Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-11-14


Ithe purpose of our present deliberations yet the
spring from assurance, respectable. (MIr. Green
Il th"l must believe as they worthy of his Use
they merit my notice. Such cause OUGHT moi :,
Suucr' Tor want OF an advocate. the bill referred to
with all It's nperfectons, am wllinr to let resi- uuor
my head. But one word of defence
Since 1919, we have applied $40 coo wear 70 the
education OF our poor, and 1000 children are inner
lectly taught for about six months in the wear bv it
duplication. - ''
New York has at present in her free schools opeI
at al lines equally to she rich and the poor more
than $4,000 children and 10 the state trc aslrv the
annual cost oftheir Instruction is 100000 Dy- tbo
JudicouS application of tins SUM- she has ELECTED in
dNdua zeal and wealth. sufficient 10 DO the res; OF
/ this benehoent Gbour.
\ Connecticut, whose school system &c an i,rn-ova
ment upon that of Massachusetts. and nearly as an
'ieht as Its importation from Scotland in l6l7 en-
poys IN Its support revenue of $50 600. She Gnds
that sum sufficient to educate all her children in num-
Der more than as many thousand once visited q
gentleman Lii that state the purest ii not he most
perfect commonwealth, III existence who was worth
several hunured thousand dollars thoupI with bu f,ur
and twenty acres OF land with his dwelling He ken,
several carrages-and the OF his coac!lman went
!" ZIG same schoo with bis own grundchild. Both
were, however, well taught
Except III the county of Brooke, where about five
dollars year sufcs for the education of her moor
Children, the annual charge upon the Literary Fond
oF every pupil WHOM 1t nstructa, no where less
hah eight dollars; willie in Connecticut ibis expense
do we sec, Is very little more than fourth of that
amount corresponding 1t does with the cast OF III!
seruct!on IN the Parochia schools OF Scotland
WIN tho rlch any where complain OF system
which, While the children of the poor are i.,srIc ed
enables them t" edlrate their ct cost 80 rednc
ed: And Is the education of the peopl. who xrc
every where i'll America, the acknowledged ruafta ne
OF ticirOw rights, the of all political power
GiE.a'
Who are the people of the Weste Ar, t,.ov not
our fellow citizens. our friends and brothers. Whence
d they spring. From the East' Have they forgot
mp Ii iii
that ! heard The gentleman from Culpcper (bIr j.
Bhrbour declare few DAYS ago, that the West had
not proper sympathy with the East, and URGE i,
proof OF this charge, tlat during the invasion Of the
commonwealth III the last war f!ler representatives.
on this floor voted against the defence bill of
they dad not hear, he eBphatically sad the sound
OF the cannon OF the enemy, behold the stress o.
the East: and therefore, felt it not He would no;
trust them With political power. Sir said NV AZ this
very defence bill" the offspring OF the ion, Ia
bour OF Delegate from Loudoun, and gentleman
from Augusta, now sitting IN my view. i cal upon
my patriotic and liberal friend, to repel charge for
which, there is not IN truth the slightest foundation
Il many western delegates voted against this bill So
did many east of the noun aims which divide US as
well they might. 1t became law, as INV honorable
friend Mr. Johnson) testify, who must well re-
member the humorous ignpcrfcctions which remained
IN It, and The complicated basis of taxation and cnu
meration on which It's most efficient provisions
Ell for their execution.
We trusted, in truth, to tho moral ieclnr Of the
country to supply those admits ed defects Nor had
the continued, would that trust have been in
yaln Whiie the war lasted did it furnish no evi.
dence OF the common sympathy, which binds the
west to the east The gentleman from Chcsterfel6
(Mr. Leigh himself, can attest the Contrary He
had an official station, near the person of the com
Inandcr OF CUR army " hch assembled Toy The defence
OF tins Capitol, and II he was, then understood
the author of the proclamation which brought that
army together he must remember its effect CMr
Leigh shook his head. There was not mountain
river, valley of the West, that did moi resnond
"a tn no {
Virginia At the cry OF invasion and DANCER from
the East, every man Of the West, from the summit of
the Blue Ridge, to the shores of the OHIO Gamble
OF bearing arms, mounted his knaDSack and turned
his face from home--there was no distinction of fine
rich from the poor. Gentlemen who had occupied
conspicuous places in our has of lepislari,n the
Poughman from the fresh taiow field officers sol
dIers and citizens, all moved on with one accord In
fortnight, 900 were mustered in siubt of the
Capitol; among them the largest body of cqvalry that
ever was reviewed in portion of this Continent
In one morning thousand Of them were discharged
as superDumerarles On their return home they met
the eagles of the west, still sweeping their fight to
the east. Fheir course was turned to their noun
tains, only when danger had ceased.
| Nor was this, the only proof during that war
which the west ufurded Of devotion 50 the east
Shall be accused, by the gentleman from Cha..
terhcd while labor to bind closer around nv conn
trymcn the cords OF union, hat haunt bis nar;n-
alton with the specires OF the men who died at Nor
folk' l purposcly omit the offensive as ociation
Which accompanied the allusion. / Will bear the
accusation.
1t full well known that, in the progress Of that
war. Virginia was left throVnin treat fepree upo.
her own resources for defence. Her noble BAY was
! lpcked up by British Admiral Her state take,
doubled. Private income was nearly at an end Her
Banks had by forced loans been compelled to suspend
the issue OF specie. 4 currency Of deprecated pa
per flooded the markets Of country where there were
| any The system Of common defence by the forces
Of the union, had far faeI that he several ate
had began to raise separate armies for their peculiar
| rnffs la IT, .rfr
did the West? March, without a nurInur from tbeiy
health inspiring mountains. to the marshes of Princess
| Ann They descended from the remotcst boundaries
o. the Commonwealth, tFavcrslng II for four hundred
miles from Washington and Brooke to the sea board
/ witnessed their conduct, their sufTrrings and The
! forttudo with which they bore them. No man Of
Princess Ann ever complained Of the department of
those men, the any soldier ever molested his per-
son. dsrnrhad bis nmict or yasind his rnnnrt H. 10