Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-03-05

the various efforts which had been made, To
engrait upon the bill for tine benefit of the pr-
mary schools, an amendment by which the
University might he enabled to go into opera
ton, and begin 10 disseminate the light and
Knowledge anticipated by the community
| from il.
| After these various and abortlve efforts,
the friends of the University are at length east
adrift upon the solitary hope thrown out by
the member from Augusta.-It has been init
mated ont OF the house and | think an the
mouse yesterday in the course of the debate,
that 1t Is attempted 10 carry measures in he
nall ot the University, hy the influences OF a
certain great mans uamr.-l have witnessed
no such attempt, Sir,-Bnt were il true, who
amongst us, ask, would be ashamed of the
feeling that promptedit? Is not the great man
alluded to, entitled to a small portion of our
| attention Has he not done the state some
service Next to the iilustrious parsonage
who was called, and justly called, the Father
oil ii's country, the people of Virginia was "a
bout to say, hut ic,N say, the people ofthis
Union owe more to Thomas Jefferson than tn
any man dead or alive. His claims TO their
veneration and gratitude rest upon the strong
| foundations of the nations freedom. And
| Tor the blessings he has conferred upon us,
| our clildren'5 children can never cease to-
| hallow his memory with benedictons, and to
look back upon him as the great apostle ofhu
MAN liberty. At home a political benefactor
abroad the cherished patron of philosophy
aud science; every region of the civilized
| globe rs familiar with his name-and with one
| consent, all the nations do homage to his yir-
tues. II, Sir, the ,cide icorld accoris TO him so
much; ifthe people of the United States have
experienced and generously acknowledged
the nestimabe value of his public services,
how much more, besecch YOU, is Virginia
| lndebted-how much more should she feel to-
wards him Devoted to her from his ear-
est years, his whole life has been one CONT
nued excrtion for her advantage He has
poured into your lap the prodis;l treasures Of
nus matches genlus-your whple system of
civil polity--your government-your funda
mental laws reflect the image and exhibit the
fruits of his vast, bencfcent mind. Whilst
then he yet lvcs-whilst yet the beams of
his glory rradiate the land of his birth, open
wide the portals oft this temple you have uobly
dedicated TO intellect and To scence-open
wide IT'S portals, say, to the youth of Virsi-
MA Let them enter and drink deep of the
sacred fountain whilst it is yet watched by
the guardian genius Of the country.
Mr.. Hdruie concurrcd in the sentiments ex-
pressed in citation TO the il!ustrous individual
! who had been named. He apprchended a
transfer oflhe claim would be used as an argu-
ment against doing hereafter what ought to be
done FOR the institution.
Mr. Cooke, of Alb. regretted that the friends
Ofthe University differed SD much among them
selves, and that TOO, in his estimation, upon I'M
essential matters. He rose, he said, to offer a
proposition, which he Thought would recon-
cile their conflicting opinions.
with this view. he had embraced in the pro-
postionwhicli he WAS about to oifcr,the restric-
ton us TO the application of money thus arising,
the want of which was complained of by his
friend from the City of Richmond. For him
self he could see no objection TO this provision
Tor should this claim upon the general govern
ment place in the hands of the rector and visi
tors OF the Uni,erity the means ofputting up all
OF the buildings, the next Legislature would not
hesitate to remove the restriction, and autho
rize them 10 so on to complete the establish
ment upon the original plan. At any rate, he
hoped the avowed friends OF this important in
stitution, would sacrifice something of their
private opinions TO The common cause. He
then offered resolution . proposing to auiho-
rlZe the rector and visitors of the University
to demand and receive of the government o.
the u. >. the sum of 100000 on account of
the interest due on money advanced by this
commonwealth for that government in the pro
secu;Ion ofthe last war. The resolution provides
that upon receiving this money, the University
should first repay the debt it owes to the Litera-
ry Fund, and apply the balance 10 the compile
f ton ofihe buildings already comm enced, s. put
ting the Institution into operaiion-it provides
that no part oft is to go the erection Of new
4 buIldInSs-and it also provides, that in case the
rector and isitOrs should fail in collecting thi.
interest debt, nothing contained i'm this resoll,.
4 ton should be so construed as TO imply any
obligation on the part of the commonwealth
TO make good this snm of 100000 out of any
? other fund.
: Mr.. PotteSon remarked that the provision.
, oil the resolution were precisely such as he
. contemplated, and the question was, should i,
be done by bill or resolution.
i MIR. Crump hoped the resolution would bt
"ilhdrawn, as IT was improper to appropriate
money in that way.
, Mr.. Cooke had no objection to the mode
! AT this late period he thought resolution
d would be preferable rs consuming less time
e lie did moi know the gentleman's object, bu
as 1t correspondent precisely with ms, he with
: drew the resolution.
!, Mr. LoreN spoke at some length in favor o
Y the proposition. HI hoped something woult
! be done for the great interests of the state
= and that the people might be told that tn
n session had been productive of one beneficial
act. He dwell with animation on the impOr
u lance OF the Unversity-.lOok a view of wha
a virginia had been, now is, and what she is like
y 10 be. She had not acquired her conse
e quence by numerical force, but by moral ener
/ gy. He replied to the Liberal insinudtion
y which had been made as TO the tendency .
the University to benefit the rich exclusively
q &c. &c.
$ Mr.. Hudgins called for the preriopS question
# The call was sustained, and the house upor
i the main question being put, decided it in tb
= Degatlvc-ayes 50, noes 81.