The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-03-27
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rAe one Per Csat. Tsx..lss nisssry II the
he letter below from 1T. onUATson. vim
dicates tho House Of Dsasptss Acsn what ne +
very correctly considers ~ fair lG1erence iro"
the remarks Of the DispaseA, quossd BY h'"-
The writer was mtsled nore, psthsp'. tn@n
anything else. by the idea (Which, In the Nv
ssncs Of detailed report OF ips pEoS .s.,
of the House. might very nat"s"Ns
en,srtained,) that 50 important . ...a
The one per cent. TAI cousa NO. .s ~
80. ,s.,-.axer. looking moro particularly % |
~. .rrur.sius majority against tho PROPOSE
49,. q, IN. senate. aud the remarkable con. |
,r.., presentsd BY the attitude OF the TWO
uouses on the subject. He MAS not himself
.co naiuted with the facts now presensed oy
Mr.. RoBERrsoN, and which vindicase tho
House from the remarks alluded to. But does
NOT the vindication convey or justify grave
accusation against the House as d<liberds're
body, for pressing with such haste measure
50 important In il character and OF such un'
certain and vital consequences
To rus EDITOR OF THs D,srATcH:-Noticns
the signal defeat Of the ono per cent. tax IN the
Senate, your paper Of this morning contains the
| following: 1--WE do not remem5ek similar case
| q case wherein measure OF public policy Oh '"s
NEST important character, paused by the House OF
Delegates, after elaborate debate, was oesa'eu !"
| the Senate by such q vote ~ this
| The impression conveyed by this paragraph s-A
| am satisfied, unintentionally-but il misleading
! and unjust alike to tho House Of Delegates and 70
the opponents in it of the one per cent. merchants
| tax. With what follows in the same p"'"s 'spn
| Of your paper. it imports that the measu,S no"
| ''atfaiaed popularity in the House aito1 ~" '
l
| facts,
| The amendment to the tax bill proposing TINS I'M
portant measure of public pollcy a. you justly oe
scribe it, and unsettling the very foundations ou
| .v.tan Of taxation, was not before the house
three hours before 1t WAS put to the vote !"
| understood only to have been projected tho e'e"
ing previous to its introduction, by an hiol""i
| oorfe,.uce Of perhaps three members Of the House
| and ono of the Senate. 1t came from no commit
| tae underwent no previous investigation ny o"o'
| WAS never printed, and was pressed TO an 'i'n,e
| diate. vote on the ground OF the House rapiu'
! | thinning, by members leaving Tor their no"e''-
| II WAS introduced by the Chairman al tie lhanco
| ccwm;t,ea late in the morning session OF March
| 18th in substitution OF the measure recommended
| nv the committee; was instantly assalled by my
self earnestly and ably seconded by the meihneis
for Petersburg, Portsmouth and Others tput Win
the admitted disadvantages oil coping unfrepareo'
| and at q moments notice, with a great and total!
,
vote in the evening session OF the same day, and
adopted by vote Of 66 to A. Immediately ofierea
| an amendment, postponing the operatlon OIL this
clause of the BILL that it should not afect licenses
issued the present year, which was adopted oy the
House the next morning. This feature ol the OIL
S again underwent discussion when the Dill came VI
ON it's passage but it could only be opposed then al
n ground of rejecting the tax bill altogether Ihf
bill was in fact for time. lost but two or thres
gentlemen, changing their votes. saved 1t, thougi
| do not believe, still, it could have passed I'M
House except for the lntimation made on the moo
by the patron Of it, that those acting with NIL
$ would introduce important modihcatlons oil II II
o the Senate. ,
l. l wish to say that concur most heartily IN TN
~ value YOU attach to the able discussion 1t elicte
a from men practically ACQUAINTED with these SUP
. jects. No one is more sensible than myself Oh Tn
;. indlspeusib!eness to sound legislation, on mercan
tile affairs, that merchants should he consulted
l. and none owes them more obligations than do.
5, have thought this statement due to myself,
not to the House, to correct the erroneous lInpies
C sions your remarks are calculated to convey
: WiNDHAM ROBERTSON.
l. House of Delegates, March 26, 1860.
The Legislature.
'e The Senate Yesterday, passed Il large mum
y Der of House bills, including the following, q
10 local and general character, viz: Authorizin
D the Midlothian Coal Mining Company to con
u struct a railroad from their mines i'll Chester
g. field county, to q point on James River, bs
w tween Warwick aud the town of Mancheste
es and regulating taxes on licenses. The Sena'
A. refused to insert in the latter tax Or oyster
y and struck out the word "bOnd" in the bill
~ thus making all goods subject to taxation, III
sc less directly imported from foreign countri'
IN into the State. The resolution respecting u
~ pay of the s9th Regiment Of Militia was ind
ut finitely postponed. Certain portions OF IL
he Governors message respecting the riparia
ca rights of owners of Potomac River lands, W;
en referred to select committee. The Sena
agreed to meet at 10 O'Clock hereafter until Il
d. close Of the session.
he The House of Delegates passed an act pr
tn viding for the furnishing OF Mayo's Guide
ell the Clerks of Courts and the Magistrates
DO the Commonwealth; also a bill amending q
We nc, increasing the capital stock Of the Kemp
Ily willie Canal Company. A resolution, providi'
n how a portion of the money donated to Il
- Coyington and Ohio Railroad should be g
," pended, was rejected. The bill concerning
ne work-house in the city Of Richmond. WI
81 amended so as to provide punishment tor :
o' fractory subjects confined therein.
he
IF. The "Benicia Boy" in England.
N. Mr.. john G. HKENAN, alias the Benic
NO Row has become an object of m UGH interest