Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-08-08

nd md alive taxes requiring them 10 DC talse' u
.ohr md rendering it impossible Tor either secuoh o' '''
- nduly burden peculiar property Of the o'hcr.-
in connection with the preceding section, which es'a
h;bc, rigid uniformity in the taxes upon all oer atces
II Is difficult, TO conceive it possible for any section oil
n STAT. towever large or small suffer from unjust dis
elimination in taxation against it, whether accidental or oe
stoned This section comedies the East all taxes which
the al palore principle contained in the preceding secuoh
would otherwise require be raised from slaves uoef
years of age The number OF This class Oh slaves very
~ ,,a; v,Ie very considerable, and the taxation upon
them reIinoushed the East, very important amount
The chief value OF the clause however, the evidence which
affords of the liberal spirit which actua'es the west To-
wards the East and the unwarerns attachment "hch ey
cherish for the institutions of the South
The third provision establishes uniformity between the CAP
;,;. >, ,noo male citizen. and the upon ands-which
e along with IT, under the operation of the hrst and Sc
.o,d nro,i,ions uniformity also with the tax upon all
other including slaves hefcnds Of Tree schoo
in the State will graed at least that hall ms cap'a'on
s i, secured 10 their avorile obect and the opponents
h,, ins,ituton will probably ecate tha' no "
ther proy.on for this object asincorporaed INTO the Con
,;,ron All constitutional legislation upon the subject was
vioeny opposed in the Convention and tho APPROPRIATION
- o,estion may be regarded compromise measure o
Their legislation in the matter being lett 10 the
sembly u.,;,sd
~, The sixth seventh and eighth OF the ABOVE reci'eu
,,ovsous are those which will attract most attention at III"
time They will establish the credit OF the State
h,d doubt upon most perfect and secure basis FHs,
h s,,,, olaces herself under bond "not 10 60 security
Thu hest guaranty Of individual success is an lneSoe ao
bere,ce TO this stern principle Without this rule MI IAN"
dolols celebrated PHILOSOPHERS sone"-pay as you
Of no value in commercial age The rule Is as
in State practice in individual experience; aho' soo"e "
later the State finances and the State credit "onlo
by suffer if she should erect timely safeguard III ~
Invaluable provision of Constitution inns sec"oh
is the counterpart of Mr. Randops pay as you go p'hcpe
The seventh clause is the embodiment of the We
nv principle .ef, as far as It can pe apPneu
TO public expenditures. 1t requires at the creation
of every debt the enactment of irrepeaabe law, oy
which its interest will be punctually met and its pncpa
finally ex,lnpushed 10 mathematical ccrtanty out OF me
annual tores and Independently Of the Investment or 'an
the debt is incurred Under this article OF the Constitution
the credit of the State will rest first upon the certainty "
the prompt payment of the interest upon her Puoc oeo
OF the annual taxes; second, upon the Sinking funo re-
ouired to be of these taxes for satisfying tue
principal of every deb third the stocks unds puoc
works and other property belonging to the State,
amounting actual pac to some two-,hrds OF her ac'ua
debt and annually producing least that proportion OF the
the property she shall hereafter acquire and the productive
ness of the investments she shall hereafter make with the
proceeds of debts which shall in the future Be-
meath these firm bases of her credit lies the broad and solid
substraa of an untarnished and unmpeachabe integrity
and of wea of mineral and industrial resources which no
country of equal extent upon the earth over-match
| THE APPORTIONMENT OF REPRESENTATION.
The editor of the Richmond Times has "ooked win care
over the apporionment made by the amended CONSTITUTION"
and the examination has satisfied him that the Wings can
carry the State in the Legislature and that ihey may WI"
first popular Governor Virginia" majority OF at eas
five thousand of the Of the State belong TO the Demo
cratic purity. or this majority is entitled 10 repre-
senation in the Legislative department oil the Government
If then, the Wings have majority in Inc Legislature
gross injustice and inequality has been committed IN the
portonment of representation II majority Of the people
are Democratic majority of the representatives should b.
,utes the majority is be DISTINGUISHED How nm assembly
of men, with decisive Democratic majority ana democrat
President could suffer such wrong 10 be lncted upon
their party loss conjecture except upon the ny
pothess of treachery The Democrats in the country a
not at all satisfied with this thing, and we would Ike
have an explanation of The mystery from the Meopoll
tan journals Cannot the Examiner or the Enquirer en-
tighten us. = South Side Democrat.
We refer our able contemporary to the Democratic mem
and can better answer his nerroguory than ourselves
Taking the presidential and congressional votes OF the Stat
for series Of years. criterion party would be emil
lied 10 much larger majority in the popular branch OF TIT
Legislature than one,hc majority given by the apporon
menl of the Convention.