Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-12-14

such sales may prove and often does prove,
source of loss and even of bankruptcy. More
over, the ordinary nett profit upon sixty thou
sand dollars of sales will not afford larger in
/ come than the annual yield of ten thousand dol
lars worth of land; especially when the meas
ure of value Of such land is ascertained by an
assessment made years aso.
Such is an unvarnished statement of the grie-
vance, against which we ask the common prlTi-
lege Of Offering our respectful but earnest aP-
peal and remonstrance. 10 the facts as repre-
scented, and the consequences to which they are
I likely TO lead we refer to our justification. We
pray that in any future revenue bill, We may he
taxed in ike manner, III like ratio to our means,
ascertaine by the same tests, with all other clt
zens of our Commonwealth.
Il is desirable that some action should be Ia
ken by our merchants, as soon as possible, in
order to get relief before the arrangement of the
next tax bill a plan of relief was defeated last
year by close vote, simply because it was per-
sented too late. 1t has been suggested that our
merchants should meet some evening soon, and
take the subject into consideration, and devise
ways and means for joint action with the en-
tire body of merchants throughout the State.
SELF GovERNNENT.-The President very truly
said in his message:
''Kansas has for ,.some years occupied too
much of the public attention. 1t is high time
| this should be directed to far more important
objects"
But we submit to candid readers that the
| President, old learned and prudent as heis, has
done a hasty thing, in endorsing the LecOmpton
Constitution. He has in that done, more than
any one else something which will FIRE up
ngain the feuds, transferring them, as he will
soon see, to all the 81 United States and aggra-
waiting them by now making the question one Of
selfgovernment alone, or as Mr.. Senator Trum-
bull tersely phrased it,
''Popular sorereignty now merely amounts,
according to tue great expositor of the party, to
giving the free white people Of Kansas the right
to determine the condition IF a fs1o negroes,
'ohj2e they0re preeentei from regulating their
oten Institutions in their OUR 'eay,"
OF course, such Popular Sovereignty" will
never be acqniesced in, either in Kansas or else
where. The right of sclEgovernment is here
ditary, Unborn, American right,-and it will be
fought for, and will die for it, if necessary
IT MusT HAVE Been a HoAx.--The heads
of the Departments in Washington must have
turned practical iokers,-must have got on an of
fetal bust, Just to see how it would feel. We
Judge so because we see that they did the very
same thing in Boston that they did here, viz: j.
Thompson, and V. Brown, sent two Of their re-
ports instead of the message, and very Practically
telegraphed to the p. NJ. 'the message has been
delivered to Congress" Poor men their Dodge,
if dodge it was, to get their Pen Docs in the
papers was no go: Boston Indignantly rejected
the overture. So did we.
Baltimore, we observe, is rearing and pitching
considerably, not because of j. Thompson and
v Brown. but because they were entirely pass
ed by, nothing was left them, not even the re-
ports. They can have ours.
Fon UxlrED STATES SExAroH.--Charles w.
Russell, Esq, of this city, received one vote for
Q. S. Senator, vice, R. NJ. 7. Hunter at the cleo
ton on the 10th instant.
The committee announced the result as fol-
lows:
Whole number of votes cast, 1876. Necessary
to a choice, 90. Ofswhich Il. NJ. T. Hunter, re-
ceived 1856; Hon. WIN. G. Rives &; Hon. Wynd-
ham Robertson .; Hon. Geo w. Summers ];
Hon. Charles W. Russell l; Charles l.. Mosby,
Esq, l.
The vote cast for Mr.. Russell, was by Porter
of Hancock. Messrs. Caldwell, Sweeney and
Woods voted for Hunter