Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-12-23
vTRGLNLl LEGfsL.qTURE.

Corning witnesses anu prescribing the manner
Of obtaining and executing commissions for
taking their dispositions in ser,aio Eases.
On motion of Mr.. Morris, of w. the com
miitee on Executive expenditures was directed
10 report a detailed account Of the dsburse-
menis Of the contingent fund.
Mr. Bowyer, from the committee OF p. and |
G.reported resolutions. 1. Declaring SO much |
of the petition of certain members of the bar,
as prays that the quarterly court of Fauquier |
may be held in June, instead of May, is iea-
SOU able. G. Rejecting the residue of the said
petition. s. That the petition of the trustees
oi the town of Lewisburg, asking TO be au
thorised 10 levy further tax Oh ths citizens
Of that town, for certain purposes, is rca son-
able.
Mr.. B. also reported bin establishing the
town of La Grange, on the lands of Daniel
Ward ADD Geo. Ficklen, in Colpeper-a a
bill auhorlsiug separate election in the east
end Of Hampshire county.
Mr.. Yancey, from the G.. Of r. and I. N.
reported resolution declaring reasonable, the
PETITION of sundry inhabitants of Amelia aud
Nottoway. praying the revisal and amend
ment Of the act Incorporating a company for
The Improvement OF the navigation Of Deep
Creek. Also, bill! 10 revive aud amend tile
act auiSorising Alexander Kitchen TO erect q
toll gate across the road AT the Sweet Springs
leading over Peters Mountain 10 Fucastie
and bill authorship Jacob Price and Others
10 erect toll gate across the road leading
over the Middle Mountain from r'incaste 10
the Sweet Springs.
Mr.. Tyler, from the Committee of Claims,
reported bills, l. Concerning Christopher
White. .. Concerning Harold Smy,h. S.
Con corning Wm. Morrow. 4. Concerning
VIM. fiite. 5. Concerning Jacob Iii,e.
| The engrossed bill concerning indiven, sol
diers OF the Revolutionary War, was taken
up. and sundry blanks were filed.
| Mr.. Garland rose in support Of the bill He
said il was probable that an explanation of the
necessity of such bill would not be unaccep
table 10 the House. The whole amount now
| paid by the state to pensioners was about
$4,000 per annum. II the bill passed, il would
not probably bring more than 100 additional
persons on the pension list, which would oc.
casion a further expenditure of $4,000. He
asked if this sum could be considered an ex
travaganf grauity to those who had so
essentially aided in The achievement of ouri
liberties? He said il should be recoIl,c,ed
that there were but two regiments that could
claim any benefit from the bill. During th,,
Revolutionary War, Virginia had not only
furnished her quota OF the federal acquisitions
for troops, but raised two regiments on her
own account, 10 be paid by herself, and 10 re.
| main subject TO her exclusive control and
direction. But these troops, thus raised and
paid, We're put Into the service of the U. S. in
| me north, aud they continued through the
| war In that service. The soldiers mn ront;
| mental establishment were paid by the II. 6
who from The close Of the war to the present
period granted theM pensions wheney er
necessary, whilst they rejected the Claims of
the soldiers on state establishment.
Dir. Il. thought that the only objection 10
the bill would grow ont of the consequences
which gentlemen might apprehend 10 iuw
| from ii. Congress had passed an act some-
what similar in lis character, and the
quences of il were fresh in the reco, ciion Of
every one. But he said the cases were not
al all alike. The present bill could operate on
but few individuals, and the exueDse uould
be comparatively trivial
| Dir Morris, Of Wood, spoke in oppos;tion
TO The bill. He thought the soldiers who srry
cd in ihe Revolutionary War had had time
enough since the close OF that war, to make
something Ia live upOn. Their idleness ought
not to be sanctioned by thus prosidins Tor
them. Those, however, who had received
wounds or were disabled, were justly objects
of public charity.
Mr.. Stuart moved to lay the bill on the IA.
bic. lie said, if The ind, duals Intended 10
be provided for had not legal, they had AT
least an equitable claim on the government
ofthe U. States having performed the same
services those who were Oh continental 90
iabishment.- If the bill be laid on the tabl.
he said he would, on the next day. ietroduce
a resolution InsiruciiOg our Senator'S. and re-
| ques,ing our Representatives 10 Congress io
endrasor TO procure tile adoption OF some
measure by that body, in relation 10 this sub
Jeci. lfthls effort should fail, he thought il
would then be time enough for the legislature
to act
The House refused to lay the bill on the
table.
Mr.. Patieson remarked that he was unwil.
ling 10 vote Tor tho bill. In reply TO the sugges
lion that there were but few persons. who
would come under It's provisions, he said, that
tie Register ut the Revolutionary soldiers
was large volume containing not less than
zl4 pages. Bat if there was so small num-
Der Of persons, the bill was scarcely worth
passing. There was clause in the bill which
required the applicant fof pension to relin-
qu'sh all claim on the charity of the General
Government, before he could be benefited by
IT'S provisions. This, he thought, certainly
u'Jus'; but mere was great prOprirty in the
ft'na'k on tne meraber from Augusta (Mr. |
Stusrt) that it was incumbent ON rbe u. s. 70
provide fDr these soldiers. lie had understood |
that bill similar in IFS proyi.ions ,vhicb |
Congress passed some years ago, mad been
liable To great abuses. These abuses had be- |
come 80 great, az TO make it necessary for the /
war Department TO resort Ia such regulations |
On me sn'Jeci, as, IN many instances, TO ex- |
ciude former pensioners, and to prevent others |
from making application. He was unwilling
at this late day TO pass such a bill Some
yenrj ago it might have been productive Of |
great good. The House he thought conId
Claim 30 credit for making such a provision.
now that there were SO few OfIhe surviving