The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-04-04

10 meet iO-hbkh1hs n tHE haF'Ht ilhi'1
NJ So'elaok Z. VI tor The purpose Of electins
Lay Delegate 80 represent The Parish IN DE
neat Stale Cenrentihn, atrl transactlng other
business relating lc The Church.
II The Rev VI lhL ADA ~ viii preach
al The ahasc place "a sunday neat nj IL D.
clock A. NJ. and At 81
Toh fnr vfnsiSfAS.
IT, ne sfvekae'fsrs IF NE LgHt ibafg y sdiem
Turnpike Company
The anuexed husiy auA dcsulterv remarks
were produced BY the peiflsal OF piece ia The
vlrginan at last FRIDAY, addressed 10 YOU,
unIer the sirantarc oi Ohserysf I cordially
ooJeur with thu writer as 10 the importance
col ,iis road, bnd um equally ANXIOUS, both IN
"a sectional and general point Of lew for its
completion bui ! cannot Subscribe TO some
at hi. means for the ACCOMPLISHMENT OF this
desirable end Observer suggests, as the lefis.
iatutr has acted more generously, and confer
red more privileges aud ~ enpiIens, and eH-
ercised more lorhesrance owafds th,s compa-
~ than 10 canal and turnpike companies &C.
morally, thai yon ought To do something on
,,our part In return Tor So pnch unsolicited
lindncss--asan evidence OF which generosity,
the offer Of thc state Subscriptions madr he
fore the ufiginm stirnlettons Hre coupled
with on the barf If The individual stockhold.
ers; supuhions which the legislature hereto
fore has been extremely tenacious II, and
would not relinqulsh ~ this cnse except from
an extreme anxiety for The progress OF this
important work Had this ofier have been
ihade 10 the usual way, there would have been
some appearance of generosity, but rs II is
: can perceive none. What atc some ol the
conditions The general assembly reserves
he right to npply, AT any future day, the tolls
10 the farther extension and completion OF thu
said road ttslso reserves the right OF appoint
ing three directors to represent the state nlc-
rest In said COMPANY. on these terms your
assent 10 SAID pct is required Ii patriotism,
us il respects the Improvement OF the state,
was your sol inducc,ncni in tnking stock, give
your assent, without hesitation aud without
delay. But il yon had made any additional
calculations, reflect moment, and You will
certainly refuse. Observer seems 10 imagine
that the legislature only Intends Of You give
il power To make Use Of the tolls when the
other funds are exhausted, 10 iinish SHINE sec
tlonal aud advantageous part OF the road ~
THIS might have hrrn their intention. but
have not seen any thiut 10 warrant such be-
lief, except the charitable surmise Of thnt wri.
ter take IL for granted thai the sockhpld.
crs IN this company, AZ tn every other ol sim
Ilur character, are cvernfake to their interests
and will be at all times ready and willing To
authorize their directors 10 apply their tolls to
such uccesseryan essential biccts, whenever
they may present themselves. without the
permission Of the legislature But, Observer
says, the right 10 apply the tolls thus does not
exist underline generallaw. This mny be true.
Is II necessary that that permission should be
granted by act of assembly, II II is, he thinks
The right ought 20 exist 10 the legislature.--
What different feelings are sometimes produc-
ed on diiercn, minds hy the same impulse +.
Had n productive estate, and felt dispose ed to
appoint an eNct dtur 10 manage the profits OF
~, either before or after my death, the lrgisln-
tnre oi Virginia, or any other such heteroge-
neous mass OF stupidity and WISDOM the for
mer largely Weponderaling, would be most
mint lar such az appointment II body annual
~ changing, always chaugrnble, and ever Vi
brntnC between fear Of losing their pepula-
rit! aud wish o do right. Witness their acls
session alter session, 10 explHin and re-eNplain,
uhili The original eei IS 80 FILTERED away, that
nothing is et but the name. 50 Will il he with
you whenever you give up the disposition Of
Your tolls You may be called stockholders,
out as 10 the profits OF Your stock, in diva
bends, you might as well be called hv any
other name, Ii is certain thai the present
source oil funds, even with the proliered aid
VI the legislature, VIII not be sufficient 10 eA.
tend the road farther than Liberty il so far
NiIl not the legislature have the power, nay
the rGht 10 incorporate n new company to
complete the road 10 salem Aud II they do
and you give your assent to the effect of the
late act, inits present shape, whit calculation,
can you make on your stock, Until the eiiec
oil The hew company iccted2 None Noit
on Accept the aid on no snch conditions -
Observer teeis assured that the appointment
thra Iipa. L.. al. III
more than the state is strictly entile1 To. will
not have an undue influence in the directory,
because the appointments must be made from
The stoekholders--of course. the objection or
Your part the says) is more fancilul than solid
airs swhht the lawyers would term u nor
~ mfiT, Tell me no such things. Turn vouI
eyes 10 every institution in the state in which
THE legislature has, either directly or Indirect
AZ, t,ad the appointment Of such a proportion
oi dieectors, aud you will almost invariahll
discover thai siingering existence aud promc
mature old age, afe strongly imprinted Ell II,
usage even at It's birth, Look at your banks
What purpose do they answer Certainly no
what they were intended Tor. The officers, tc
be sure, receive respectable salaries, but thu
community, from their trembling, cautious
aud perhaps proper policy, derives little con,
venielec aud the stockholders less profit
a STOCkHOLDER
III We received yesterday, a, too late au
hour for insertion to-day, from another cor
respondent, piece bearing the same sigaa
tare rs lhe above, and on The same side ol III,
subject. II will be published hereafter.--Th,
completion of the road is matter of muci
interes' to this section of country, and indeed
TO the whole state; and the proposition made
By the legislature, shoaId bs well weighed
before il iseither accepted or rejected.l
letter was recently received at one Of
The Banks Of Boston, enclosing sim oil
money, which the unknown writer declares
was .oserpaia 10 him some years since, and
which poverty induced him TO retain. -
II,he Sllnunsed .Ll.-iiilt ~ inf ncl.st lnas al