Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-03-12
Letter from h0Gssoun Go.

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that the open "lntrr las cbdNed INC iaFlc's
10 do great deal Of plpuehlmg Ill 50 much
,b.t ,,,,,, ~ them will h. rrady Tn lauI and
,.a -. ,ho ,;,n.> ,,hoo
~ o''0'
they are usual'y clhti0:ct !" i"ih''1a o!'e'a.
tons.
Provendcr also is MT - scarce ~ it IL. u.Iiy
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looks 10 DC III very nae co"u'>''"' A"'s''"c'
the outlook Is much more laF'rao.c anu Cater
tut THAI II was year ago.
The roads have teen cut u? li!uch more this
wutcr than Is cotJho1ly III cast aud ii Is
iiuc The people ":re looking "D'ul Iot rcnvdy
iur this immcIi>c Interest % tic.r po>> ~"lo;,s,
which Is recurring every year. y S.ht'emah
| recently iioih tne hue -Fh~s f,9:'a - hcn,u"ky
luforus ne ti'at iahd> rA"Sc 'f'l 80 i'cf acre
upwards, that you cnh 'hs3" '''1e '"o of
three tunes ahu II VII l'h" in'o an"'hcf TURN
pike tiau the one Suu arc uiN''I ny '':' t@'l-
gates abound, uul tn4t tI'cy uFc iuIIj c'dip'h.
stated Tor the raiildity WIG When pcisou CA
travel tur the tTansactiun OF bu,nc>s, and III"
certainty Of reaching ila dcailI"'l'" ''hcl II"
sets out, when Is hy 10 ntans Tie case uPoh
the mud road OF Virginia. Ii some ave mem
Der vi me u gi>i"'uIe "ou'u 'A'f""Ht' OH ~
capitalize, al seven or eight per cent, one h'ii
OF the rGau levy, anu arpy II III a'd ol tu!h-
| pixies, Tor the grading 81 winch private parties
would pruvid", hc Would d" lnorc seiV'sc thaI
by The most learned c>sa; I'll political &c IUlny
Or dl>qll>luons Oh The u>u'y Jaw, or the rate
OF lhtciest. these boui>, is>ued III sutps oil
so or SloO, would DC Il l'cai CURRENCY ri uh-
| Questionable security aud wou'd pass 10 these
suns 10 the laborcr; from hinI ~ the iarnl"r o.
merchant, aud - INTO The profits II these cass-
es vi the community willt the Interest On
them would pay County and township itvicr.
| Let the graGgrrS take ills matter HI hand II
the uIan who makes Two blades OF grass I"
grow where Un.y Que gre" before be IA pubic
bcnetactur, sure the man who can devise u
| schcme Tor maKlLg permanently god roads
without additional! taxation Is uot cntlrcy with
out some title Or calm u lhaukS Now way
can not this be done?
Agaiu, We buy too May goods from abroad,
and having to pay Cash Tor them, the COUNTRY
is drained twice u Year, PERHAPS uore trcaucut-
" bv the merchants, who SEMI il 10 their cor.
resnordcuts. who scpd it 10 their master.
across the ocean, aud at thu ycry season when
taxes are made PAYABLE there is this other
draio to the Outside.
Araip, if our large bonds were CONVERTED into
smaller bonds, say SlUO, they would be within
the reach IF pcrsous ut small rneaIs say that
large uuubcr that pays s.; IL so State taxes,
aud there would be the huulc demand for tlclu,
and the deb; woud gradually nc owed wltbm
tho Site Ncn u,,.d 10 br,,, thai thew wcr,
Virginisus int with her bonds At s5Iy and a
nit;tnl whine C.om ,|mns, every ,a,,,.r in rht
State ,ha. we are uovcrtv-sir,, ken AID can mol
nav more ,han four ,n.r cent. it i, not hec,pl-
ING now TO indulge il this f,c;inp of ,rj.i.
Whv the I,cri.laiurc sb ,l,d fail In come dow,
TO the constitutional limit As 10 the taxa.ion 81
incnme namely s6oo Nor aninm I can not sap
This t,v ,uould roach m,u who nav n,;. M r.,y