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Nobody denies that fhe proposes VIE, he
ker-tax will raise millions OF money lol ~
cnrnfnonweaith. Does ANY man denystnat
Az ,'nommonweaisb Is most sprely In need OF
ererv cent Of revenue that Gun possibly De
contributed to her Golfers without opPres-
sion to the peoples Gentlemen OF EneLe-
gisIat,ire, this, Whiskey-bill now before you
imposes q weighty responsibility upon you:
ne YOU accept It you touch with wand OF
magic the barren rock that IS ready TO pour
all over Virginia flood OF prosperity tnat
will make her, Masterpieces bloom, ana her
impoverished people leap and laugh In
ecstacies OF Joy, ere many more moons nave
looked sadly down upon their negiecte,ui
fields and desolate homes. II you reject IL
YOU extinguish the last spark OF hope IN tne
heavy hearts OF all rejecting men 10 our
State who are still looking for the better M u
brighter days that have so long been pro-
missed to us. - ri, r.: -: -: :,
Ii being plain on the 21st that the .plll
would pass the House, 1t being ordered 10
engrossment by sixty-seven votes the YIA sy
turned Its eyes upon the Senate, ana gave
that body encouragement and threat at once
49, FROM the Thig OF March 22!] rgs1't :
Don't be, afraid Of the people OH the WINS
bow nuestion. senators. The bulk OF them
viii, stand by you If you vote for the Moi
;ett bilI. and they will go dead against you
next fall if you don't vote for 1t.
On the 22d the bill passed the, House
without a division. - - ,o.,,.,>, :.
=! from the Whig Of March Isl ...,.'.
Yesterday the bill passed the House by a
large majority without calling the ayes ana
noes. "We told YOU 500, AL honor to the
House. Now let The Senate improve upon
this and tive Us d clean sheet-a unanimous
aye. '''1 -: rgt.,. 4, ...T.j, :",5 any:
Again we have the Senate >"reminded"
CFrom the Whig Of March 26.] +. ....]s
This is measure 1.-THE whiskey-tdx]' of
vital consequence to Virginia The people
are confidently expecting its adoption; and
among more than one constituency the cry
will be 1" cruelty hin" il the bill should
now, by possibility, be defeated. 80"
The bill passed the Senate by IS to on
the Goth March with an amendment, and the
House concurred in that on the 30th March ;
and now, "Jubilate Ell" -'t-... u.
From the Whig Of March 3l.l ~
HONOR TO THEM, ONE AND ALL.-Senator
Motfett has achieved Immortality by having
his name intimately associated with the
most important measure OF taxation and
relief ever enacted by the General Assem-
bly, Of the State" the Moffett-punch bill"
"the Moffett register" ''the Moffett tex
paying machine" A thousand blessings
upon your comely head, old friend, for the
happy thought that will lead the State
by an easy, and to many by pleasant,
mode of Kqu,dating its indebtedness
and to Senator Grimsley also, your
able lieutenant in the Senate, and
your many aids who were conspicu-
Gus in their jealous advocacy OF this soye-
reign remedy of relief, the gratitude OF the
public is due. Nor can we forget the SER
vices of the patron OF the bill in the House
the man of iron nerve, of determined Will,
lion-hearted, brave, old E. j. Armstrong,
whose head is always right and whose heart
Is as true and pure as truth and purity it
self. We cannot name all to whom credit is
specially due. Honor to them, one and all.
May grateful State and an appreclatlVe
constituency concede them the reward pre-
eminently their due. ....... ..... r,
Does this not fire your heart? And yet
this great and glorious measure seems to
grow hideous in the sight OF some OF its
former devoted friends. 1t is, known to
have become the object of the attack OF q
strong combination, the cue to which was
sounded by General MALONE in the MARTIN
letter. Have its original friends deserted it
because General MALONE disfavors it? -;