Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-05-09

value OF slaves SI,SSl,H 500 at l-l0 Of ] per cent
would pay SI,sS?.00.
Can ! r"nscn; to proposition that thus opprcssc,
ihrm Remember, sr. that the slave owners of the
State ot Virginia pay now one dollar and ski,
:rn;s head slave tax. Bat adopt this system nm.
The slave owners will have to pay nearly two and
,ia!i dollars head and nj that is 20 bc ;ir u; iii,
pai.rea. the al raorcm system .; ;ax;tin. uy:t.
,ka intelligence al thi. co;:.trs, invite Tie ji,:ic. u
ms committee e:p!c the: a!ol: s;:ch guarantee y.
that; before the adopt suc, sy;c q; taxation u, that
u iocE i"i.s bearings and influence Never viii INK,
the tax oil he vat u, which IN my POI :c. an
y;.c" upon he and cal; rf tc whose i,al,
i, sustained l.: such inrG!t- have Io4c with the
=, ,nm SYSTEM Of taxation f'r the p:,..r:;. ii ,a
trcn5th should be glad to discuss il !!ltc fl tlrT
1t i odloi IN prlE'f sie-"i.- IL it, opera,ionird
oppressive 10 those represent; and these s@i.ic;
reasons 20 conl.,aH.! my unqualified d:-applnba.ion.
had ,ctcri.c Ia notice ":rcr:. lr.s!:In..tS ila:
have been a,i:aace here and must 10 if aa liA
wear ins lie committee. be. To notice particularly
some Of lii. .:.l:cit5 which t. froa lie gentleman
iron. August, tAlr. FClfs. regretted very nuch To
c.r Lin tl,; tie i:,ei shat slave were ccatcc
II he federal rrircSsiia;o was the rr and cause
IF TIL, i!iici! crusade which Is going against that
species o property, III that it has! done no goni
alr sir. mni: there ar. twemt:-s.vcn i"erhers cf
Congress iascl upon slave property The attcmp
:, abolish slavery III the District q! Columbia OILY failed
IIy vety ,ot>. H. therefore, your slaves had not been
.,r.c:.,rl IL the Congress OF the United States slave
* would ~ TIL 'la: have heci. abolished in III. t.trc
i Columbia Il save ".lr ly this slave rrprrs"u.
;a.ion A:l sc, the gcti,ma nom Augusta SAYS tn'
i, !:s p.rc good. N"goo, That very act, c..
led !, barrier which hope I!ay stand ION. tine
!,,t- hope here i no: III Virginia. WHO ~!
moi praT the Ecur mG: com. wit,n that .::-;;
urii shall hc struck dawn, in AN Z" The quarters in
ric. it nnw exist, h.? anY n;iicr power than that
Of those who own this property Bat -ir, our federal
concentration Las done s no good Ii placed IL
h,.s,
ever lived in Tie tide OF time. y tie wise 'vh"
framed the federal nlict. By those who stand row
'bcacor-lighs 20 guide rs 10 poitca r@th
lv friend from Berkeley Cir FArLENlR) took occasion
10 read cxrrac! from the .S0h"rn H'ritIc which
r,iiecte upon the good old State of South Caroma 'a
.a,-e of her stagant condition He stated that he did
not know whether i; was attributable 10 her basis o
Representation: he veal leave that to be inferred
y others Did not the >aglcv Of hat@entc;an silg
.., to him. other AMI better reasons! Did lie not know
tlat Son;i Carolina cl planting, State that lon:
iucc had reached tn. Of her glory l. II ia!r q
.,:pa:. her, with the yong giant States growing u:
lin The nsyIs seti!cl coc:try: She was hcr" Wien
G;niu va, a WILDERNESS. She Was prond South Carolina
!,.iu:, tie white mans ipo IL! stepped nron Inc
bank, OF tle .:i;sss ipi:. ict liz ;anLie ::;e'c!
"a draw The inference t.ai hcraG:c lie iii ii;:;:e'
lie j:,. % representation ;i.a9 IS con@nc' :pf tiri
l.yc l.t s.,..n:.r,l condition j.; ATTRIBUTABLE !" dat
The rc.tics;!> >-acii ia:-t Lave show! i.!in ina; ::
!. attributable: other south Cir"'lii ia
,.,> yc, sccome l.: so-d in h noath Of eTer'
I..}v for rGc held her AID i'". institutions; N his.
rcc,r,, and si.l sI"a. ii acm wt;!i kh!hrS "ir
rcsntct She :.as sH":l.e!ins within her "-'in re ~
i.,,in. of n r1ra n.n hr"atlIcI IL" :r@'lh Z"
-, mir BID the rent icn:an net rclv.hcr tina. ne 7
r. has representation jsci upon federal n'li!hcl.
ycn is equivalent 10 :e h!ss u hEalich ana p"ri
Ifat;rn: AaI tell inc gha; >;ate in tbs urionl NY
MAKING more rapid strides 10 positive Fc2;:ea', t" a
t.t is coo! a! grc1! ia the Development {" her i,"
ill.,. rcsn,irc h.: l;rra wealth the Increase 81 he
ra..,n and the advancement III h.r II: c:":irc, thai
H., ,;,.;, or Georgia AMI il Georgia pf"spers unGe
+ ,rv,d rsi; w',v should not Virginia also rrospe
,,rr the n. xci iSiS: Why ii no. t!'r mixed lasi
.tr,, and stasna.e TIE energies of Georgia If tn
mixed lrsi: s.agnatcd the energies OF South Carolina
Sir Won mus Jock i1r some other ca'sc than her i'as
I al Representations
: Ma gentleman from Gre"nbritr DIR. p&icF) Il
,y,~,is whom I feel Is kindly a, do towards M
: ~ the cent! arien who's, iriuantanc" iav" had IL
! .as,,r,. IF making since have been hcrc-waenei til
. rm,otce oi the intenpsrHt: excitement when Tafva'
J a. H.. admitted his own bosom and that OF his PEI
! A. listened to him with more interest than ha,
.tenelto any one clsr because saw that he felt VIII
:, Mr. PRICE Ny friend has mistaken did u
so ,hot was under the Influence .: intemperat" e
e q: cment NJ remark wa, that there was IN excit
:, ,,s that FELT deep interest possibly intenrt
u ave- ;nf.rc: in this question, bu; that did not think
0. was incorporate
< I3u, will take the responsibility OF calling any excl,