The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-14

cOmpanIed by certain resolutions Of citizens OF
A.lan'a. an,, Georgia, inviting to that place any
Wnicn they specially desire may be laid before
the virginia legislature Read, laid ON table
ard ordered to be printed.
Petitions, fe.-The following petitions &c !,
were pr iesented and referred viz: by Mr..
Crntchheid. the petition of George r. Pace
and others, Trustees of Caldwell Masonic F.
male Institute: by Hunters Lodge Of A. F.
aud A. Masons. asking for an appropriation
By Mr.. Blue, the petition of sundry citizens OF
hampshire comfy. residing in the town Of
Ronuey, praying the release from taxation OF
tho parsonage of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in said town. ri
On motion, ad iourned. aea r1- sAf
Mr.. Bright on the United States. e.
B Mr.. Bright, the English Reformer, deliver ed
an address at Manchester, England, on the I'D
ult After stating that he had been cautioned
by friend that no allus;on to the United
States would be favorable to his audience, he
went on to say:
Immediately after The accession Of George
III. began that system of attempting to do to-
wards EHglishmeu in America what thev do
to SIX millions Of Englishmen nOw-viZ: TO
lax them without giving them ar y represe Ia
ton. The Emglishmen in America resisted
that attempt. Whether the time will come
when Euglishmen here will no longer be con.
tent to pay taxes. and have no representa-
tiOn, must be left tor the decision OF a future
day. But orr troubles with our American CO.
lOuies then commenced, aud very soon after
that they established a government of their
own. Look at the course of the two govern.
m ents since that period. The TWO peoples are
Of the same race. the same language, the same
ideas. the same almost in every thing, except
That they iahabit opposite shores OF the At
lantic. There is. however, this difference l,e-
tween them-that here We have had the hap
piness to be governed by great families, men
whose blood goes back nobody knows how tar.
and nobody knows how thick a great deal of
1t has become. "a laugh.) In the United
States they have not been 50 governed. They
have been governed by n Washington, an
Adams, n Jefferson, Madison and Il Monroe,
and some of these great men were advised,
counselled and assisted by that immortal prin- :
ter's boy whose name viii endure forever
(Cheers.) Well, what happened We started
one hundred years ago with fliUuUU,UtW OF
debt. Since then we have added f65U. U.Ati ,OUO
more TO the burden. We have spent within
the same peri I'd two or three times as much be-
sides, wialcn was raised by taxes, aud not by
way of loans, and which. therefore, does not
appear in the shape of debt. Our taxation has
increased from { ,a,btt.bOV TO nearly I7ut0U,-
OOO-its present amount.
Your English nation west of the Atlantic
have still no debt-nothing that req uires to b.
spoken Of. AT least, whatever it is, it could
be paid at any time when they choose TO buy
il Oft. Their taxation for their general gov
ernment, according to Mr.. Buchanan's recent
ms.sss.ge, will amount this year To SO UuO ,RjU,
or IL, Ut, ,UUD sterling. Thatihcludes u million
aud a half for the Post-Ofice-a most expen-
slve and not very remuneratiye service in 50
large aud scattered community. It may be
said thar, besides the general taxation of .he
American Union, there Is the taxation Of FAC h
may be said of the expense of the several State
governments, none Of them maintain any
army. should say very few persons In them
xota salary VI ,OvU u year, and that the
yholo Or INF thA
added together Will not show Il coat Of m NC b
more than the amount paid for poor rates In
the United Kingdom Bear in mind there is
the same population and industry to all this
vast difference in burden-that their 3uUtN. .0uv
Of people will raise taxation for their general
government this year Of fl2,AO,UUO slerlinx.
while your 3u,vW0. go will raise taxation " the
amount Of E50,OOntt0 sterling. Aud what is
he foundation Of all this Just this, thatiu
England YOU have had a policy Of war, OF
Coz quest of expenditure, and Of patronag ;.
while In the English nation on the other sidt.
OF the Atiantlc YOU have had preached by every
statesman who hss left name that is ever
quoted Ill America, commercial aHiaace If You
take nth att the nations cf TIE earth, but poist4
cal alliances a"a ensasgtsmsass srith aose.-
4 Loud cheers.) ~ .
Understand that | attribute whatever differ.
encs there is chiefly to this fact, that ia one
country there has been the most com ple,e
control on the part of all The people over the
taxation and expenditure of the Stale--that no
war can oe DECLARED, no mischief can be done
that IL past remedy, without the consent Of Mt
least one Of ttaeir h0uses OF repreqentation. In
this country you have exactly the opposite
system; you have NO real representation. and
YOU have had in your House " Lords during
That hundred years when this 65G,OUtsUUU mas
been added to your debt not less than 40 peer.
ages created. Iisay. then, that unless we are
different to the Americans-unless the climate
and the soil are di5ereut, and unless there he
circumstances which are Altogether beyond
our control, we are justified In seeing y hnt :
great nation of thirty millions Of ,eople can
be governed BY, and in feeling humillalod. n
not exasperated, that we have heen 60 Soofis y
rs to allow, our government % tax To an TX :
ient hithertv unknown in the world fexcppt
among conquered peopie1 the most hard
working and docile people, believe, tina, ex
lists on the face Of the earth. loud cheerv,--
1t any man disputes these tac,s =, lei him eive
ns the contrary facts. II any mAn says / have
not right 70 prupouDd the.e doctrines ana
make tAaee statement t. 10 ny counsYymeu tnen
Oe says that Wease not Z ires people. anu II ls
not advisable that the people of EneIand
should hear she truth. have said reues led II
-aud the more think OF 1t the more i A.
nyipced-that II we had any honesi ana rsal
representation Of the people, we should have. 4
GREATER morality In oar GDvernment.