Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-04-06
EDITORIAL coRRESPONDENcE.

as Chairman OF the Committee on Military Pensions
and IN obedience to tho Instructions OF that Commit
tct on the 9Th OF January WAS taken n tie House
yesterday. Ii 10 resolution very important in It's
character, very extensive IN its views and likely Ia
produce long and animated dscussion consuming The
greater part OF the residue OF the session. confined
II must be TO the morning hour, unless the debate
SHALL be checked by any summary process 1t con.
templates very considerable extension of the pen
SION policy, embracing not only every soldier who
aided in the of the revolution including of course
militia and volunteers but also all soldiers of The
war who are unable to support themselves by mnnua
labor. The measure was recommended by General
Jackson IN his message at the commencement of the
session, but the friends Of the administration have
avoided committing their opinions on the subject by
voting uniformly against taking up this resolution
which only goes to carry nut the recommendation OF
the President until Sir Bates obtained tho ayes and
noes on the question: and thus rendered Il impossible
tor any one TO evade decided vote on the subject.
Them the friends of the President were compelled to
support the motion TO make il special order. and
the question must be fully discussed and deini-
lively settled. In opening the debate Mr. Bates ex-
Inhibited much feeling which did him honor and ex-
pressed hnselfwtb great force of intellect and cnual
wSor OF manner He stated that there never was n
race OF men so trited with the revolutionary SOL
diers had been. In 1919 pension was given to
them. In 1920. us soon as-they had adjusted them
selves to thor new condition ofcomfort it was taken
away by the same act, and the act of 1923, por-
ton otth"m were readmitted TO Tie pension roll but
upon this condition. confession of absolute
pauperism nay Prnof required, upon inspection
and valuation. "You searched their tents, said Mr.
Bates las If they had been iclons, not to ascertain
where they got their plumber but what they had
and what they had done with what they had not. You
made each man account for the twin lambs he had
given his children for the rearing and for the cradle
winch his wife had given to her daughter upon her
marriage You charged him with the money which
he had paid 10 his for the services fal petv Ina
rendered. unless he could show an antecedent con.
tract, which not one parent in one hundred would
have thought Of preparing. nor any con, unless
~ piffg aGf Of aI,p,r r.
sooner had new rule been adopted, more inst more
liberal, and, IN every view, coniormlble 10 the
Get of 1878 than the old one was and the hopes of
these men, which had become dead, been revived
ana their clutches put III motion, for they had no
time TO lose, sooner had they been set out upon
their pilgrimage to the court-houses to ret their ma
pers, than the rule was reverscd--the government
had changed its mind, and as YOU we're" was tho
order from the War Department Mr.. Williams OF
North Carolina had Just commenced some observa-
tiOns IN favor ola restricted degree or beral;y
when the expiration of the hour arrested the dis
clssion.
The other business of yesterday was of minor i'm
portance. The Committee on the Judiciary made
report which acquits Judge Conklng of New York;
ana TWO bills were reported from the Committee on
Commerce on the subject of the TRANSFORMATION of
merchandise from the Atlantic Ocean to the Northern
Lakes, giving facilities TO it.
Another week must elapse before any relief will be
given TO the suspense and anxiety felt the subject
OF the editorial nominations. The Committees oftbe
Senate are examining facts which will have some
bearing on some of Them and which investigation
may lead to disclosures the effect of which NAV be
fatal TO one or TWO. 1t is said that the enquiries
have extended to distance ofsome hundreds of miles,
aud are prosecuted with much vIgor and perseve-
rance.
Henrico Eiection.-The election for State Senator
and Delegates and the adoption or rejection of the
new Constitution, came yesterday The result at
the close of the polls was
For SenotOr- Harvie 3Il, BrownaI.
Observation-Disclosures 2lG. Mosby 49, Mayo los,
Bolts 90.
For the now Constitution 27G-ngainst II.
a IL is too late TO prosecute the controversy with
the author of the letter from Archvie. The Peo-
pie have voted, or will have voted before the argu
ment could obtain general currency, and we are We
~ willing to submit the matter to their arhtrament
|; will be observed that he still evadcs the real point
still declines delivering his opinion as to the rea
tive merits of the old the new constitutions In re-
gard to his closing sentonce--to his half confessed
imputation Of interested motives to The Senior Edit
or in his support of the new constitution we
have to say is, that five have not pyored our dsn
terestedness, in combating for high western primer
pies, when stood almost alone, and there was not
one in hundred, to keep us countenance in the
part oftho world where we reside--ifthis did not
vindicar our attachment to principle, cannot ex-
poet to vndicae it by professions, and we scorn TO
make the attempt. We resign ourselves to miscon-
struction with the indifference, with which we
counted the cost in the great contest for principle
and truth.
AncHvLLE, March sIh 1880.
AIr. Peasants; (I address you in the singular be-
cause being tho senior and active Editor, consider
you alone responsible for the sentiments published
under editorial tsauction) Having been absent in
Wood county at the time your paper Of the 9th,
tanning my letter, reached my residence, have not
had an earlier opportunity of noticing your PREDATORY
observations Perhaps l might have suffered our
correspondence TO rest where is, had you not so
much pressed upon decision Of the comparative
merits Of the ncIo and the old COastiiuiion.
You say, "my refusing to abide by this test is the
most flatoring concession to the new Cons tuition
If pushed, | om evidently prepared to confess, in
terms, its superiority"
have, sir already made all tho Confessions TO tho
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