The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-27

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me As,itstor lTssltes ttor the
5s ii friend .has called our ssssnsfcH g t,e
following paragraph, which recently sp7
sseared ii d HAapisE
8 80. i, d ycry uafefsunats for ths Tunasr
ORGANS that they are eslied upon 10 publish
ths delinnnent tax llsts ,of their colnsies z
and cities. These long lisgs. 30 forcibig anu
.ajoducntly telling os lsard times ana ah
s0yER-TAxaD PEePlEs qSite refute an .Vas ] IN
.aenIous failacies that tillustrate tue FunGsr
.etsitoriat columns. Here is : No NoIaos Y
q andnarae, for instance, which presents 70
It's readers the Norfolk city dstng uebt :, an ~
insolyens tax-list Tor the gear. iSsS..s ~ ID
.iiteen colnmns long conpacs WIN names
and figures. Hote hepetess - the tiunAss !,
task to argue against that asceSsue anu
syush:ng reply to; sugaret soPnistrieS ana 1ll
sbrilsiant fancies. u
The aboye .briiliant" logic Is q faif
spscincn Of sfthe sugared soprissries g aos
a.Repealer organ and Of Repeater orators 1's
A writer yor the STATE quotes the figures In
this affair; and we proceed to DO 90 more 40 :
fully. 4 sts.,3ss q 80, ~. 49,,
RE- re,creace TO the said 9. tax-1ists for the
wear 1871 published In the LaHdsnark, u
will be seen that the entire :. delinquent
and inselgents properly gfaS-liss1e ms nor
solk ,,anouussto but, s7if48 fsee Nsoff OH
Landmark Of Friday or saturday,, which Is
due TO the stateo Of Virginia by 2, 1888 persons,
as follows: 1880 colored citizens owing
s69.s5. and 1859 white citizens owing
ss4A. SI-that Is, each OF the blacks Is as
sessed with Al cents per annum, and each OF
the whites Is assessed with but hity-one
cents per annum (property taxi. in consld dc
ration Of which enormous taxation eacn OF
them is protected in bis own person ana
property; enjoys alEthe blessings OF civic
izatjon has the benefit Of the zlaw-making
power, the police, and the courts; ana, In
addition thereto, educates his children Zee
OF expense at the public schools. we take
the average tax assessed on property, OF
course, and omit the capitatlon tax, winch
cannot be distrained for in most cases.
All these blessings, then, cost these poor
Taxpayers each about thirteen cents per an
mum, when they pay ii, and Dothing when Zen
they do not pay; and suchis the crushing
tyranny OF our Conservative Legislature
such the monstrous iniqulty OF our present
tax-bills, such the heartless oppression OF
this MCCULLocH grinding-machine, that
General MALONE and all bis Repealers, Par
SON MASSEY and all bis Regulators, the MA
HONE organs aud all their befogged readers
are dashed into fury OF indignation, while
hot tears of sympathy are -coursing down
their emaciated cheeks. And they have de-
Yised a remedy. Here it is: Ten years
from this time, If zoe ,oiH only elect Mahone
no,o, these tax-ridden martyrs shall have
relief, if living, to. the extent OF per cent.
per annum on their property, which IS at
exactly the rate OF one mill per cent. per
annum on the property OF the State, which
State property (s32O,Ooo,0oo) is about ten
times as great in amount as 1892, 0OO, OO0)
the sum total Of all the MCCuLLocH debt.
What matchless craftsmanship: per
cent. lin 1889 and thereafter) on delinquent
property taxed now In Norfolk STA 40.
That is, city as large as Norfolk is to be
relieved by these sage patriots-as to 1889
Of her most suffering adult citizens-to the
extent OF one fourth Of s7l4.46, which sum
is no more, than $17s.62. But it can't be
done for ten years!
"Two thousand nine hundred and thirty
nine sufferers" cries the organ. There
Is S178.6 a, year waitiag-for you all COM
jbined-in the year 1889, In Norfolk alone,
If you will only repeal the awful MCCUL-.
LoCH bill" Each OF you taxpayers will
then be entitled to thirteen cents, and no
more, average relief every year, If you will
only repeal the McCULLoCH iniquity nop,
and be converted to the gospel according
to MALONE, for his sake 7,o,o. ..r. j.
These are the "lists" and these are the
figures that tell $50 forciby and eloquently
OF hard times and an over-tazed people,"
whose great misfortunes :" iii fifteen coll
umns of the landmark" with total de-
inquency lin the matter OF taxes on pro-
perty) of s714.46.
= Taxpayers Of Virginia, this is the ra-
tic of your relief; this is all the relief
from sthard times" that is promised you
by the party known to themselves as Re-
pealers Of the Moe ULLocH law.
The Conservative and Republican parties
are each organized to promote great mea-
sures of State policy; each promises to
administer relief promptly and effectively
to Ill the people in our country upon
scale proportionate ito their wants. But
here Is new party. originated by General
MALONE, which offers thirteen cents year
to- delinquent taxpayers at the expiration
Of ten years from now, and nothing in the
mean time. a, ;ee:l s. ,lst7I
What wretehed travesty on statesman
ship; what cruel mockery Of the suffer
ings of the poor; what a bitter reflection
ON the intelligence Of the people; what
contemplate trifiing with their calamity;
what nonsense; what wickedness; what
burlesaue on logic; what offensive and mis-
spent rhetoric. r.
And what a political Caliban is this mon
ster OF Stiffness and emptiness, and folly,
and weakness, and trickery, invented at
Mozart Hall for the express purpose ,of
making a senator out Of General WILLIAM
MALONE. Unfortunately, 1t would result
in running the credit OF noble people just
emerging from panic that has lasted six,
successive years. :'fs erh4;N33Is II
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