The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-03-17
The United States Land Tax-ke'oii
of Governor Peirpoint.


Governor PEIRroISr retnrhe" na
from Washington city, whither ne n sor tho
double errand-first TO OBTAIN ~, ,-..>,,.
.,so p,,,;c (;uard, and secondly, to invoke,
-, of congress, such action rs wouid
y" - - ,ro people of the State that extension
,,,ne allowed for the payment OF the
-. ~ which was contemplated in the reso-
,,,,io,s passed by the General Assembly ~ us
late session.
Tho Governor succeeded in procuring mus
,a,s of the kind desired by Captain GAY, viz:
The most old fashioned kind now in use, being
The Springfield musket Of the model OF lSi2-
smooth bore: calibre, 69-looths
In regard TO the land tax, the matter stands
Thus The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr..
McCrLLocH and the Commissioner OF Inter
nal Revenue, Mr.. ROLLINS, are both ANXIOUS
10 get rid of the trouble and expense incl
dent to the present mode of collection anu
have already done all that lay Ia 'h'i' Nv
10 relieve our people. The Secretary mas OF
80 ,,o, ,bere shall he no sales of land for
his fax until Congress shall have had time 10
mass ppon the question. And if Congress should
refuse TO pass an act such rs is needed then
the Secretary will still allow the people a.
long a time as possible i'll which 10 pay the
tax. and the Governor will not fail to use ms
influence with the Secretary iii this oehat.
So that we are safe in assuring the tax payers
that they need have no fears on TINS point
Tho Governor i confident that there Is no
reason whatever TO apprehend any compul-
sorry collections. Only those Will pay VINO 90
so voluntarily.
Governor PgIRPoIST went before the Com
nittee of WAYS and Means, of which MT
MORRILL, is chairman, and represented that
orr people are al in state Oh comparative
poyerty: that there is but little money III CIR
culation, and of this the landowners nave
only small share; that ii would Cypress the
people very much 10 compel them TO pay TINS
taxnow that the collection Of II in the present
mode necessitated the employment OF three
commissioners at a cost of some sixteen thou-
sand dollars per annum, besides the expense
of \ corps of clerks in the State, and announcer
corps in Washington, to assist the former Ill
keeping matters in due form and order; that
the Secretary of the Treasury was very desl-
rons of getting the collection of this tax OIL
his hands involving il does great annoy
ance 10 the taxpayers and vast trouble 10
himself growing out of the DISSATISFACTION OF
the former, in many instances, Win the pro-
caedings of the commissioners ana tnelr AS
sistants, and the consequent numerous appears
made to him for revisal Of the same. lhese
and other reasons were enforced by the Cover
nor upon the committee-the Governor hopes
10 some purpose. Mr.. MORRILL, said the COM
mittee as we'll as the House, We're very much
pressed for want of time, and by the numer-
rous bills before them, but that they would
attend to the matter. Governor PEIRPoiSr
subsequently saw Mr.. MORRILL,, and FUR
nished him with the heads of the bill which he
wished TO be passed. Its chief features are,
first, to authorize the Secretary 10 Withdraw
the commissioners and all their agents; and
secondly, to allow the State, or, IL Congress
objected to recognizing Virginia rs State,
at least to authorize some person or persons
or officials of Virginia, TO assume the payment
of the tax in three instalments, TO fall due on
the lst day of January in each of the years
1865 1862 and 1870, the Secretary TO nave
power to enforce the collection of all upon the
failure to pay any one of the instalments.
Our readers now know us much as we or
Governor PEIRPoISr on the subject. Inc
main point we would call their attention 10 Is
the fact that they cannot and Will not De COM
7,eled TO pay this tax until Congress snail nave
acted upon the subject. What the prospect Is
for the passage of Governor PEIRPoISr's BILL
we know not. Mr.. MORRILL, said there was
much prejudice against our people, growing
ont of the course of our newspapers, ana mat
we were all thought to be rebels. Governor
PRIRPoIST denied the impeachment asserted
that our people were not dsloyal and again
pressed the passage of his bill. We take credit
TO ourselves for the unmistakable loyalty OF
the Dispatch, for which the Governor Will
youch and publish this declaration OF MT.
MORRILL, in the hope that the Times, the En-
opirer, and the Wing, will " mend their ways. y