The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-03-15

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and the confidence with which he makes
his assertions, ought 10 he a guarantee To
ms readers that he has II IN his power 10
give MS the information .nquired for.
QaerG.-ls Fair Play sure that he under
stands The subject better than those who
dnd fault, and Who he think, least under.
stand il Ii so, would il no, have been
better that he should have furnished his
readers at once with stronger e,idenee Of
tacts Than his own bare assertions? Was il
not the business of Gov. Peasants, a. well
as his interest, by all the arguments he MAS
master at, To make claim of his own Tn SD
important sum of money, about To be
acted on by the committed, 10 appear at
least To stand upon fair grounds Aud has
1t not been the constant practice of his son,
the editor of the Wing, as we'll AS the edl
tols of the Enquirer, (the only two papers
oil general circulation printed in the city. J
Ia publish every thing for and nothing n
gainst the passage OF the bill2 When Fair
Play recommends the reading of the Gov
ernor's letter for information, 10 those WIN
desire II, does he mean 10 say, as the ma
)ority did, that we ought To do nothing more
On the subject ? When Far Play SAYS it
would have been considered reasonable
AT that time 10 utter word about the ex.
penses, did he rccollrct that IL would hay p
been thought equally reasonable in Rich
mond at one tune to have spoken SUSPECT
ously or di+respectiuily of the management
In the office of the hate treasurer of the
commonwealth? Can Virginia's gratitude
be shown in no way but 10y IA proluse and
idle expenditure of money, and a total
abandonment of republican principles /?
II New York and other cities have thought
proper 10 depart from the plain republican
simplicity which has heretofore adorned
and given dignity 10 the Amern an charac
ter, by falling into aud initatisg the Gus
toms of the subjects of the Holy Aliance
of crowned heads. is II meet and proper
for Virginia to ape those citirs2 Would
those men who revrllcd n York have bet
ter supported the Virginia character and
sustained the dignity Of the state, by feast
ing our common friend, Gen. Lafayette
and suite, and themselves aud their friends,
IN modest republican style, and putting
their hands into their own pockets to pny
the expenses, or, by acting the farce they
did, aud then asking that the honest yro-
many of the country should be taxed To
pay for il Was not the n,taton TO La
tayette given by some volunteer militia
companies, through thcir commander in
chief Was II not intended TO be wholly
and entirely of a military character Was
not this intention frustrated by gentlemen
sho thought proper to take the General
md every thing else into their own hands,
md manage him and them in the way which
rest gratIfrd them Were those volunteer
suffered to partake of any por
ion of the comforts which ought To result
from the expenditure Of ten thousand dol
ars Did they not pay their own freight
md sub slstrnCe there and back, and white |
here And will they not have as Just y |
lain to the bounty Of the next legislature
IS those gentlemen who have been so sue.
'essful in welding their united influence
lpon the last ? VIII Fair Play let us into
he secret how he came 10 the knoHl dye
# what was the universal understanding M
o the char acter of the invitation, and that
here never was an Objection set up by any
portion of the people To the payment of
he expenditure by the State, previous to
he introduction Of the bill? What sort Of
.clat does Fair Play mean?-Is it this, that
What was intended in sober seriousness To
,e really military fete, on meeting an old
nd res-red general officer on the plains Of |
I ork, the scene Of his former glory, should |
~ turned into a fetc or farce, neither mi |
itary nor civll9 Is il the cclai derived |
rom the high sounding sum expended, in |
ross Or does il proceed from the de |
all- of the expenditure so much for n |
Lafayette bedstead and curtains, mattrass |
md bed, sc, &c 90 much for so many |
hundred yards of floor and stairs carpeiing, |
81 much for services Of plate, 40 much for 40
many pieces of damask or diaper table and
owsl linen, so much for so many pieces
If crimson msrino, gilt cornice ornaments, |
ircftn drrs, sc. Is II that one man was paid |
! hundred dollars for riding 10 York, and |
mother SO for the use Of his carriage, and !
hundred or a hundred and fifty for the use |
# other carriages or is il the eeat which |
arises from the free use Of the Juice of the |
ihp which grows on the hills and plains of |
champagne and Burgundy ? Who made |
t known that the Executive would, or did, !
apply 10 the Legislature to be refunded the |
money spent 1T York ? Did the Governor
say one word on the subject in any Of his
to the House ? Is it true thai |
they beat about the bush and prevailed on
one member 10 come out from the covert, |
and offer a resolution going to enquire
it was proper that any money
expended IN that occasion, and if any, how
much, ought to be- paid Wy the state ? Did |
not that gentleman and his select committee |
report a bill to the house for the whole
sum and did they make any other report
than the bill itself Is it true that they had |
The address TO prevent the reading aud
printing of the data, upon which they had
founded their bill Did the gentleman
" hu introduced the bill at one time con !
denim the principle since established by the
passage of the bill? What is to be the
reward of his successful exertions to carry