The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-11-23

STATE Legislature Next MONDAY week, the
.,....,e If Virginia will convene at Rich
yans important measures Will occupy
NJ .,,,,, of that body Il we rejoice that the
talrnts of the State will be enlisted IN their
,;aeration IL is time, high time, that'Vngi-
:. had awakened FROM that dormant lethargy
IA. 40 long paralyzed her influence and
"a her strength While other States hnve
-..h., maintained their original stand IN point
@.,n,lation. fertility aud natural resources, or,
-, Instances ,have improved in each, Vir-
=. ..s iearfully and disgracefuly retrogra-
II coptented with the fame she had won
- the talents and enterprise of the great men
.to had given to the nation in the conflict OF 10,
a, ,as wiling to abandon the. held of honora-
~. rivalry. TO make way for her less fortunate
..,s,s It's only by prosecuting with energy
.welI dirested system of internal improvement,
Fan recover our lost ground By that
-. we shall most assurcdly march rapidly
s.ua,d TO prosperity. The recent visit Of Gov
. .rler IN the mountains and his personal survey
..,ho 5reat works which have SO long been
marking the hopes of the State, by their Ian
..d progress towards completion, lead to the
.,nee,a,ion that he will enforce with eamestness
a, the Legislature the necessity of making. vgo.
.o,,s efforts TO consulnmatc them; that he will APP
.e.l to the pride of the members. as Virginians
xbo behold the star of their native State ON the
.nne. and fast vcrging to obscurity-that he
will appeal to their interests, as men, who see
every wear, their relatives and friends leaving the
hones of their brethren and abandoning the
.unos of their fathers, 10 seek more abundant
reconpense Of their labors, and a richer iuheri-
lance for their children in the LAND Of pronise"
beyond the Alleghanp and the Blue Ridge. II
these considerations fail to allay the local preju
dies, which, By distractng the counscls, have
rendered imIrotent the cxertious of the State, in
all, the great works which she has undertaken,
VIC must he contcnt to witness, with folded arms,
the gradual departure Of her influence, until il
shall be said with truth, that the sceptre has fall
en- from her grasp. Let all hands and all hearts
unite in the work of improvement. Let US at
teat more hereafter to our State poity, and less
b that of the national government than we have
been in the habit of doing. Like those meddle-
some persons who interfere with every body's
concerns to the Neglect of their own, Virginia
has so long boon combating for abstract theo-
RES in federal otics, that she has forgotten thai
iie has individual interests to protect and encou-
rage and individual exertions to make 10 place
her on the high and commanding station which
she has SO long occupied, aud which she aspires
10 maintain. Ii the federal government do
wrong, tell so with the affection Of child who
discovers error in its parent, and is anxious
10 correct il: but let US cease the din and uproar
OF constant and vndictise warfare, on mere
matters of speculative opinion, while we are per.
hitting own affairs to go to waste and ruin.
Letus no longer act the part of termagant aud
scold, as the Richmond party seem anxious to
d., butwhen occasion requires, let use xpress and
hrnly maintain opinions Let the state do this,
aud then, if the sands and marshes of the east be
BoI fertillzed and drained, the rich produce of
the west will at least, find a cheap aud rapid
transportation to market, and the people Of the
low country will be supplied on such terms as
may enable them to live comfortably at home
instead Of seeking for fancicd Ell Dorado in
the new States which are rising in the South
and South West to eclipse the power and the
glory of the "0ld Thirteen"
but there is another subject, of at least equal,
and We consider OF more importance than that
to which We have referred.-We will be readily
understood to mean the Contention guest on.
Two years in succession did the people of Vir-
gnia appeal to their Representatives for the poor
boon of giving them facilities for the expression
o'thelr opinions IN relation to this matter, and
twice were they indignantly spurued by their
servants. They will now ask third time and
the silence which the friends of the measure have
preserved SO long with regard to it, has been
owing to wish that the Legislature, at its ap.
preaching session, shall not be deferred into the
adoption OF measure, by clalnor, which it owes
v the demands of justice No doubt exists
DOW, however, that the bill which has been
~lee contemptuously nailed to the table, will
'aN year triumph by large majority--so pow.
VINO neglect the first whigpcrings OF its "stiIl
Email voice" Like the whirling clouds, which
por'end an approaching tempest, though it may
.ppear scattered and feeble, yet it will certainly
e'ndense, andas certainly overwhelln the luck
'"laan who raises his puny arm to arrest its
e'0fae. though it may seem, at the commence.
'Ne''' as a small speck on the verge Of the ho-
'Non' nc bigger than mans hand" yet it
VII gather strength with time" the vapors
S'A S"cll on, until the swiftest chariot and hors
g VIII be too so~ito bear the wayiarer from the
p'uhsng tempest" And so has It been, ON the
SUBJECT OF Convention. Many of those who
wa years ago, ridiculed the idea of the Legisla-
,'e granting facilities for taking the sense of
NJ peoplesand pronounced tho request absurd
,"u pfesumptuous, are now warm advocates of
'4' measure, having learnt the principles of de-
nA'ef'"y in struggle to stle its existence.
"n 'he distinctive sagacity attributed to rats