Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-03-10

Ada. t..sr, 70 Paur 1885, foS sleti MonaY Is
p!aGty. A :nilloE d. a@n ID nov IS III
million Saved forever, a7d would tsSe tao
y acc OF { m.lio:s OF paper issues 10 10 Paiu
for here's !l-r ir :: c.rieneT four times more
valuable, ...
called mo attention OF the House in that
connection 20 The resort of our Legislatures
during the Revolution. to policy which had
the sanction Of if it did rot originate with,
the Continental Cougress-!he policy Of spe-
ciiic taxes. III kind. IL WAS atf pied, | be-
lieve, in 'T9-and though | could find i''tle,
and knew little of the working OF 1t, it would
seem to haze worked well, from Its having
be4n continued throughout that contest. a
bushcl to tho head Of wheat. and 40 IN ro-
portion Of rye, oats, bacon. K, was At ono
time lsYied--to bp delivered at convenient
lepots in the different counties. &. Bnt
did not propose TO 20 INTO details, Dnt only
to direct the attention end eXamlnauhn
Of gentlemen charged with this vast aui
difficult subject CT finance, % field 80 hsd
not yet enterad-but which, he thought,
the time had already come, perhaps, when
we might do it with advantage At least
1t seemed to him tsX tee easiest, to large
numbers, to pay-ot tho most und0uhted
valua-of the most immediate u'efulnel.; and
one that would stop 1t the fountain head ms far
So it wont, the emissions Of paper, the shu'cc
OF no lnn.:5 evil. 1t might be NOR: iroctlyex
pensiye to collect. and moro diff :ult to rogr
lato--hu those affections he hcught ii lik.-
", would, at such & lime. he far III ,Ta thai
counter balanced by ths advantage 20 which
he had referred.
animadyerted briefly also, on the .xcea"
sive tsxatiun with which certain descriptions
Of tax payers were Eesly hurdcntd by the
bill. cited, particularly, tho class Of auc-
tiOneers, Some Of WhnIu were taxed Ivy this
biI'-and the propo I'll CdnkiSrais AMI cor
pnrs'ion tazea--bey' NJ! the total aIshuIt Il
the, ce,u,nissinn!i urged that rua'I taxa
ton de.eatoCi it=p'f nnd crnahed TO utter ey
tinction the buslnssa it 80 unlnstly oppressed.
or WAS attended with wbrse effect, which
a,waya followed uriusL taxation. tho dern1r-
81 z;ng the tax psYs', snl laa'i s him to re
sort 10 unworthy shitt| 80 e1.aps .ne injiS-
tGe. That believed mor. lnyal OF Zps'. us
people to \ Government, IT wte S.ud 30
flrlhor to support it Than Tho people Of
Virginia, wnre no whpre tu IL found They |
would meet cheer My ev,ry d.lDs:l which |
the necessities OF tho State might require OF
them aye even if it went to the quarter. Or !
the hslf, or all Of th=i, substance. na of their
blood-providol, only, 10 C-rrsn bore ust- !
ly and fairly GIL all alike. BJt II Was the !
nature of man. as inds d Of ,vGtyihing that |
had life, 10 rebel, Gy uniynrssl instinct, |
against injustice. which The partial a"d unc
quail pressure Of tho public burdens Tas
snd {" Topel or escape it il Ihey Gould, by I'll |
the means in their pr@cr-iha' It VA the |
dictate, lters fore. Of pabic pnl'cv as well as
OF plain jislice, to SEE tn { tho ;nhlic bur
dcns should bear impstisliyI and equally. in
proper. ion t. his ability, On every .itizrn Of
the State.
SSH th.t the hill tlageantiy violated this
Justice il the CASES rsforreI to, AMI IN rliny
others slfsciing particular cIasae ": ci.z.na,
to such MI extent as TO Iisk crushing out thoir
callihEa altogether. and disappointing the
frsmsrs OF it by tho destruction If the very |
subject itself Of tho lax. ln'g.i, therefore,
that it should he r, formed. by eqH, ing the |
burdens it impr sed, and i.cressins largely |
the SIN junt OF taies beyond with It proposed |
In us present fnrn To rnisr. That if the House
wnul not Then rroreed IL rein.in it, /
Womb yet hope that in anuihsr body tie
need ID Ghsngas would he made in it, AMI if |
my yi3ws, OH examination, should gaih the |
concurrence If their Judgements thu. they |
might still find an opportunity 10 give them
practical effect.