Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-05-20

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the same - rs oln ii Rchmnu, another port ol -
ta1en W. NEW be other WAS oi getting goods !"
trort. i"' instance through the valley, 81 ID" III.
m, 49,. and along the James river l'i.n I'.i ,L
those vicintics bEt "pptehtl1u ll'' I'M
W. have given as those "i inc e.s %t. ;n,snJ
llutici.nlv correct for The purpose '''
to use them VANS shore = r yerv slight inequality
40" ovation in the east and IN TIC west NV
bins is not always To DC i''r'''"i Gu Gc;a
,te, Lii may 10 some extent, nav Io ,ycn
Money - i y yar OF ascertanin5 us value VIZ.
v1lae ana NC. h,, IN 10 So When We wish 10 kho"
/ IL becomes .lutiyc value Of money at some ie''
"iiat " II" - .,ne distant place, cumparea WIN ~
l'eio' =, Inter period. in Jour own coun' a".
NJ ~ ,anarallv adopted BY which II MAJ ~ .taj NJ
ID believe to take the price VI .ro nIacc.
ea. !. %, ,b. two periods, or ut the Two pa :;
wheat " ~ il; have made the calcnGt'o'' -
ana 80 e,.t and west and will state TIC res'
reiefcNce cnnsn:s accompanying proposition A. ~
from 'e rs find that the taxes PAID by Tue eis
t' - :ai6 a@6. The vait;e III wIie''t' VI IN, 80
- ana loIar bushcl when Is inc i'.' p.n,o voire
~ QUE and which assume to he lis a'er'SH ~
thl' '' H., cast i, of course %6i,"3d bushels. nc
'Hio"4'I ,ho west amount /" s2ui2oo' "H''h ="
'aNe' Pi' cn,s per bushcl which I7assUEea ~ m
: ;,. of v heat there makes oipi- ' IL ;f
I.r in taxation in dollars. Is lol 'eu' p,: t"a u.
800 in bishe, Of wheat Is nnt 90 ;JoraIi
'elr''r " value i, only :l5.i29 or coh7'"e,'D:
at 'I ,lnatcs in II house oil one hili'otca ann
't,' 'h ;,,cI on the mixed basis Now l7 1h'' "''
- worth contendInG about: II o'n r."iiy =
~ ,e description rs y"'ir@ Is worn" :" ii''..
-; greater representation Oh "''o"' ~
h iJf i i; worth n much t" US as your - - :, ~,
> - u - ~ toes We pa is nearly tie same II" reference
"'o''s i;,;nu Of things i'll part ii Tie collrF-'h
!" Wv iaLr and The market price "l our pr"iu
value VI " ,r shor. is in reference to me co'l'
G ton of hints in yoaf IE'rt o. ~" I,,i" La
d o'' l;o, 10 quarrel about 9nch NIUE "'I"t-
II nr. =. this in regard to inc w.
n h.. kent in con alton Of t"rn"i i'r ''''' rs ''
''"' ar br,,.c there i slight inequality Ill
Il 'i' rrmii m. u tina! do not lhInR there |.
4 in,n u,nn this floor who can seriously contend
e r + dnno, lhin!; either that tins inequality "i TAX
ID ~ : III. ,ruc difference between Us lakl? lh" taxes
r, in m,nc, Of wheat according |" Nc c''''''' ''
II ,i,, in hor-r OF ~ members. tn" west Is "nt
10 49, - ,,,,,,,.r. and the ra, to - And thus rs
" ~ lin, ria, ra.a ion. whirn all gentlemen adm,
Id i,"lI L done and dividing the representation equally
|" re-, v. pr-,- and iaNai"n HE west Is emitted /"
al :;,r II .y in \ house "f one hundred AMI fifty
y members
,h.,;,,c haze now arrived al proper -i.4e ri m
c. .i ., ro,ica a remark Of the gent l"nau lr".;
III r,,Ll,rJ tyr !rAEi.l in reference In one ni In
he ,,; IN ny district, Permit me to s:r that have
~ mn, ~. l.a. lc; from the manner in which the gen.
II I,,n smoke IT, and, from what know I'll ilir .;rnii"
- mail that he did 1t ~ any unk'd spirit toward, lie
he ,,v L., referred to- Nevertheless hr did call IL"
ny comfy Of Wel1rl. Il county in my district panFrf
NJ county Tie expression has got there. and It l:-
~ nro,c,, considerable feeling III that community
nr lc,y, to sav that many ot the goodalurd thing
III ,l arc .al here. and rightly treated rs subject
cr n, mcrricut .oabruad III the country and rankic there
nj ,! III feeling may h. rnscnGcrcd, for wc! tie joke
re- Ina, crracd IT, however good, do not compensate.
10 MIR LEAkE. WilIhc gentleman ailo" me- I" *
~; pla: did not mcan 10 say any thing di're>?ccll .:
,uy norton q the western part Of tie State. hhI
Re y that SOM oi the counties allowed representatives
ma uDi
-! ne Treasury todcraE their cn'ni. charges ana ihcrH
az ncn.c, 81 their delegates to the legislature; aiih iha
NY The reports made her. the extension oI suffrage GA-
tt Guided from the exercise al that rig |. c'"it oi' Wa"
zen ,roS unable 70 support himself and "a~ = itH lWii
M, ra3!c: and that upon th, principle these counties
i've we're ii4.r 10 he declared political PaGPer>' h,l'
IN. expressly Denounced the principle ""''" ""''h '"i
TO taking proper representation ir'n any PORTO" ol
d he people and said that one OF ~ 20 '
rim ,I.r,, l.;- was, thai ii eNcncd from all ror-l"ra-
no, ,io., N III, distribute legislative power those who
I'm yam ra- q. or bur II. upon the public Treasury
----.-u.i..y WISFLE. but you instanccd the coun-
" Of Wc,zeI. -71,>I l,t s2:5: - ..,.
Mr.. LEAkE. ! @@. did. --a'---->s--.-..,
Mr. VAN WINk..r.. Well, now let lis sec how il j
i. We,zel county is cargeabe with but half rep
and scarcely that because the counties Of
Uctzcl TYLER, and part Of Dodfrid.r mite III cleo
ting representative, and Tyler alone ha, siderablr
more population than Wetzc al least thirteen hundred
more. So ii appears that Nci1el IS mol rshttIl:y |
rcscnaiiye Nevertheless, charge her with one hail,
and with all other expenditures charged against herb
the report Of the Auditor, and il appears that the i"t
is only s7Gl63 In l>l9,hc paid revenue taNes 10 the
amount 81 S59e9l, and including Licenses 9'W' ana
in the wear 1870 had the taxes on her lands been reg
u.atcd hy the new assessment. she would nave pas.
a. appears by document, printed for the Convention,
a revenue tax OF >9ll,O4. and including llrcnscs
>I,37::,3. That Is moi a,ery poor county: Laugh
Ter. And add IN Justification 0 The ciliHens al
IL. MI hos lt.A
in existence hul four or five years: sc, during that
time they have built, what we call IN III" west.
splendid courthouse costing upwards oil >6,boo, and 4
Jail and incurred other expenses incident t" new
county. She ha, also. since her establishment n
county. or since 4 very few year, before, doubled Ter
population: while her property In, been greatly and
rapidly rising III value, and y"' vail ind perhaps that
she i, capable al sustaining a, large p"PulaiI"nl
as any county in the commonwealth! and II she Is not
new paving a, large. tax rs the county with which she
compared although not auirr, she has moi been 50
successful hesSar. Laughter ! 30 not ramc
the cor.lty with which siIe VIZ, compared. 1t il hnt
one Of those comprising linz gentleman ) district.
wish row, in connection with ttc subject OF ihr pro-
rcr hs,; u representation, 10 r ali'Hlon I" the fact.
that "hraryer Eastern scnIicI:." come t." dr,l with
acr-ul.- they d. acknuw ledge practical "iin, al
r::,i, AMI duties -l.;Snr between them The t0!t-t
tuition vi arc ahou; la MAKE has I" br voted upon by
every nuaiic voter. which | lfc-rna i. equivalent to
ing .vsry free white male ad iiz. in the state
That part Of the representation wi;ch /. baSrd upon
persons Iy proposition y. j. 'l'ay divided anon.
The whole white population of lie S:alr This con'cn;
is practical admission Of tic a" ii an EXISTING "qta!l
is ~ r,w"cn whit persons i"I:, ritiz"rs ." ti' stat"
A. such and without reference /" other considerations ::
aud therefore ask whence derive the right to limit
this equality and ix point ii which The rule i, L.
sop.
If fer these and many other purp",cs you yourselves
take the rule equality. true r!lc, where ana how
do YOU get the right 10 limit it, or 10 prevent lis further
or universal application! Gentlemen tell us and that l.
what they reduced 10: il is what they were irti-
cr 10 in the last Convention, for however able the
arguments that then presented against the white
basis proposition, | believe they always terminated
there they do here, by the avowal that an unequal
representation and is necessary for the protection
of property III the East.
Ii ought to be sufficient reply 10 this 10 say, rs the
Gentleman who addressed you Yesterday (r. locE
said, that necessity is the tyrants plea. II is always
the t1rants plea and when you put up claim Of neces
si.y and give better for what YOU de-
nand OF us, We suspicious. Necessity has got =
bad name and We want YOU TO clear il from tn" re-
proachcs that have been hcaped upon it throughout all
,ors of the world hC fore ask lis accept it, WHY