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the probable increase Of the ta1es. we quote the

benefit you will rea.ize from the completion. TIN
cons ANIMATION ofany through line OF transit 10 TIN
Ohio river, viii ms surely generate large commerce
for Nifgnia aud lead TO l. establishment OF steam
mmunicaion between Hampton Roads aud Blu
rope, A. night follows day. This HcconPlIshe! taf
value of every foot ct land 10 your district viii BE-
ehauccd in value, while every article 81 imported
merchandise YOU consume will come to You much
cheaper by the direct importation 10 our own port.
There Is apprehension, know, that To tuish Oh
the public works fhefo must be yet Large increase
Of the iaxrs beyond thu present rates II complete
them all suppose there must be some increase, hut
IL will be Uncomfortable aud for short period for tue
prcscn tax bi after defraypg the ordinary expenses
/ Of government paying the interest on the public
debt and dischurgng the floating debt OF the com
monwcath, will provide the means for going an with
the C0vingou aud Ohio railroad At the rnte OF two
millions a year II hy the present rates OF TAXATION
we can accomplish this grand enterprise. there will
be necessity for any material increase OF the tses
10 finish the lessor works. This gratifyn ilurma-
ton derive from the Treasurer Of the common
wealth, whose opinion is concnrred IN by The hrst
and second auditors, and the Secretary OF the Board
Of Public Works.
Mr.. segar'- sagacity as politician. and has
we'll known devotion 10 the interests of Virginia.
en,ille his suggestions to serious and thoughtful
confederation. We canno. doubt that he will
yet live to SCI the day when hi, brightest antIoi-
paiions of Virginias future greatness will be
mere than realised and his sagacity fully and
triumphan,y vndoaied.
Although not strictly germane TO the subject
of this article Mr.. Segar'- views on Federal Pol
tiles ARE so just--so forcibly eIpressed-and
witha. go entirely in accordance with our own,
tina, we cannot forbear quoting at length from
the Address. Says Mr.. Segar:
believe that the natire-born citizens of the conn
hold Tho affF nf he
voting OF the country.
think with Mr. Calhoun, the elder Judge Tucker.
Mr. Crittenden Mr.. Hunter, Mr. Mason, senators
Brown and Adams OF Miss Butler,nnd hist oi 9TH
er conservative patfiots aud statesmen of both pot-
cal parties. that under the Constitution, 10 one IS en-
tled to the r,ght of suffrage but os1s, ana that an
alien cannot be made citizen except by The pro-
cess of naturalization under the laws OF the United
States NJ opiaon On this point Is precisely ex-
pressed by the abcand accomplished editor Of "Th.
South" whose language, with especial pleasure, |
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1T is Il palpable nfractiou of the spirit aud tder
ofthc Constitution permit Foreigners 10 exercise
the elective fuehise ia either the states or terrific
res before Il, naturalization they are msde citizens,
and the practice Of mauf ~ the States IA comforting
this privilege which torn an ,sseaiia eieaegf u
sstshp upon uuuRiufllkcd foreigners, Is rs much to
be reprobatcd the action OF the Legislature oil New
iork which extends the anne privilege 10 negroes.
believe the foreign vote TO be greet element of
corruption DIV virtue ~ IT, foreign ava teHtt ms
crept uto both the executive aud legislative depart
ments of the federal government Many Foreigners
have been sent TO represent our try abroad 80.
Germans lrishmcn, Henchmeu aud 5 utchmcn, du-
ring the last administration, reflected 10 foreign ma
tons the image of American institutions, mot very
worthily, car,) WHEN We had thousands upon thou
sands OF native born citizens, whose brilliant nbl
tres and shining accomplishments would shed lnstre
upon the American name. This was doubtless
Precipitation OF the foreign vote-perhaps, a reward
Tor foreign votes already cast. Thee VIZ nothing
of the sort in the days OF Washington Jefferson Mud
ison and Monroe.
1t has reached too the halls of Congress See,
for example the various schemes OF homestead bills,
and the provisions of he Kansas and Nebraska bill,
aud the late Minnesota bill which place the uuuptu
rallied foreigners alongside Of the nati,e-born Amer
lean citizens at the polls. These provisions of the
territorial bills are decidedly of irecsoi tendcucy.-
They put the South at evident disadvantage for nine
tyune out OF every hundred foreigners known to
be anti slayery. have not doubt that the foreign
vote will throw the senc against the South IN Kan
sas, aud bring in Kansas free State. Mark the
prediction.
This foreign influence has reached even the Senate
OF the United States During the last session, pro-
position was carried by very decided vote allow
the right of suffrage 10 bnt chzas of the United
States in organizing State government for MINES
ota bnt in the course Of few days il reconsid
cred and reversed aud aliens admitted to the priv
lego of suffrage 10y decided vote. Mr., Brown, of
"
and democrat, bemoancd the result most la
inevitable example OF foreign influence in this high
body of the Senate.
On the subject of distribution, Mr.. Segar is
perhaps more thoroughly posted than any other
citizen of the Commonwealth. The limits Of an
Address do not permit him to enlarge ON the
-uhicc,-but in tho following paragraph, he
briefly. ana yet plhily and forcibly discusses the
whole subject:
In regard to the land question, my views were
given fully in 1881, aud were extensively published
in the District, toresnw, years ago, that the public
lands were all TO be given away What was Specula-
ton then is reality Congress is not only Civ
ing away the lands, but doing in the most unequal
mode Illinois has had donation worth $4,000
900, aud with which she has built n railroad and
branches nearly thousand miles in length. Iowa. II
State of yesterday, has had given to her 100000
acres with which she is building four railroads across
her territory from the Mississippi to the Missouri
These lands will be worth, in few years, one hun
dred millions of dollars Mnnesota-not yet wear
ing the habilimcnts of a States yet n territory--by
an act OF the last Congress, compmented at the
expense of all the old States, with the magnificent
boon of Hiiii0aS of acres, which III lus-
trum two will make this territory the queen
ly Iroprieress of real estate of one hundred aud
fifty millions worthl Virginia who gave to the
Union AN empire OF territory comprising now 1--WE
large States has never had acre-cannot get from
Congress lew hundred thousand acres to make gooG
her sacred engagements to her officers and soldiers
who fought the battles of continental independence
and liberty; and when she asks for the small pttanct
she Is lnsulsed and dishonored, by being told tha
her tribunals unit to decide whether her gallaE
sons performed mertorious service or not.
hold that this unequal disposition of II great com
mon fund should cease. My idea IS. that TIL,
most perfectly equal disposition that be made o
the land fund is Ia put the proceeds ct the land sales
without ang donation into the Treasury 10 detrHv tht
! expenses of the common GOV ernment But the plan
| of putting the proceeds into the treasury, has, as