Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-03-12

| To impari 10 us tl:e light of science ana ait
rs 10 preserving. that political elevation which
las bern.proc,ued for us by an ustrio,is race
of ancestors2
Is THIS the road 10 everlasting fame? Wa.
tins the policy which actuatsd our Washing
tons and .ieifersons, when they laid the foun.
datOn al American liberty? Was this the
spirit which actnatet! the q bland, the graceful
The accomplished, the enlightened Pendleton
when hc presided over one of the most august
assemblies that the world ever saw :" No,
| rSinians, IT was not their policy, nor is il
yours. The University will yet triumph over
iier late adverse fortunes. She will yet be
completed "a "a glorious monument TO the no.
nor OF this ancient commonwealth.
upon principles of economy You deny to
all your officers of government any thing like
liberal salaries, tn those who are labouring for
you throughout the year, 10 your governor
Judges, members of the executive, attorney
general, auditor, treasurer, register, and their
respective clerks, and at the same time, you
silently acqniesce in AN expenditures of the le-
gislature which is more than sufficient to nav
them all during the year, and which is at least
twice the sum which ought to he expended
| by it.
Inc salary otyour attorney general amounts,
believe, To $1,000. Ii was proposed to raise
u 10 SloOo- This proposition was rejected on
the ground oil the expense. The time that was
spent IN rejecting the hill cost the coshmon-
Wealth more than would have paid the Increase
OF the attorney generals salary The duties
OF no public officer We're ever performed with
more fidelity, than those which have been per-
formed by The present attorney general since
his acceptance of the appointment His la
bours IN behalf of the conmonw ealth for the
last two or three years have been of the most
arduous KIND. If any man ever did deserve
tue llherality of his country, he certainly is en-
'i'ieo 10 II. But eNenjHstice ,caS den,ed him, -
ana denied him upon grounds which correct
principles economy, humbly conceive can
never sanction.
bu', fellow citizens, the expense of these
long sessions ofyOur legislatures is not the only
onlecuon to them. TIE time that they require
VIII, exclude from them, all your men of talents
ahd men oil business. Men who have profess
sionS to follow, orwho have important business
al nome TO mango, cannot afford 10 spend one
iourth oil the year IN useless legislation They
will abandon your public affairs, and the con-
sequence must be that they will be left to those
who are incompetent to manage them. The
next session ofthe legislature will! be an i'm
portant onr. Many subjects Of great interest
10 The state will be brought before it, Among
others, some measure must he adopted to cur
tan the unnecessary length and enormous ey-
Pehse oil our legislative sessions. Call then
upon your men oftalenls aud public spirit, 10
serve you ior one session at least The reme-
dy Tor all political evils is in your own hands,
u you choose To make use of it, What this
remedy should he, for the evil which has call
ca iorth THESE remarks, may take;the liberty
nj expressing my opinion at some future time.
TELL.