Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-04-11

!, :. .hrorch with it. The Inference is not a
We shonio 60 ,srnit ME to say. Very far from It,
very l's. h Gentleman from Barbour nave salu 10
What %'u" ' here aud said 1.-The gentleman from
1,!e ,,,r and his friends, turning 'h''. .': =, - ;o
If Ten Of the old States in's vs. ~
sor,,c into this constitution one Oh u" e.nect
F;,,,,;ou Of the State OF Ne" III III ro,,,sa 80
~. Gentleman from Barbour VIII propose 10
neA' ' ,b;s constitution clause giving NV
lnsef. ,o' s,,Tro,," Would that have peen' y "us
'tr ,.,,n,a1s inference from Tue iai''s;o, s
M would not have drawn suS'' al, anil SON, Il ,u
such premises and put Ii mi" u; where it's effect
over 'ne h,.u the ird-nsnt ou' 10 lhiltiie
w"n'" W.: nv ;t my brethren ol lne "e,.' ne
'ie Jnri,s h,-. what is the u". U,'' Sc VIZ;
S1".;r. Jenart;ucnt oi The gov CIV a7'a
n;o not Of any Other .,"ver'!' ,h year 1881 cir
Of any other people could send an order, II
caiStahce' ~ "" .L. factory i'll Richmond, ana nave
chose. down he,t ,',ie-I believe they make them
nse'lt al cnull put it upon the rlc"er A.:S is
road and By applHnya 'eF'',. amount If tmao nj
i nad max il move gwen amount ~ '"lAst AZ
10 H. eol f snJ per hour and coald take the
eef"t'i' Ia" ,acb;ne TO Bengal to China, or to
cns,n,nonl. and put il upon the same plane anu
% ,h, same motive power, and 1t w"ul, move 'hcre
III same amount of tonnage per nile per hour' '.' II
-. bare Bat the msnuacture oil governments Is
~. of the exact sciences. 1t is not like construct
io ~. ,b;n. Because if you were to make govern,
, brs that would operate i'll Virginia Just is wen
III. steam propeller would operate upon the rail-
, Anu transmit that government 10 e'tner oi lhose
S.n.r;cs although blessing here it would prove to
t' ,L Interest curse that heaven IN Its anger could
r.. r,,n Them II is not then n question how You
;n annty your scales and your compass and hcw You
VII aryf ont with mathematical precision the Judicial
lslstive and executive departments OF your govern
RI, .ar.c glove will not lit the hands OF every
i,ir You must make it to hit the wearer. And You
w., mole This constitution fit the people of Eir-
49,: and ,h p,ope of Virginia they DOW are and rs
Ssvyr. like to be hereafter. maintain the PROPOSE
; ,Gs. ho,h schedule 4. and the amendment of the
gentleman irS Fanqu'sr are adapted no. "ay to the
..J itself - 10 cover over the whole commonwealth
I ,,rr, Developments future changes in population
Or w,sl,L will leave it fit just as we'll as 1t will to-
morrow. |, will fit we'll tomorrow and twenty years
hence And what is now our actual condition
tn, ,leb. Of the comlnunwe ath Is now III round num-
,.r. zen millaus of dollars l mean the proper debt
The clear talked debt upon which the commonwealth Is
PAWN. interest and must pay II she preserves ner ta'h
from five hundred aud fifty to ak hundred thousand dol
lar S:r amman The ordinary expenses of this govern
u..u throvill. out of view extraordinary expenses
such =. canals railroads and turnpkcs. will amount To
Two hundred or two hundred and fifty thousand dollars
ror. Add that TO the interest payable on the public
tct rs it now stands, aud you have eight hundred
thousand dollars per an'wm TO pay. nat puohc debt
before the legislature In session shall have adjourn
ell hundred to hundred and fifty thousand dollars
per- topay the interest upon It. GU have lit
El,es in the shape of guarantees and State bonds t"
pay that will carry up the expenses OF TINS government
Independently OF the appropriation Of one solitary cent
Tor railroads canals rnpikes 10, II the very lowest
calculation. nine hundred thousand dollars. There Ii
that amount to drawn in year time from the pockets
al the people of this commonwealth; and 1t Is to be
drawn in the proportion of six hundred thousand dol
lars from those who reside upon the eastern side OF the
Blue Ridge and three hundred thousand from the others
Take off from each of the contributed 10y the
different portions of tho State one hundred aud twc-
vve thousand dollars for the ordinary expenditures
cfthe government in which both parties should equally
contribute There will then standt proportion gilmore
than three to one; four hundred and sereuty-fvc
thousand dollars paid by the east to hundred and
seveutyve thousand paid BY the west for the
binary purposes of government; and You propose by
schedule to transfer the power in the legislative de-
ptment from the hands those who pay six hundred
thousand dollars into the hands of those who three
hundred thousand dollars. l am not making any cal
cula;on. now upon the reports that have come here
clone but upon other data also also say that when
you come to charge each of these parts their fair pro-
portion of the ordinary expenses OF the government
there will be left in the treasury subject oappropra-
ton for extraordinary purposes in the proportion OF at
least three dollars paid by the east TO one dollar paid
Is III. west And the proposition have remarked is
VOW to take out of the hands Of Il ose who pay the
:hree, and placing in the hands that pay one the
The power only Of wing how tic taxes shall be
raised but the still formidable and dangerous
power OF deciding where and how the taxes shall be
appropriated do not care much who has the pow
II Of taxation. That is matter Of very little lmpor-
lac. % me- because without this power OF appropia
ron without this seeming real necessity Tor appro
pa;on the power of taxation would not be exercised
You gel money 10 spend money
The very first presentation of this subject Is calcula
led At least to make pause upon it, and PROFOUND
this question now: Suppose we had come together from
,ransAlcshany the Valley, Piedmont and tdc-watcr,
confer for the first time upon the formation OF Il
constitution which was to unite us as one people, and
Necessity existed for the payment into the treasury
oi sao0o0U; 100000 of which to be paid by the
contracting parties the eastern side of the Blue
Ridge and $1,000 only by the contracting parties
the side Of the Blue Ridge would it be cx
peccd that we living upon this aide of the mountain
could consent to give to you the power OF deciding the
mode aud manner of taking from us by taxation, the
S60ou0 your $500 600 and when you had got into
tie treasury to put the key into your hands, to take
aud apply not only Your s300000 but S600000
u,t whenever and wherever you pe:sse2 do not con-
tent myself with asking whether ought to grant IT,
but demand to know whether you would ask 1t OF us!
Would YOU require it of US do not believe YOU
would can readily imagine the objections that you
wead start They have been started here and long
lis, OF read the other day by the gentleman
from Cabe (Nr. McCoMAs) in which the personal rights
Of the citizens might be affected if you consented to
leave in our hands prepondcrance of political powc:
in the legislative department because contributed
dollars the public chest to Your three. That is
al argument which has been urged here and over
again But l appeal to you, would YOU not, if you
could receive upon which you could rely
With undoubting faith that personal right Of yours
could be invaded without affecting ours to the same ex
tent and in the same degree would you not accept il
the formation of that contract, proposition when
contained provision in it which, fvou not your
selves most grossly deceived would in very shor
Tine give you the control of government say yol
would and say further that what you would not asl
under those circumstances and what could moi
grant you did ask it. you ought not now to ask mol
tush. I" grant.
Gentlemen upon this floor have maintained without
stint and without measure the rght-not the propriety
merely Of their granting but the right part tt
demand that under the circumstances have stated We
sAs have guarantees against oppressive taxation anc
against unequal appropriations | am not without
nope ye; Of having the aid of my friend from the coun
iy9iJeiFtrson. (Mr. LucAs) Whoever else here may
De uncaangeable, do not quite give him up in dss
pair do not even give up, hopeless as the case
;a:-l seem to be, the gentleman from the county o.
!ocktridge.
Mr. LErCHER Which do you refer tol
Mr. JASNEl. Not to the gentleman who sits be
i'Ee me- iNr. lEIeusR No sir He is past hoping
. lLau.h'er.l refer to his colleague (Alr. MOORE
NF. LETCHER You will find that it is the same
with him.