The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-10-02
She Eaceme FAX In thc National
Snlnrrerc;ss SO,Sen:GsM.

lf IIillt resolution WIS ltttu. "iitIl vi {.
,rl,.. -, Missouri. moved 10 strife from the
,-~.,3I,rion aft that part icl,tino TO the in
.,,ip.iaX. and said that the men who rcarcd
.r,,. rrl,, III If the ouprc>>iVc tariff levied
..,.,,n ,Il,. industries of the country should
NV y, has. something tuw.d the support
',i... t;uynrnm.rl.
f,n \ .,rI.vp.E.d Mr.. Ali, il the income
80, v,,. ,F,,.>iiiutional
Mr. N',lcIrulin,I that he was not a court :,
I'm, NJ wnllli SAY that be thought the in
..,t.l,, tx Was lust IL constitutional as TWO
thirds The other taxes levied ny tue hodT
", "A'cn the gentleman l''rh' NeS'eS) was
"a ueru3sE. Tie thought II TaS very proper
lhat TIA" -Tc'l crfrVT"tl'n. Oh 'nt cou'l.iS'
I,i'&tu- upon me ntSt2sl'itS u 'ht i''oF'c'
mould paH thlH shati 'a%' ,....-
NJ. lhuis."h hc'!eNcu th'I no taN "'s
NJ 7" "uloHs 10 the people ihai: Ihi> uhfVn-
~;ltutj"nAi tax, ana mat almost uh,Ncr7't,y
The poor and Tie f!ch cftcu lor lis ao"l-
uan.
iy. Bond, of Virginia, warmly supported
tie views OF Mr.. Able. The Income taN
gNd not tail upon the poor man. but upon
Tie rich corporations and individuals. he
-rctt mA'ers OF the people were exempt
from ii; it fell ouly upon thoSe Who were
currcd with wealth. III WAS all iudge and
nonsense 10 aSs,til this act rs unconStl,u-
IL.
Mr. Crcnshaw, Of Virginia, remarked
amid applause, that he differed in toto from
his rcspcctvd colleague (Nlr. Eond) lie
claimed that the income tax was iuQuiSt-
trrrul. was odious, and was Il burden upon
,Lr lrndur,lya industry of the nation.
7 he motion u strike out the portion re-
EtrluL 10 the income tax was lost 10y IN
overwhelming majority, the result beng
received with great applause. The rcScltl-
WIN co,,nx nav
..,.... ,,,,,
Ny. l.. ii. EnSl!sI, Oh aIhauS''s, oilcieu
ne following: e..
ACS0'ce1, Ihal IL Is Inc oplhloli vi 1hl9
convention that the special TAX imposed
Hpon cotton by hct oil congress LOT tue years
1850, lSb", ana lSo'. was liol c4iic"ple' !hu
VAS IN conll!ct win the rtiies OF taAa'.1n
HcscNbcd hy the CONSTITUTION OF thc
nueC States, anu that tnc Honsiess o' ,ile
nltcd states be respectfully requested 70
provide for the retund!ng OF Tue same 10
the parties from whom IL was coilecteai
Mr.. lopt. OF tennessee, leLia ea hea tl' ~
the Convention uau ine. neio W ~ ~ toi w
'"nH'c>9 'ie 'ie"S VI INC peurt1 ". ~, 49,.
Hl!ttcii sec'ioiis' MS i'ooi,ie 'oit NJ
Hhd bceh mucn opIIeSseu y, tho " ISL
lion OF Congress. ne asAeu th9sc h EN-
beers OF the convention WY h"u Ju; ;s
N"'t0 'n't 1aA'Si'ti So -; ~
ana equal 10 sland Dy nun uuu hds peo,
pie III remedylns "hal the! peneSeo
/" De great wrong. ms peopie n
heVed mat me YAK on cotson was Ill., OIL!
"htonsG.u'tonai' out unia,t' .ho or m. stn u
}'"eCf ~ ''' n,,.har,, Statos ana If hose
PIE =! tle soutl'Ii t. , 49,, "tu rn, su t"S
yates were W pc ie,. napi, ~ ollI. uuo 80
Oh ,tieir greatest Itious.it a, 'iic pvaSuie Va
iiA'ce oi Eoasltss, ~ 1871 oT Nj ~ ,h u
Suetlye OF .ne1l M , :n,
nnIe.t u Iu.o a ,b"t Gcnoress had no nnwer
~ 20 ~ nn cotton. Cotton was an
y..I ,r"Suctinn Of the southern states.
~ i'.- ,,.i -, ,ha northern States. vet no
ana w wonId contend thai it was constitu-
final ~ low - tax nr 20 much a hound on
~. Dmr;nS ,he course of his argument,
Nr ,roun us,s interr,,nted by MIR. Nerley,
who innnired whether, If the tax was UNI
cnnstitntionsl. the Judiciary was not the
proper tribunal to appeal to.
Mr.. Topp replied that the planters had
applied for opinions to some of the most
eminent jurists Of the country. including
Hons. B. r, Curtis. of Massachuset
VIM. NJ. Eyarts. of New York !: Reyerdy
Johnson, Of MARYLAND, and Justice Shar-
key, of Mississippi, and they had al un-
hcsitatingly replied that the tax on cotton