Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-08-09


, fe 'cratr States, ard also in favor oi III orGi
nance against the payueat o; lnterca: u.ca
! bonds 81! the Stale held in Northern i,IMG:'.
! Leave VAS granted.
! LEVY UPON THE TowS Cg WINCHssTEH.
! On motion Of Mr. CoSGAD. the toEsent:o:,
took up the ordinance entitled
! A. ORDINANCE
! authorizing the County Court ~ fFtdertc& q
Ley Tar Oh Inhabitants ef Ri"th5stsr
Whereas, the county court OF Frcdelits;
county hath appropriated the sum OF ten thou
sand dollars to dcfray the expense c! volunteers
from that county, Of which the town Ct Var
chester is part, but the inhabitants where.
of are moi directly subject to said levy, nor has
any similar levy been made by thc c-mmon
council OF Inc town:
Be it therefore crIajnc,i, Tha: he said levy
OF the county cour. Of Frederick Shall bind tie
inhabitants OF said town in proportion 70 their
taxable property, and the said county court
may levy upon said inhabitants such proper
.iun, and cause the same to be collected. Bu.
in case the common council have OF may, be-
| fore the county court acts under this ordinance
directly rasc any money fer such purpose,
credi. shall be given f;,r 50 much.
Mr. CoNEAp--I will simply say in connec-
ton With that ordinance that the petition ac,
Company ing it is signed by more than hall the
/ people representing tuo tax .:syins property OF
Winchester and regard i: q. emrsntly just
and proper.
Mr.. Bgucr.-I should bc clad to sustain the
ordinance bu. for the simple fact thatit allows
The county of Frederick to tax the toEn of
Winchester for tho purpose CT raising funds
which the town OF Winchester has refused to
pay. Though the people Of Winchester may
have acted unruly in refusing 10 pay, think
the precedent is bad one, and ought not TO
be set.
Mr.. MoRToS-1 WAS ugGn that committee,
and with the exception Of my friend from
Halifax. tMr. BRucE,) we were unanimously
i, favor ot .tie ordinance. 1t violates no great
principle, ard IS not general in lis operation.
1t appears that the city Of Winches.cT-not-
w:hstaading its great wcalth--owng 10 the
peculiar construction Of its Common Council,
refused to participate in the burden which was
thrown upon the county, and that, too, IL op.
position 10 the memorial Of the tax payers and
property holders Of tie city. The ordnance
inas1nuch as the Common Council will not
nermit them to pay their proportion Of the
tax, the voters Of Frederick shall be granted
the privilege ot imposing the tax upon the
citizens Of the county. 1t Is in fact Tic pct-
ticn Of the property holders Of " l"chester
that lhcy may be permitted 20 share IN the
general expense. II it"crG IN ordnance ina!
every county should have tie sutho:ity 10 tax
every city in its limits, tha: would DC viola.
ton cf I great principle, which no one would
rebel against more than myself; bat tie tHec!
Of this Is to simply cquallZc among al thc c!t!'
zens the burden which has fallen upo'! part
Mr. BALDwIS-Thcrc are other towis /"
tho SAME condition, and - a;!9" enc COUNT
to tax the citizens OF any portion .: is 'erri-
tory, is to set dangerous example. Il: i9T
the people Of Winchester theT haze no ;ote
for the county magistrate; they have no re.
presentation in the county court; they support
their poor, maintain their own police ard have
their own court officers, independent o! the re-
mander Of the county. Nov, it would be
establishing very remarkable precedent TO
say tha. community, separated rs ttoTouugH!T,
as these ere, in uil their financial al!lrs, should
DC al.owyd 10 tax each other at e;i!l. No doubt
in IN emergency of this kind any lax "c"!d
chcerfully b. paid by the city Ct Wineh;si.r,
which =; is 5Tcil known, Is distinguished :o7
its wealth bmt am coEtcnd'as Ter ;he pm
cp!e, and un these grounds shall decline 70
vote Tor The ordinance,
Sir. CCSRAD 1t the gentleman "l'' a:'3"
inc t. explain, will state that ~: e;:,@a;:,; TT:
perfectly willing that this tax should be p!ls:u
upon them, and it is Only because thel7 Common
Council does not represent this public spirit,
patriotism ard wealth, that thcy are net no"
sharing their portion Of the burden
NJ. BaLDwN- certainly haze I9t the
lcas, OBJECTION TO any arrangement that can b:
made satisfactory to The people ci Winchester,
Frederick, or any other locality, and have no
disposition to Interfere in the matter Ill all
but there is IN important principle laT0ITea
here. Tho county Cf Frederick: is already
| taxed ten thousand dollars, without reference
TO the town Of Winchester. Il Is not propo
sition to raise an additional SUM Of money, nut
to extend the tax upon themselves TO their
| neighbors. Now, tue county in when i've
has made an appropriation Of hity thousand
thousand dollars My own town council has
also made an appropriation, BIZ: no case has
risen like that mentioned here. DO coz
ceirc, however, that thero is an Important
principle involved in the proposition 10 give
one community the power 10 tax another, and
I think it highly important, especially in times
like these when we should observe al! the
great landmarks Of public and private right,
| TO take care that wc 10 not allow Gil zeal to
carry US beyond the boundaries CT reason, pro-
| prcty and law. -,
Mr.. HArMoSp.--l hope, sir, it will be the
pleasure OF the Conrcnlion to PASS tals oFu'-
nance. apprchend that the people oil inc love-
| of Winchester are as much Interested III Ing
protection Of that town as arc the i'eop!a OF
| Frederick and il is hut just that all sAoula
contribute alike. nave always been opposed
| to separating corporate towns from COUNTIES
But the question has been fully discussed anu
with view 70 cccacm!Sc tins, call ior inc
previous question
The Gull icing sustained, the main question
vas ordered and takeE, and Oh di'laiV!! q!
the Convention, resulted-sycs 50, Lces ~
The PGESDEs7.-Therc is 10 quorum YotihS.
Mr.. MoSTAGrE.-l noTe wc no% ad)arn::
The PREsIsEST-I would s;''"'.jt, that II we
adjourn now, it will lie to the ~ .jrd " cdncS'
day in November next
1T the suggestion Of nle..':r, ths C!'aiI
counted the number present, ID announced
Seventy"
Mr. Cox moved AZ ADJOURN 1t, hus at tee
request Of Mr. MAcFAELA.a, withGre" lis
motion .
Mr. BARBOUR OF Jefferson dci,'e te say
to the Convention that one y! he hI"st III
portant ordinances whhch y, require 10 ba
acted upon, is that which pi Y'i-s Ior the pas
of the ariaorcrs at Na.p@:'.: >:ii. Ssmsihin:
like cnc hundred Of l!.cn De proved iaiih!4i
to the South, and they have done SO IL :he hi!
belief tha rkev would De au :ly re!n'iHcr"'et
for their services i. the orc. anco Is Got no"
passed, three fo,lrths CT iL!e.n vii! hr c'r;
PEELED to leave their nlucca, and seek tor VOTE
elsewhere. therefore nope Inc ConTentiof
will agree to take up &C nsa:a7c now, sha G:
justice 10 these me:.
Mr.. Bopsr.-I know !nany Of those arlrorsT:
personally, and can fully euGo.se what lii:
bcen said by the geullclnau who nas just &c
sur,ed his seat. understand that tive ,ncu
san1 dollars il now in tho hands OF tie pay