Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-04-04
Total since 1858.
Total before 1858,
.0e5.5o2
100000
Grand total Of the fund sub

There is not Land DlStflbuti0nlSt III the
whole State CT Virginia who will not confess
us liberal in assuming the magnificent sum
of S87 ,000, 600 as the sum their own prin-
ciples would mske distrihutable among the
States
The amount being thus fixed, we come
next to examine the mode of distribution -
We shall be as liberal IN this matter as we
have been in all others. We shall not in
sist upon any plan of our own for parceling
out the money We shall again borrow from
the Land Distributionists. What is their
own distribution act Of 1871 Here is that
act -
Distribution Act eff Sept. 8. fS41.
Sec. |. That from aud after the thirt7 first day
Of December in the year 1871. there b. allowed and
paid to each OF the States Of Ohio Indiana. Illinois.
Alabama, Mississippi Missouri. Louisi ina, Arkan-
sas. and Michigan. and above what each ct the
said States is entitled by the terms It the com
pacts entered into tween them and the United
States upon their admission into the Union he sum
of ten per ceptum upon the nett proceeds ct the
sales ut the public lands. which, subsequently to
the day aforesaid shall be made within the limits
OF each of said States respectively.
Sec. 2 That after deducting the said ten per CEN
tum and what. by the coirpaets aforesaid. has here
totere been allowed to the States aforesaid. the
idue of the nett prccGpdsWhich nett proceeds sha
all the expenditures OF the year. &C. for the fellow
ing objects salaries and expenses on account OF the
General Land otice; expenses for surveying public
lands salaries and expenses in the ~arvevor Gene
RUS Office; salaries. commissions and ailnWa ces to
the registers and receivers the Hce per centum to
the new Saateso! all the public lands Of the United
States VIII 'rever situated, which shall be sold sub
sc9uent to the 3'*t at ID cembtr ISL hall b. di-
vided among the twente-s> states "a the Union and
the District Of Colanb ia. and the tirritoriss of
Wisconsin. Iowa and Florida according to their
spectiye federal representative population
tanned by the last census be applied bv the log.
islatures OF the states to such purposes the said
Legislatures may direct; Ptorided. That the dis
tlbutive share to which the District shall be emit
tied shall be applied IT, tree scaols education in
other form. as Congress may direct; and pro-
uided, elsa, that nothing herein contained shall b.
construed to the preIudce OF future applications lot
reduction OIL the price Of the public lands or tn
prejudice OF applications for transfer OF the public
lands en- reasonable terms. % the states within
which they lie to make such future disposition u:
the public lands, or Any part thereof As Congress
MAY deem expedient.
Nay, We shall be more liberal even than
this Act, Of the Bistributionists themselves.
We shall not insist on allowing to ,-tht
Suites IA Wdteh III laads he" mentioned
in this act, ten per eentum Of the nett pro-
eceds of sales : Tor these State. IN all con-
science have got enough, and though tie
Land Di$.f}batoaists Memselr,s are utHiaq
to gre still more to the daaghters OF tic
horse teech--we ere not.
We shall be still more niggarily on tbs
point. We are act willing to give even the
yice perccntum additional stipend to the
"aew States provided for in this nc; ia adj
ditien to the ten pereentam before given.
This five per cent would amount, on the
sum We are about to distribute, to nearly
four millions and a half of dollars We
shall cut this largess down materially; and
shall deduct bet ] per cent. from the fund,
to defray necessary expenses; and assume
as the distributabla fund the whole eighty
seven millions we have mentioned lcssened
only by one million and halt Of dollars de-
Quoted for detraying expenses. Thus we
shall give to the Distributionists for distri-
button the magnificent sum of $85, 500 600
We shall also treat the bills free school
cent as sheer nonsense and impertinonce-
and we shall disregard this free school clause
this stump speech in the belly of the BILL
as null and void ; so as to leave the legisla-
lures Of the States free to appropriate the
fund to the relief Of taxation or, which is
more probable, to employ it in schemes OF
corruption and profigaey III our State Capt.
tolls, such as fortunately have as yet defleo
only the national Capitol.
Well, then, let us now proceed to distri-
butte this eighty-Gye and half millions OF
money among the States Partitioned a.
mong these according to the plan of the act
we have quoted that is to say, according
to the federal representation Of the States
N the lower house of Congress the total a.
mount would require to be divided into 23I
Ii quot parts. of which Ii parts or S4,750,-
600 would fall to Virginia The annual IN
terest upon this last sum would be $3.50
900; and this * the sum which would go
in diminution Of the annual taxes levied
upon the Virginia people. The statement
in brief would be thus:
Total Fund distribution, $50, 900 600. |
Nirginias thirteen parts i'll
two hundred and thirty
four, 1850, 900
Annual interest upon Yirginia's
at 6 per cent, 2s5, 900
We think we have now ascertained, upon
the basis of the most liberal possible con-
cessions, the largest meaning and purport
of the elamor of the Distributionists for the
land money. BY blinking the widest abb
surdities and suppo>ing the most monstrous
we have at length got large
sum for distributions We have seen it can
not be more than $4,15O,oQo upon the
most exaggerated estimates, aud that the
annual aid it would afford in relief of the
burden of taxation cannot be greater than,
$2S5 900. Whatever smaller sum might |
be made the subject of division, would, oil
make the scheme of distribution
still weaker.
Let us now see how much this sum would
relieve annually each tax payer of Virginia
Assuming the gross value of taxable pro-
perty in Virginia to be $40, 600 600 (itis
at least five hundred millions), the rate of
relief that would be annually afforded to the
taxation OF the State by this $2s5, geo of
interest on land money would be almost ex-
actly six and a quarter cents Ga four pence
hapenny) in tie value of Slo0; ana we
should have the following
TABULAR STATEMENT.
Relief on Sl00 value, 81 ccu;s.
T" 400 . %