsyea,.as Of their respective STATES; II will no. tic to
Surrender ourselves altogether 10 the ,:o.cy power.
The second iac disclosed, Is, that although tic cities
are 10 be deprived o.; their surplus wea; and poplia-
tcl, that us is still necessary i s;.;ain he a>cen-
darcy Of Eastern power, and iaist u 80 Used And
how used 10 give REPRESENTATION Il people aud mon
cy (bv pleasant ct!oa) a siong" To Charles City
New nent, Matthews, Midi. sex, &c, when III fact,
oy belong Richmond, to give these Counties not
only the full benefit o their on population AID wc"'i,
butt To make assurance do'!y sure, le, Tic West might
ovcrtake ard beat thea their o"n principles tie
declining energies Of Eastern co.is, TO Dc prop
ped up and sustained by The power Of the ci!;cs"c:
power the cities have acquired hy trading wi lr
West. Oh l!aniating picture. sad decline # E;st-
crn pride--cf Eastern Independence stop Ike in,;i-
encc on po,e Of Tie growth Of ,:c ci:ie. ,fd the .c-
Of Western representation ,Tci rise rapidly oil
the mixed basis bit retain thai influence, ard .ao
despair when look forward IL The future. have a.
read: shown how rapidly the value o! real estate Is III
creasns In the cities. viii show how they have
grown in taxable property. III 1870 tie land and pro-
perry tax oil Richmond, Petersburg ard Norfolk, was
2s,74 %; in 1873, it 1.i.i2; - and in 1856,
il : 81. Sca u. Add Alexandria 10 the list, and
y
.3il "a The increase in these four towns, in to
years has been upwards Of G,ocl Ard wiat is the
prospect before u.s. These very towns are stretching
out their for Western :adc--crcnins tie" mar
i;cs for Western Notwithstanding, every 10
crc the woaltil-gi;h:, traic their back country
And VIVA: vii! he The effect o he system of inicr;a!
improvement, Virginia IS now executing; S'ipnoSc The
Central Rail and Canal, either o ticm EXTENDED 10
a Ohio river. nd tie Southwestern rail ,1ttnlc9 o
.a Tennessee line, and there connecting .tl line, 81
Improvement reaching 10 .Ic.nk;s, where sill the fer
x,ig and cnrching streams # trade AID ray.l, whic,
sill TOW through these channels. &c chiefly felt; as;
gentlemen to consider this matter. lnicrf; improve
mens can produce ether effect agriculture within
the State than TO enhance the value of IL products in
proportion the cost Of transportation diminished
And hence, viii, equal fertility Of soil, Eastern arcul-
lure must always he more profitable than that a! he
West, because The tax transportation must b. less.
II Is true that icsc Improvements viii develop The
and increase the wealth Of the Nc,! bGt
{: Increase Of Western production wi! prop"ctonay
increase Eastern trade. manufactures and
This ocid BIZ the case # the iiacs Of internal improve
mcn should give vent only TO the predictions OF DIR
own West but wien those lines are extended into Re
great allies Of the Ohio and the .ssisp the tho
bread AMI deep Currents 81 trade ch iii ow through
Virginia, vi" maxi their golden deposits the shores
Of the East. Commerce, based moi only upon tho trade
Of Western Virginia. 'ii Of Western world will be
.oun, in TIE E"st,-a commerce which will NC engaged
in exporting q: vast products of two great yallics.
tered by the Ohio "nd the Mississippi. and likewise in
Importing Tor he Ii!.3r3 OIL the w - products and
manufactures Of other ciimcs Aad VIA. is commerce.
She is the receiver of heavy ti!s the products Of
ah2r and tie expert cf ac world has shown tha,
these tolls are greater an me profits OF labor Look
at New York and Boston. How have tic population
and wealth OF those cities risen fallen according ..
lacy have felt or iosi to magic power OF Western
trade: In 1915, Tie re-, estate u New York was
valued nj cighty-t"o millions ii 1885, 81 ore hun
,Ircd millions (in ls2o The Erie Canal was crcnc,i)
between ~, a.d IS!5, her population. was do;ibled,
and her real estate in value 10 two hundred and
eighteen millions from 1855 10 ISL her population
and wealth increased 3: per cent: annually in despite
oil the great fire al 1857, AMI tie financial dcrangc-
mepts OF 1856, ~ and IS In iei!, the Grca; West.
ern railway opened 10 Bnsioa. Between 1871 and
ls4,;, New York population increased o. per cent,
and her wea decreased |. per cent. During The
same period Boston increased in population from 90 ooj
to $4,000, aad in The value Of her real estate, from
ninety eight millions 70 one hundred ard tl.riy:vc mil
lions. Smi!ar viii hc the developments in Eastern
Virginia if she ever laps the great reservoirs Of West
ern trade. Manufactures will also spring NJ in her
midst to supply the groa: consuming West! Capita!
will be centred erc 10 eve Iii: ana: energy TO con-
nc,cc a', manufactures The agriculture OF the East
viii nc improvci-her soils viii he revived
and made productive. Her white population is already