Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-02-20

develope the whole of plan at once ,.ian nv litt
and little The money though voted now, woult
not all be wanted at once, and future legislature
II they chose could repeal the appropriation HI
did not wish to tie the hands of future Assemblies
nor would that he the effect of his substitute.
MIR. Patteson of B. said that i'm opposing this sub.
sfisu;c, he supposed he was comprehendcd amonp
those individuals, who had been spoken Of as oppos-
ing the measure from prejudice. If it was so, he
cared not Being justified to himself in his opposi-
uon' he had no objection that gentlemen should inn
pute his hostility to what cause they pleased (.Nf.
Garland and Mr. Taylor explained.5 Mr.. p. pro-
cceded. .Hr. Garland had ;riulnphantly said, that
II virginia was not competent to pay the Interest,
the gentlemen III opposition, ought to tlcmortrate it,
he sand, II lad been asserted by the gentleman from
Boteto"rt (Air:: r. that Virginia was bound 20 GO
on with this work. That by appeal to the pa
tfioii'in OF the James River Company, it had got
posse OF their charter, and that unless we p.o-
Siessed with this work we exposed the state to a
charge OF n breach OF iaithby that Company. Mr.
+. said that the j. Il. &. had relinquised their
charter under circumstances, which if enforced,
'nisht have procured forfeiture uf their charter
That they had sold those rights Cor IL and Is rcr
cent, which were worth nothing. The gentleman
from Botetourt rated their patriotism Che knew not
who they wcre) higher than he did If the rclin-
9uishmcnt oil this work was violation of faith to
that Company where the evidence Of it il
was the bargain with that Company, in the lam
Buue oi tne BOARD of PuDllc Works, that the state
might or might not go OH with the prosecution of
the work There was but provision in that
bargain which they had right to enforce and
which had never been violated, and that was, that
no act should be done to deprive them of the stipu-
lated price for which they had sold their charter
AS tong as This was sacredly regarded, they had no
right to rcproach the state with any measures she
pursued in reference to the canal. They had no
interest distinct from other individuals, and if they
had had intinuted dissatisfaction with the course
OF the Legislature. Iftat was any breach Of ia i'll,
in the case the gentlemen f:om A. and b. were
themselves guilty of this breach A bill exactly
similar in its limitations, to that of Mr.. Yancey
had passed the last Legislature, and those gentle
men had supported it.
Mr. Z. said great variety of schemes had been
presented TO the public, and every scheme had had
ITS day and its popularity. II was now the turn
Tor the live hundred negro scheme Che Gcticred
no 9eonen asere i'ici,ded) He had faith in this
schcmc-it was entirely plausible. The ex-
penditurcs had been brought back 10 the old esti-
mates OF Moore and Briggs, and he believed little
less. lie remarked that Company had lately
been incorporated 10 open canal between the wa
tiers of the Ohio and Potomac, and that the cost of
that work, whose distance was nearly the same
with the James River Canal, had been reckoaed at
S60OOOOO. File was consequently afraid that gem
tlenien had more zeal than prudence. If future
Legislatures were not legislatively bound by the
provisions OF Mr. Gs. substitutes they would vet be
compelled to assume debts contracted by virtue of
it, and he unwilling force others to do, what
he would not do himself.--Hc would complete tine
first section to Maiden's Adventure, because no
was unwilling to leave it monument of the tickle
and unstable councils of the State.