Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-07-20

bspd the interests Of this country entirely 10 Inc VIII III.
o~ther-Ehen all this, l say, Is attended 10, IL u inpo sstS
Sor ne 10 saw we stand on independent ground-impos,ipie
for n free mind no. to see and TO sroan under the bohuuse
In which Il Is bound"
!" sIlbouah the Legislature Of Virginia WAS in The posses
sion OF many Of these facts and was directly appeared TO-
Lv na,itIon ms well as by the murder0us ana revolving out
rapes at lIarper's Ferry, and by the very ElhH anu I's"
,nnnd.r NJ sunpnrt AMI cooperation from sou'h CaTonna,
Mi.,is.irpl, and indeed all Of the Southern states, ami by
the instructions of ! very large number nl Puhiic mce,ihgs
throughout the State, and although bills were careIutF
~ which clearly and openly committed the State
OF Virginia TO 4 friendly line Of conhhrl a"Il"' m.
own foreign commerce without violence ", ~
;n..-ests commercially ar agriculiuraliyr yet "" "srP
.s,,tsj and 40 GsaHy was the hostility TO Il dlrec' iElnr
with foreign nations that the Senate OF The S'"'e, rrlIre:rnt.
ing the property OF The state chiefly, peiGs ~ e.. 81 :.
Tsr,... urocllvitlrs, although protesting friendship o. me
So,,h- and 10 an independent commerce, ana WIN .he We
CARED wishes Of the people that they were saIu 10 represent,
joined the Northern party anu delea.en a. ~! Ir
~ any sort OF value, and at this very honr, through men
I,w. nnou this nud other subjects, are taxing one hos,hsa''
If the tobacco out Of every SIX, rs ! have csrlalieu t''s'
wherr. that is rroducrdin Virginia, and one bus'iei at OF es'
cry sin Of the wheat, and GIvtSGit n te peol,H o ~ >o.am
.rn States, by u course Of legislation Which has ree" P'He-
iiccd for many years, and to wlich attch.on ~ ~. uIe" w.
nui again invited. Tina! this propoSi'iont may DE u" '"'
In. I'm. which passed tie lower house OF HE 'i's'nin lie.
ci,,a,urc contained the provision that no article o. 9..ect
imuor;atinn should I've taxed upon any sale W M "la'e'
arI tho, no article shu.ld hr taxed hut once, anu the Fa'e
fixed was per cent; so as that, Instead oil paying nouu''ss.I
The retail traders and jobbers to 20 out "i 'hr S;h'e h IT,
Irv their surpues. the stair wnwid have said to ali her CHI,
.srr he article shall be taxed anl: enc: AIRY way, and
that In the first hands, and tia, being Paid, You may lr:;i
in ii as You choose, and IL directly Imported, no one In.
he tayed-,hus creating q Discrimination against tra"lhs
with The Yankees. Tut upon 7 piniion 10 strike t!I7 Prov
sion out, the vote was as iG!lnws anu that d o msr.
camille Intcrcs; represented by the S.na;e Ray appear
10 have influenced them, the nunher Of merchants
and their taxes rs affected arr her" appended.
Each constituency will thus see that some other than
In. ordinary sources Of influence upon The conduct NJ
rational men. must have controlled tEeE, unlssS &c sdopi
The theory Of n ,Iccprno;ed hostility l." my direct foreign
commerce. Men mus: he judge! by their sections. and lcSis-
la,ors are no, exempted from this rule ani, rs the follow
ins detail is OF that positive character mat 'At yer! pht"ss
un"y be thrown open IN rel,rOha'i"n. IL Ia" people are not
Similarly inclinrd, the fact must fx the charge nneluiro'
caIlr. uul.ss reversed by the people, on them as Wei az INC
So n ,m. transaction. some Of the largest slave Dis
,ricI. ar, here, h. their representatives, recorded "gnihsi
Ills measure Of taxing Yankee ennh-. II il had bee: tr6ih
,m. towns. their inlebtrinrss wOiih explain their c"il:>r--
nt here Is the vote:
In.rrssci. Decreased.
In n,n.. Ii Arnns.rnnu. Irrlu. Liz Her