Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-11-13

before u.s. Did not ,hc first vote in this Hall in f,
vor of Convention. prccedc this James river scheme
%! impr and did IT not spring up in this citvp
As for the late Charlottesville Convention il had
auy otlrr than western origin.
! wIl leave as cuasidci alton, 10 M venerable
Learned aud patriotic friend tChierJ Justice aInrshal
now sitting brf'r. me VIII fear, wiil give his sup
port ~ basis oftcyrcseniGtIol though certainly
IRON! lao Prejudice against the Improvement OF tie
roads ani rivers of the CummonwcIith
/ The Education f the people ia. Also IN object Of
GTo.d GOd the Lil Of iBl wici passed the f[uuse
U! Delegates, By very lerge majority, no,with
rtnnding it's present unequal basis OF
has been the topic CT SPECIAL dcnanciaton and com
ilain.
We asr told Thai we wish o acquire he powcr OF
"d a'ing tlt poor mans child ut the expcncc of the
'4eh c"nies, ashamed - hear such. srrrrs-
i"is ut this day, and IN the Capitol Of Virginia. AZ
though perceive no cuanccl II between them and
ec purpose OF sent a. DELIBERATIONS, &c, t'.cv
spFing from ascrrarcs, respectable, (Mr. G-rcnA
tiat must believe, as they worthy of his use
! i''y merit my notice S2ch cause ought not 10
SuE'r for want OF I'm advocate. tie BIZ referred to-
si;h all liz npcrf1ctuns, willing 20 lie, res, upon
my head But word of dcfcncr
| Since 1919, we have applied So 600 year 10 ;ha
education of our poor. aud 10000 children upper
isrty tans II for abou; months in.;fc rear b. lis
application -. .-'
| Rev York Inns at presnn. in her fire school open
at all times. equally to the rich and the poor inre
;han $4,000 children and 10 lie state treasury tc
Gnnuv cost Of their instruction. is 500 COD. Bv t.
lidicoas application of thu, SUN, she has elected ill.,
oivlduai Z"al and wealth. sufficient CO the rest o!
TINS beroiiccnt labour.
| Conn, ctcut, whose school system is uu improve
meat UPON ilat of Massachusetts. and neurly ne an
len, a. Its Importation from Scn;iuud in IL ~ en-
pioys an H. support revenue of $40, go. She finds
that Sn sufficient 10 educate al hcr children in n,,,-
Der more than as many thousand. I once visied
gentleman III that state, tho purcst ii ret the most
perfect commonwealth, IL existence, wAJ Was worth
saveral hunGre1 thousand dollars, though with but ur
aud twenty acres of land with his dwelling. he Seat
several carrngcs-and The OF Ills cnrchr!ar went
To The same school with lis own Crat.tc,.ild Both
were, however, well taught.
! Except in the county of Brooke, " here ub,u, nyc
dollars year suEc IS for the education Of her poor
children the annual charge upon the Literary Pund
Tor every pupil WHOM. 1t Insructs, who're lcss
than eight dollars; while in Connecticut this eyp nss
as we sec, is very little moe thai fourth Of tina,
amount corr spending as 1t Gots with the cost Of in
strncilon In the nar""i:::a schuols 81 otdai.
! HiH tho Tich any where complain Of system
which, While The children OF the poor are Instructed
enables them 10 educate their - n cost 30 rrduc
! CD And is the education OF the People who arc
every where in America, The arknow!edreG puardans
OF their own rights. the OF all political power
subject OF mere eastern western interest in Viz.
ain:u2
Who are the people of the W-csp Az, they no.
our citizens friends and brolcrsS Whence
Id they spring. From he Easti Have they forgo,
theIr common origin? II WAS with extreme concern
that heard the gentleman from Culpeper Iir. j. y
Barbour declare, fow day ago that the w est had
not proper sympathy with the East and urge In
commonwealth in the last war. flleir representatives
onthis floor voted against the defence bill of Isi5-
Thcy did NOT hear, he omphntieuly said, the sound
OF the cannon of the oncy behold the stress of
t,, East and, therefore, felt II not. He would no,
trust them with political power. Sir said Mr. NJ this
very defence bill" was the offspring OF the Joint la
bour of Delegate from Loudoun, and a gentleman
TT ON Augusta, now sitting in my view. I call upon
patriotic and liberal friend. rcpel charge for
which, there is not in TRUTH the sig hest foundation
1t many western delegates voted against tins bill so
al nf .
well they might. II became law, as my honorable
friend Mr. Johnson) testify, who must well re-
member the numerous impcrfcctions which remained
IN it, and tho complicated basis OF taxation and emu
ncraon on which its most efficient provisions depend
cd for their execution.
We trusted, in truth, TO the moral feeling Of the
country TO supply those admitted defects Nor had
tho war continued, would that trust have been in
vain. While the war lasted, did it furnish no evi
dencc OF the common sympathy, which binds the
west to the east. The gentleman from Chcstcrfcl!
(Mr. Leigh himself, can attest The contrary He
had official station, near the person Of the COM
mander of our army which assembled for The defence
of this Capitol and If he was Us then UNDERSTOOD
the author of tho proclamation which brought that
rrmy together. he must remember its effect. MIR
Leigh shook his head There was not d mountain
a river, a valley of the West, that did moi resoond
with animation, TO this appeal to The patriotism of
Virginia At the cry Of invasion and danger from
nc East every man Of the West, fScin the SUBMIT of
the Blue Rlge, to the shnreS VI the OHIO, oe..,,;,
his face from homc-therc distinction of the
rich from the poor. Gentlemen who Ind occupied
conspicuous places IN halls of legislation; tho
ploughman from the fresh fallow fCld-u0iccrs. sol
diers and citizens nll moved with one accord In
fortnight, $4,000 men mustered in sight Of tho
CnPol among hem, the largest body cavalry that
ever was reviewed IN portion of this Continent.
In one morning thousand Of them were DISCHARGED
rs supernumrrarics On their return home they met
the eagles Of the vest, still sweeping their flight to
the ensi. Their course was turned to their noun
tains, only whrn danger had ceased.
Nor was this, the only proof during that war
which the west afforded of devotion to the cast
Shall be accused, by the gentleman from Ches-
tcrfod. while labor TO bind closer around NV coun-
trymcn the cords OF union, that haunt his imogin-
alton with the spcctrcs of ,hc men who died a, Nor
tulk' ! purposcy omit the offensive as ociation
which accompanied the allusion. will bear tho
accusation.
II IS full well known that, IN tho progress Of that
war, Virginia lcit thrown in great 1cgrec upon
her own resources for defence. Her noble bay was