Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1829-11-20

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take care of their own pecu liza: interests and
those OF the middle section will be entirely over
looked, whilst the people of that section will
| contribute more than any other towards paying
the expense. IT is great mistake to suppose
that there is any diversity interest ON This sub
Iect IN any part of tue Country living under the
Ridge. What peculiar benefit will Loudoun re-
| ceive from the improvement of the Potomac be-
yond the Ridge? what from the Shenendoah and
Southern branch of Potomac' The funds al
| ready provided will insure The improvement of
| the Potomac far as her interests require. She
| therefore ought not be i'm favor of that cxtrava-
CANT SYSTEM of Improvement demanded by the
west. She is interested in restraining it. She
pays annual tax of more than ten thousand
dollars, and should be the last to consen, to give
up The balance of power in the hands of the
counties under the Ridge, of which she is one.
The Fauquier ard Orange Districts are still
more interested in retaining the balance of row-
or. The Rappahanock is their channel of commu-
ncation with the tide. IF all power be transferred
to the west, they may bid adicu to all farther aid
The plan before the last Assembly, shews the
people of that county what they may expect.
The situation of the All 9marc, Campbell and
Pittsylvania Districts is in respect different.
They are interested i'm the navigation of James
River and Roanoakc, below the mountain, and in
the lower branches of those rivers. The navi-
cation Of James River is already sufficient for all
their purposes. The means Mt the disposal Of
the Roanoake company. are nearly sufficient to
render the navigation of that River adequate 10
all the purposes of the people living below the
mountain What they want most is the inn
provement of the smaller branches Of these
great rivers, and this interest will lead to unite
with the west, in n moderate system, and equal
ly forbds them from giving all power to the
west
The next subject which demands our attention
is that of public instruction. We are friends TO
education in all practicable and reasonable forms
We would give aid to a rational system of
public schools, but W do in. st that the expense
should be borne by those who receive the benc-
fit. We do not mean that no charity should be
| extended to the poor but will not consent
| that the people of one portion of the State shall
be educated at the expense of the people of ano-
ther portion of the State; and any system, the
expense ofwhich, is betrayed out Of the public
purse must from the dsproportion which the
population of the different sections of the State
bears to the contributions, have that effect
The people of the Eastern and Middle division
| already pay annually n large sum to the Western
people over and above what is given to make
| their roads and improve their rivers. The West
ern people in the ordinary operations of govern
ment in effect take out of the Treasury many
thousand dollars than they pay in They
receive annually large sum from the East for
| 4 bo o1u oT ri,
| fund was raised by the East in the proportion of
four to one, it is distributed on the principle of
white popua ton. Any farther contribution will
be raised and distributed in the same manner.
In order to bring this thing home, let us suppose
that 100000 were raised by an addition to the
present taxes and distributed according to white
population as it appears by tile Auditors esti-
mate. The country between tide water and the
Ridge would pay $38, $50, and receive S25,9O7.
| The country below the head of tide water would
pay $37, 473, and receive 1874 ,2Gl The country
west of the Allegany would pay $500, and re-
ceivc $26,5S5. The Valley would pay SI4,7G3,
and receive S20,24G. The Ioudoun District
would pay $l,6i0 and receive $4,207, snpposinp
| the population of Loudoun to be 1900 The
Fauquer District would pay $5,l35, and receive
| $4,40 The AlbemaIlc District would pay
! $6,99S, and receive 50 sos; and the Campbell
District would pay $5,713, and receive 81 1874
Each District west of The Allerapy would nav
Sl,46O, ard receive $4,43O. Each Valley Dis.
trct would pay 1859, and receive 5000. The
whole Country west. of the Blue Ridge would
pay $23,525, and receive $46S32 Can YOU
doubt then, that when you give all power TO the
West, they will educate their children at your
expense Their interest leads them to do it I:
their leading men in the Convention have declar-
cd that il is their intention to do it. (Scc Mcr.
GERS Spcech)
These subjects which demand your most
serious attention. IT is for the people OF tho
middle section TO say what character shall be
impressed on our institutions Nay, ill., great
question hangs upon the vote of one or two men
representing part of the rcountry lying under
= the mountain. The members f:om that region
! now hold the balance in Convention-If the y
do not make voluntary surrender of il to the
West, that region will hold the balance in the fu
$ ture Legislature. il IS said that they do intenc
! to throw it away. The members from The Yves
already boast triumphant majority; and tina
majority must be formed by an unnatural ant
e suicidal determination of middle men 10 hare
b over the interests of their constituents to th,
! safe keeping Of their Western brethren. vii
t you sanction this Are you incapable of man
j. ageing your own affairs You have Justly com
t planned of Eastern denomination In the pas
), Legislation ofthe State your interests have beer
n little cared for, or entirely overlooked nay il
a some instances, shamefpllY sacrificed. You have
n therefore, properly determined that uncoutrolc
IT power shall no longer remain in their hands,
1t But, having wrestcd il from them, will you re
It tain no part Of il yourselves Have you so lon