Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-12-14
GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Other business OF much interest was n,taied ves.
tcrday--to wit: the special reference Of the whole
SUBJECT Of Internal Improvement to the COMMITTEES
OF Roads and Navigation, and a proposition from
Dir. Newton, to enquire into the policy of pay,nu
Jurors.
we believe we may now cnngra tulate the State
on the certainty Of the slbacl OF In,ernaI Imnr,ve
mont receiving the speedy. proonnl ant minute com
sdera'ion, to which its vast and iucomnarabl, .rn.
fior Importance, to the commercial prosperity and
political power of the Commonwealth onti,Ies :.
There is an obvious determination in the Legislature
to act vigorously but not rashly. snlen,d,v h,. =,
the same time, prudenly, economically, and imoar-
TALLY. we can anticipate probable cause to mar
prospect, which ought to be anlmating to all. but
that local jealousy which discovers fayoritsm in tho
choice of time or hostility in withholding precedence
and which has It's origin in petty selfshness. ipsen
sbie to the public good, and soiicous only of imme-
date self qualification This is the spirit which has
impeded the flight of Virginia, which is to an extent
yet manifest, and which she demands to be sac
rlticed upon the altar of the universal good
In the Senate, the Committee Of Elections have
report ed against the right of the sitting member from
Fauquer and Prince Wilam, fCol. Wallace ,
to his seo:-and favor of Colonel Gibson who
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chiefly on the egality ofthe F"uquie polls being kent
open after the first day.
u There are few Virginia readers whom il will,
be necessary to tell, who is the author of the letter
which appears in our columns to-day. Hundreds
will recognize an old acquaintance whose humour
has often afforded them nirth and entertainment and
whose milk of human kindness, OVERLOOKING in eyerv
word and act, dlfuscs charm and cheerfulness where
ever he appears, and has surrounded him with body
guaro OF friends ten thousand strong. The less in
terested reader will be repaid with some genuine
strokes OF pathcs and humor. and the most una
| simplicity of thought and style
10 Our attention bas been called to an obssrv,t;o,
we made Yesterday in the words, ssm,llions - NO,
cessary to the soldiers of the Revolution hr, M, :,
silver to the speculator upon his Ignorance or b no
cesstIes." So far the remark goes tn exnrees tho
idea that the State is not bound to paw its inst deh,s
because they now held by others than ,hosa u,bo
performed the service or their heirs, we ask leave
Gu'liy IT. What we meant was, that in determining
doubtful question, whether the State does or Joos
not, just debt TO the half:pay officers Of tho
virginia line, 1t was IN our estimation fair to t,
into consideration the5act, that those claims had oe
neraily If not universally, passed into the hands Of
spectators who have title to the lbcralty Of tho
General Assembly. If the Stale justly owe a debt
If that fact be ascertained beyond doubt-why then
we agree she IS bound to pay it, though the language
of friend, "he Devil holds the bond"
In this case, we believe very few are satisfied or
ever can be satisfied, that the State of Virginia owes
any such enormous sums as are pretended, to half
pay officers who 'oers haf-pay officers because thew
were not in actual service