Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-25
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oak Kew Kent county, va
January %, 1899.

70 the Editor of the Dispatch;
have been reading the Dlspa''"
tho accounts 1t has given OF the '"an'
,,ardsbins brought on the people py '"e
60 nv the last Legislature oil ''e
.no-caIledo law relating TO deIlhquei''
ia. hut I took no particular interest
8, ,ho matter because I knew tnat n'U
maid the taxes on my land ever SUI IT,
- dooded To me and that my l"'"0'
" We, t,,,o,,ise while he held ii. But lhe
- dav I received notice from 'ie
Cinrl, of nv county stating that certain
-, mad made application for my farm Oh
,,,,,,t If q delinquent tax for the yed'
aC1o"l' ~ voors before my father
i.o,,,h+ tho land. I was astonshed' Dut
Ut IN the clerks office and found tlal
~ diJ NOT nav another mans taxes 10Y
him with interest from date, loSe'"el
with &, to the man VINO notlHeu 'H'' "
four months time he could io'Ce '''0
! clerk TO make him deed TO my ldIiI' .,,
/ lou, hint ,ye do know that the fundaWfil'a'
rrtrcinlas of this land are that
nm Snail get value received Tor ms
r,onav and anything contrary 10 ln'S
/ sho,,ld not be law But when l see tha'
| o,. cunreme Court of Appeals the hlsh-
| oct tribunal i'm the state. mas san" '""t
! H. I,rd-or,hbers' act is law, | stop ana
/ in the words of Tom Watson "o""''
! where / am at MI. ,goso
Are we drifting back 20 the l('ih 60.
! our Declaration of lndepeuoeuo r..
J that all men are created equal .n t.L m
o,o endowed by their Creator win un-
''i,or.,i,Io RIGHTS: that among these are
ice liberty. and the pursuit OF happ,-
! -. OH for a voice from the SePu'
| ~ of the saviors of our country ~
cav the hand Of such laWless aCl' anu
| make the beautiful words a rea"H
I,,stood of getting liberty and happllleS9'
| ,.a tba poor people. are harasseu e'r
| after wear by what is called new i""'
Put thev tell us that IS prosresSlNe -
when legislatures are allowed ~ ili,''eC
ANYTHING a law that VIII help the u" e'1
and down the poor farmer. II suCn Il" d
as this continue 20 be mace 'le poOi -
RS of the country will finally De on
am equal footing with the peasantry ol
rnpIard. \ few people now, compara-
tfvelv speaking own all of the money
and I fear the time is not tar uls'aIi'
yrbor they will own all the lana also
chen the moor people will either nave o.
become their tenants, when the 'h"'''
or-tvranuy will rattle on their arms oi
they will die Of starvation. We loushI III,
I revolutionary war 10 ~ .,
the woke Of England. but now the YOKE
Is becoming more and more burdensonl'
nv the acts of our own countrymeh.
who can blame these new territories
for kicking against annexation 10 'h
United states? They tell us that they ar
an ignorant set. but their case IS one
"whcre. if ignorance is bliss, us lolly u
| be wise" ..
! was too young 10 have experienced
any OF the hardsnps of the recohsliu NC
tion period after our civil war, but nav
often read Of them. / DO not think ina
/ any of the laws OF those days were NOR
unjust than the last acts of our Virgin
. legislature as 10 delinquent lands.
! / read. also. with contempt, the introducuo
: IN the United states Congress IN
z hin known as the force BILL but eve
- this would not have worked as man
a hardships on the people. l don't Wohde
/ at a body of young and ineXperlence
= LAWYERS. who are thirsting for litigation
4 making such laws but 10 think that on
.r Court Of Appeals have declared II 70 q
constitutional. We say from the bo
{. tom Of our hearts, God, save the Con
Is monwealth.'
% They tell us that this law will tain
thousands of dollars in the state tres
l. sury. but for what purpose? ssay TN
10 IL will finally go To create new oillc'
- or 10 increase the expense Of the alreao
II heavily salaried ones. Such laws vi
l. work no good finally, they are calc
A. lated To make anarchists of the pcopl
a and may result in our protecting OF
se property with our guns
te w. J. TAYLOR.