Proceedings and Debates of the Virginia State Convention of 1829-1830: To which are Subjoined, the New Constitution of Virginia, and the Votes of the People ...S. Shepherd & Company, 1830 - 919 páginas |
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... east .-- And if this be so , his fears are groundless . For the people of the east , under similar circumstances , have repelled the base suggestions of a sordid and short - sighted interest , and have been governed by nobler and more ...
... east .-- And if this be so , his fears are groundless . For the people of the east , under similar circumstances , have repelled the base suggestions of a sordid and short - sighted interest , and have been governed by nobler and more ...
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... east of the Blue Ridge ? eighty - eight cents per head . Look now at the land tax in these two grand divisions of Virginia ; set slaves on one side . On the other side of the Ridge lands were taxed one dollar , while on this side they ...
... east of the Blue Ridge ? eighty - eight cents per head . Look now at the land tax in these two grand divisions of Virginia ; set slaves on one side . On the other side of the Ridge lands were taxed one dollar , while on this side they ...
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... east of the Ridge , 336,389 , and west , 177,476 ; 1810 , east of the Ridge 338,837 , and west 212,726 ; 1820 , east of the Ridge 348,873 , and west 254,308 ; 1829 , by estimate , east 362,745 , and west 319,516 . The balance of white ...
... east of the Ridge , 336,389 , and west , 177,476 ; 1810 , east of the Ridge 338,837 , and west 212,726 ; 1820 , east of the Ridge 348,873 , and west 254,308 ; 1829 , by estimate , east 362,745 , and west 319,516 . The balance of white ...
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... east of the State . Still the argument remained the same ; for , if when they had the power , they had not oppressed the west by taxation , he was at a loss to conceive , in what other way they were under any temptation to oppress them ...
... east of the State . Still the argument remained the same ; for , if when they had the power , they had not oppressed the west by taxation , he was at a loss to conceive , in what other way they were under any temptation to oppress them ...
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... east . We have given them no reason to suspect our want of fellow- feeling , or of common interest . Let gentlemen but reflect upon the circumstances of this State in the year 1814. When all the militia east of the Blue Ridge were ...
... east . We have given them no reason to suspect our want of fellow- feeling , or of common interest . Let gentlemen but reflect upon the circumstances of this State in the year 1814. When all the militia east of the Blue Ridge were ...
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