Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-06-10

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Ia 1870 the West paid % per cent in taxes OF the an"nn
,h Eosr-tha is 20 cents for every dollar paid BY the
East $780, The per ccn.um was 'Ss IN io4o - per cent
n" y, II $50 Ersern virginia paid s35397O 1850 she paid
s3 2 la 1920 Western Virginia paid SUI +l0 IN l7oV
She paid s?0 25G being an increase OF over lVO pc: cent
While the West has increasing the East Tor the last
thirty years has remained almost stationary Her taxes are
now, very nearly the same as III lo2O
Now ask what reason have we-what reason can Inc
gentleman from Fauquer prodace-to show that this ell-
live condition Of things will undergo much change during
the next decade! What not heretofore in operation
are 10 produce The expected chnnge!
For similar reasons maintain that the Western majority
ia the House Delegates will be much Increased II Is SUD- 10
The Number Of 81, bf acapportionment in loo2 mus giving
West still greater power and the East sun less prneI
ton so think in every point Of view yoie which
gives compromise propuslVn gives the East more
permanent minority in the Senate sufficient for all purposes
of protection Tor ID years than the proposition OF TIE gentle
man from Fau,;uier
There is another ground for supporting this compromise
which Is eatiei 10 ir weight. The people have sent
us here to make Constitution DC submitted to them for
ratification rejection They expect AZ our hands such
work az should their approval They have not sent Us
here spend and hundreds n thousands o. dollars IN
talking abolt constitution and ten after eight or ten
months LABOR and expense that we should submit cOnst-
tuition which they reject Does any member OF
this tydy believe that pure mixed basis constitution could
by possibility. receive the popular sanction II cannot.
wh; submit W lis rejection would denve the people oi all
Tie reforms they areny desire. Some u the od nun
kc;s in office might rejoice al il, and aid The West TO
Ii.
teit rights withheld for ten long years more Ihey are
crying aloud reform in every department OF the govern
men-in The county courts in the Judiciary the election Vi
puac officers guaranteeing against waStel expenditures
are all rhy ID be denied! And for what! To retain the
mixed basis TIL 1862 when the West will be entitled 10 NE
majority under that basis when that same Hes' WIZ
if e feelings BE- emblered by denia! OF ali redress
call Convention, establish white basis consutaioE ana
into power with sentiments OF unkindncss prooaoy ol
revenge what consider injustice Under tie conf
promise ~ conservative veto power III 'c 81
nat. ill -65-possiby ill and then, II any change
Shall TAX. place will BE- done by fair submission 10 Inc
people who will decide the question altcr ID years Vi ccS
II i'm and experience.
Ic gentleman from Henrico (hr. Boris, regards ibis
coTon>c which violently opposed as death oi""
To the the State the great
triumph obtained 10y the anti-Internal Improvement
party He SAYS that under its operation improvement
bill will the fourteen years and that al the END
of that time circumstances will be altered 10 render APP
propntlons works wholly Unnecessary. Ny con-
opposed TO internal improvements lhey may
STYLED unti-inrrnul Improvement but 90 not be-
evc they Wish ~ abolish all improvements they Wish mat
which believe this compromise VIII accomplishment Is
economy in public cautiously
md Systematically unrrtaken each work viewed on It's
merits and undertaken rejected with single eye
public good ana the State rescued from me vortex :"
bankruptcy into which The present system Is ost faaE
Fastening us
am then sir in the fullest sense, compromise
Having taken stand On This ground nothing out The Wish
majority al my ronstluenS-so expressed as 10 assure
the that they majority, and that they wish
aside and annu this measure Of peace which has
healed our stries an suo stlencrd the thrcHien
ing which have ragged here with Intense though sup
violence for -four months past and which seemed at last
ABOUT ~ open Lime and 10 involve the entire
coni,rnw cnra.ra,iun; nothing less, sir, than
nj urty expressed shall cause me ~ SIR an
nC. will the breadth OF hair. II lhey
fearful responsibility, while absent
u action and ond Ia TIE dangers that sur
uund h"rt-,un!cs which hlckened and darkeneh,
aspect threatening and terrific at every
sic, progress; they will unchan the winged winds
that are hu-ed calm repnse by the tranqulznS
compromises and send Them forth 10 deTastae
our work and Ia sweep il from the ace OF the rartn II they
viii rur Eastern ufrns proceed Win Work
nat"ul and by 10 900 majority Ut our white ie
low tI2rns il they will Weld nothing compromise nothing
conriie all, but with unelentIny heart and stern
st ri will WELD that orlty the iron sceptre oi
minority ill revolution and ruin shall break IN up
shall them 10 sense Ut the stern Feail-
" which surrounds il such be The determination Of
luv u those vruu represent, must bnw submissive 10
their superior power and await in trembling anxiety tor de-
lycunce from Ha in whose hands The destines OF ma
But ill such determination of theirs be clearly and an-
thrratvey announced let Imagine that will WAIVER
or hesitate in supporting this compromises vain will be every
appeal false pride n consistency vain all warnings OF
dana ed popularity and vane still that party slogan, that
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