Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-11-17

rging the scale Of operations. they said moderate i'm
Povement will answer for us and you 20 into great
er line OF works must necessarily increase the
lois. Those be yond the mountsn and those in tn
Mey'were Of different opinion. Ii apparent from,
the Report OF the Engineers that the larger the canal
the larger the boats could be-, and the cheaper OF
'h' rate OF carriage They desired 10 have the
san, inc kanawha improvement |. of no value TO U.S.
and goes into effect will have to pay the toll.
or I've expense: -, There opposite views resulted In a
compromise Tbs people, who lived on the Jane, Ri.
yer, on this side tho mountain, acceded to the
IN consequence o: assurance inserted in the
Of ,ne act ior The 'oan that no higher toll should
DC demanded until the Improvement had produc ed q
reduction In tho rate Of transportation, and even then
not 10 exceed third Of the 80 saved twas
thus that tho people OF the lower country were Undue
ell TO yield up their objections to the me asure At the in
stance OF the Western men. Complaints Of very Bit
ter kind wer: aftsrwsrds made that this pledge had
only happened to be privy TO the details Of the law
Mr. MooEr replied, that he had not represented the
gentleman from Fauquier, (Mr. Scot) as having sta
ted as oil his own knowledge, that the schemes OF I'm.
provement on James River, originated In the w est,
he had been under the impression that originated On
'ns snie the mountain, and that impression was
strengthened now. The improvement proposed
here and IT was only the mode Of carrying il into ef
feet, that was the subject Of compromise The gentle.
man had spoken Of sen,emsn Of the West being will.
ing TO vote away Sour money. viz: the money Of the
East; for his own part, he had voted money for
the improvement Of any part OF the country exclusive
y He was slways in favor Of the me mt of the
state; in any aud in every part He had voted money
or the University, whch surely was not western
improvement. He concluded by disavowing all devo-
ton to mere sectional interests.
The question having been propounded from the
chair, Wv
MIR. LEIGH Of Chesterfield observing that there
was no gentleman apparently DESTROYS Of sd e.ng the
Committee, said, that he owed il duty his COL
league, (Mr. Ciles,) to that the Committee now
rise. That gentleman was exceedingly DESTROYS OF
presenting his views to the Committee, but was pre-
vented from doing this morning by interpretations az.
grava'ed by the present Indictment state of the weather
The taking oil the question at this time. while at leas,
hve members were absent could settle nothing, and
he, therefore, made the motion that the Committee
rise.
Mr.. DoDDRrDGr expressed his hope that some other
gentleman would address the Committee before it rose
it was growing late in the season. aud some of the
mem bers had duties elsewhere.
The question being put, the motion Prevailed
whereupon the Committee rose, and the House then
adjourned
MONDAY, November9
The House resolved itself into a Committee of the
Whole, MIR. Powell in the Chair.
The following is the substance Of Mr. Giles remarks.
taken down by Stenographer, in his language
and corrected by Mr.. Giles himself.
MT. GILES said After all the subjects Of th. debate
nave been so fully elaborated, and thoroughly exhaust,
ed II may be deemed presumption in him 10 ATTEMPT
further elucdaton OF them; repetition, too nigh, he
deemed intrusive the time, and even waitng in re.
sPect to the intelligence OF the Committee Notwith-
standing these discourage he felt mpe lied by an
irresistible sense OF duty, TO extend The debate still fur
Their, not with vain hope Of throwing ne w. int re,
hSWs on tie SUBJECT; with hope oil
lean majority. lean majority either side would
be poor triumph of friends friends; and s more
80, on the Affirmative than nsgave side Of the propo,
ed endmsnts 10 the Constitution AMI would he b.t
ter calculated TO attract the dsrust than the confidence.
OF our constituents But his principal Undue ment for
continuing the debate, was faint glmmerng hope of
approaching nearer TO unaniy in whatever me asures
may be adopted than we ssem to be at present, from
any indications before That would ndecdbe an
effect worthy this great OCCASION and worthy the ,acr
hee whichhe considered every individual ber call.
ed upon TO make to obtain the objects OF the
without some approach to unanimisy he feared all our
iabours here, might be worse than unavailing. Why
should we not approach this unarimy? All see that
there are sufficient inducements make the be.t ef.
fort, and fortunately Lot without the authority of great
example on this occasion. The existing Constitution
which va are called upon to examine, modify, abol
ish, was produced by unanmity Our ;oreathers were
magnanimous enough, after laborious inve.tig alton
conducted with the most ardent zssl agree to il by
an unanimous VOTE And why should rot We follow
their example? IL was said that this un anirniy and
this very Constitution were produced by a sense of
danger, and the effects OF haste and alarm Fl.
was sory TO hear this suggestion repeated, because il
unounded IL is true that our foreathcr. did act
in imminent peril and under full Of that peril but
is not true that the instrument they produced wa.
the effect OF haste alarm. Though thew were hir
ly sensible Of the DANGER disturbed the eauan
unity Of their minds, during their whole proce -.
They went eooIIy and dspassionaeIy,
lag the dangers that surrounded Them and the final
result, was the production OF this Constitution. This
danger, far from being appalling, was viewed by then,
with sport, contempt and even derson. He had bee
frequently told, that nothing more common, tha an
that the members should sportiveIy jeer each other
saying we must hang all together or be hung one by
one. ls possible, that any state Of mind could pro-
duce stronger incentive TO exert their best efforts r
arriving at tho best results? Did this state of mind
afford the strongest ipcesives for calling into action
every feeling Of the heart and every dictate of the
he the perfection OF their great work with one uni
ted voice! They accordingly presented u.s. the
Constitution that ever presented to any people
der the sun; accompanied too. with perfect unanimiiy
The history Of their proceedings will show that al
though In the commencement OF their discussion the
was a much differ nee OF opinion amongst them, az
amongst ourselves, and those opinions with
% much ardor and zeal; yet they nobfy compromised
all their differences and TO unanimous result
We are In different situation. We are in q sfate of
perfect security No danger threatens US. We are
perfectly FREQ Yes sir, perfectly free TO indulge the
widest speculative visions OF ina in search
Of philosophical distractions to introduce into Jour fun.
dsneDta laws for practical purposes Whence arise.
this state OF security? From the patriotic and roic
Iabours which our venerable ancestors performed
under such different circumstances. We are secure
from tho moral tendency Of those fundamental laws
with which we bessed 81 years sgo, that there !.
no fear that we shall hang one by one wen IL we
should refuse TO hang all together. Although are
perfectly free from the approximations Of personal nju-
res. no. without the strongest induce ~ ent, to
make us combine to best efforts in producing
unaniDity in our proceedings. Should TAIL in the
objects for which called ether, we would lose
the confidence Of constituents, and whatever poli.
cal fame and sandig have acquired and should dis
appoint the expectations Of fellow citizens and Of
the world.
He mentioned these circumstances, To show ". the
necessity Of bsnshng all JUDGES passions, and pre-
po'session',-and II possible, to be unanimous in
results, whatever they may he. lie begged TO be per-
mittcd TO remark, that he had been delighted with all
the argument. presented to the Committee, only