Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-03-04

Ter, Who comes aud
IAN alonA De virl loth how,
AL c,naiHg dyoun. t1c parsens saw,
NM hiris ii sf,adirs II Tie SNOW.
Al Aadib-s ms" looks rc'i aud raw"
i,as departed and gone. rho4gh he may yct
lie sa'd''io linecr The very hp fSpring,'
Aud nov hat he stnson.
..W ara dai.ios picd and yi1irt. Hire,
AAA ltdy- rnocls ull ssrr- lite
I Ana riri.a7 birds ~ yeiluw lna,
/ D. I,l.t SIS .siisl,!,'gs a., ,lcii;iH.'
as Of Inst dau nrd nppn us, II is earnestly
20 l,c hoped Thai re members of the Can
efal Assembly. enluod Ivy the a'proaci of
sniiss. viii rcN cner"y and lie and
zral for be u lie, viii hasten rapidly On
10 Ike adoption Of all hose mcasnf, 5. 20
necessary lor he succ, ssiil operation Of
!hc nrw Constitution.
'Ihr vntc upon Mr.. pticc's amendment.
Of which spoke IN my last, has resulted
in rs l,i,at hy vote Of sixty fniii, for.
AMI s.xiv-sct en.again>i H. IS snot as the
result was uruonnce,l, Mr. Patrick Of ka-
luaw ~. tnuYcd to Ia after the word
'agncuhpfai productions and provisions"
tho rosd ''iccpsseiy fnr iantily consump
/ liat," he eject Of witch vii ,ctIat Gail
agiicdIl4l productions and pro,ni1u-
! Iecrsslry lar ian,i y c0psumrinl only,
III; b. exempted irom taxrijnn. Ills a.
neuJmcut was h!iercd On Thu STAY. The
4 dav on Vhich tie ,ttc On Prices on, cid-
uielt was tusen. aud sjucc then Tie House
4 ms bern rcgard.nr rather bored, NV an en-
vtv aui cxclcd debate The Western
delegation, l3,ing defeated IN It's attempt TO
inr.ule inthc list o! exemption meat cat
he. hogs and slicrp," is now siji, inc wirh
"n.i-l.i AMI maia toiuci.de ii Tie lit 81
taxable subjects, all agricultural prnluc-
icons MT necessary i,'r family conspmp-
tior.
1'ac positions thus fr assumed ~ East.
crn eetticmrn. tint already Eastern Nir-
aiuia pays tavo iLir,ls Of the taxes Of the
State, and TINT should agricultural produc-
lions anil provisions be taxed, their bur-
dens would be stu more g,rvoils, would
I be canc,usivc. If the General Assem- bv
hid The power 10 lay specific taxes. Bu;
tire Constitution requires all Property to
| lee taxed according tons yaluc, and il IL be
commended TINT there exists any pewcr
-erlTr Directly. or implicdiy, nndcr an ad
tdforfm s. stem oftaxaiion, to Discriminate
in favor of ,i'hcr tic one. or the ,,;ler see
I ton. then the position Is holly unicnablc.
What amouui az taxes is paid BY each
section. or grand division Of the State, has
noting 10 10 With the question, aud the
result oil the argument IS ncilhcr more nor
less, iinn tbs. that for the purpose OF
elna!ising toe burdens of ,axafion. that
scc'ion oi'hc State possessing property OF
nsmaller value, must lie made 10 pay a
lar.er amouni. ~ proportion to lis Value,
ihan that section " lirh has property of a
greater valnc. Shoald the al ralore n,
system Of taxation hc carried ont faithful
IS and fully. then it will be absolutely i'm.
possible that taxaion can be unequal, for lie
" 10 owns larger amount of property
Whether that property consist in cattle
sheep, hogs, land, negroes. horses. com
wheat, hay and tobacco, or what not
shonld and must pay more tax. than he
who owns a smaller amount lfmv urie h.
| bot own an estate worth $1,000 and
own Que worth Sl00. would it not he Just
and right and equal, that my neishbor
! >ho-id pay ten times the amount Of tax
that | should. And the object is not 10
equaize taxation between sections, but be-
tween indi, iduals in the commonwealth:
aud if that be attained, that taxation can
no, be unequal aud unjust. no sna,ier how
great a disparity there may be l,ctw cen the
amount paid by the different sections.
say That if every man ia The Common
wealth pays taxes according III The value
nfiis estate. tiI,n i is absolutely impossi
Die that one can pay an unequal tax.-
" hat all ihis Waste of words has 10 do
with the true question before the Hnuse
az, utterly al loss 10 find out. Blu,
suppose a certain amount o.. gas has to he
nloun of, aud 1t had as well lie done at
one line, as another. TIE House has
worked Itself into perfect tempest IN
TEAPOT great deal OF SQUAD arstl fury.
s,sastsiig nothing, has hten spoken, and
'he Orators have been drawing ont The
dread Of tgc'r verb,si;y, fiuer than he
siapls' oiil'fr argument. Ours is a nation
"isera.ors. toraior, did saw. beg par
lon IF spreeh-makcrs We have rcdun-
diHt cNchequer of wor.is, aud really
shose nembrrs OF the present Lcsis
laInre, vino wish 10 act sometimes. ard
not speak always, vii have 10 say as
Sir Phhip Francis SAID to the maa Who
VA. Loring himlo ieati. by bat he oea-
silered very Interesting aarative. wlirR
he ). lied him by The collar and exclaimed
l..iiamaa nature can esdare ao more
! Tea days lave now been consumed ia
lnaerc ,waddle andslrasl,; in sectional abuse
lsnd pfofs: Ia The discussion of a .tuesle n