Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-03-07

we're irsSraraS!c--shat taNa'icr Wi'hoa' a., 49,, -
v.s ,>raanv" ] ask, hcn minority q 'aA-Fa.er
go, ara-tcx 4hc r,iar;., 81 .ax-?sy%Is, wlcthe
his rrinciric he net y;ostci, !. ne'' We oi'aie'
oy thought Of BIZ cur faes, :Gs silo'
he in proportion 20 The an.ai i' ru oai i;o
however humble sloUi - aHt'. M
cent BY his cWn coasen, o -' nc same nov q
~, Should sncak for him. -! nos'S' -.
- n.n.,ct him - ~. rertr st5tirc % a's veiei ,A
naycr And | charge the liior', ~ ia.f''''s
nader Foe; this great principe o. ~. :. aa.sa ~
u.iuorlty who. ginning q; 't"' 10 y.hst secLirr tc
rly;cr 70 ornrcss the laair"i': sac. "n' y
-; ~ q, IF ,i.;. o"n property r.lairc lne
m,ior;,y "a ~i,e no 10 ,sm 'i'''s - w - WV
~ Shield the few ho ~ ''n' aA "raii power over
the many. who pay nHrA - ''i'' -" = wv -
blessed ''ca -" .S,n .t,t il representation be mp
P'o's'u "uS u, tie number OF the qualified voters
1;,,,;, newer ii 10 the hands OF those whose
~. III, frb;a The imposition OF excessive taSes
The basis of qualified '"rs w"u and - 1t Gss
c''y S"'s 10y twenty eight and to the trans-alle
'srS =. ."' ,i. osS: he valley ana the east COM
Slf M s, r:ictv eight votes against the fifty es':
s -, ,he trans si!asi,any district and cood protec'
,.o,syty il Ike ru:fe hi west We're Rico wh ll''s.'
,y i down As proposition 70 be contro'ert-
40. sven Il the OF taxes paid be the crle-
r sf,tvl power may be safely lodged m the hands
20 those WHO pay age!ase amnunt OF the taxes eVic
a., r. show that the valley identified IN incfcs'
,h o.. measuring tia. :t rest hy tie amount OF ;ef
r;bn, ions 10 the treasury ami that the valley and the
fast combined will have Tie power to proece FfoP'
s,on, ,aer or excessive taxation. demonstrate tsia
,,er, j. No political necessity for ihe nNeu oas's ''
rho. according TO Mr. Upsiurs admission inc rug :"
.ro. nnr.ram,Ats-the rule Of the malnty-shouin ""
ne9cJ 90 The taxes rs have stated are :5o4 -.
40 or.rorc 10 each wse person Is D? cents . i!lils Isl
st-;,: % cents mills .n,! d;Srict . cents MN
"a; cents mills: aud 18th district % cents 8
mis- There are 216lSl persons charged WIN lana ana
10 ,~,,s siaye. cxsclitt) The average to each tax
- = ia .ri.v AZ !.
1;;,: s. g. ans, Ith district = CT. There are l"',-
=. ,-,s 81 a, ce wish tax .a:'s anC lots the gen
,.i ccaya.. !. - 30 -! District - 90 -Io ''isi'o' =
a. ~, j; ri,l - Gs. AMI III. Gs;rlrt ~ % 'here @rs
5llrn per- charge. %'.h taS Gil 'iHes' 'i' -,
ar,. j.; Il 81: l.: u,.r;ct 81 81 2nd d,s'fet - ~
~1 ai,-,t :! II. ual "a is,r.c : o.; there are LOO
49, ,,.-s,cs charged yt tax IN property o'er l'.'i
iana an, ,y,.. the general average is II i" Isl "s
rio. 81 IS md district Il ~ sid 'I!s,rct 70 cent 'a
n district So cents Thee general &'efa ses S'"" '
unon the entire tax the valley iS short Oh me
Is cents mills each taxpayer: that :" Wv
a., on LANDS and other oYerv, fails short oi 'Ee ~
eraye cents 10 cat:, tax payer: thai II eN'%e' 'ne
AVERAGE q; the Land - cents. ana stands - th ''
rank IN this regard: thai II i.''s H',o'. :" s'.s "
- h siev. tax o1lr Is cents 70 each tax paEe-- !'s
hc id, water isirc; also fails below the arcr::e there
being remarkable approximation 10 aqa':tf ~ me
a,,o,ln paid a. tie s.:re- Seh:t :r 49,
loving sG au.ns shoy. that on the score &" seli-il-
,.rc.t o,,,.. MA; b. >sf.y a;poroaed according 10
,gc !, .,ch white person he commemorative cents
an. lss ii ri:; - ccn: mills; end district cents
mills SRI district cc".s nils. and 18th district !.
cents nils Land tn, general average % cents :"
mis-. l., district ~ Ills 2nd district 81 cents
Mill. sr district .. o"n, mills, aud th district IL
cent. pat: Hons, ,:x: general acreage is cents >
,nils. l>iirs c..- mills 2nd district 4 cents
;nls: %ri ij.i,. 4; cents. and +th district 2 cents:
Wsc!! lax the eeno:ai average = | cent in- Isl;
-fr;c; ,eIt- .i!tS 3GG district cents nils ird
;.r;c; cen ni;.i- ard III istric: - Is: Clock
Lax: general .,vya IS cent j mills l., .sr;r cen:
nails. aaA ,.i.,rc. c"a, mii!t- -a dstr;c, cent
I,j- and Ii, dire; cent mills. These items III
.'u!inr tie Save tax arsay considered Weld revenue
ii .i4Sa9 have no. alluded to TIE taxes on coaches
,nos harns p!a:e gold. silver, interest income, attor
.e. py siciaE, and gala. era' hcraaces which yield
revenue Of Se2.569 ! is revenue colcs principally
from tic cities and from property not ci'ised over the
east and in respect which suggest that the west may
ne as safely trusted the county delegates from the
The cast very few of whom feel as much nteres, in the
Growth and prosperity 81 The cities as the i'opc oil the
o;ley Eu: in regard 10 this tax the valley does
w.. al very far shoc; o. the general average. To each
;;,a pcrson the average is .;ac cents six mills ;st
rj,t Il cents mills I'd district - cents, mills
,; d,.ric; cents 8 mills and 4ts district cents.
There !, oEa tax respect 10 which Tie west cannot
80 and viii not desire rival the east, aIude to
20 .q n, free ne-roes-a lax which amounts 10 S. G26,
md Of which - .2G3 paid in the east and 81 l3 iii
,hewest--t'e difference IL favor oi tic cast beng So 2
oos enough to furnish one tax delegate Iiis tax IS
:,cIn!e! y. the teras of the substitute well in the
an,,l a,nar, :or:nc:.:s made in proposition I, ard gives
he cas- one delegate naag her majority II instead
o, p in tia house e delegates 1t s:cncos the voice Vi
prw.,l, al II 900 white persons am confers power on
.h,s vio imnosea ,hc b.Gcn OF the free negroes TO
:. '-e them from Tie Commonwealth. mention this
CT .orIy 10 show how uncertain, Huctuating, and
-, The mixed basis is. and how power may he
80 -. -. e in hc hands Of those who owe power
!" y; ,.., ,vrh.r viii say few words con-
,.r.;n Sr ~, srore.s i wealth and population ia vir,
tFa'' ~ 91 80, a les the real estate decreased
y gac in The fir, district a II, so" a sec
a district showa an vSsIs N h s'l ,bS -
N eastern Virginia oi s9.9i2 5o. is 500 any IN he
c.,r;c; there was ~ increase Ct Sic. , -, NV
,3rh distyc, of sa3 80 ,294, showing ~.
r.ase in the west of S2.,a7S,6S6 The 70. "a -, a1.e
g shos the value OF he rea estate in Il. " ..e ~
reas, in the districts since .S3s, and the incre '' "
;s.es resulting therefro,