The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-03

& The merchants Of the city o. NashsiIl
held q meeting in the City Hall yesierdr,
| afternoon, which was not largely attended
o, motion Of Robert Thompson, Esq, Mr.
/ Parnc,e was called to the chair. Mr.. Par
mels took ,he stand and stated briefly th,
object Of the meeting, which was TO Issue q
memorial protesting against the pas
aa-s Of tie bil now pending before the
state LEGISLATURE, which contemplates
taxing SIT goods sold IL the State "a ldji-
topsl amount Of per Ct. a meIn9riaI was
~sad bv Mr.. Wand to the meeting, which,
on motion Of M Cochran, was referred 70
I q s-umitteoo OF eight, with Instructions TO
revise it end report az the meeting to be
1 I,,a at4 o'clock this evening at the City
( HsL The committee consisted Of the lol-
/ loving named gentlemen;
2 u. Wilson, A. Breast,
" ]. Cochrsn, 2 y. Chez ham,
Ghss. Thompson, +. j. Dawes,
Tuo. 7. Pendletou, u. %. Tresuor.
The following is the memorial adopted
by the committee, and VIII be Def re i5e
meeting this afternoon i5s the signatures Of
ed The merchants who feel an iu,erss. ID
the oLiec. 10 be attained
TO Pc Honorable Sl7-s- aaf House Of Rep
ressu,aagss Of tie S.afs Of 1sarsssss:
We the undersigned, representing The
entire commercial community Of Nashville,
bqyirc aecertaiued that there is a meas
ure re1ding before your body looking to the
expfGieacy Of imposing an additional tax
of two per cent on merchants Of thil State,
and recording the passage Of such meas
r.-s ss disastrous TO the interests Of our city
and state and injurious TO the mercantile
community as a class, claiming az We do
TO represent a large number Of citizens oil
uudg1b.ed loyalty TO the Government, and
that there is no jus. cause why we should
be b1rtLoned with e special and additional
tax, the effect Of which would render us
unable to compete in trade successfully
with Louisville, Cincinnati and other
ue.ghJoriug cities.
We, therefore, humbly pray your Honor
able body to oppose any such legislation
and especially we request our immediate
Re,rsseutstives 70 do all in their power TO
avert the passage Of an act so maLiiestly
burtful to our interests, and SO ruinoUs 10
.be welfare Of our city and State. We
would respectfully call your attention 70
one or TWO facts having q bearing On the
subject.
W. claim that our taxes are already sut-
s,feptlv onerous, whenc9mpared with that
Of our ueighboriDg cities. In addition to
The three per cent. importation taE-our
comfy tax amounts TO one per cent. whilst
tho, of the city Of Louisville is one sigt@
afgas per cent, and il Cincinnati one St5il-
t--rz 81 srr ger cent. Besides which, we
are subjected TO military and Treasury re-
s,r.c..oas not imposed on merchants Of
rival cities-assuming that every good citi-
zen Of Che State desires the prosperity and
welfare Of his own State, in preference to
any other, we do not see the Propriety Of
passing laws which benefit othet States, to
the injury Of our oWn-such in our opinion
viii be the effect OF this tax.
Your petitioners would respectfully state
that during their continuous intercourse
with wealthy northern cities they have
observed growing disposition among the
capitalists Of that section 10 remove their
capital and industry in our midst-and VIC
are Of opinion that the passage Of any laws
increasing the burthons on trade viii have
a tendency 20 divert that capital, which is
so much needed here to develope the great
resources Of our State, int other channels,
and will be forever lost to US.
Hoping that these subject will have your
deliberate attention and favorable consider
alton, and that our prayer will be granted,
we remain