Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-01-16

yS!" '''S tA4H s!sgelWu VINO rush to- destroy
tbs government. We are solicited TO do
SO Gy our fellow citizeps of Eastern. vir-
gtnta, WG,are asked 70 do so 3by a, ,Stnte
government, Ehirh has denied To US &, 1osi.
ton of equant with. other of its citizens,
put we are making rapid strides in nuwer
70 enforce a recognition of that equality.
Tho design y. 70 cramP that power, to ea,
IeeoIe US, 10 keep us at the foot of a gov
ernmept which has dope thing for us! and
for Which we. have largely OvernIii.-
Where do ws2trade2 TO Richmond?5 4, Nor.
tolk2 Nos Baltimore Is our s,reat. toint
of tfade-a sister State has supplied I.
us with the mEans OF trade. Pentlsylya..
mia, until recebtly, bought inrtely Of uss
onr money Is. now repn3i6ted there Benz
ehtS not only ought to be equally distrib-
uted. .sbut the expense Of supplying Rov-'
ernment ought5togbo equally borne by ali.
How lis itin Virglnia2 Our organic law,
the Constitution 6fthe State, provides that
"EHxation than be equal and uniform
throughout the Common wealth. What
more do we ask. Not Yet what
means this discriminating clause, ban of
the '2ad article, auiall properly, Other than
t!tlres, shatl he tnxed in proportion To it's
Vhlue."sg DOes-it mean that one part of the
community claim right to bc released from
bearing an equal proportion of the govern
mcnt 6urdenf Is one kind of property to he
exempt from taxation, and the whole bur
den on another classH 1t means that they.
the shareholders of Virginia, numberiIg
but l30, 900, exercise tbe,power rs II ishG
OF eXempting their own property, ands
COMPEL GOO, OOu free white men to make
up, the loss OccHsioned by this exemption.
Such principle is denied! But that
/ is not Hll-nut content with exempting
large class entirely from taxation,
| another article is inserted in this funla-
mental lnw-"Eyery slNys who hns Mt
tnincd the nge uf IL years shall be asses
seI "t $500 and 40 m0rep How dOubly
odtousl Mark you, this is part OF the Ur-,
/ ganic law, too, bound down on us with
( chains of adnmanta IL hrs not been left
to the Justice of tile Legislature to pro-
vide for.HsScssihg the Tux ON Other proper
tty Mo-; there might he too much virtue,
too high II sense of justice in tile sovers
elEn people for that. II must be protect.
| ed BY the illvulncrRllle Shield of the Cun-
Stitmuonl This il, the very essenre uf-iy-
I raHny. AndiNyo9 dare tn talk ilbout this
thing, you are denounced ns tsnbOIitiun-
ists." Tic fair demands of Justice nre
hOoted down With opprObinus epithets.
/ But what is the extent of this isurution
OF pOwcrf What amount of revenue is.
thus nbstracted from the government, and
in whose iIIvor2 Let us see! There are
400, 900 slaves in Eastern Virginia. tSee'
AUDITORS report f1rsl s59.) Tho average:
v"lnc OF: each slave IS 5000, tthe average
| value of slaves in Georgia Is nscertained 10,
he S6l2.) 2O0;O0O;0f these, worth $780,
| 00O,O0O. are exempted from taxatiOn.-
25O, 900 more, worth $l50, ,UoO, 900, ure tax
ed at S75,O00,0 900. TlrN5 releasing. SI05, :,
| 100000 worth of pt5perty from taxation
aud Which At aatatrnhd equal rate would,
yield S7sU,OO0 reyetlle ;tmvre than enough.
|, to pny NIL the expenSeSpf government Of
EdinGrily siucnrred. !. -. 81 :.
2s What, then, will s g1t1in 5tiss. ahaad.Soio.,
the Union, and going with Eastern Vir-
| gining gintl sevessiou7 The share of the
expenses of our State government. paid iiy.
| Western Virgin is lnrger than it ought
to be. What amount is paid by Western
| Virginia. The amount raised from prop
erty and licenses is 4Sl,l47,346. What is
done with this sunni Is it expended
among us2 Is it necessarily expended in
administering civil government amoug us?
/ Or is 1t expended in public improvements
! iii our section HIVE We a railroad or n
/ cannl built ~. our State ,expense2 Where
! Isl the SVnthsitlc railroad, Norfolk and Pc
tcrsburg, Orange and Alexandria, Virginia
Central, and others that have Western
terminus ito their names, but ia Eastern
SOul lphIhSlNCLN uU DtFI OF Tie
revenue raised from Western Virginia is
expended among US. About 500, 900, in
civil expenditures and in public improve
/ ments get back to us. The surplus mil
lion is swallowed up in public improve
\ ments, beyond our reuth, aud which we
could never use, unless we puy rOundly for
it, and in sections where the most valua-
I ble portion of individual property is ex-
empt from taxation.
But weiare invited to jon Southern
lconfederMcy. We are told that sour State
is ready tot go, and wishes to join it; and
we must be loyal to the Old Dominion, for
| Yirginia, right or wrong" Not so, sir,
| Virginia rulc-right or wrong-the slnve
(. interest has been permitted to tyrGnizo
| over over us. Wilde proposed change
to Southern confederacy place us in a
better situHtiOn2 A Southern confedera-
cy--l,erlnlps n Snuthtrn imonarchv--like
all other governMentsl must have money,
Taking the present United States as a
guide, land it is n fair Sne,) this Southern
icontederacy will reqnire I'm animal income
OF S3O,ooO,00o to carry it on. Do you
feel tho weight of supporting the existing
Federal Governments No. Why, be-
cause the means necessary for carrying it
on are raised hy tax dn articles imported.
1lt thls SoptEtrnF onfeieTncy it isl prupds-
led to lay no suthtax!s All shalf,6e Gf4te
trade" "free tradei"l 1t sounds mighty
well, how does it wort? Why, the SaO,-
900 necessary to pay its President aud
Senators, and countless other office hold
crs, its army, its navy, its collectors Of
taxes, and holders of the pnrse-strings
must be raised by direct tdxGtionLtlint. is,
in addition to our present State taxes
Every man must pay his Fe2srds taxes,
What viii the portion Of Western Virginia
tVE,ke -, A.
than we can bearj increased By this =-that
whereas there are now 900, 900 negroes ex-
empr fro(nnthee burdens of g0vertttnent,
there lItheus be nearly teus times as ma
NY Tie slaYeholdiHg Interest greatly
prepondeFng these, the Virginia principle
right Of fropg will bethe ruling princi-
pie from cts end Of the confsdsracy TO the